Highlands and Islands Enterprise

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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)

Scottish Gaelic: Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd 's nan Eilean
Agency overview
Formed	1965 (as HIDB); reformed as HIE in 1991
Preceding agency	Highland and Islands Development Board (HIBD)
Type	Executive non-departmental public body
Jurisdiction	Scotland
Headquarters	An Lòchran, 10 Inverness Campus, Inverness[1]
Agency executives	Alistair Dodds, Chair[2] Stuart Black, Chief Executive[2]
Website	www.hie.co.uk

Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE; Scottish Gaelic: Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd 's nan Eilean) is the development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government with the role to "help build a prosperous, sustainable and inclusive economy across the Highlands and Islands, attracting more people to live, work, study, invest and visit there."^[3]