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British-AmericAn Business AssociAtionNewsletter April 2011

Panel Discussion Dissects us-uK Defense cooperation treatyBy Jerry McGinn

The recently-ratified US-UK Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty was the subject of an expert panel discussion held March 23 at Venable LLP in Washington. Speakers representing the two governments and industry led a dynamic discussion about the implications of the treaty for businesses in both countries.

Beth McCormick, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade and Regional Security, represented the US Government while Her Majesty’s Government was represented by officials from both London and Washington: Stephen French, the UK Ministry of Defence Director for International Acquisition Policy, and Will Jessett, the Minister for Defence Materiel, respectively. Remy Nathan, Vice President for In-ternational Affairs at the Aerospace Industries Association, presented the industry perspective while Vago Muradian, editor of Defense News and moderator of the weekly television program “This Week in Defense News,” was the moderator for the event.

Organized by BABA’s Defense, Aerospace, Transportation & Security (DATS) Com-mittee, the event was the first time that the US and UK Government had publicly spoken about the Treaty since its ratification by the US Senate in September 2010. McCormick and French, the chairs of the Treaty Management Board, conducted a joint presentation about the Treaty that focused on its scope, the movement of goods envisaged under the Treaty, and the current state of implementation. [Continued on page 4.]

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From the President . . . After a dreary winter, spring is finally in the air, which means a busy calendar for BABA. As always,

we will be launching the season with a series of programs that represent the spectrum of value that our organization of-fers — policy discussion, education, and business networking.

Our first event, or-ganized by our Defense, Aerospace, Transportation & Security (DATS) Commit-

tee, was held on March 23 at the law offices of Venable. “US–UK Defense and Trade Treaty: Its Implementation and the Practical Aspects” proved to be a valuable session that outlined in realistic terms the manner in which this treaty will be implemented.

This type of substantive, high-level discussion is exactly the kind of program that BABA delivers to its members on a regular basis, offering an unsurpassed combination of education and networking. Other pro-grams this spring also include the outlook for UK corpo-rate taxation and implications for US multinationals on April 4, organized by the Financial Services Committee, and “Water Energy Trade-Offs,” put together by the Energy & Environment Committee.

On April 27, BABA will hold its Eighth An-nual Travel Extravaganza featuring Premier Sponsor WorldTravelService. This fun event always includes good food, networking, and the raffling off of coveted prizes. I encourage you to add this event to your calen-dar.

Finally, I would like to welcome three new Board members: Marisa Lino, Corporate Director, Federal Agencies at Northrop Grumman Corporation; Ado Machida Vice President, Govenment Relations, BAE Systems; and Brad Rossin, Director, AstraZeneca Fed-eral Government Affairs. We are pleased to have these highly qualified professionals join us. At BABA, our great-est assets are the membership, staff, and Board and we are fortunate to have such a distinguished group.

As always, I am interested in your thoughts and suggestions. Please contact me at [email protected].

HONORARY CHAIRMANHM Ambassador to the United States, Sir Nigel Sheinwald

FOUNDING DIRECTORSRobert J. Gladwell, OBE, Founding ChairmanTerence Murphy, OBEBarry J. New, OBE

OFFICERSDavid Marsh, ChairmanCatherine W. Riley, PresidentThomas C. Harrell, Vice PresidentPatricia A. Karhuse, MBE, SecretaryRichard Larkworthy, Treasurer (Deloitte)

DIRECTORSAndrew Baker, Rolls-Royce North America Inc.Nick Bridge, British EmbassyRhian Chilcott, The CBIJeffrey Clegg, DeloitteEamonn Cooney, Aigis Blast Protection, Inc.Aimee Daniels, HSBC BankMark Edward, BDO USA, LLPThomas C. Harrell, Indigo DNA, LLCPauline Jones, EnergySolutionsMargot H. Lebow, WorldTravelServiceMarisa Lino, Northrop Grumman CorporationChristopher J. Lombardi, RaytheonAdo Machida, BAE SystemsJillian Mertsch, BT Americas Inc.William T. O’Brien, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLPBradley Rossin, AstraZeneca PharmaceuticalsRobert J. Schott, Airschott Inc.Derrick Surratt, British AirwaysWilliam R. Sweeney, Jr.Steve Trow, Trow and Rahal, PCMaria Velez de Berliner, Latin Intelligence CorporationDaren Wickham, Cavalier LogisticsSteve Williams, Lockheed Martin Corporation

