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Invest Northern IrelandSharing an International Perspective

Alan Wilson

Director- Trade

Invest Northern IrelandBELFAST

As the regional business development agency, Invest NI's role is to grow the local

economy. We do this by helping new and existing businesses to compete

internationally, and by attracting new investment to Northern Ireland.

We are part of the Department for the Economy and provide strong government

support for business by effectively delivering the Government’s economic

development strategies.

To improve the Northern Ireland economy through business development

SUPPORT

First time FDIExisting FDI firms wanting to expand

Local firms who wish to invest & grow

Larger private sector

More spending locally

New jobs at

all levels

Growth in

Exports

Better quality

jobs

Bigger overall

economy

Foreign Direct Investment

Exports

Invest NI – Our Purpose

2017 – 2021 Business Strategy

Invest NI – International Office network

Working with Partners

Focus on Sectors

Invest NI Trade Support

Trade

Advisory

Service

GB/RoI

Early Stage Exporters and Capability Support

Life & Health Sciences Sector

Trade Event Calendar

**subject to change

Event Date

Medica 18th- 21st November 2019

Arab Health 27th- 30th January 2020

HIMSS** 9th- 13th March 2020

China BIO** May 2020

BIO USA June 2020

HIDA** September 2020

BIO Europe** November 2020

Life & Health Sciences

Trade Markets

Priority markets• USA (dedicated in field resource)

• EU

• China (emerging)

Event participation• Bio USA

• Medica

• Arab Health

Area of capability• Diagnostics

• MedTech

• BioTech

• eHealth

FDI

Expertise• Precision Medicine

• Pharma

• Clinical Trails

World class Universities• R&D collaborations

• Spin in’s/out’s

• Partnerships

• Centres of excellence

NHS• Clinical expertise access

A 220 wings are the largest and most

complex composite structures manufactured

and assembled in the UK using Resin

Transfer Infusion

1 in 5 of the world’s computer drives

contains a part created in NI by Seagate

Moy Park is the largest Meat Producer in

Northern Ireland, processing 25% of the

Western European Chicken Market

Every second of every day 80

Randox tests are used across

the world

Over 80,000

employees

directly

employed in

Northern

Ireland

manufacturing

AERIAL VIEW, BELFAST

• NI’s global diaspora outreach programme driven & delivered by Invest NI, working in

collaboration with economic development partners & leveraging the INI international office

network

• Taps into the ‘soft power’ of the diaspora (both connected & affinity) to:

- Celebrate NI as a great place to live, work, study, invest & do business

- Attract opportunities in FDI, trade, education & business tourism

- Showcase quality career opportunities to potential returners/re-locators

• Involves:

- Building an global online community and;

- Developing a network of strategic diaspora in strategic locations & priority sectors to

actively engage

• Relaunched in November 2018

- Online community growing (~7000 web visits/month, ~2000 subscribers to NIC newsletter

- Network development underway in US & Canada, APAC.

www.niconnections.com

Thank You

www.InvestNI.com