Investment Attraction & Economic Development

I work with cities, regions and countries globally to assist with their investment attraction and economic development. Services include:

Investment Origination

International investment promotion and business development, from identifying target investors to lead generation.

Investment Management

Converting inward investment opportunities into secured project successes, creating economic impact.

Investment Advocacy

Assisting locations with their investment readiness through initiatives to align their offering with global opportunities and the location needs if investors.

Investor Aftercare

Working with existing investors on their expansion and reinvestment, assisting them with their innovation.

What I Do

I work with businesses from start-ups & scale-ups to multi-national companies, assisting enterprises to secure B2B opportunities with corporates, helping to drive their digital transformation and innovation. I advise scale-ups on international markets and growth.

I help build Fintech eco-systems by connecting government agencies & regulators, entrepreneurs, corporate innovators and investors. I’ve worked with countless fintechs globally, helping them to scale and offering advice on their global footprint/location options.

I build, motivate and lead international teams, am a renowned public speaker and an experienced coach/mentor.

I’ve developed a proven framework called the 5Ps of Investment Attraction and Economic Development. Contact me to find out more.

Testimonials

David was an integral part of the team that led the new investment strategy that we adopted at the Bahrain EDB, especially with regard to building the Kingdom’s Fintech eco-system.

Khalid Al-RumaihiCEO of Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co & Board Member/Former CEO at Bahrain EDB

David Parker was instrumental in strategically positioning Bahrain in a way that attracted entrepreneurs from around the world to come to the Kingdom and test new financial products and solutions. At the same time, I witnessed him working closely with corporates and the regulator in the Kingdom to push the digital agenda forward, paving the way for open banking and other innovations.

Abdulla AlmoayedCEO & Founder of Almoayed Technologies & Tarabut Gateway

David most recently worked with me at Bahrain EDB where we delivered a series of record breaking years for inward investment. Previously at InvestHK, David headed our London Office, contributing greatly to record levels of inward investment into Hong Kong including high growth scale ups through his work supporting our critically acclaimed StartmeupHK Venture Programme.

Simon GalpinFormer Managing Director Bahrain EDB & Director General InvestHK

David and I have worked together on a number of my FDI events over the years. As an accomplished public speaker, he can always be relied upon to deliver compelling and thought provoking presentations on a range of matters relating to inward investment.

Cathy DawsonFounder of the FDI LEADERS NETWORK

David worked with me at Oxford Intelligence in the wake of its acquisition by Ecorys. He represented the company in an advisory capacity with a wide range of Investment Promotion Agencies using his ‘5Ps of FDI’ as a motivational framework for assisting them with their investment attraction. He was at his best engaging with fellow investment professionals and built an extensive network of international clients from Leeds to Lithuania.

Richard Liebrecht Managing Director Oxford Intelligence & Partner Ecorys

Who I've Worked With

I have had the pleasure of working with many business locations across the world, assisting them with their investment attraction and/or connecting them with growth businesses.