Raghnall Craighead

National Australia Bank

Chair of the Examinations board

Camilla Campbell

Director, Investor Relations

Camilla joined GSK in 2018 as Head of Communications for Digital & Tech and moved across to the Investor Relations team two years ago.  Having navigated communications through COVID-19, the transformation of the company and then the separation of Haleon, she is thoroughly enjoying telling the company narrative to an investor audience.  Camilla has over 20 years of communications experience in strategy and transformation in the finance sector having worked at HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and Societe General Corporate Investment Bank.

Virginia Phillips

Investor Relations Manager, Coca-Cola HBC

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Katharine Sutton

Investor Relations, Kenmare Resources

Katharine Sutton has 17 years’ experience in investor relations. She joined Kenmare Resources plc in 2019 and prior to that, she was VP Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs at TSX and NYSE-listed gold producer Golden Star Resources, Head of Investor Relations at West African gold producer Amara Mining plc, and Head of Investor Relations at FTSE 250 gold producer Centamin plc. She began her career in the City at Buchanan Communications (now Burson Buchanan) and worked as a Broadcast Journalist at BBC Leicester. Katharine holds a BA (Hons) in English Literature from the University of York.

Clare Marland

Head of Corporate Communications, Workspace

Clare joined Workspace as Head of Corporate Communications in 2015 to set up the comms and investor relations functions. Today she defines and oversees Workspace’s positioning with its different stakeholders, including customers, investors, employees and media. Clare was previously at Finsbury (now FGS Global) for eight years, working for cross-sector clients with a focus on UK consumer and Italian businesses.

Rachel Madan

Sustainability & Impact Director, Luminous

Rachel Madan leads our Sustainability & Impact division and sits on our Exec Board.

Rachel joined us in 2021 and has been responsible for establishing our successful sustainability practice.

A seasoned sustainability leader with 20+ years’ experience, Rachel leads our award-winning consulting team, helping clients to make the right decisions, deliver on their strategies, and tell their stories. She provides strategic counsel to companies seeking a best-practice approach to sustainability strategy development, communications and reporting.

Anna Titareva

European Economist, UBS

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Rob Gurner

Head of Investor Relations, Inchcape

Chair of the Conference Committee
Treasurer of the IR Society and Chair of the Finance Committee

Rob joined Inchcape plc, the leading global automotive distributor, as Head of IR in April 2023, have previously been at Plus500, a global fintech group, which he joined in May 2020. Prior to that, Rob spent 3 years as Head of IR at Inmarsat plc, a satellite operator, before which he was Head of Global Investor relations for Tokyo-listed Dentsu Inc, following their acquisition of Aegis plc in 2013, where was Head of IR. Before that, Rob had senior IR roles for Lonmin Plc, a platinum mining business, and G4S plc, a security services company. Before moving into in-house IR, Rob worked for a number of financial communications consultancies.

Joanne Roberts

Investor Relations Director, Phoenix Group

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David Watts

Vice President, Lazard

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Romney Fox

Senior Investment Director and PM, abrdn

Romney is a Senior Investor Director at Abrdn plc, with over 19 years experience as a generalist UK & European equity analyst and fund manager, together with a specialism in listed real estate.

Romney is a CFA Charterholder, and has a BA Hons in Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) from Oxford University, and a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from City University.

Tim Lucas

Portfolio manager, UK Equities team, Newton Investment Management

Tim is the lead portfolio manager for the UK Equity and Sustainable UK Opportunities strategies. Tim joined Newton in 2004, and prior to his current role, was a global research analyst for 16 years, after which he co-managed the UK Equity Income strategy. Prior to joining Newton, Tim worked as an equity analyst at Insight Investment, covering the chemicals and support services sectors.

Professor Ken Lee

Director of postgraduate taught programmes at Loughborough Business School

Kenneth is a Professor in the Accounting and Finance research group of Loughborough Business school and the Director of Postgraduate Taught programmes. Prior to this he was an Associate Professorial Lecturer at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a member of the Capital Markets Advisory Committee (CMAC), a body supported by the IFRS Foundation, which interprets proposed accounting changes from the perspective of capital market participants.
Before academia Kenneth was a Managing Director & Head of European Equity Research at Barclays Capital, where he worked for 8 years before leaving in August 2017 to take up a number of academic positions. Prior to this he was also a Managing Director and a ranked accounting and valuation analyst at Citi Investment Research in London.

He holds a doctorate from Aston Business School, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a member of the Institute of Taxation and a CFA Charterholder. He is the co-author of Financial Statement Analysis under IFRS (2018, 6th Ed.) Company Valuation under IFRS (2020, 3rd ed.) and just published The Valuation Book (2024) also with Harriman House.

Richard Marwood

Senior Investment Manager, Royal London Asset Management

Richard is the Head of the Equity Income team and manages the RL UK Equity Income, RL UK Dividend Growth and UK Income with Growth funds, which is around £2.5bn of assets. He joined RLAM in 2016, having previously worked at AXA Investment Managers for 19 years where ran a wide range of UK equity and multi-asset portfolios, most notably AXA’s Distribution Fund franchise. Prior to working in the City, Richard had an engineering background, having served an apprenticeship with British Aerospace. He holds a Mechanical Engineering Degree from Sheffield University and a PhD in Aerodynamics from Oxford University.

