About Sean 

Sean is an expert in the fields of economics policy and strategy.  He has over 30 years' professional experience as a policy, economic development and research economist.  He has over 15 years' experience focusing on all aspects of location development and investment promotion.

He has developed, led and delivered a diverse range of economic and location development and foreign direct investment promotion assignments, in a variety of locations and jurisdictions.

He started his career in economics consulting and as an economist in consulting, with Pieda Ltd., and financial services, with Bristol & West, before working in PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia, Hong Kong and UK for over 10 years.

Following a successful consulting career at senior management level, Sean worked for Foreign Investment Advisory Service (FIAS) – an advisory unit within the World Bank Group (now part of the IFC's Investment Climate Advisory Services Department), as Regional Program Coordinator for the Pacific region.

Areas of technical expertise

• Foreign investment promotion, attraction and embedding policy, strategy and practice

• Location benchmarking, competitiveness assessment and strategy development

• Economic and investment climate policy, strategy, regulation and administration

• Industry sector research and industry policy development and strategy implementation

• Industrial estates/SEZ policy, strategy, development, operations and evaluation

• Leadership and delivery of consulting assignments and multi-lateral international assistance programs

• Plain language writing, presenting and reporting