With over 30 years of export sales experience to over 40 countries globally, Alan Lowry will share his experience in his new Export Champions role and insights into exporting opportunities to support and encourage all business sizes in Northern Ireland to export. With his role as Chair of the federation of small businesses in Northern Ireland, it is also a great opportunity to ensure the 6000+ local members have every opportunity to sell their goods and services globally.
- Eight business leaders announced as the Department for International Trade’s first Northern Ireland Export Champions.
- Each one will encourage other businesses in Northern Ireland to start exporting as part of their role.
- A variety of different sectors are represented in the appointments, from companies based across Northern Ireland.
The Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced eight leading business figures as the first Export Champions for Northern Ireland.
Between them they represent a variety of key sectors in the Northern Irelands economy, including food and drink, technology and manufacturing.
Having taken on these voluntary roles, each Champion will now help DIT to promote the benefits of exporting and encourage other companies across Northern Ireland to consider selling to overseas markets.
This will be done through participating in DIT events, sharing their exporting stories with those in their sector, and providing advice to other businesses about how to break into new markets abroad.
Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch said:
“We want to see a real boost to the number of Northern Ireland businesses that are exporting, and that’s exactly what the Export Champions scheme is designed to do.
“Each of these new Champions has first-hand experience of the benefits of selling internationally, and by sharing their expertise and their story, they can help encourage others to start their exporting journey.
“Between us I’m confident that we can help to ensure that businesses in Northern Ireland are making the most of the opportunities that exist around the globe for them to sell their goods and services.”
The Export Champion community was introduced in response to a desire from businesses to receive peer-to-peer exporting support.
Each Champion has been selected because they have a successful international trade track record, have a good story to tell about how exporting makes a positive difference to a company, and want to share their knowledge and experience with others.
