Board Minutes 2019 (PDF)
OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE – COMMERCIAL INVEST NORTHERN IRELAND BOARD MINUTES 2019 January 23, 2019 February 26, 2019 March 27, 2019 April 30, 2019 May 22, 2019 June 26, 2019 August 28, 2019 September 25, 2019 October 23, 2019 November 27, 2019 INVEST NI BOARD MEETING MINUTES VERSION: AGREED Page 1 of 70 OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE – COMMERCIAL OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE – COMMERCIAL ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE INVEST NORTHERN IRELAND BOARD, 23 JANUARY 2019 INVEST NI HQ, BEDFORD STREET, BELFAST Present: Invest NI Board Mark Ennis (Chairman) Brian Baird Padraig Canavan Deborah Lange Ken Nelson Mark Nodder Scott Rutherford Rose Mary Stalker Mark Sweeney Judith Totten In Attendance: Alastair Hamilton, Amanda Braden, Mel Chittock, Brian Dolaghan, Donal Durkan, Des Gartland, Jeremy Fitch, Peter Harbinson, Steve Harper, Olive Hill and Charles Hamilton Minute Taker: Arora Upritchard 1. APOLOGIES & DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST The meeting commenced at 1.00pm Apologies: Dr Gerard O’Hare The Chair asked members to declare any conflicts of interest relating to today’s meeting agenda. No conflicts were declared however Scott Rutherford noted QUB’s involvement in Artemis Technologies Limited. 2. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION 2.1 BUSINESS STRATEGY – SECTORS – FINANCIAL SERVICES Brian Dolaghan, Executive Director for Business & Sector Development along with Karen Bradbury, Client Manager for Financial Services provided an update on the Financial Services sector. INVEST NI BOARD MEETING MINUTES VERSION: AGREED Page 2 of 70 OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE – COMMERCIAL OFFICIAL – SENSITIVE – COMMERCIAL Karen presented a brief history of how the financial and professional services sector had developed in Northern Ireland. Karen detailed the financial and professional services clusters and presented a SWOT analysis of the sector.
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