NRF 2011

2. Breakfast series sponsored by CXC Consultants Exchange Presentation to National Recruitment Federation Alan Hobbs Head of Communications 24 March 2011

3. It’s About Jobs and Economic Impacts FDI Companies Employment = 125,432 Spend in economy = €21bn Enterprise Ireland Companies Employment = 137,241 Spend in economy = €19bn 60,000+ New Jobs 100,000+ By End 2015 Impact in wider economy

4. Manufacturing and Internationally traded services companies employing ten or more Irish-based food and natural resource companies that are overseas owned or controlled MNC’s Established SMEs Who are our clients? Enterprise Ireland has an active client base of around 3,500 companies: High Potential Start-Ups Entrepreneurs starting companies with the ability to compete in world markets Scaling Ambitious companies with the ability to grow to scale and achieve significant global success

5. 2009-2010 Immense Challenges Global Recession .. Euro to Sterling and US dollar Exchange Rates Survival, Stabilisation, Access to Finance, Relationships with the main Banks Construction and related Engineering Sectors Emergence from Recession… United Kingdom, United States, Germany. Sectoral Growth… Software, Internationally Traded Services, Lifesciences

6. Enterprise Ireland Export Trend Source: Enterprise Ireland

7. New Export TrendsFebruary 2008 – February 2011

8. Global Overseas etwork Global Office Network North America Boston New York Silicon Valley Toronto SEMEALA Dubai Madrid Mexico Milan Riyadh Sao Paulo CEERN Budapest Moscow Prague Warsaw Stockholm Western Europe Amsterdam Brussels Glasgow London Paris Düsseldorf Asia-Pacific Beijing Seoul Guangzhou Shanghai Hong Kong Sydney Singapore Tokyo Kuala Lumpur New Delhi

9. GDP Growth Rates Source: IMF World Economic Outlook October 2010

10. Export Growth Sectors Software Lifesciences Cleantech Internationally Traded Services Construction Services Other Growth Opportunities: Food Public Procurement

11. The glass is 89% full Exports at an all time high Signficant improvement in competitiveness FDI International performance Highly entrepreneurial society Innovation led economy New diaspora Irish companies competing successfully around the world We should be proud of our companies