The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the Rt. Hon. David Cameron, opened his speech by saying that he did not want to miss the special occasion for anything as he was keeping the promise he made to Rami and wanted to be present. He described Dr Ranger as an ‘extraordinary business success story’ and a role model who exemplified the ‘British Dream’ with his immense hard work and achievements in business, political and social spectrums, and paid testament to his ‘enterprise, effort and ingenuity’. He stated that by being present he wanted to celebrate British export success and spoke of ‘wiping clean’ the trade deficit that the country had, if other British companies took inspiration from Sun Mark and Dr. Ranger. The Prime Minister also took the opportunity to praise the British Asian community for punching above its weight and contributing to all aspects of society and added that the contribution from the community is a reason for celebration and that he would like to see more of it. He said he had travelled to India more than any other country with the exception of Brussels in Belgium and he was committed to building special relations with India, stating “We want to see the ties grow stronger.” After his speech the Prime Minister presented Dr.Rami Ranger with Sun Mark’s fifth Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade.

His Excellency Mr Ranjan Mathai, High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, praised the Prime Minister for his efforts in devising a plan with the Indian Government to double trade between the two countries in the coming years. He spoke of Dr. Ranger’s achievements and contributions to society being of great distinction, He said that Dr Ranger demonstrated through his life the famous quote by John F. Kennedy, ‘Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country’. Finally he paid tribute to the level playing field that British society had created to allow dreams to come true.