We should tap into our executives’ experience

The stock exchange is largely composed of companies that spend a lot of their time and resources serving and building markets overseas. That provides a unique ecosystem of knowledge and skills that provides highly valued intelligence for the Irish economy.

On an average week, I suspect, senior executives across a range of Irish companies are on airplanes. Their journeys are not just to the obvious centres such as London and New York but increasingly reach the far corners of the globe as they support and develop businesses with worldwide footprints.

These companies are also building manufacturing, marketing and support systems to underpin growth plans that will expand their market shares, add employment and create wealth for their shareholders.