The Ache For Distant Places w/ Andrea Haughian
Best Of Belfast: Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast
English - January 22, 2024 05:00 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPlaces & Travel Society & Culture Personal Journals ireland northernireland bestofbelfast foyvance irelandpodcast irishpodcast liamneeson marypeters matthewthompson norniron Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Aaron Dugan: Cocktail Bar Manager, The Merchant Hotel
Andrea Haughian is Executive Vice President and Head of Americas at Invest NI, Northern Ireland’s Economic Development Agency.
In today’s episode, we talk about:
Why she’s proud of Lurgan
Showing up to the “wrong interview” (and how it changed her life)
The opportunities “being keen” opened up for her
Aching for distant places
How she ended up moving to San Francisco in the 90s
The power of wanting something (and seeing it come about)
Where she goes in NYC to get her Northern Irish fix
Advice she’d give to her 22-year-old self
And the radical transformation she’s seen take place in NI
Check it out!
https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/andrea-haughian