Alex Irwin-Hunt is a journalist at fDi Intelligence, a specialist publication at the Financial Times focused on foreign direct investment and economic development. He covers the latest FDI trends, writing articles about themes shaping investment decisions across industries, interviewing public and private sector leaders, and helping to produce global rankings of investment destinations.
He has covered FDI stories in markets around the world and written special reports about locations in Europe, Africa, North America, and the Caribbean. He has written extensively on innovation ecosystems, the international expansion of technology companies and produced fDi’s first Start-up Attraction Index and Venture Capital-powered FDI ranking.
He regularly moderates panels at conferences on topics including sustainability/ESG, urban planning and development, real estate, logistics, disruptive technologies, and investment climates.