Caroline Crampton

Group Head of Investor Relations, Keller

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Joe Simpson

Investor Relations Director, IHG Hotels & Resorts

Joe is an experienced Investor Relations professional, and has been in his current role with IHG Hotels and Resorts since early 2022. Previously he held a number of senior roles across the business, predominantly focused on capital projects and group cash flow. In a finance career that has spanned over 15 years, Joe also held several positions at AkzoNobel and qualified as a Chartered Accountant as part of KPMG’s Corporate Finance business.

Rhian Powell

Investor Relations Analyst, Burberry

Rhian joined the Investor Relations team at Burberry in 2022. Rhian has worked on the development and execution of the Burberry IR Programme and investor targeting strategy since joining. The former of which was recognised by the IR Society at the 2023 Best Practice Awards where Burberry won Best IR Programme in the large cap category. Prior to this Rhian was on the Investor Relations team at Singer Capital Markets supporting small and mid-cap companies with their IR Programmes. Rhian has a History degree from King’s College London.

Aaron Dougherty

Head of Creditor Relations, S&P Global

Aaron Dougherty is an Executive Director in the S&P Global Markets Division and Global Head of Fixed Income Advisory based in New York. Aaron has over 20 years of experience in creditor relations and capital markets. Prior to S&P, Aaron held senior leadership roles in Product and Sales at IHS Markit and Ipreo.

Aaron is a graduate of Fordham University and a member of the Turnaround Management Association and American Bankruptcy Institute.

Angus Berkeley

Vice President, FI Debt Capital Markets, Commercial & Institutional, NatWest Markets

Angus joined NatWest Markets in 2022 and has worked within UK & Ireland Banks and Building Societies DCM coverage since 2019, executing a number of Covered Bond, Senior and Capital bond transactions for issuers including OSB Group, Co-operative Bank, Shawbrook, TSB, Santander UK and NatWest Group.
Angus focuses on the UK challenger bank sector, and recently worked on the establishment of Shawbrook’s EMTN programme, in addition to the Co-operative Bank’s new covered bond programme.

William Appleyard

Managing Director, Head of FI DCM UK/Ireland & Australia, NatWest

Will is Head of FI DCM UK/Ireland & Australia at NatWest Markets. He joined the firm in 2013 and has worked in a range of teams including Debt Capital Markets Origination, Capital Solutions, Balance Sheet Advisory and NatWest Group Treasury. In his role he currently leads debt capital markets origination for UK, Irish and Australian Financial Institution clients. Specifically he has led the execution for RMBS, Covered Bond, Senior and Capital bond issues and advises issuers on investor engagement to support their transaction objectives.

Lucia Pitteri

Business Development Associate Director, S&P Global Ratings

Lucia Pitteri is Business Development Associate Director at S&P Global Ratings. As part of her role, Lucia focuses on business development activities in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands covering credit ratings and sustainable finance.

Prior to joining S&P in 2019, Lucia worked in the financial sector in Frankfurt. Lucia holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from Maastricht University and a Master’s Degree in International Finance from the University of Glasgow.

Chris Fenske

Head of Capital Markets Research for the Global Markets Group at S&P Global Market Intelligence

Chris Fenske is currently Head of Capital Markets Research for the Global Markets Group at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he focuses on providing insight into the liquidity and performance of equity and debt capital markets. Prior to joining S&P Global, he was a senior vice president at NY based hedge fund, where he managed a $900 million portfolio of distressed securitized products. He began his career at Credit Suisse as a fixed income research analyst on the #1 ranked mortgage ABS research team by Institutional Investor Magazine and later became a trader of distressed MBS and credit default swaps on ABS.

Bronwyn Williams

Futurist, Economist and Business Trends Analyst

Bronwyn Williams is a polymath who will challenge your assumptions about the present and the future. She is a Futurist, Economist and Business Trends Analyst. 

She has over a decade’s worth of experience in strategic management, trend research and strategic foresight. She has consulted for clients in public and private sectors across the world.  

Part economist, part strategist, Bronwyn’s particular areas of expertise include fintech trends, alternative economic models, and sustainable futures design.

Claire Mogford

Head of Investor Relations, Segro

Chair of the Events Committee.

Claire joined SEGRO as head of IR in 2018. Prior to this she spent 10 years working in corporate access origination roles at first Goldman Sachs and then Exane BNP Paribas with a focus on banks, insurance and real estate. She started her career on the equity graduate scheme at Goldman Sachs.

Siobhan Andrews

Interim Head of Investor Relations, Smiths Group

Siobhán has more than 18 years’ expertise in Investor Relations, and more than 10 years’ capital markets experience in equity research and within investment management. She is currently Interim Head of IR at Smiths Group, and was previously Head of IR at Spectris and Deputy Head of IR at BG Group. Prior to her career in IR, Siobhán was a research analyst covering the utilities sector at UBS, and also worked at a leading UK investment management company.

