Join techUK's new APAC Working Group

Interested in growing your business in Asia? Join our Working Group

This year, the International Policy and Trade team are proud to launch a techUK 'Asia Pacific Working Group', this group is being created to complement our UK-APAC Tech Forum, which will be happening on the 13 June during London Tech Week. Naturally, the UK-APAC Tech Forum covers a large number of countries, meaning it is not possible to cover each market in depth during each Tech Forum event. 

Therefore, to ensure we cover the huge number of thriving APAC markets, we are creating an APAC Working Group which will meet approximately once every two months to go on an embassy visit. We plan for the visits to include several ASEAN countries and Australasia. These embassy visits are aimed at giving techUK members a chance to interact with Ambassadors and senior representatives, learn more about the market, the export opportunities, trade and non-tariff barriers, as well as discuss any bilateral policy matters.  

Participating in these visits would be incredibly useful to both tech companies looking to expand into the Asia Pacific region, as well as tech companies that already operate in the region. To join the Group, you must either be a techUK member or interested in joining techUK. Click here to sign up

If you are not a techUK member but want to participate in the group, email [email protected] for further information. 

Sabina Ciofu

Sabina Ciofu

Associate Director – International, techUK

Sabina Ciofu is Associate Director – International, running the International Policy and Trade Programme at techUK.

Based in Brussels, she leads our EU policy and engagement. She is also our lead on international trade policy, with a focus on digital trade chapter in FTAs, regulatory cooperation as well as broader engagement with the G7, G20, WTO and OECD.

As a transatlanticist at heart, Sabina is a GMF Marshall Memorial fellow and issue-lead on the EU-US Trade and Technology Council, within DigitalEurope.

Previously, she worked as Policy Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament for almost a decade, where she specialised in tech regulation, international trade and EU-US relations.

Sabina loves building communities and bringing people together. She is the founder of the Gentlewomen’s Club and co-organiser of the Young Professionals in Digital Policy. Previously, as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, she led several youth civic engagement and gender equality projects.

She sits on the Advisory Board of the University College London European Institute, Café Transatlantique, a network of women in transatlantic technology policy and The Nine, Brussels’ first members-only club designed for women.

Sabina holds an MA in War Studies from King’s College London and a BA in Classics from the University of Cambridge.

Email:
[email protected]
Phone:
+32 473 323 280
Website:
www.techuk.org

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Daniel Clarke

Daniel Clarke

Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade, techUK

Dan joined techUK as a Policy Manager for International Policy and Trade in March 2023.

Before techUK, Dan worked for data and consulting company GlobalData as an analyst of tech and geopolitics. He has also worked in public affairs, political polling, and has written freelance for the New Statesman and Investment Monitor.

Dan has a degree in MSc International Public Policy from University College London, and a BA Geography degree from the University of Sussex.

Outside of work, Dan is a big fan of football, cooking, going to see live music, and reading about international affairs. 

Email:
[email protected]

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Tess Newton

Team Assistant, Policy and Public Affairs, techUK

Tess joined techUK as an Policy and Public Affairs Team Assistant in November of 2024. In this role, she supports areas such as administration, member communications and media content.

Before joining the Team, she gained experience working as an Intern in both campaign support for MPs and Councilors during the Local and General Election and working for the Casimir Pulaski Foundation. As well as working for multiple charities on issues such as the climate crisis, educational inequality and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Tess obtained her Bachelors of Arts in Politics and International Relations from University of Nottingham.

Email:
[email protected]
Website:
www.techUK.org

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