About British Business Group South
The idea of reviving a British Business Group (BBG) in Chennai was mooted by Mike Nithavrianakis, former Deputy High Commissioner (South India) towards end-2010 when he organised a few networking sessions of UK businesses and nationals. From amongst the invitees, a core team of Mike Freeman, Sundeep Bedi and Christie Cherian formed the Steering Committee for setting up BBG at a soft launch by Lord Green, Minister of Trade for UK in March 2011. Contacts were made and BBG Chennai Trust formed at formal launch in June 2011 when election of BBG’s Committee took place with Utsav Seth as the first Chairman.
BBG Chennai organises monthly meetings with interesting speakers with 140+ meetings conducted since inception. BBG Chennai (as it was then called) hosted the 2nd National BBG Conference in 2012.
BBG Chennai was subsequently changed to BBG South to encompass the broader mandate in South India. BBG works closely with BDHC and DIT I and participates in events with visiting UK delegations and others.
BBG Chennai’s raison d’etre is net-working which continues on an on-going basis. For more information email us at info.bbgchennai@gmail.com