John Nugent is head of Medical Technologies & Healthcare Services at IDA Ireland, where he supports global medtech and healthcare-services companies evaluating Ireland for R&D, manufacturing, and international scale-up, with a focus on Ireland’s clinical, regulatory, talent, and supply-chain advantages. He has spent more than 22 years with IDA Ireland, joining from Enterprise Ireland in 2002. His career spans roles in IDA’s Engineering and Clean Technologies divisions, a successful overseas assignment in IDA Ireland’s California Silicon Valley office and regional leadership as Regional Manager for Ireland’s North West and the expanded Border Region. Nugent joined IDA’s Medical Technologies Department in February 2021 and assumed his current role in October 2023. He holds an honors degree in Chemistry from Queen’s University Belfast and has completed postgraduate qualifications in environmental protection, business strategy, and management, including an MSc in Management from UCD Smurfit Business School.