COUNSELC. Randall Nuckolls, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

COMMITTEE CHAIRSStephen McMillan, Brad Rossin, Bioscience/Health Services/PharmaBenjamin D. Cromer, Neil Agate, CommunicationsEamonn Cooney, Defense, Aerospace, Transportation & SecurityMark Herlach, Energy & EnvironmentReed Menefee, Financial ServicesCrispin Etherington, Jillian Mertsch, MembershipWilliam R. Sweeney, Jr., PolicyRhian Chilcott, Program; Government AffairsRobert D. Len, Strategic Planning

ADMINISTRATIONPatricia A. Karhuse, MBE, Executive DirectorP. Rugger Smith, AdministratorCatherine W. Riley


A THOUGHT-PROVOKING AGENDAWhat lessons can be learned from Silicon Valley, the global leader of innovation? How can you foster a culture of Innovation within your organization? What trends are shaping the future and how can you capitalize on the opportunities these present? How can you embrace disruptive technologies?

The conference agenda and activities in and around San Francisco will allow you to listen to, and learn from, industry luminaries and to network with a highly selective, elite group of your peers.

THE BAY AREA IS THE CENTER OF INNOVATIONThe San Francisco Bay Area is the global center of innovative new business. As a world-class destination city and the gateway to Silicon Valley, San Francisco is the perfect location in which to gather key champions and exponents of innovation and have them share with attendees ways to forge innovative practices within their organizations.

The UK also has an outstanding reputation for innovation, supported by a first class research base, and a history of international trade and business development. The combined impact of Bay Area and British contributions to innovation creates a winning combination that will make the BABC Transatlantic Conference 2011 second to none.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?Senior level executives from throughout the USA and the UK who are seeking to drive change within their organizations, expand their international business networks and learn from their peers.

MAKE THE MOST OF ITBring your partner to the fabulous Fairmont Hotel and enjoy the many delights that San Francisco has to offer. The City will be buzzing during BritWeek, the annual celebration of UK California links. A program of activities will be on offer for attendees and their partners including the Annual Innovation Awards Gala Dinner, which will be attended by many of the Bay Area’s movers and shakers.

For information on sponsorship opportunities, contact Stuart Bagshaw: [email protected]

BABC CONFERENCE 2011The Impact of Innovation

San Francisco, May 11-13

www.babcsf.org

Investment | Culture | Technology

INNOVATION IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS IN ALL INDUSTRIESAttendees to the Impact of Innovation Conference can expect:INSIGHT - learning about the trends and innovation drivers shaping the futureIDEAS - creative suggestions to take away and apply to your own businessNETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES - unprecedented access to high level business leaders and entrepreneurs who are driving innovation

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Trade Mission Links Sunderland with US Software Firms Eight of Sunderland’s innovative software com-panies boosted their chances of linking with American firms following a successful trade mission to Seattle and Washington, DC, in February, which was organized by Sunderland City Council and Sunderland Software City.

Tom Hurst, Chief Investment Officer at Sunder-land City Council, called the United States “a key market for our software technology firms. We worked hard to put in place an energetic, high-quality program, which introduced our companies to senior executives, possible future partners, and key decision makers.”

The eight companies took advantage of the op-portunity to talk face-to-face with high-profile American businesspeople in the software sector, and to find out more about how best to do business in the US could make a significant difference to their future success.

Dominick Chilcott, Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Washington DC, met the Sunder-land companies and reinforced his strong support for the active approach of the city in seeking out new business investment opportunities. “It’s uplifting to meet ambi-tious, talented software companies from Sunderland, a city with which Washington, DC has forged strong links,” Chilcott said. “This trade mission gives each business rare chances to create new relationships with US software companies. The city’s determination to pursue commercial opportunities is exactly what’s needed to boost business at this time.”

For more information on the City of Sunderland, visit www.sunderland.gov.uk.

Executives who participated in the US trade mission, with Dominick Chilcott, Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy. From left to right: Karl Dorner, Catherine Auld, Michael Turner, Lizzie Withington, Adam Clement (Back), Jim Maycock (middle), Jonathan Wells, Tom Hurst, Simon Chan, and Dominick Chilcott.

US-UK Defense Cooperation Treaty (continued from page 1) The current focus of the governments is modify-ing existing regulations to accommodate the treaty regime and identifying “pathfinder” programs to test the treaty framework later this year. The goal of the governments is to have the regime in place by late 2011 or early 2012.

The benefits of the treaty are that UK and US in-dustry will be able to share certain categories of military and security technology and hardware with their US and UK partners and customers without the lag time and un-certainty of the export license process. In addition, some advanced technologies are exempted from the treaty re-gime, at least initially, but the goal of the governments is to get the regime up and running first and then to look at additional areas where the regime could be expanded.

