TO: FROM: DATE: RE:
All Interested Parties Mindy McLaughlin, Manager of Foreign Direct Investment January 14, 2014 JobsOhio Hires Consultant to Help Drive Foreign Direct Investment in Ohio
JobsOhio has hired Muench IBC as an in-market consultant to represent its interests in Germany for foreign direct investment into Ohio. Germany is among Ohio’s top markets for both current international investment and active economic development projects. Muench IBC brings a wealth of expertise and experience in attracting international investment to a variety of clients and will be responsible for attracting companies in their respective markets to consider new location and expansion projects in Ohio for the purpose of creating jobs and new capital investments. This marks significant progress in building out JobsOhio’s proactive sales strategy in the international marketplace. Foreign Direct Investment is extremely important to Ohio’s economy and JobsOhio’s sales strategy. Ohio will be represented in Germany by Michael Muench, owner of Muench International Business & Consulting (Muench IBC). Muench has more than 25 years of hands-on experience in fields of international business and economic development. He has worked with public and private sector clients such as economic development agencies, research institutes, small and medium-sized companies and affiliated groups, where he gained extensive experience in a variety of client specific projects as well as internal advancement and reorganization projects. Located in Bochum, Germany, Muench IBC has represented national and international economic and business development agencies or authorities such as the cities of Essen and Bochum, the states of Mississippi and Utah, the Tennessee Valley Authority, as well as providing business development information services and business planning for German and European technology centers, business parks, business innovation centers, and incubators. ### JobsOhio is a private non-profit corporation established to lead economic development in Ohio by helping companies to retain and create jobs and make new capital investments in Ohio. In collaboration with its regional network partners, JobsOhio builds relationships with businesses and assists them in their strategic efforts to grow and succeed.
For more information contact: Laura Jones, JobsOhio (614) 290-1396