Jo Ahmed MBE
@joanneeahmed
Practice Senior Partner at Deloitte in the NW. Honorary Consul of Japan in Manchester & Chair of the GM/Japan Steering Group🇯🇵 & Deputy chair of MIP 🇮🇳
Still pinching myself! What an incredible honour it was to meet the Prince of Wales and receive my MBE. Feel very proud and so grateful for all the teams inside and outside @DeloitteUK who support all our work between GM and Japan and India @JAPANinUK @MCRIndia @AmbJapanUK 🇯🇵🇮🇳
A fantastic evening celebrating the living bridge between Manchester & India by taking part in a fireside chat with the Women’s Indian cricket team @EmiratesOT - such inspiring women leading the way for gender equality in sport. Huge thanks to @CGIManchester for this evening 🏏
Today marked the beginning of the Greater Manchester Japan Mission 2025. Led by Mayor Andy Burnham and Cllr Bev Craig with Jo Ahmed MBE, the mission brings together leaders from business, academia, and government. Read day one highlights: manchesterjapan.com/news/greater-m…
From Tokyo to Osaka, day two of the Greater Manchester Japan Mission 2025 was packed with high-impact engagements focused on cyber, digital, energy, and low carbon innovation. Read day two highlights: manchesterjapan.com/news/greater-m…
A super productive Day 1 on the Mayoral led delegation to Japan and as Chair of the Greater Manchester Japan Steering Group, it was fantastic to see the level of engagement in meetings the opportunities for further collaboration already being identified. 🇯🇵🇬🇧
Today marked the beginning of the Greater Manchester Japan Mission 2025. Led by Mayor Andy Burnham and Cllr Bev Craig with Jo Ahmed MBE, the mission brings together leaders from business, academia, and government. Read day one highlights: manchesterjapan.com/news/greater-m…
Thank you to colleagues at @deloitte_jp for hosting the Low Carbon Summit with @AndyBurnhamGM @bevcraig @greatermcr in Tokyo as part of the Greater Manchester mission to Japan - such interesting discussions on decarbonisation of our cities 🇯🇵🇬🇧 @JAPANinUK @UKinJapan
本日、デロイト トーマツ グループは、グレーター・マンチェスター合同行政機構および駐日英国大使館とともに #低炭素社会 の実現に向けたサミットを開催し、最新動向の共有や同機構とパートナー関係にある企業からのケーススタディ発表、活発な意見交換が行われました。 #GMJapan2025 #脱炭素
Ahead of next week’s Greater Manchester Mayoral delegation to Japan and as Chair of the Greater Manchester Japan Steering Group, I am proud to share this message to celebrate our spirit of partnership 🇯🇵🇬🇧🐝
@joanneeahmed: "Manchester has a warm and industrious relationship with Japan that has truly blossomed in recent years - creating opportunities for business, education, and people-people exchanges." 🐝🇬🇧🇯🇵 Learn more about Manchester's plans for #Expo2025: ukatexpo2025.uk/website/15789/…
Had the privilege of speaking alongside colleagues at the @DeloitteUK Academy last week on how Japan is attracting interest from international investors and policymakers 🇯🇵 - watch and listen here ⬇️ …loitte-buto.videomarketingplatform.co/secret/1135402…
Team Greater Manchester at the Embassy of Japan this morning celebrating Osaka EXPO 2025 - 3 weeks from now we will be in Japan for a week of business meetings, connections and collaborations which I know will further strengthen our future relationship and partnership 🙏🇯🇵🇬🇧
Team Greater Manchester at the Embassy of Japan this morning celebrating Osaka EXPO 2025 - 3 weeks from now we will be in Japan for a week of business meetings, connections and collaborations which I know will further strengthen our future relationship and partnership 🙏🇯🇵🇬🇧
Brilliant to see Greater Manchester celebrating the relationships with Osaka 🇯🇵 and Mumbai 🇮🇳 at the Flower Festival in the city centre this weekend and loving the signs celebrating the “glamour of Manchester!” @JAPANinUK @MCRIndia @HCI_London @CGIManchester 🐝
I am so delighted to announce a significant investment in the North West with the opening of a new dedicated technology centre in our Manchester @DeloitteUK office creating 100 new roles; building digital skills and jobs for the future 🐝👏 thebusinessdesk.com/northwest/news…
A busy few days of Uk/Japan activity with the celebration of the Manchester Osaka 🇯🇵🇬🇧 relationship in Westminster with @TheJapanSociety @AndyBurnhamGM @AmbJapanUK and today opening the National Japanese Garden Society conference in Cheshire 🪴🌸
A wonderful celebration of the Manchester and Osaka relationship with a reception at the Houses of Parliament this week and looking forward to the visit by the GM delegation to World EXPO next month! 🇬🇧🇯🇵
Pleasure to join 🇬🇧🇯🇵 BJPG reception to celebrate the partnership between Greater Manchester and Osaka. Great expectations for @MayorofGM’s visit to @expo2025japan with @joanneeahmed! Many thanks to BJPG officers, @MarkHendrick_, Lord Trenchard, @spellar, @DavidTaylor85.
Still buzzing 🐝 from receiving my MBE 🎖️yesterday from the Prince of Wales 👑 at Windsor Castle. Wonderful day with the family and thinking about my Nana and my Dad who were there with me in spirit 🙏❤️
This is very significant and great news for the UK and India in terms of trade and investment. 🇮🇳🇬🇧
BREAKING: The UK has now secured a landmark trade deal with India. This agreement will slash tariffs on key products like whisky, cosmetics and medical devices and unlock opportunities for businesses across regions and nations of UK. More 👉 gov.uk/government/new…
The UK and Japan are world leaders in quantum science and tech 🇬🇧🤝🇯🇵 A new quantum agreement has been signed that deepens ties between academia and the private sector. This will drive innovation, increase investment and improve national security.
Congratulations to everyone in Osaka on the opening of EXPO 2025 this weekend. Together with @AndyBurnhamGM @bevcraig and the Greater Manchester Japan Steering Group we look forward to visiting in June! 🇬🇧🇯🇵🐝Home - Manchester Japan
A very sunny ☀️ successful first visit to Manchester by @AmbJapanUK and in my capacity as Honorary Consul I was proud to arrange and support the visit to our city region 🇯🇵🇬🇧🐝
From 8 April to 9 April, @AmbJapanUK visited Manchester. Read about his visit here: uk.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/250409…