The Lord Mayor of London, global ambassador for the UK’s financial and professional services industry, is visiting Chile at the head of a business delegation this week with the aim of strengthening trade links with the City of London.

Charles Bowman, the Lord Mayor, will meet government and business leaders, regulators, and trade bodies in Santiago in a visit focussed around the major Expomin Trade Show. The Lord Mayor will be discussing how the City of London can work more closely with Chilean companies as they invest for growth domestically and abroad.

Lord Mayor Bowman, the 690th incumbent of a role that dates back centuries, is the leader of London’s ‘Square Mile,’ or financial district, and has plans to visit 27 countries over the course of his year in office. Charles Bowman is an accountant by profession, and is a Senior Partner at PwC in London.

The Lord Mayor will be visiting Chile accompanied by a senior delegation of City figures, as well as Carlos Figueredo, Managing Director of Open Vector, a professional consultancy firm that provides advice on shaping and implementing open banking and open data initiatives globally.