1. Ireland: Role of foreign direct investment, position and future Presenter:  Liam Ryan, 47 - Managing Director SAP Ireland  BSc EngDIT Kevin St & Trinity College Dublin 1986  ‘86-’90 Siemens Germany  ‘90-’99 Motorola Ireland  ‘99 - SAP Ireland

2. 72% of the worlds Transactions touch an SAP System Our Customers manufacture more than 95,000 automobiles each day Our Customers produce more than 77% of the worlds Beer SAP HANA can increase analysis speed > 10,000 times SAP in Ireland 1,400 Employees in 2 locations – Dublin & Galway Development, Support and Sales for EMEA and US Degree in Engineering, Mathematics or Computer Science 29 Nationalities, 36 Languages

4. Why Ireland ?