Business English:
Introductions
When introducing colleagues,
coworkers, customers
and/or clients to each other
in a business setting it is
important to pass along
information about their job
title or function at their
company.
The structure of an
introduction is like this:
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1. Introduce
your guest:
May I introduce Mr. Anthony Kim
from Kookmin Bank?
2.
Introduce the
other person to
your guest:
Mr. Kim, this
Janice
Andersen.
3. Describe the
other person's
job function:
She's responsible
for
international
logistics. |
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Formal: |
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May I introduce
[name] from
[company]? |
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Informal: |
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I'd
like you to meet
[name] from
[company]. |
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Formal: |
Job Function |
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She's + |
responsible
for + |
pricing our
underwriting
business |
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He's + |
in charge
of + |
negotiating our
shipping rates |
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I'm** |
Informal: |
training our
sales
representatives |
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takes care of
+ |
our purchasing
department |
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hedging our raw
material costs. |
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** you
can also use
this format for
introducing
yourself |
Now add the responses you
learned in the Greetings
Section
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Initial Greeting |
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Formal: |
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How do you do? |
I'm pleased to
[finally*] meet
you. |
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It's nice to
[finally*] meet
you. |
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Informal: |
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Hi, |
Nice/good to
meet you. |
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Hello, |
Pleased to meet
you. |
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Response to the
Greeting |
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Formal: |
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How do you do? |
It's nice to
meet you too. |
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I'm pleased to
meet you too. |
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Informal: |
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How do you do? |
Nice/Good to
meet you too. |
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Hello, |
Pleased to meet
you too. |
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Hi, (very
informal) |
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* finally
makes the
greeting more
cordial and
friendly |
The complete dialog would go
like this:
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You: May I
introduce
Anthony Kim from
Kookmin Bank? |
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You: Mr.
Kim, this is
Maurice
Gerard.
He's
responsible for
our air cargo
division.
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Mr. K: How do
you do. I'm very
pleased to meet
you Mr. Gerard.
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Mr. G: I'm
pleased to meet
you too, Mr.
Kim.
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** depending on
the country and
culture,
conversation may
remain formal
using
Mr./Mrs./Ms./Dr.
etc. |
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Now you are ready for the
Business English
Introductions Activity
page |