Sarah Bellamy

Investor Relations, Harbour Energy 

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Angela Catlin

Head of Investor Relations, Corporate Affairs and Brand, The Co-operative Bank

Angela joined The Co-operative Bank in July 2023 as Head of Investor Relations and her role was expanded to include media and PR, partnerships, ESG and Brand in June 2024. Before that Angela was Associate Director of Investor Relations at Lloyds Banking Group, where she worked in a variety of roles spanning 12 years. Angela is a chartered accountant and holds of the CIR qualification.

Louise Curran

Head of Investor Relations, Johnson Matthey

Louise has a decade of experience in Investor Relations across multiple sectors and for global companies spanning UK, US and Australian listing regimes. Louise is currently Head of Investor Relations at Johnson Matthey, having joined as Senior Investor Relations Manager in 2018. Previously she was Investor Relations Manager at Janus Henderson – formerly Henderson – where she was involved in the communication of a transformational, cross-border merger of equals. Prior to this, Louise worked for a strategy consultancy having initially qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Louise completed her MChem in Chemistry at the University of Oxford.

Caroline Dawson

Investor Relations Manager, IHG Hotels & Resorts

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Jenni Fulton

Chief Growth Officer - Emperor

Jenni's bio and photo to follow

Laura Hayter

CEO - IR Society

Laura is CEO at The Investor Relations Society. Formerly Head of Policy and Communications, Laura took on the role of CEO in 2019 and has been with the Society for over 13 years. Laura has been part of the IR community since 2001, and among other roles, she was formerly a director at the IR consultancy, Taylor Rafferty, providing IR advisory services to blue chip clients, both in London and New York. Laura’s particular interests within IR are around career progression, mentoring and professional development. She graduated from the University of Leeds, with an honours degree in German and management studies. 

Jane Henderson

Investor Relations Manager, BAT

Jane is an experienced IRO with both an in-house and advisory background. Jane joined the Investor Relations team at BAT in 2023, after working in the Investor Relations team at Tesco. Originally on the sell-side, Jane worked in the City for 20 years – at Citigroup (Equity Research and Corporate Access, working in both New York and London) and then Exane BNP Paribas, providing Corporate Access and IR advisory services to their corporate clients. Jane has a PhD in Animal Behaviour from Bristol University.

Robert Irvin

Co-founder, RMS Partners

Robert is Co-Founder and MD at RMS Partners, a specialist investor relations consultancy.  He has been engaging with investors and advising companies since 2004. He began his City career at Broker Profile culminating in heading up both the investor access and client management functions with a particular focus on the FTSE100 and FTSE250 clients. Robert also established the successful Investor Analytics division. Subsequently he was a Director at Capital Access Group. Robert has an MA from Economics & Business from Edinburgh University as well as having a Graduate Diploma in Law and successfully completing the Bar Vocational Course.

Alistair de Kare-Silver

Senior Client Advisor, Temple Bar Advisory

Alistair is an Investor Relations and Corporate Communications specialist with over a decade of experience advising management teams of UK and international companies.

He has helped management teams strengthen their relationships with investors, build support for their strategies and compete effectively for investment. He has successfully steered companies through critical moments including profit warnings, transactions, M&A, IPOs, placings, disposals, CVAs, administrations, restructuring programmes, crises and activism. He also has particular expertise across ESG, digital communications, crisis and issues management.

He holds both The Certificate and The Diploma in Investor Relations. Alistair has a degree in International History and Politics from the University of Leeds.

Angela Kipping

Deputy Head of Investor Relations, Informa plc

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Nicholas Laugier

Business Development Director, Georgeson

Bio to follow

Ailsa Renton

Director, Hanover Comms

Ailsa heads up the financial communications team at Hanover supporting clients develop messaging to strengthen their relationships within the financial industry. She has navigated CVAs, restructures, positive and negative financial results as well as transaction communications for some of the UK’s largest household names.

More broadly, Ailsa is a corporate and crisis communications specialist. She has managed several CEO profiling programmes for businesses that have a particular policy ask. She has devised and led on campaign communications, narrative development and policy communications for clients including Amazon, Barclaycard Payments, Budweiser Brewing Group, Microsoft, Pizza Hut and Sky. Prior to Hanover Communications, Ailsa sat in the Corporate & Financial team at Edelman. She graduated from the University of Leeds, with a BA Honours degree in Latin & Spanish and also holds the IR Society Certificate for Investor Relations. 

Harry Rimmer

Sales Director, S&P Global

Harry Rimmer: Joined S&P Global’s Issuer Solutions team within the Market Intelligence division 4 years ago after spending several years practicing as a litigation lawyer and subsequently running two tech startups. Harry is a relationship manager and leads S&P’s commercial efforts to support UK Listed companies and their IR teams by providing them with shareholder intelligence and workflow solutions. Harry has been involved with the UK IR Society for the past 4 years and joined the Events Committee just over a year ago.

