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Diplomacy, Prosperity and Business Development in a Complex, Networked World: A British Practitioner’s Perspective
Business Complexity ConferenceSuffolk Business SchoolBoston, 19th October 2010
Dr. Phil Budden, British Consul General
The new British Government: priorities in a complex world
Deliver the Government’s International Priorities:
>Safeguard Britain’s national security by countering terrorism and weapons proliferation, and working to reduce conflict.
>Build Britain’s prosperity by increasing exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring access to resources, and promoting sustainable global growth.
>Support British citizens around the world through modern and efficient consular services.
What Britain’s diplomats do in the US
We ensure that the UK remains the
US’s partner of choice, working
together with our strongest ally to
advance shared interests
in the world.
(Security, prosperity and the
special relationship)
Britain’s Networks in the US (UK in USA) One Ambassador in Washington DC at the Embassy
One Ambassador in New York at the UK Mission to the UN
Nine Consuls Generals one Consulate, plus UKMIS
With 739 staff representing 20 Government Departments
458 of these are FCO (including UK Trade and Investment: 116 staff). 142 are Ministry of Defence. 73 are UK Borders Agency.
Where we are in the US (UK in USA)
New England: looks familiar…
There has been a British Consulate in Boston
since 1817, covering:
> Massachusetts
> New Hampshire
> Rhode Island
> Vermont
> Maine
> Connecticut
Security: New England’s role
Security/defence companies: Raytheon, iRobot, BAe Systems,MITRE, Akamai
Security/defence policy expertise: Harvard Kennedy School,MIT’s Security Studies, Northeastern, Tufts’ Fletcher School
Security/defence research: MIT’s Lincoln labs, Northeastern’shomeland security/DoD research, Draper Lab, Volpe Transport
Prosperity: New England’s strengths
> New England’s combined gross product is over $502 billion (5.74% of the national total). Massachusetts’ $235 billion Gross State Product ranks 11th in economic terms, the largest in New England.
> Eastern Massachusetts is a major centre for software and the information/ communication technologies, life sciences and health care. Its biotech and high tech clusters are among the largest in the US, with 3,600 companies of this type.
> Boston’s financial services sector is very strong, worth over $35bn to MA, with around a quarter of global mutual funds (unit trusts) under management here. Boston is the largest third US financial hub (after New York and Chicago).
> Business research/schools: Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Babson, BU, Suffolk, BC, Bentley, Northeastern
UK-US: Special Relationship
Politics: Kennedy family/Library, Congressional delegates, NH’sfirst-in-the-nation primary
Universities: Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BU, Northeastern, Suffolk, BC,Brown, Dartmouth, UMass
Scholars: Kennedy, Fulbright, and Knox (to US); Gates, Rhodes, and Marshalls (to UK)
New England: a complex system in a networked world
- Raytheon, BAe, Akamai
- Cambridge’s high-tech hub, Boston’s
financial district, Rt. 128’s VCs
- Kennedy Library and School, NH primary,
Congressional caucus
80% of our work takes place in a small radius around ‘greater Boston’: a real hub
The reconfigured British Consulate-General Adapting to the complexity of business organizations and political networks, the British Consulate General now focuses on trade/investment, press & public affairs,
and science & innovation, as well as traditional Consular and Corporate services
Consularand Corporate
Services
Science & Innovation
Political, Press & Public Affairs
UK Trade & Investment
Q&A:
Providing leadership to a Consulate in a global diplomatic network, delivering value amidst business
complexity, and adapting to new challenges within the ecosystem
Dr. Phil Budden: [email protected] http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/Boston
