Dan Rutstein is UK Trade & Investment's
Director for West Coast USA.
Previously, he was Director of Trade & Investment in Germany, based in Berlin.
He has also worked in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in the aerospace sector and the Department for Transport.
In a former life he was a journalist, but left his job covering sports in Bermuda for the opportunity to work in the public sector
In some cases it was the tuxedos, in one case a kilt, but the Brits were easy to spot at the Oscars of the design world this week. The dress code for the Red Dot gala dinner in Essen was …
The picture has attracted more than 3,000 likes on Facebook. What started as just a sensible investment has turned into a local tourist attraction. And his cows have never been happier. No wonder Guillaume Hermans is pleased he bought British. …
The sporting eyes of Germany will once again be on London this weekend. Dortmund and Bayern face-off on the hallowed turf of Wembley for the ultimate prize in European club football. And thousands of fans, as well as politicians and …
Nobody does trade fairs like the Germans. And even the Germans don't normally do trade fairs like Hannover Messe. With more than 6,500 exhibitors - that would mean having just 5 seconds with each if you visited them all - …
If you weren't sure in which country the €8m, 28 metre luxury yacht, was engineered, designed and manufactured, the Union Flag napkins on the wet bar on the fore-deck would have given it away. But actually to get to the …
When I suggested a few months ago we might want to emblazon a Mini in a Union Flag and drive it around Germany for a year to promote the GREATness of Britain, I certainly didn't expect it would end up …
Two days, four factories, billions of pounds worth of exports. In a busier than usual start to the working week, I had the great pleasure of seeing first-hand the jewels in the crown of UK manufacturing as we toured British …
I'd like to thank Bond, James Bond. And Land Rover, Jaguar Land Rover. Between them, we have had three opportunities in just eight days to be proud of British exports (and actually proud to be British). Let's start with Opportunity …
Once a week. That is, on average, how often Government Ministers fly to Germany to support British Industry. Admittedly that is an average based only on the last three weeks, but still an impressive statistic. Not even reshuffles or strikes …
The double Olympic champion was enjoying her freshly-bbq'd lamb so much, I am sure I could have pinched her medal without her realising. As high-jumping legend Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth tucked in to the quality British export in front of her, people …