Josh Sparks

Head of Partnerships and Intermediaries, Corporate Markets EMEA, MUFG Corporate Markets

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Nick Stone

SVP, Head of IR, Fresenius

Bio to follow

Alex Stella

COO, InvestorHub

Alex Stella is the Chief Operating Officer at InvestorHub and heads the company’s London office. He joined InvestorHub in 2019 with a background leading operations and strategy initiatives for high-growth technology companies. He has deep experience working alongside listed companies in the UK and Australia to develop innovative solutions to long standing challenges in capital markets. 

Chinmay Javeri

Senior Social Media Manager, Entain

Chinmay is an award-winning Senior Social Media Manager at one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups, Entain. With extensive experience in corporate communications, Chinmay specialises in corporate reputation and executive communications within social media.

Chinmay has over a decade of global experience within financial services, professional services and the gaming industry. Most recently, Chinmay and his team were awarded with ‘Best Innovation’ at the IR Society Awards for use of social media in Investor Relations. 

Antoni Otffinowski

Investment Research Technology Sales - VisibleAlpha

Antoni joined Visible Alpha, now part of S&P Global, in 2018 from a macro research consultancy. Since its inception in 2020, he has led the EMEA corporate sales team and was instrumental in building out the corporate IR use case for the Visible Alpha consensus product. As of 2024, over 300 Investor Relations teams globally partner with Visible Alpha, now part of S&P Global, for consensus collection and market sentiment monitoring. In previous years, Antoni worked with key hedge fund and long-only Clients. Antoni holds an MA in Law from SOAS, University of London and an MA in Politics and Central & East European Studies from the University of Glasgow.

Davina Hobbs

Director of Investor Relations - Entain

- Davina has breadth of Investor Relations experience drawing from a varied career of over 20 years in advisory & investment industry.
- Director of Investor Relations for FTSE 100 company, Entain.
- Transition into in-house corporate role, having spent more than 15years working in Corporate Broking and IR roles for Deutsche Bank and UBS, following early roles in Equity Sales & Research
- Joined Entain in 2021 having built a longstanding relationship as part of their corporate advisory team for many years

Brett Simnett

Annual Reporting Director - RY

Brett oversees for the Annual Reporting offer at RY, leading efforts to enhance RY's reputation for delivering transparent, engaging, and authentic reports that connect with key stakeholders across various channels.

With over 30 years' experience in the industry, Brett provides expert advice to companies on reporting and corporate communication content, guiding them in articulating their strategic narratives to the right audiences.

Currently, Brett spearheads an industry-wide research consultation project on the future of reporting and plays a pivotal role in RY's digital reporting innovation group.

Michael Stiasny

Head of UK Equities, M&G Investments

Michael Stiasny has more than two decades of investment industry experience, having joined Prudential (which later acquired M&G) in 1998. Michael graduated with a 1st in PPE from Oxford University in 1997 and qualified as a CFA charter holder in 2001. He started his career on the research team, in due course becoming head of equity research in 2004. In 2011, he moved across to the UK Equities team and was appointed fund manager of M&G Charifund in 2016, M&G Dividend fund in 2019 and M&G Recovery fund in 2021. In addition to his responsibilities as a fund manager, Michael was appointed head of the UK Equity team in 2019.   

Andy Griffiths

Executive Director, The Investor Forum

Andy has over 25 years of international investment experience as a top-rated investment professional at Capital Group and M&G. Throughout his career Andy has been responsible for financial sector investments and has consistently been ranked among the leading equity investors in Europe. Andy was also an Operating Partner with Corsair Capital until the end of 2017.

Andy is a former Fulbright Commissioner, sits on the UnLtd Ventures Advisory Board and is a trustee of MoE.

Kalina Lazarova

Governance and Voting Lead, Phoenix Group

Kalina Lazarova is Corporate Governance and Voting Lead at Phoenix Group. Kalina’s focus is to evolve the company’s work on proxy voting models, as well as its corporate governance strategy. Prior to joining Phoenix, Kalina spent over 7 years at BMO Global Asset  Management as Head of Governance, Responsible Investment, where  she led on development and implementation of global corporate governance policies, focussed on ESG integration and engagement, and worked on meeting commitments under the UNPRI and UK Stewardship Code. Kalina also spent time at Fidelity Investments International and  Governance for Owners LLP as a senior governance manager.

Andrew Williams

Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Andrew Williams is a Senior Managing Director and Partner in Strategic Communications and is based in London. A corporate reputation specialist, Andrew provides communications advice to a broad range of UK and global companies, with a specialist focus on online reputation management, social media and crisis preparedness.
 
Andrew has over a decade of experience in supporting CEOs and business leaders with their digital engagement, and as part of the UK Digital & Insights team supports a large portfolio of senior leaders. As part of this specialism, he has developed FTI’s ‘Leading From The Front’ programme which guides leaders from strategy development through to active engagement on digital channels.

Rebeca Coriat

Head of Stewardship, Lombard Odier Investment Managers

Rebeca is the head of stewardship at Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM).  In this role she has overall responsibility for the stewardship function, which is implemented through engagement and proxy voting. Drawing on her previous corporate governance and wider ESG expertise on the investor, proxy and research side, Rebeca has defined and implemented LOIM’s strategic investment stewardship framework and objectives. Rebeca leads the stewardship function, which is embedded within Holistiq, in close collaboration with other senior stakeholders from sustainability research, sustainability data analytics, risk and portfolio management.