Remy Nathan and Vago Muradian both com-mented on the positive nature of this important advance, but noted that there remain a number of questions about how the Treaty will work in practice and how significant its benefits will be for US-UK defense trade.

A lively round of questions and discussion fol-lowed and all the speakers stayed to meet BABA members during the reception. The DATS Committee will plan a follow up to this event later in the year. In the meantime, Martin Neill, Counsellor Defence Acquisition & Technol-ogy at the British Embassy, will join the DATS Committee at its next meeting in June to discuss progress on the Treaty and other defence issues.

For more photos from this event, see page 5.


Photos by Harvey & Harvey Photographers

US-UK Defense Cooperation Treaty

“What Does It Really Mean for the US-UK Defense Industry?”

Organized by the BABA’s DATS Committee & Sponsored By

March 23, 2011

Reception for the House of Commons Defence Select Committee

April 6, 2011

From left to right: Bill Dalecky, Pratt & Whitney, Sir James Arbuthnot, and Eamonn Cooney, Chair, BABA’s Defense, Aerospace, Transportation & Security (DATS) Committee.

From left to right: Will Jessett, Stephen French, Remy Nathan, Vago Muradian, and Sponsor, Greg Caires with Cobham.

On April 6, BABA’s Defense, Aerospace, Transportation, and Security (DATS) Committee held an informal reception for the UK House of Commons Defence Select Committee, which was hosted by DATS member Pratt & Whitney. The House of Commons Defence Select Committee is comprised of 11 British Members of Parliament; its Chairman is The Rt Hon James Arbuthnot, MP (North East Hampshire). In his remarks, he recognized BABA, DATS, and Pratt and Whitney, thanking them for providing his committee members with the opportu-nity to meet BABA members representing leading UK and US defense companies. He also mentioned the importance of the US-UK Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty in promoting stronger defense trade between the two countries. In addition to the Members of Parliament, attendees also included officials from the British Embassy as well as BABA members and guests, including BAE Systems, Raytheon, Rolls-Royce North America, Pratt & Whitney, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Cobham, QinetiQ North America, Boeing, Aigis Blast Protection, IDEEA, Pondera International, ITTA, McKenna Long & Aldridge, Thales, and the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority.

At left, Adam Marks and Allan Cameron, both with Thales USA, along with Martin Neill from the British Embassy.



Immigration/Banking Program

In Conjunction with the French-American Chamber of Commerce

HSBC’s Premier Center, Washington, DC

March 2, 2011“Landing in America: Help for Foreign Nationals in Navigating the Sea of Immigration and Bank-ing Issues” focused on US visa options, both non-immigrant (temporary) and immigrant (green card), for transferring key personnel from Europe to the USA. The discussion also touched on global banking and international needs by highlighting the challenges facing global companies and international assignees. The panelists were: Steve Trow, Co-Owner/Attorney, Trow & Rahal, PC; Jeanette Donahue, Vice President, Corporate Expatriate Banking Group, HSBC Bank USA NA; and Liane Hicks Cooney, Partner, Berry Appleman & Leiden LLP.

Carmie McCook, Carmie McCook & Associates, with Michel Itie, French-American Chamber of Commerce.

From left to right: Tom Harrell, Liane Cooney, Jeanette Donahue, and Steve Trow.

Pauline Jones (c.) with speakers Liane Cooney (l.) and Jeanette Donahue.

Momodou Bojang (l.) from HSBC Bank with Cliff Buck, Nations Business Group enjoy the networking session.



Gerald Turner, Focus LLC, and Ardell Fleeson, CB Richard Ellis during the networking reception.

From left to right: Jordan Berliner, Intelligent Decision Partners; Eddy Dallas, Deloitte [background]; and new member John Rowland, Cicero Consulting.

David Freeman (l.) and Joe O’Brien, following the panel discussion.

From left to right: Reed Menefee, HSBC Bank; Jeff Clegg and Adam Powell, Deloitte; and BABA Chairman David Marsh.

UK Corporate Taxation Program

Organized by the BABA’s Financial Services Committee

April 4, 2011

“The Outlook for UK Corporate Taxation and the Implications for Multinationals” touched on issues such as UK competitiveness, foreign profits reform, and highlights from the 2011 UK budget. Panelists were: Jeffrey E. Clegg, Partner (International Tax), Deloitte Tax LLP; Adam Powell, International Tax Senior Manager (UK Desk, New York), Deloitte Tax LLP; and Reed Menefee, Vice President (Corporate Banking, HSBC), as moderator. BABA holds frequent “Business After Hours” presentations on topics of interest to UK-US businesses. Log onto www.babawashington.org for a list of our upcoming events.


