Frank Barry is Professor of International Business & Development at the School of Business, Trinity College Dublin. He holds a PhD in Economics and was cited recently by the Institute of International and European Affairs as the foremost expert on the topic of Foreign Direct Investment in Ireland. 

Amongst his publications are an edited volume on Understanding Ireland’s Economic Growth (Macmillan Press, 1999) and co-authored books on Multinational Firms in the World Economy (Princeton University Press, 2004) and Implications of European Court of Justice Decisions on Ireland’s Corporation Tax Regime (IIEA and Irish Taxation Institute, 2007).  He has served as a consultant to the European Commission, the Harvard Institute for International Development and the World Bank in numerous countries across the globe.