Rebeca chairs LOIM’s Stewardship Committee, tasked with the governance of the stewardship function. She is also a member of LOIM’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and a GRI’s GSSB member. Previously, she worked as ESG Analyst at Investec Asset Management, and Senior Researcher at ISS. 

 She has a BA in Political Science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Masters in Global Politics from the LSE.

Dror Elkayam

Senior ESG Manager – Investment Stewardship, Legal & General Investment Management

Dror joined the investment stewardship team in 2021, leading engagements with the Energy and Mining sectors, as well as the development of LGIM’s ESG scores.

Dror Joined LGIM from Georgeson, a boutique corporate advisory firm, where he acted as an advisor to investors and corporates in preparation for general meetings, proxy contests and M&A in the UK and globally. Prior to that, Dror had spent nearly 5 years at Bloomberg as an ESG specialist, with responsibilities include the development of Bloomberg’s ESG product, client engagements and data management. Dror graduated from Bar-Ilan University in 2012 with a BA in Economics and Business Management and obtained the CFA chartership in 2019. 

Matteo Passero

Stewardship Analyst, UBS

Matteo is a Stewardship Analyst at UBS Asset Management, focusing primarily on Continental Europe and Japan. He is responsible for assessing governance and wider ESG practices of investee companies within UBS AM portfolios, and he spends most of his time on engagement with listed companies and proxy voting. As part of his role, he works very closely with investment teams, including financial analysts and portfolio managers, to link engagement and voting decisions to the investment case and to promote best practice across a wide range of ESG topics. He joined UBS in 2020 after three years at ISS, the leading proxy advisor, where he worked in the UK Benchmark research team, drafting voting recommendations for the AGMs of major listed UK companies, and successively for ISS Corporate Solutions, where he advised corporates on how to improve their governance practices.

Hal Dewdney

ESG Consultant, Georgeson

Hal has been a member of the Georgeson team since 2022 and specialises in advising clients on developing and implementing effective ESG strategies that align with investors’ expectations. Prior to joining Georgeson, Hal worked at a Venture Capital and Strategic Advisory firm that invested in and supported environmental and climate-related technology businesses. Hal has a deep understanding of the ESG-related risks and opportunities facing companies as well as the various ESG investor initiatives, standards, frameworks, and ratings agencies. 

Ruth Odih

Assistant Company Secretary, Centrica

Ruth Odih is a member of the Secretariat Team at Centrica plc. She brings experience from working across various sectors. Her career includes roles at companies within the FTSE 100 and AIM indexes and in a range of industries including catering, energy, oil and gas, private equity, and financial services. Ruth is actively involved in the TIDE Taskforce, a diversity, equity, and inclusion initiative supported by Ofgem to promote inclusion and diversity in the energy industry. In her role, she makes valuable contributions to both the insights and leadership committees. Beyond her professional endeavours, Ruth serves on the advisory board of the Next Generation NED Network, as a trustee for a charitable organisation and finally is a faculty member at the Irish based organisation, The Corporate Governance Institute.

Anneke Hoijtink

Managing Director, FGS Global

Anneke is Managing Director at FGS Global, a leading global strategic communications consultancy. She is part of the pan-European Equity Advisory and Investor Relations team and advises companies across Europe on Investor Relations and Financial communication.

Anneke has over 15 years of investor relations expertise with leading IR positions at various Dutch listed companies. She also worked at Euronext Amsterdam as account manager for Dutch listed entities. In addition, she was on the Board of the NEVIR, the Dutch Association for Investor Relations, for six years, including two and a half years as the Chair. 

Max Purcell

Director, Corporate Governance, Sodali & Co.

Max is a Director of Corporate Governance and is based in London. He is responsible for leading the UK corporate governance advisory services at Morrow Sodali. Max brings a depth of knowledge, focusing on providing boards and senior managers with leading advice to help companies strategically manage corporate governance, remuneration and broader ESG matters and practices. Working with organizations across all sectors and industries, Max is focused on providing critical insights and clarity on the intersection between market and shareholder expectations, the regulatory environment and a business' purpose and strategy.

Prior to relocating to our London offices, Max was a Director based in Sydney, Australia working with listed entities in the APAC region. Before joining the firm, Max worked as a remuneration consultant. 

Robert Schuchna

Partner, Cevian Capital

Robert Schuchna is a Partner at Cevian Capital, the leading active ownership fund focused on public companies in Europe. He leads due diligence on investment opportunities in various sectors including chemicals, consumer goods, industrials, insurance, and pharma in DACH, UK, and France.

Robert plays an instrumental role in several Cevian investments from the initial due diligence to the implementation of the value-enhancement agenda at the portfolio company and the ultimate exit of the investment. 

Jocelyn Brown

Head of Governance, EMEA & APAC, T.Rowe Price

Jocelyn Brown is the head of Governance, EMEA and APAC, for T. Rowe Price International Ltd. She is a member of the ESG Committee. Jocelyn is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd.

