Executive Vice President & Chief Economist, Greater Halifax Partnership

Fred is Executive Vice President and Chief Economist of the Greater Halifax Partnership. The Greater Halifax Partnership is an investor-funded organization focused on retaining and expanding existing business, and bringing new investment to Greater Halifax. In this role, Fred leads the team that developed Halifax’s award winning approach to business retention and expansion, managed and wrote Halifax’s first economic strategy, initiated the community’s first immigration program, and worked to attract many high profile new investors. Prior to this, Fred was Senior Manager, Business Retention and Expansion and Research at Nova Scotia Business Inc. Fred was previously the Director of the Marketing and Research for Nova Scotia Economic Development, where he was responsible for the overall strategic direction for investment and trade activities. He joined the Government of Nova Scotia as a Senior Economic Advisor in mid-1995 and  also taught part-time for nine years in the Economics Department of Saint Mary’s University. Fred did his graduate work in economics and economic development issues at Dalhousie and Saint Mary’s University. He was appointed to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in 2008. and also serves on the Boards of the International Economic Development Council in Washington DC, the Acadia Centre for Small Business & Entrepreneurship, abd the Saint Mary’s Business Development Centre. Fred also Chairs Halifax’s Regional Planning Advisory Committee.

Fred Morley describes the Halifax Connector Program