The leader of Leeds City Council has joined other business and political leaders from across the north on a UK trade delegation to Singapore.
Councillor Judith Blake is taking part in a seminar with potential investors that is being addressed by Prime Minister David Cameron and will also meet senior figures from the Singapore government.
Cllr Blake took up the invitation from the government to join the Business Secretary on the trade mission and she has been accompanied by the council's chief economic development officer Tom Bridges.
They are part of a large group of UK business leaders, including a representative of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, hoping to capitalise on the opportunity to expand economic links with South East Asia, especially in the north of England.
Leeds is already performing well internationally, according to the recently-released annual Ernst & Young Attractiveness Survey which measures inward investment activity by region.