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Friday, August 22, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 73
As India sits on the cusp of taking the next step on the world stage headed by a visionary, it is timely that New Zealand trade relations with India take a step forward as well. To bridge the existing gap in the Indo – Kiwi trade relations at a time when the markets in China, which is currently our biggest trade partner, seem to be on shaky ground – the launch of the India Trade Alliance is not just timely but is also the need of the hour.
The launch took place with a meeting of its founding members along with elections of a part of the executive committee. The committee currently consists of Giri Gupta QSM, an entrepreneur with business interests in real estate, travel & tourism, hospitality and media as Chairman, Dr Don Brash, Economic and Financial Policy Adviser, Ex-Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank, Ex leader of the National Party along with myself (Hon Dr Richard Worth, Monaco’s honorary consul to New Zealand) as Deputy Chairmen and Mr Vijay Goel as Treasurer and Gawan Bakshi as Assistant Secretary. The current Executive Committee would appoint the balance of the Committee.
Amongst the other heavyweights who make up the founding membership of the alliance are Denis McNamara, honorary consul of Mexico and Chairman of New Zealand Committee of the Pacific Economic Co-Operation Council, Alistair Bell, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister and Board Member of the National Party, Alan Towers – Northern Region Chair, National Party and Mahesh Bindra – Member of Parliament, NZ First.
India Trade Alliance has an India Chapter that is being spearheaded by the luminary Uday Madhav Chitale, Senior Partner at MP Chitale and Co. at Mumbai, Director – ICICI Securities, ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management amongst many others.
Memberships to India Trade Alliance will shortly be invited. Although the full details about the aims, objectives and other activities are yet to be made available, the commitment and passion of its founding members towards bridging the Indo- Kiwi trade gap was apparent from the inaugural meeting.
As India sits on the cusp of taking the next step on the world stage headed by a visionary, it is timely that New Zealand trade relations with India take a step forward as well. To bridge the existing gap in the Indo – Kiwi trade relations at a time when the markets in China, which is currently...
As India sits on the cusp of taking the next step on the world stage headed by a visionary, it is timely that New Zealand trade relations with India take a step forward as well. To bridge the existing gap in the Indo – Kiwi trade relations at a time when the markets in China, which is currently our biggest trade partner, seem to be on shaky ground – the launch of the India Trade Alliance is not just timely but is also the need of the hour.
The launch took place with a meeting of its founding members along with elections of a part of the executive committee. The committee currently consists of Giri Gupta QSM, an entrepreneur with business interests in real estate, travel & tourism, hospitality and media as Chairman, Dr Don Brash, Economic and Financial Policy Adviser, Ex-Governor of the New Zealand Reserve Bank, Ex leader of the National Party along with myself (Hon Dr Richard Worth, Monaco’s honorary consul to New Zealand) as Deputy Chairmen and Mr Vijay Goel as Treasurer and Gawan Bakshi as Assistant Secretary. The current Executive Committee would appoint the balance of the Committee.
Amongst the other heavyweights who make up the founding membership of the alliance are Denis McNamara, honorary consul of Mexico and Chairman of New Zealand Committee of the Pacific Economic Co-Operation Council, Alistair Bell, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister and Board Member of the National Party, Alan Towers – Northern Region Chair, National Party and Mahesh Bindra – Member of Parliament, NZ First.
India Trade Alliance has an India Chapter that is being spearheaded by the luminary Uday Madhav Chitale, Senior Partner at MP Chitale and Co. at Mumbai, Director – ICICI Securities, ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management amongst many others.
Memberships to India Trade Alliance will shortly be invited. Although the full details about the aims, objectives and other activities are yet to be made available, the commitment and passion of its founding members towards bridging the Indo- Kiwi trade gap was apparent from the inaugural meeting.
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