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Every couple of months, the UK Government publishes a factsheet on trade between the UK and Laos. Please find the latest one below:

Learn more about the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS) and the opportunities for Lao businesses to expand their export market with preferential conditions.

Dr. Will has been a part of the Lao PDR community since his initial visit in 2005, before fully relocating here in 2011. With extensive experience in healthcare, conservation and tourism business sectors — Dr. Will has been at the forefront of Veterinary and animal welfare in Laos opening the… Read More »Board Member – Dr. William Thomas

Peter Livermore is a British film director who has been producing television documentaries and information films for 35 years. He is also specialised in communication and is author/photographer of several large coffee table books in Laos. He has filmed worldwide, including across much of Asia, and has been filming in… Read More »Board Member – Peter Livermore

Daniel Marcus established his fabric hand weaving business in Lao PDR in 2011. He was one of very few people to be issued with a 100% foreign ownership license for handicraft products.  The company originally called Soie de Lune was rebranded in Laos as Studio Silapa. The workshop, based in Vientiane Capital, hand… Read More »Board Member – Daniel Marcus

Lee Sheridan, a British national, is a tourism expert with 20+ years of experience in Laos and the Mekong region.  During this time Lee has managed some of the leading tour operators in the region, started, managed and sold his own online travel company, worked as a consultant in tourism… Read More »Board Member – Lee Sheridan

Siraprapa is  Thai national who has lived and worked in Lao PDR since 2013 after graduating with her Postgraduate degree in Management and Marketing from Nottingham Trent University in the UK. She has more than 10 years experience of working and representing English Language schools, boarding schools and universities from… Read More »Board Member: Siraprapa Sae-leo

Eshan Sebastian was born in London, UK and studied in the UK culminating in qualifying as a Chartered certified accountant. Eshan has worked for number of different industries in the UK including leading companies such as Staples, British Aerospace and Johnson and Johnson – predominantly all in finance roles. In… Read More »Board Member: Eshan Sebastian

Emma Pelletreau has been living and working in the Lao PDR since 2001. An anthropologist by training, Emma came to Laos looking for ways to combine her interests in contributing to sustainable development, south-east Asian culture and language, and engaging in applied anthropology. After years of freelance consulting for a… Read More »Board Member: Emma Pelletreau

John Cockcroft has lived and worked in Lao PDR continuously since 2010.  He has enjoyed a long and successful career in senior positions managing and directing major heavy civil engineering construction projects and companies around the world.  He is a Fellow of both the Institution of Civil Engineers in the… Read More »Board Member: John Cockcroft