Louise Warde Hunter, Principal & Chief Executive, Belfast Metropolitan College, advocates for further education in developing a labor force with the skillset equal to Northern Ireland’s economic potential....
Richard Williams, CEO, Northern Ireland Screen, capitalizes on the country’s advantages when it comes to film production which, following the success of Game of Thrones, are readily apparent: small size, a helpful public sector, and diligent investment in local talent....
Jeff Nygaard & Fergus O’Donnell, Executive Vice President of Operations and Technology & Plant Manager, Seagate, see a world created in Northern Ireland where cloud computing and nanotechnology rule things....
Séamus Keating, CEO, FT Technologies, hastening the use of data to digitally transform the economy, has seen a year where the pandemic put his company in the driver’s seat and businesses are seeing exponential benefit as a result....
Richard Kennedy, Chief Executive, Devenish, foresees a world where people will eat more healthily, and the research and development his company provides is working to be agreat avatar in that change....
Joe O’Neill, Chief Executive of Belfast Harbour, has helped oversee the transformation of Belfast port into one that is smart, green and adapted to the robust economic growth that the Norther Irish capitol sees on the horizon. The port of Belfast has a rich history that goes back 400 years, and from a muddy estuary has radically transformed into a modern, deep water port. Given Northern Ireland’s situation, the port has been holding a central role as gateway to the country....
Kate Nicholl, Lord Mayor of Belfast City Council, has a vision for her city that she wants to share with the world: inclusive, green and economically vibrant....
Steve Orr, CEO, Catalyst, is an expert on innovation ecosystems who is currently at work building a world class one that will direct Northern Ireland’s economy for the next generation....
Irwin Armstrong, CEO, CIGA Healthcare, has developed technologies of the utmost relevance during a pandemic where the fight again airborne pathogens is paramount. The are now poised to succed on a monumental scale....