Loveday Advisory was established in 2025 to help Aerospace & Defence, Space, and Energy Transition businesses in the UK better understand, appreciate and successfully engage with India.

About Richard McCallum

Richard McCallum, known as Dickie, is the Director of Loveday Advisory.

Between 2022 and 2025 he was the Group CEO of the UK India Business Council. Previously he was the Managing Director and Vice Chair of UKIBC India.

Dickie is one of a very small group of British expatriates who have spent two decades building and managing businesses in India. He has a deep understanding of the UK-India economic corridor, and bilateral corporate agendas within that corridor.

He specialises in promoting collaboration between British and Indian company in defence manufacturing. He is currently a Senior Advisor to UIKIBC, overseeing UKIBC’s defence group – which he launched at UKIBC in 2019. In addition, Dickie specialises in the Space and Energy Transition sectors.

Dickie started his career with John Swire & Sons, seconded to roles with Cathay Pacific Airways Limited in Hong Kong, Karachi and New Delhi. Prior to joining UKIBC, Dickie founded and ran an adventure tourism start-up in India.

Why now?

India is the world’s 4th largest economy. So why is it that so many businesses in the UK have an outdated view of the country?

From digital payments to frugal innovation, from low-cost high-street diagnostics to 5-minute food delivery, from entrepreneurship to national missions, from non-linear thinking to competitive federalism, the Indian story has so much for UK firms to learn about – and will have a huge impact on all our futures.

We help UK companies in Aerospace & Defence, Space, and Energy Transition improve their knowledge of India in order to succeed in the market. We specialize in supporting technology collaboration between British and Indian firms.

Contact

Hessey Farm
Nunburnholme,
York United Kingdom

Phone: +447968134801

Email: dickiemccallum@gmail.com