Mr. Mike Harling
Managing Director, State of Georgia, United Kingdom/Ireland Office
Georgia Department of Economic Development
In July 2002, Mike Harling joined the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) team as Director, United Kingdom/Ireland Office. He has over twenty five years experience in international business and has lived and worked in a number of countries in Europe.
Mike’s background includes seventeen years investment promotion experience and ten years in international sales, marketing and trade promotion roles within the automotive, aerospace and plastics sectors. The latter experience includes five years managing a German engineering business in the automotive sector.
Mike also spent eight years at Locate in Kent, the investment promotion agency for the County of Kent, which at the time was the largest and most influential agency in its field in southern England. He was in charge of worldwide foreign direct investment at the agency, including the management of five international offices.
Mike studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and the University of Tours in western France and holds a BSc Joint Honours degree from the University of Salford. He speaks English, French and German.
Mike Harling
Managing Director, State of Georgia, United Kingdom/Ireland Office
Georgia Department of Economic Development
The Barn, Suite 2
Puckshipton House
Beechingstoke, Wiltshire
SN9 6HG – ENGLAND
T: +44 (0)1672 851 619
F: +44 (0)1672 539 619
E: mharling@georgia.org