Jocelyn's industry experience began in 2008, and she has been with T. Rowe Price since 2020, beginning in the Governance department. Prior to this, Jocelyn was employed by the UK Railways Pension Scheme in the area of sustainable ownership. 

Jocelyn earned an M.A. in history from the University of Cambridge and an M.B.A., with distinction, from Imperial College London.

Evdokia Petrakopoulou

Global Head of Corporate Governance, M&A and Activism Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence

Evdokia (Eva) is Global Head of Corporate Governance, M&A and Activism Solutions at S&P Global Market Intelligence. With 25+ years of professional experience, Eva specialises in Activism Defense, Corporate Governance and M&A. She has worked for issuers across the globe to drive and implement corporate governance best practices.

Eva's expertise lies in the implementation of strategic solutions for Corporate Governance and M&A, particularly during high-impact situations, whether it be in relation to deal support, corporate governance sensitivities, activism or general meeting preparation.

Victoria Tetzlaff - Manager, Agendi

With over a decade of experience in various Real Estate functions, Victoria Tetzlaff decided it was time for a change. Pursuing an MBA was the first step in broadening her business knowledge and seeking international opportunities. She discovered a passion for purpose-driven work, especially in sustainability and achieved the CFA in ESG Investing, equipping her to bridge the financesustainability gap. Currently, Victoria holds the position of Manager, where she leads diverse projects centered around sustainability strategy, reporting, target setting, and a range of other critical topics for a wide array of clients.

Helena Walsh - Managing Partner, Agendi

Helena Walsh is a dedicated multidisciplined climate and sustainability expert with vast experience leading organisations of all sizes to increase their action on ESG issues. Climate and sustainability has been the focus on her career starting out in engineering consultancy in the early 2000s and progressing into strategic management consulting. Her experience spans sectors offering sustainable design, strategic risk analysis and planning, renewable energy procurement, and best practice frameworks and reporting. 

Holly Gillis

Head of Investor Relations - Diploma

Chair of the Education Committee

Holly is Head of IR at Diploma plc. Prior to that she was a Senior Director at leading financial and corporate communications consultancy, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR). Before joining CDR in 2021, Holly gained over 15 years of experience in in-house finance, corporate communications and investor relations roles in the high-profile UK public transport sector. In her most recent role – Head of IR at The Go-Ahead Group plc – Holly was a member of the leadership team and was a trusted advisor to the Board and Executive Management.

Having held an in-house Head of IR role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Holly is experienced in crisis management and stakeholder engagement. She is skilled in simplifying complex concepts into digestible messaging with consideration for multiple audiences.  

An active member of the Investor Relations Society, Holly is co-chair of the Education Committee, having previously been a member of the Society’s Best Practice Committee. She completed the IR Society’s prestigious DELIVER programme in early 2021.

Holly is an ACCA qualified accountant and has a BSc in Psychology. 

Debbie Nathan

Managing Director, Debbie Nathan Associates

Debbie Nathan has over 15 years’ experience within the Investor Relations (IR) and Communications industry.

Whilst qualifying as a chartered accountant, she worked as a financial analyst for Barclays plc before transitioning to the firms IR function. She spent over a decade in FTSE 100 and 250 financial services companies engaging with the investment community in IR roles. Her financial excellence, along with the first-hand IR experience, positioned her well for a successful career in Recruitment and Executive Search, with a specific focus on the IR and Communications fields.

Debbie has been successfully working with high calibre talent since 2014 and was the driving force behind the creation and growth of IR and Communications functions within two recruitment agencies. Debbie founded DNA in 2020 and has been matching high performing talent with companies across the globe on both permanent and interim assignments.  Clients include many FTSE and internationally listed businesses, private companies, pre IPO firms as well as alternative asset investment firms. 

Will Hobman

Chief Financial Officer, NewRiver REIT

Will is the Chief Financial Officer at NewRiver REIT plc. He is a Chartered Accountant with over ten years’ Real Estate Experience, having qualified at BDO LLP working in its Audit and Corporate Finance Departments.

Before joining NewRiver in June 2016, Will worked at British Land for five years in a variety of finance roles, latterly in Investor Relations, and formerly within the Financial Reporting and Financial Planning & Analysis Teams. While at NewRiver, will held a variety of roles before becoming CFO, including Head of Investor Relations & Strategy and Finance Director.

Will obtained a BArch (Hons) in Architecture from Nottingham University before obtaining his ACA qualification, becoming an FCA in March 2020. Will is currently a British Property Federation Finance Committee Member.

Stuart Ford

Vice President, Head of Investor Relations at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

Stuart joined IHG Hotels & Resorts (LON:IHG, NYSE:IHG, ADRs), the global hospitality company, in April 2020 as Head of Investor Relations. Stuart is responsible for IHG's relationship with institutional investors and City research analysts. This includes reporting the Group’s overall financial and operational performance, together with updates across other significant commercial and strategic developments. Stuart looks after IHG’s corporate access programmes and investor targeting, as well as supporting all other corporate communication and publication areas connected to IHG’s investor stakeholders. 

