The state of play: FDI in Poland
Poland has for years been the key FDI hub within Eastern Europe, with its tech sector performing particularly impressively, but the Covid-19 pandemic is threatening this progress.
Ruth Strachan
Senior reporter
Ruth Strachan is a senior reporter at Investment Monitor after joining New Statesman Media Group from the Financial Times. Ruth previously worked as a content editor at FT Live. In this role she wrote content for various global events across a number of topics including FDI, technology, C-Suite roles and compliance. Before this, she was a journalist at DC Thomson. Returning to her journalistic roots, Ruth's focus at Investment Monitor includes manufacturing, mining and commodities.
Articles by Ruth Strachan
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