Institutional partners

Invest in France Agency

http://www.invest-in-france.org/

Invest in France Agency (IFA) is responsible for promoting, prospecting and facilitating the international investment in France.

The IFA network operates worldwide, with offices in France at both national and local level. It draws on the expertise of specialists in a range of disciplines based at its head office in Paris, as well as in offices in North America, Europe and Asia.

In France, IFA works in partnership with regional development agencies to offer international investors outstanding business opportunities and customized services.

Key figures

A network of 22 countries (Invest in France Agencies), covering Europe, North America and Asia

A head office in Paris

A team of 160 people in the world

Mission statement

 Promote France internationally and encourage inward investment

 Address misconceptions held by foreign investors through a promotional campaign targeting emerging economies, the United States and Europe; publishing success stories from foreign business leaders established in France in the business media; partnership with the Wall Street Journal; PR activities

 Identify international investment projects in Europe and in France in order to apply a promotion strategy to attract the international investors

 Inform, advise and help investors - personally and free of charge – at each stage of their project

 Organise state aid by coordinating financial incentives with regional agencies and local authorities for the investment projects

INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT IN FRANCE IN 2009

 639 New Job-Creating Foreign Investment Projects Recorded In 2009
 The number of jobs created or maintained as reached a total of 29 889.
 68% of all projects are originated from European companies in 2009, North-American (19%), Asian companies (10%).
 The 4 largest investors are Germany (113 projects of the jobs created), The United States (106 projects), Italy (56 projects), Spain (43 projects).
 Main sectors : Energy, Agri food, IT, mechanical equipment, textil, commercial and financial services software and IT services
 Top 3 regions : Ile-de-France (30%), Rhône-Alpes (14%) et Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (9%).

David Appia, Ambassador for International investment.

David Appia was appointed Ambassador for International Investment and Chairman and CEO of Invest in France Agency on December, 10th 2008 by the French Council of Ministers.

He was previously and since 2006, Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs at the French Embassy in Washington D.C. Immediately prior to his posting in Washington, David Appia was Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs in Italy.

He had been posted previously in Washington (1988-1991) and in Egypt (1993-1997) as an Economic and Commercial Counselor at the French Embassy. From 1997 to 2002, he served as Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Office of Economic and Commercial Affairs (DREE) at the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Paris. In this function, Mr. Appia attended WTO ministerial meetings in Geneva, Seattle and Doha.

Mr. Appia holds degrees from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (1979), a Bachelor of Arts in applied foreign languages from Parix X (1979), the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (1982) and the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (1985). David Appia is married with four children.

Severine Dumontier, Press Relations T: +33 1 40 74 73 88 Fax: +33 1 40 74 73 29 E-mail: severine.dumontier@investinfrance.org

www.invest-in-france.org