Companies are being buffeted by many political and economic shifts, including new global trade tensions and digital disruption. It helps them understand and navigate the positive and negative shifts.

Marc Lhermitte

Partner, EY Consulting, Global Lead – FDI & Attractiveness

Fascinated by the complex interactions between companies, people and the geographies they live in.

Areas of focus

Marc is a Partner in the EY Consulting practice. As the global leader of International Location Consulting Services, he has over 25 years of experience assessing the competitiveness and attractiveness of sectors, countries, cities and infrastructure, as well as advising multinationals in their global expansion and footprint strategies.

Passionate about the complexity of international development choices, the attractiveness of territories, major infrastructure projects and multiple economic changes, Marc has piloted many projects in these areas, with private and public clients. Since 2017, he has led EY EMEIA initiatives on geopolitics, including Brexit. For the past 20 years, he has coordinated EY Attractiveness surveys, interviewing over 5,000 business leaders every year on their investment plans and perceptions globally.

He also serves on the board of the Europe + Foundation and is a member of the European Executive Council.

How Marc is building a better working world

“I help build a better working world by bringing together public and private leaders to build cities that inspire and investments that matter.”

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