The Doha Trade Round: Report Analyses Impact on US States Successfully completing the Doha Trade Round is the overarching trade priority for the UK Government. It would deliver huge benefits not just to the United King-dom, but to countries across the globe by creating new jobs and boosting incomes. In fact, it has the potential to increase global economic output by at least $170 billion per year.

As British Prime Minister David Cameron has said, “Trade is the biggest wealth creator we’ve ever known. And it’s the biggest stimulus we can give our economies right now.” But the Prime Minister also cautioned that 2011 is a make-or-break year for Doha, which was launched nearly a decade ago. We can’t keep going around in circles.

The United States stands to gain significantly from the Doha Round. We are pleased to present a study, commissioned by the British Embassy, that analyses the economic benefits of the Doha Round for the US and each of the 50 states. The study found that each US state would gain jobs and almost all states would see a boost to their Gross State Products (GSP) if the negotia-tions came to a successful completion.

The Doha Round would increase US national income by $37.9 billion, and add 393,000 net jobs to the US economy. A new report, “The Doha Trade Round: What It Can Mean For The 50 States,” commissioned by the British Embassy, analyses economic benefits to each US state of the WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) multilateral trade negotiations. The study was conducted by the Trade Partnership Worldwide, LLC.

“Completing the Doha Round would lock tariffs at today’s levels or lower, could boost the global economy by at least $170 billion per year, and would provide a global boost of confidence in the openness of world markets,” writes Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the United States, in his cover letter to the report.

The report can be downloaded from the Embassy Web site at http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk.

White Paper Outlines UK Trade and Investment Goals The United Kingdom has issued a new white paper that sets out the UK’s long-term strategy for trade and in-vestment, “Trade and Investment for Growth.” According to UK Business Secretary Vince Cable, the key to the UK’s trade and investment strategy is rejecting protectionism and ensuring a greater openness to trade and investment. The strategy includes 62 actions that the UK will be pursu-ing to help secure a strong, sustainable and open economy that benefits business both domestically and internation-ally. The actions include:

Strengthening the multilateral •trading system through increased en-gagement within the European Union, World Trade Organisation (WTO), G20, and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); and working with partners to help develop ideas for strengthening the WTO to ad-dress the shifting challenges of global trade and investment.

Maximizing and realizing the op-•portunities for UK businesses to trade and invest, and to attract investment to the UK by tesisting protectionism,

championing open markets, and pushing back the remaining trade and investment barriers within the European Single Market and the wider world.

Providing new trade finance support for UK export-•ers, including an Export Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme (of up to £1m for SMEs) and an Export Working Capital Scheme offering export finance worth more than £1 million.

Supporting a reinvigorated Transatlantic Economic •Council in addressing EU-US regulatory issues;

Pursuing an ambitious programme of EU Free Trade •Agreements with key trading partners; and

Using the Foreign Office and UK Trade and Investment •networks in the US and elsewhere overseas to support British business, encouraging greater inward invest-ment in the UK.

For details on the plan, visit www.ukti.gov.uk.

EMBASSY NEWS

Make Plans to Attend!

Members’ Reception & Annual General Meeting

Wednesday, June 15. 2011register online at www.babawashington.org


sponsoring membersAirbus Americas, Inc.

Arnold & Porter LLP

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP

BAE SYSTEMS

Barclays Bank PLC

BDO USA, LLP

British Airways British School of Washington

BT Americas Inc.

CH2M Hill

Clifford Chance US LLP

Cobham

Deloitte & Touche LLP

DuPont

EnergySolutions

Fairfax County Economic Development Authority

Grosvenor

Hewlett-Packard

HSBC Bank USA, NA

KPMG LLP

Lockheed Martin Corporation

MBDA Incorporated

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

MorganFranklin

National Grid

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Omega World Travel Management

Paxton International

PricewaterhouseCoopers

QinetiQ Inc.

Raytheon Company

Rolls-Royce North America Inc.

