The Qatar Financial Centre, Ministry of Finance, Qatar Free Zones Authority, and the Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar, in association with Bloomberg, recently hosted an event in New York entitled: 'The Future of Investing: Spotlight on Qatar'. This event is part of a larger strategic media agreement that the QFC has signed earlier this year with Bloomberg and the launch of the first studio for Bloomberg Television in Qatar.

'The Future of Investing: Spotlight on Qatar', which took place at Bloomberg's headquarters, shed light on the many foreign direct investment opportunities available in Qatar to overseas investors. The event saw a range of experts discuss the outlook for foreign investors in Qatar, some of Qatar's rapidly growing sectors including foreign direct investments in financial technology, as well as Qatar's upward investing trends seen in the past several years. An analysis of data on what is driving growth in Qatar was also presented by one of Bloomberg's top experts. 

The event was hosted by Jason Kelly, New York Bureau Chief of Bloomberg and included a line up of highly prominent speakers including Ambassador Anne Patterson, President of the US-Qatar Business Council; Rachel Duan, President & CEO of GE's Global Growth Organization; and James Zhan, Director of Investment and Enterprise at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).

Qatar's delegates Sheikh Ali AlWaleed Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer, Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar; Saud Bin Abdullah Al Attiyah, Deputy Undersecretary for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance;  Abdulla Al-Misnad, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Qatar Free Zones Authority; Sarah Al-Dorani, Chief Marketing Officer, Qatar Financial Centre; and Sadiq Hamour, Director of Financial Institutions, Qatar Financial Centre, joined an influential audience which included a number of C-suite decision makers in financial services and fintech companies in the US.

Sheikh Ali AlWaleed Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer, Investment Promotion Agency of Qatar said