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The Colmore Building, 20 Colmore Circus Queensway
B4 6AT - Birmingham
United Kingdom
+44 (0) 121 202 5115
Jon Baty
Head of Inward Investment, West Midlands Growth Company, United Kingdom
Jon leads the Inward Investment division at the West Midlands Growth Company (WMGC), the appointed economic development and investment promotion agency for the West Midlands Combined Authority. He is responsible for the development and execution of region’s FDI and domestic investor targeting and engagement strategies. Jon led the Inward Investment workstream of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Business and Tourism Programme – a £23.4m two-year programme delivered in partnership with UK Government to drive an economic legacy from the Games. The programme’s success has fuelled a record level of FDI investment into the West Midlands; in both FY23 and FY24, UK Government figures placed the West Midlands as second only to London in terms of FDI projects and jobs attracted per annum, and EY’s Invesment Attractiveness Survey placed Birmingham as the 7th most successful city in Europe at attracting FDI during 2023.
Jon joined the Growth Company in 2018, initially as Sector Lead for Business, Professional and Financial Services, and led the region’s successful bid to secure a groundbreaking major investment into Birmingham from Goldman Sachs.
Prior to joining WMGC, Jon held a number of business development and consultancy roles at Gateley Plc, Grant Thornton and Barclaycard.