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A delegation of New Jersey business and government leaders and other key stakeholders arrived over the weekend in Canada for an economic mission led by Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy.
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Perhaps it was appropriate that the latest unofficial ROI-NJ survey was taken at the Lightbox, a theater complex in Toronto, during the Toronto International Film Festival. After all, the state is spending part of its economic mission to Canada working to bring more TV shows and movies to New Jersey. So, we won’t take offense that, when a dozen or so Canadians were asked, “What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the words, ‘New Jersey, most said the same thing: “Jersey Shore.”
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New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy, Rutgers University Chief Operating Officer Antonio Calcado and Ramapo College of New Jersey President Cindy Jebb visited the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, a step forward in establishing a collaboration between the universities and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
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BIOQuébec, BioNJ, and Choose New Jersey are pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that aims to enhance cooperation and collaboration between the life sciences sectors in Québec and New Jersey, signed during Choose New Jersey’s Governor-led economic mission in Canada.
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Wes Mathews, the CEO of Choose New Jersey, said there is a certain sensitivity that comes on mission trips — or any discussion with companies. “We don’t hard-sell anybody, that’s not our ethos and never has been,” he said. “We just feel we have a really good product to sell in terms of New Jersey, and pick our partners based on that.” Mathews said the governor’s previous mission trips — to Germany, Ireland, Israel, India, Japan, Korea and Taiwan — prove the point.
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As the longtime chairman of Choose New Jersey, Public Service Enterprise Group Chair and CEO Ralph LaRossa has sat through more speeches on economic development than he can count. He’s just never been the surprising center of attention. That changed Monday afternoon in Toronto at an event that detailed why RxSource decided to stay in New Jersey. Aziz Hirji, the company’s chief financial officer, said the decision was due in part to the reliability of energy service – something vital to their business.
Governor Phil Murphy, First Lady Tammy Murphy, and the New Jersey delegation continued the Choose New Jersey Governor-led economic mission in Toronto today. Meetings and events focused on developing economic relations and creating partnerships between New Jersey and Canada
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Choose New Jersey CEO Wes Mathews hails from Texas. So, it’s no wonder his first job out of school was just outside of Dallas, in Richardson — where he worked in a corporate finance role at Nortel Networks, which, at the time, was Canada’s telecom darling.
Mission notebook: How Canadian employer helped set career path for Choose CEO Mathews Read More »
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