Before IHG, Stuart was Head of Investor Relations at Serco Group plc, a leading provider of public services to governments around the world. Stuart previously led the Investor Relations function of Home Retail Group plc, as part of a decade of IR experience that began at former FTSE 30 conglomerate GUS plc, the previous parent company of Burberry, Home Retail and Experian. Stuart is a Chartered Accountant, qualifying during his time with the business consulting division of Arthur Andersen. Stuart was an Andersen Scholar, working for the firm prior to and during his Business Management degree from King’s College London.

Josh Williams

Investor Relations Director, GSK

Josh is an Investor Relations Director at GSK, having joined the IR team in 2020. He has a particular interest in financials and consensus, and played a key role in the demerger of Haleon, the Consumer Healthcare company. Prior to 2020, Josh worked in a variety of commercial and finance roles at GSK, having joined in 2015. He is CIMA qualified as a Chartered Global Management Accountant, and holds a BA in History from the University of Bristol.

Max Robinson

Investor Relations and Communications Manager, Bunzl

Max is Investor Relations and Communications Manager at Bunzl, joining the company’s newly formed IR and Communications team in the middle of 2022. In the time since joining, he has explored practical ways to integrate AI solutions into Bunzl’s workflow in order to maximise efficiency and drive innovation. Max has a background in corporate communications, having worked for a variety of agencies prior to joining Bunzl and holds a BA in English Literature from Durham University.

Daniel Veazey

Corporate Governance Manager, Georgeson

Daniel joined Georgeson in 2023 as Corporate Governance Manager and specialises in stewardship, corporate governance, executive remuneration and ESG analysis. Daniel leads a team of governance analysts with responsibilities focused on engaging with companies and investors on upcoming shareholder meetings, shareholder activism and M&A scenarios. Daniel previously worked within the asset management industry with over 25 years’ experience with Schroders Investment Management as their Head of Corporate Governance and Wellington Management as Stewardship Practice Leader.

Jessica Dahlstrom

Corporate Governance Senior Manager, Financial Reporting Council

Jessica joined the FRC in January 2023 as a Senior Manager in the Corporate Governance team. She has worked in the public and private sectors as an economist and governance expert, advising government, regulators and private investors on regulation and risk. Prior to joining the FRC, she was chief of staff and director of corporate affairs at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, where her role included providing advice and support to the chief executive as well as overseeing changes to the corporate governance framework during a period of mergers and organisational change.

Lydia Rainforth

Energy & Energy Transition Research, Barclays Investment Bank

Lydia is an equity research analyst at Barclays Investment Bank focusing on Energy & Energy Transition, and has been covering the oil and gas sector since 2009.

Andrew Wilson

Head of European Capital Goods Research, J.P. Morgan

Andrew Wilson is the Head of J.P. Morgan's European Capital Goods team. The team has been ranked #1 by Institutional Investor in 2016-22. Andrew joined J.P. Morgan in 2012, having previously worked at EY and Investec. He has an Economics degree from Durham University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Sarah Abercrombie

Head of Investor Relations, Credit Ratings and Treasury Sustainability, Nationwide Building Society

Sarah trained as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in its financial services audit practice.  After a brief stint in product control she moved into the investment industry working initially as a sell-side equity analyst covering UK Banks and Other Financials then a buy-side equity analyst covering European Banks.  During this time Sarah studied for, and passed, the CFA qualification.  She moved to the FSA in 2008, supervising Barclays and Lloyds through the financial crisis and its aftermath, with a focus on capital and liquidity. 

In 2011, Sarah relocated to the South West, and worked for Deloitte in its regulatory practice in Bristol before being offered a role at Nationwide in Capital Management, responsible for regulatory reporting and compliance.  After 4 years of regulatory reporting, she was ready for the next challenge, and moved to a newly-created role, Head of Recovery and Resolution.  Here Sarah was responsible for the Nationwide recovery plan and the implementation of capabilities to address the Bank of England’s barriers to resolution ahead of the regulatory deadline. In 2022, Sarah moved to my current role for Nationwide, Head of Investor Relations and Credit Ratings Agencies, with the logical extension into sustainability later that year.  

Jim Reid

Managing Director, Global Head of Macro and Thematic Research, Deutsche Bank

Jim is a Managing Director and Global Head of Macro and Thematic Research.  He also heads up Corporate Bank Research and Credit Strategy.  Jim is a top-ranked strategist, consistently named the No.1 analyst in the major surveys over the last 25 years.  In 2022 he was voted No.1 Strategist in four categories in the Global Institutional Investor flagship Fixed Income Poll. He has had nearly 40 No.1 positions in these awards over the last 15 years, more than quadruple the number of any other analyst.

His daily Early Morning Reid report has been running for 16 years, has tens of thousands of daily readers, and has the most subscribers of any DB research publication globally. It is one of the most widely read financial market pieces in the investment world.

Jim joined Deutsche Bank in September 2004 and has 28 years of experience in Investment Banking.  Before becoming a strategist, Jim spent the first three years of his career in sales covering both real money accounts and hedge funds.

Jim has a BA Degree in Economics and Economic History from Warwick.