Serco

Sutherland

URS

VT Group

Special Event! Mark Your Calendars!Summer Drinks Party at the British Embassy Residence

Wednesday, July 27. 2011register online at www.babawashington.org

PUBLICATIONS STAFFBenjamin D. Cromer, Editor & DesignerKeith Harvey, Photographer

© 2011 British-American Business Association of Washington, DC, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


CORPORATE MEMBERS

THE FAIRFAX AT EMBASSY ROW Hotels

Robert A. Schofield, Managing Director & General Manager2100 Massachusetts Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008Tel: (202) 293-2146Fax: (202) 736-1420E-mail: [email protected] site: www.luxurycollection.com.fairfax

4 Star Starwood Luxury Collection Hotel.

MANDARIN ORIENTAL HOTEL GROUPHotels

Aine McKee, Global Senior Sales Manager3249 Brenenridge WayRiva, MD 21140Tel: (443) 852-9067E-mail: [email protected] site: www.mandarinoriental.com

Luxury hotel group, manage and operate over 25 hotels in the US, Europe, and Asia.

MILLER & CHEVALIER CHARTEREDLegal Services

George M. Clarke, III, PartnerPhillip MannRocco FemiaMarc Gerson655 15th Street, NWWashington, DC 20005Tel: (202) 626-1573Fax: (202) 626-5801E-mail: [email protected] site: www.milchev.com

WARWICKPLACE LEGAL, LLCManagement Consultants

Robert C. Bata118 West 79th Street, Suite 3BNew York, NY 10024Tel: (646) 863-2885Fax: (646) 863-2871E-mail: [email protected] site: www.warwickplace.com

Provides exclusive management consulting services to law firms seeking to enter or expand in foreign jurisdictions, with a particular focus on the UK and North American markets.

SMALL BUSINESS MEMBERS

HOKENSON GROUP, INC.Consulting Services

Jeffrey D. Hokenson, Chairman & CEOAndrew Hirsch, General Counsel1600 Tysons Boulevard, 8th FloorMcLean, VA 22102Tel: (703) 245-3050Fax: (202) 330-5700E-mail: [email protected] site: www.hokensongroup.com

The Hokenson Group is a consulting firm specializing in the development and management of International Strategic Alliances.

new members

Jesse Bonfeld and Margot Lebow met at the Washington, DC BABC conference in 2009. Jesse was a delegate from Arizona. They met on the last day of the conference and were married on Dec. 31, 2010. Jesse is now a corporate member of BABA, with Sherborne Sensors. They divide their time between Reston, VA and Phoenix, AZ.

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RISK ADVISORY GROUP USA LLCChris Rowley, DirectorMichelle Risley1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20006Tel: (202) 349-4040Fax: (202) 580-6559E-mail: [email protected] site: www.riskadvisory.net

Intelligence, investigations and security.

UK AFFILIATE MEMBER

ENTRADA LTD.Consulting Services

Paul Winstanley, Managing PartnerSteve Brittan, Managing Partnerc/o 1 Southby DriveFleet, HantsGU51 3BE United KingdomTel: 011-44-7788-916239E-mail: [email protected]

Entrada is a consultancy that helps companies achieve growth internationally or into new sectors (defense, security, energy and technology).

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS

PAUL ORME-SMITH

ELISABETH TROYE PLASKITT

GILBERT L. SMITH

SAMANTHA SMITH

Cicero Consulting Cicero is a global provider of financial sector government relations, research and public policy informa-tion services. We have grown from one UK client in 2000 to over 100 in 22 countries today, operating from offices in London, Brussels, Washington, and Singapore.

Cicero’s focus on financial services makes us unique in the policy consultancy marketplace with clients including banks, asse t manag -ers, life offices, insurers, hedge funds, interme-diaries, financial trade bodies, and professional services firms. In addition, we provide two cutting-edge online information products that help subscribers track the unprecedented reform of financial regulation impacting their businesses.

Cicero’s Washington, DC office offers the following services:

1. Policy and regulatory intelligence: Cicero’s online policy and regulatory monitoring intelligence portal, NovaRes (www.novares.us),helps keep clients on top of financial regulation and public policy in real-time. Global Financial Strategy (www.gfsnews.com) is a daily online news and analysis services covering global financial ser-vices internationally;

2. Customized global research: Cicero’s dedicated qualitative and quantitative research business, Cicero Insight, helps clients engage with policymakers, increase sales and drive marketing strategy;

3. European government relations: As the leading government relations consultancy and policy monitoring service in Europe, Cicero provides clients in the United States with detailed insight into the regulation and policy coming from Brussels as well as the ability to deliver cam-paigns on the ground in London and Brussels

To find out more about Cicero’s Washington office, contact John Rowland, Senior Country Officer, at [email protected].

new members

The Newsletter welcomes information about member activities. Please submit your company’s press releases to Ben Cromer, Newsletter Editor, via e-mail to [email protected]. All materials submitted are subject to editing.

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