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New Zealand
- Current
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- CEO at Cluster Navigators Ltd
- Past
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- General Manager, Strategy at New Zealand Trade Development Board
- Manager, New Business Development at Feltex New Zealand
- Development Manager at Noranda, Toronto, Canada
- Education
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- Auckland University of Technology
- University of Wales, Cardiff
- Ackworth Friends School
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Ifor Ffowcs-Williams’s Summary
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Recognised globally as a leader in the development of clusters:
• Training economic development professionals in the process of cluster development;
• The start-up and review of cluster, innovation and competitiveness programmes;
• Establishing local cluster development initiatives;
• Leading cluster workshops;
• Speaking at economic development conferences on five continents.
Global client base includes World Bank, IFC, OECD, UNIDO, Commonwealth Secretariat, Swedish Aid Programme (Sida/SAREC), US Aid and New Zealand Aid.
Also national and regional public agencies across Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Mozambique, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, U.A.E., Uganda, USA, Wales ...
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams’s Specialties:
Introducing the relevance of cluster based economic development; presenting interactive cluster training workshops.
Frequent presenter at competitiveness and economic development conferences.
Founder and Past President of The Competitiveness Institute (Barcelona, Spain), the global organisation for cluster practitioners. Now serving on the Board of Advisors.
Member, Advisory Board, Pan African Competitiveness Forum
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Additional Information
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Ifor is a Founder and Past President of The Competitiveness Institute (Barcelona, Spain) and currently a member of the Advisory Board. TCI is the global organisation for those with an interest in cluster based economic development.
He has served as New Zealand Vice President, Australia New Zealand Regional Science Association International (ANZRSA).
Pan African Competitiveness Forum: Advisory Board member.
Mindshop, Melbourne, Australia
Virtual Group, Wellington, New Zealand
Nelson Rotary
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Ifor Ffowcs-Williams’s Honors:
Member, College of Practitioners, Economic Development Association of New Zealand
Accredited Economic Development Professional, College of Practitioners, Economic Development Association of New Zealand
