Business chiefs flock to build bridges with Saudi prince

Business chiefs flock to build bridges with Saudi prince:

"Any business aficionado wandering along Mayfair’s Curzon Street on Thursday afternoon would have been treated to a surreal sight: 15 of Britain’s top chairmen and chief executives trooping on to a coach. “It was like a school trip for the captains of industry,” joked one blue-chip director. The coach took nearly an hour to make the two-mile journey to the Saudi ambassador’s residence, threatening to make the leaders late for an audience with Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, and Philip Hammond, UK chancellor. “Fortunately MbS was himself running late,” said another attendee. That Britain’s business leaders let themselves be herded about the British capital in a coach is a sign of the expectation that accompanied Mohammed bin Salman’s first official visit to the UK as crown prince. As it drew to a close, both sides could claim a measure of success."



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