
Global Team
Alberta’s connectivity to global markets ensures a seamless experience as the Invest Alberta team connects your business with industry, government partners, and economic development organizations to start up or scale up in Alberta.
Global Teams
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Our team of global investment advisors are your strategic partners for expanding into Alberta, Canada.
With international investment, business is relationship-driven. Personal contacts and introductions are essential to establishing solid business relationships. Invest Alberta’s global team helps businesses abroad to make connections, as well as drive investment and economic opportunities.
Our multilingual team:
- Fosters core industry networks
- Shares market intelligence to enable investment in Alberta
- Promotes business, culture and education exchanges
- Offers commercial officers who are specialists in various segments of their respective nations’ economies
Services offered to international businesses:
- Information on Alberta’s labour market, tax environment & incentive programs
- Create connections to private and public sector resources
- Comparative market intelligence
- Access to experts for setting up your business in Canada (ie. Incorporation, banking services, human resources, public relations, etc.)
CANADA TEAM
Edmonton
Suite 701, 10250-101 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada T5J 3P4
Calgary
Suite 3230, 308 – 4th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2P 0H7
Eastern Canada
Michelle McConwell
Director of Investment, Eastern Canada
michelle.mcconwell@investalberta.ca
Asia Team
SOUTH KOREA
Adeel Ahmad
Managing Director, Asia
adeel.ahmad@investalberta.ca
Yun Ji Kim
Investment Attraction Advisor, Seoul
yunji.kim@investalberta.ca
JAPAN
Greg Rozitis
Investment Attraction Advisor, Tokyo
greg.rozitis@investalberta.ca
SINGAPORE
Tegan Watson
Investment Attraction Advisor, Singapore
tegan.watson@investalberta.ca
INDIA
Amarbir Anand
Investment Attraction Advisor, New Delhi
amarbir.anand@investalberta.ca
Rooma Kumar Bussi
Investment Attraction Advisor, New Delhi
rooma.bussi@investalberta.ca
Europe, Middle East & Africa Team
GERMANY
Denis Merkwirth
Managing Director, EMEA
denis.merkwirth@investalberta.ca
Sebastian Gerlach
Senior Investment Advisor, Europe
sebastian.gerlach@investalberta.ca
Nicola Michels
Senior Investment Advisor, Europe
nicola.michels@investalberta.ca
Rainer Ptok
Investment Advisor, Europe
rainer.ptok@investalberta.ca
THE NETHERLANDS
Pascal Bleeker
Investment Attraction Advisor, The Netherlands
pascal.bleeker@investalberta.ca
UNITED KINGDOM
Andrea Paniagua
Investment Attraction Advisor, London
andrea.paniagua@investalberta.ca
IRELAND
Barry Clarke
Investment Attraction Advisor, Ireland
barry.clarke@investalberta.ca
Greater China Team
HONG KONG
Joanna Chan
Investment Advisor, Hong Kong
joanna.chan@investalberta.ca
Karen Cheng
Investment Attraction Coordinator
karen.cheng@investalberta.ca
Phone: +852 3190 3603
USA Team
Scott Bryan
Managing Director, USA
scott.bryan@investalberta.ca
SEATTLE
Troy DeFrank
Investment Advisor, Seattle
troy.defrank@investalberta.ca
HOUSTON
Virginie Striebel
Investment Advisor, Houston
virginie.striebel@investalberta.ca
SAN FRANCISCO
Meagan Blanton
Investment Advisor, San Francisco
meagan.blanton@investalberta.ca
Tate Turner
Investment Advisor, San Francisco
tate.turner@investalberta.ca
Coming Soon
New York
Dubai

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