End of June was highlighted by the annual IBBC members’ retreat at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Park. The event is hosted annually by the Iraq Britain Business Council and was sponsored this year by Al-Burhan Group; which was represented by Mr and Mrs Burhan and also by Mr Abir Burhan. Over seventy delegates representing various institutions and businesses working in Iraq gathered together between 28-30th June 2019 and attended a number of sessions, panel discussions and other meetings.

The annual retreat was extremely successful and was accompanied by a number of brilliant ideas on improving the situation of both Iraq as well as its citizens. Mr Imad Burhan, Managing Director and Abir Burhan Operations, Director of Al-Burhan Group gave very inspiring opening speeches in which they tackled the biggest issues faced currently by Iraq and the Iraqi population but also motivated businesses of various kind to enter and develop their operations in the country through sharing some of the successful stories of major companies operating in Iraq.

Christophe Michels, Managing Director of the IBBC was pleased with the outcome of the event and Baroness Emma Nicholson, President of the IBBC and the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Iraq, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan described it as ‘a fantastically happy and hugely productive busy weekend.’