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2019 Homecoming Ambassadors

Date:

18 October 2019

Andrea Haughian

Executive Vice President, Head of Americas Invest Northern Ireland

Andrea Haughian

Executive Vice President, Head of Americas Invest Northern Ireland

Andrea Haughian is Executive Vice President and Head of Americas at Invest NI, Northern Ireland’s Economic Development Agency.

A recognized expert in Foreign Direct Investment, international trade, offshore development and global business expansion, Andrea Haughian has helped C-Level executives accelerate business growth, maximize profitability and facilitate recruitment, training and R&D.

Andrea’s experience spans a diverse range of sectors including creative and digital technology, financial services, legal and professional services, life and health sciences, green economy, manufacturing and global start-ups.

Andrea is proud to showcase the talents of home-grown companies and innovators and to enable entrepreneurs to make connections with advocates and influencers in challenging markets across the Americas.

Andrea is an advocate for the advancement of women and the promotion of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is a long-time supporter of Young Enterprise. 

Andrea received the Global Recognition Award at the Digital DNA Awards 2019. The Global Recognition Award recognizes an individual who has made a significant impact on Northern Ireland’s digital and technology sector on a global scale. In 2021 Andrea received the Tom Moran Business to Arts Leadership Award for her success in building successful partnerships between the business sector and arts communities. Andrea is a past Irish Echo Top 40 Under 40 Awards honouree, has been named as one of Irish America’s Most Influential Women by the Irish Voice and is a proud recipient of the Belfast International Homecoming Ambassador medal.

Andrea is based in New York, is a graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast, has undertaken post-graduate programs in both San Francisco and Chicago and is a graduate of Cornell University’s Executive Leadership Programme.  

Conor T. McCoy

First Vice President Brewster Financial Strategies Group New York

Conor T. McCoy

First Vice President Brewster Financial Strategies Group New York

Enda O’Coineen

CEO Business post Media Group Dublin

Enda O’Coineen

CEO Business post Media Group Dublin

Fidelma Breen

Migration and Population Research University of Adelaide Adelaide

Fidelma Breen

Migration and Population Research University of Adelaide Adelaide

Gerard Braiden

Principal Policy Officer Glasgow City Council Glasgow

Gerard Braiden

Principal Policy Officer Glasgow City Council Glasgow

Giancarlo Di Vece

CEO Unosquare, Guadalajara, Mexico/Belfast, Ireland

Giancarlo Di Vece

CEO Unosquare, Guadalajara, Mexico/Belfast, Ireland

As President and CEO of Unosquare Giancarlo Di Vece believes software engineering is not only a science, it’s also an art. This refreshing viewpoint, along with his leadership and passion for technology, globalization, and IT recruitment talent, has led to thousands of business projects successfully completing their digital transformation initiatives with Unosquare in creative and pioneering ways.

Giancarlo focuses his organization’s efforts on the financial services and life sciences space, as he trusts that these are the organizations that impact the way people live and interact with one another every day. Under Giancarlo’s direction, he and his team actively seek the best talent and then places them into processes and practices for distributed agile augmentation. His goal? To make today better than the past, and help companies move their projects towards the future.

Always looking for a challenge, Giancarlo started gainfully buying and growing businesses at a young age. At the age of 21, he purchased a small craft company dedicated to the North American market and transformed it into a 100-person operation selling to some of the largest retailers in the US. In 2013, with a background in industrial engineering, he decided to move into the technology industry by joining Unosquare and quickly embraced his role of transforming the organization to align with client needs.

By helping organizations understand their projects, manage their talent, and realize their process, Unosquare has been named one of the 100 fastest-growing private businesses in Oregon for four years in a row and one of the fastest-growing US companies on the Inc. 5000 list for three years in a row. Giancarlo’s enthusiasm and contributions have been sought out as inspiration for others, and he is often invited to write and speak on the topics that influence the industry.

James Davitt Rooney

Senior Fellow The Boston Foundation Boston

James Davitt Rooney

Senior Fellow The Boston Foundation Boston

Jeremiah R. Sullivan

President Granite Mountain Bank Montana

Jeremiah R. Sullivan

President Granite Mountain Bank Montana

John D. Lee

Executive Director Goodman Media International New York

John D. Lee

Executive Director Goodman Media International New York

John Speers

Managing Director BMO Capital Markets Toronto

John Speers

Managing Director BMO Capital Markets Toronto

Joseph A. Aquino

President JAACRES New York

Joseph A. Aquino

President JAACRES New York

Kim Aganimov

European Head Huhtamaki

Kim Aganimov

European Head Huhtamaki

Lewis Power QC

Barrister London

Lewis Power QC

Barrister London

Lorraine Ella Turner

Head of Northern Ireland Bureau New York

Lorraine Ella Turner

Head of Northern Ireland Bureau New York

Michael Barry

Founder Toronto Irish Film Festival Toronto

Michael Barry

Founder Toronto Irish Film Festival Toronto

Michael Kelly

Managing Director Glandore Dublin

Michael Kelly

Managing Director Glandore Dublin

Oorlagh George

Oscar-winning filmmaker Los Angeles/Belfast

Oorlagh George

Oscar-winning filmmaker Los Angeles/Belfast

Robert J McCarron

Senior Vice President and General Counsel AICUM Boston

Robert J McCarron

Senior Vice President and General Counsel AICUM Boston

Sean Kennedy

CEO London Irish Centre charity London

Sean Kennedy

CEO London Irish Centre charity London

Sean O’Dowd

Managing Director Silvercrest Asset Management New York

Sean O’Dowd

Managing Director Silvercrest Asset Management New York

Shelley Quilty-Lake

Partner Meenan & Associates, LLC New York

Shelley Quilty-Lake

Partner Meenan & Associates, LLC New York

Victoria Denoon

Project Manager The Odyssey Trust Belfast

Victoria Denoon

Project Manager The Odyssey Trust Belfast