CEO Club London

“Never get big headed as fruit doesn’t grow on tall trees” told self-made billionaire Surinder Arora his mother when he was a kid. Mr. Arora grew up in India. He later moved to London. At first he worked simple jobs, later made a successful career in finance. 

However, he didn’t stop there and began developing hotel business. His first hotels were operating in the Heathrow airport for British Airways. After 9/11 the network expanded to other airports and other airlines. When Heathrow didn’t want to include Mr. Arora’s business in the tender claiming it to be too small, he ended up winning a different tender for the Accor Sofitel brand and created one of the best hotel businesses in the world. 

Mr. Arora shared not only his business success story, but also some life advice as he is married successfully for 40 years. 
Thank you to all who attended yesterday! We also extend a special gratitude to Andrii Gorokhov who moderated the event.

On the 26th of March CEO Club London and Bob Seely MP co-hosted a VIP Dinner at the Houses of Parliament in support of Ukraine. Among the guests from the UK side there were such high-ranking officials as Ministers, Lords, MPs and business representatives. We were happy to welcome Lord Martin John Callanan who serves as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. There also were representatives of the Ukrainian government and large business corporations. The event was made possible thanks to the support of BGV Group. We successfully bridged UK-Ukraine businesses and governments giving the guests a unique opportunity to network and discuss potential cooperation.
The guests engaged in a fruitful discussion on UK-Ukraine cooperation on energy infrastructure, critical materials and defence technologies.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and to Bob Seely MP who co-organised this event with the CEO Club London!