The 2016 BVI Asian Trade Mission concluded in Shanghai with numerous meetings and receptions with executive level decision makers and three monumental events: the VIP Bespoke reception, the final BVI Finance hosted roadshow and the China Offshore Summit.
The VIP Bespoke dinner presentation was held at the Kempinski hotel in Shanghai with an audience of around 60 leaders and senior asset managers and wealth managers.
The final BVI Finance hosted road show was held under the theme Strategies for Global Success BVI: The International Partner of Choice. Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE, gave the keynote speech, titled, “The BVI Advantage: At the Centre of an Historic Paradigm Shift”.
Interim Director, BVI Finance, Mrs. Lorna Smith, OBE, moderated a panel titled: “BVI – The International Partner of Choice”. The panel addressed issues such as the use of BVI trusts; funds and other structures for investment; succession planning and asset protection; the recent development of family offices in China; and the unique qualities the BVI jurisdiction offers to the Chinese market. Panelists included Managing Director, AMS Financial Services, Ms. Clare Abrehart; Managing Partner, Sinclairs BVI, Ms. Adenike Sicard; Maples FS, Ms. Sofia Shen; and Jones Day Counsel, Mr. Carson Wen.
The China Offshore Summit was held in the Grand Kempinski Hotel Shanghai and attended by almost 500 Chinese business people.
During the event, Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable D. Orlando Smith, OBE spoke to summit delegates on the importance of BVI companies in facilitating success and building wealth.
Premier Smith said, “'I am pleased for the first time to be here in magnificent Shanghai, and to be joining the China Offshore Summit under the theme of Global Investment Strategies for a Going Global China. Of course, the BVI has been a partner with the China Offshore Summit for the last couple of years, and have found it to be a very important forum where we have been able to build important and lasting relationships with the business community here in Shanghai.”
As a gold sponsor of the China Offshore Summit, BVI Finance’s booth was located in a premium position at the conference entrance and received high traffic from attendees.