Courtney Fingar is a leading expert on foreign direct investment (FDI) and a
business editor with more than 20 years of media experience.
During her career as a journalist, Ms Fingar covered business stories in all major
regions of the world and went on assignment to more than 80 countries,
interviewing heads of state and government ministers as well as business leaders.
She has appeared on television and radio in dozens of countries as a commentator
and has twice been called to give evidence to the UK Parliament about inward
investment.
An in-demand moderator, master of ceremonies and keynote speaker, Ms Fingar
has participated in hundreds of business events globally and advises event
organisers on content and strategy.
She has led FDI training seminars on behalf of UNIDO, the World Association of
Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), AIM Congress and other organizations.
In early 2023, she set up Fingar Direct Investment, a boutique consultancy
advising governments on investment promotion, location marketing and content
creation, and private-sector clients on strategic communications and media
relations. She also serves as senior advisor for WAIPA, and is a member of the
advisory board of the Global Chamber.
She previously served as the editor-in-chief of Investment Monitor, a digital
publication focused on cross-border investment, and before that spent 15 years
with the Financial Times where she ran the group’s specialist FDI publication.
Ms Fingar has a BA in journalism from the University of Alabama in the United
States and an MSc in International and European Politics from the University of
Edinburgh in Scotland.