Since its creation in 1600 by The Royal Charter granted by Queen Elizabeth I, the influence of The East India Company has been well documented.  Without The Company our world would not be as it is today. 

It changed the world’s tastes, its thinking, and its people.  It created new communities, trading places,  cities and shaped countries and commercial routes.

Singapore and Hong Kong were established by The Company and India was shaped and influenced by it.  At one point The Company had the largest merchant navy in the world and conducted and controlled 50% of world trade. 

With statistics like that it’s easy to forget that at its heart, were real people. 

Our heritage is in the spirit of those pioneers.  The East India Company’s employees did not set out to change the world.  They were people who set sail to establish trade routes, to discover and bring back new goods, and in doing so broke down the barriers of the world.

They were explorers, traders, innovators. They took risks, they broke new ground and they sometimes got it wrong.

They were pioneering; creating many of the means and rules of commerce we use today. 

They were individuals, living by the rules of their times – determined, entrepreneurial and human – who were driven by their passion and enthusiasm; the same qualities that drive our team today.