The Qatar Financial Centre (QFC), one of the world's leading and fastest growing onshore business and financial centres, recently participated in the special briefing entitled "The Year Ahead: Spotlight on FDI", held on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The event, organised by Bloomberg and sponsored by QFC, focused on the considerable FDI flows around the world, which exceed US $1 trillion annually, and shed light on the vigorous competition among countries to attract and increase their shares of foreign direct investments. The summit discussion delved into the ongoing quest of trade and governmental entities to offer bundles of incentives and benefits to increase their competitiveness over peers, while addressing the investments trends.

During the briefing, Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, Chief Executive Officer, QFC sat on a panel entitled 'Smart and Sustainable Economies: Seizing the FDI Opportunities' alongside other senior-level panellists; Claudio Facchin, President, PowerGrids, ABB; Dev Sanyal, Chief Executive, Alternative Energy and Executive Vice President, Regions, BP; and Lex Greensill, CEO, Greensill. During the session, the panellists tackled various pressing issues around the capital inflow, benefits lured from international investments on social, economic and environmental fronts, and the identification of trends shaping FDI decisions.

Yousuf Mohamed Al-Jaida, Chief Executive Officer, QFC Authority,