Mr. Lilley is a senior member of the British Parliament and the Vice-Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Central Asia. He was formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, the Secretary of State for Social Security, Shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party.

Peter Lilley has replaced Dr Hartley Booth at this post. UBTIC's other Co-Chairman is His Excellency Mr. Elyor Ganiev, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, Investment and Trade of Uzbekistan.

UBTIC is a government-sponsored trade promotion body for bilateral economic co-operation. UBTIC comes under the umbrella of the British Government's overseas trade organisation, United Kingdom Trade & Investment (UKTI).