{"id":101,"date":"2022-02-08T09:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wineu.ie\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2022-02-08T09:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:46:13","slug":"conor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wineu.ie\/?page_id=101","title":{"rendered":"Conor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"101\" class=\"elementor elementor-101\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e608b11 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"3e608b11\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-27d65130\" data-id=\"27d65130\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43bfb44d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43bfb44d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conor<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d437a5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d437a5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79b7c52c\" data-id=\"79b7c52c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-17b174a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17b174a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2331ba88\" data-id=\"2331ba88\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1792f4 elementor-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"5a1792f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><figure class=\"elementor-image-box-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wineu.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Dr.-Conor-Patterson-150x150.png\" class=\"elementor-animation-grow attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-17\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:100%;height:101.92%;max-width:208px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Conor Patterson<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">CEO<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fb2ebe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fb2ebe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Conor has been actively involved in supporting business transformation and economic regeneration in the East Transfrontier Region in Ireland since the mid-1990s. During that time Conor has developed and managed five business parks and incubation centres which now house hundreds of businesses, some of which trade globally.<\/p><p>Conor was for 10 years the joint co-ordinator of a Local Strategy Partnership in the East Transfrontier Region in Ireland which oversaw the investment of \u20ac13m of EU funds. He also managed an urban regeneration programme in the region as a result of which \u20ac24m was invested by the public and private sectors in transforming a previously run-down city district one outcome of which was the location in that area of a global financial technology company which now employs thousands. He has conceived and implemented several innovative neighbourhood renewal initiatives which have transformed places and people challenged by adversity. At international level Conor has been involved in the development of enterprise initiatives in Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, Kosovo, Norway and Egypt. He has co-ordinated several trade missions to the USA (Chicago, Pittsburgh, New Hampshire, New York, Maine) and Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Sault Sainte Marie and Niagara). He has spoken on innovation in business at a number of international conferences notably in Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and Llieda. In the economic policy sphere Conor has also given evidence on how to improve inter-regional and international economic co-operation to a Joint Committee of the two houses of the Irish Parliament (Oireachtas), to a committee of the French National Assembly in the UK Parliament and in the European Parliament.<\/p><p>In his earlier career Conor managed a pioneering \u2018Area Based Strategy\u2019 in a rural area recovering from conflict, managed a European Policy, Programmes and Trade Unit in Scotland for several years and lectured on economic development and strategic planning at Coventry University in England where he published a comprehensive practitioner\u2019s manual on \u201cInward Investment\u201d for the Royal Town Planning Institute. Conor has a Doctorate in Business &amp; Economics from Kingston University in London. His Doctoral Thesis was awarded a prize in recognition of its international significance by the EU Committee of the Regions at a ceremony in the European Parliament. He is an MSc Economics graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, and a Chartered Urban and Regional Planner. Conor is an accredited conflict resolution mediator.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor Conor Patterson CEO Conor has been actively involved in supporting business transformation and economic regeneration in the East Transfrontier Region in Ireland since the mid-1990s. During that time Conor has developed and managed five business parks and incubation centres which now house hundreds of businesses, some of which trade globally. 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