Investment Fiji chief executive officer Kamal Chetty said a strong investor confidence has been building up into the new year.
Mr Chetty told those present at the Nadi Chamber of Commerce and Industries Christmas Cocktail that he met two key investors last Friday.
“One of the meetings this morning (Friday) was with Honeywell, the top 100th company in the world, so they are looking at investing in Fiji and recruiting some of our people to work for them.
“The second meeting was with Aitken Space – it is also one of the largest public -listed companies in Sri Lanka.”
Mr Chetty said in a month, Investment Fiji engaged with 100 to 120 investors on average, a 13 per cent increase from last year, “and this year we spoke to investors from 52 countries, last year it was 44 countries, so definitely the investors are interested in looking at Fiji as an investment destination.”
He said they were also looking at diversifying.
“Definitely most of the investors we talk to, majority are from Australia and New Zealand, our trading partners.
“But in terms of future I think we will have investors from other parts of the world.
Mr Chetty said they have also seen an increase in the number of investors who are coming and registering the business in Fiji to see if they can invest more here.
“And the third indicator we look at are multinational companies investing in Fiji- is there a multinational company that has invested.
“So last year you must have seen Google has invested in Fiji, that sends a very strong message about where Fiji stands in terms of attracting global brands to come and invest.”