Jennifer Anderson

Managing Director, Co-Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG, Lazard Asset Management

Jennifer Anderson is the Co-Head of Sustainable Investment and ESG at Lazard Asset Management. She oversees the firm’s Sustainable Investment and ESG integration strategy. She works closely with analysts and portfolio managers to enhance their investment processes and on developing new strategies. She sits on the firm’s Global Stewardship Committee. She also leads client engagement and thought leadership on ESG topics. She began working in the investment field in 2006. Prior to joining Lazard in 2019, Jennifer was an Investment Manager for TPT Retirement Solutions and during this time she also served on the Board of the Directors of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). Her prior role was as an equity research analyst in sustainable investment at Citigroup Global Capital Markets and she started her career as an SRI analyst at Jupiter Asset Management. Jennifer has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Economic History from the University of Leicester and a master’s degree in Environment Technology from Imperial College London.

William Houston

Head of Investor Sustainability, BAT

Will Houston is Head of Investor Sustainability at BAT, reporting into the Chief Sustainability Officer. His role focuses on helping ensure that BAT delivers what investors require on Sustainability topics. This also encompasses horizon scanning on ESG disclosure regulations and leveraging these insights to ensure BAT efficiently and effectively delivers against reporting requirements. He is a member of BAT’s Extended Finance Leadership Team and the project board for BAT’s ESG Data Digitisation work. Prior to moving into his new role in late 2022, Will was a member of BAT’s IR team for nearly three years, latterly as Senior IR & ESG Manager.

He has previously worked on both the buy-side and sell-side focusing on Consumer Goods. Most recently as a Portfolio Manager at Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, where he gained experience on the integration of ESG into investment decision making. Prior to Norges, Will worked as a sell-side analyst for both UBS and Redburn.

David Irish

Investor Relations & ESG Senior Manager, Vodafone Group

David is a Chartered Accountant, qualifying at KPMG where he worked in Tax, and subsequently Corporate Finance. He joined Vodafone Group’s FP&A team in 2018, before moving into Investor Relations in 2020. In his current role, David is focused on ESG reporting and investor engagement. 

Jacob Malmstrom

Equity Sales, Goldman Sachs

Jonathan Dickson

Vice President - International Corporate Services, OTC Markets

Based in London Jonathan helps issuers to navigate the U.S. capital markets, globalize their investor relations outreach and implement best practices to maximize the success of cross-trading into the United States. Prior to joining OTC Markets, Jonathan was co-branch head and a senior portfolio manager at Redmayne Bentley where he managed bespoke investment mandates for clients throughout the UK and Europe. Jonathan holds a BA from the University of Surrey and is a Chartered Fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute.

Julian Foster

Head of International Equities, Jefferies Group

Julian Foster is Head of International Equities into Australia & New Zealand at Jefferies Group LLC, based in Melbourne. In this role, Julian leads Jefferies coverage of investors based in the ANZ region investing offshore. Julian ranked #3 for Global Sales in the 2022 Peter Lee survey (Greenwich associates’ ANZ subsidiary). Prior to joining Jefferies in Australia in 2020, Julian worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London for 8 years, after graduating from the University of Bristol, where he completed his BSc in Economics with Study in Continental Europe (France).

Vincent Braddick

Senior Originator & Head of Execution, Jefferies

Vincent Braddick is a Senior Originator & Head of Execution within the EMEA Corporate Access Team at Jefferies International, based in London.  In this role, Vince works with UK- & European-listed companies in the Consumer, Industrials, Resources & Energy sectors with respect to their investor marketing programmes.  Vince has worked in this role at Jefferies since 2017, and has been originating corporate access since 2013 when he started his career with Goldman Sachs in London.  Vince holds a Bachelor of Finance from La Trobe University in Melbourne.

Julia Scanlon

Senior Strategist, Emperor

Julia Scanlon is a Senior Strategist in the Digital team at Emperor, an award-winning UK Corporate Communications and Design Consultancy. Julia has over 15 years of experience in delivering both B2B and B2C integrated communication strategies and large-scale digital and branding projects. She has delivered work for clients such as GSK, Coca-Cola HBC, STV and FIFA and has extensive experience in digital financial services communication for both institutional and retail investors. 

Kit Atkinson

Head of Retail Capital Markets, Peel Hunt

Kit Atkinson, is a Director and Head of Retail Capital Markets at investment bank Peel Hunt LLP, Kit has over 20 years experience in the equities industry, focussing on Equity Capital Markets since 2005. Kit has previously worked at J.P. Morgan Cazenove and at Link Group where his focus was on IPO origination and delivery.  Peel Hunt has recently announced its intention to spin out their existing Retail Capital Markets business as an independent co-owned enterprise with backing from several leading market participants including Hargreaves Lansdown, Jefferies, Numis and Rothschild & Co.  Kit will be part of the leadership team at launch.

Ciaran O’Callaghan

Head of Amundi European Equity Research

Ciaran is Head of European Equity Research for the Amundi group, the largest listed European asset manager with c. €2 trillion of Assets Under Management – based in Dublin, he manages a team of sixteen Equity Analysts across multiple investment hubs. Ciaran also continues to cover the European Financial sector, conducting bottom-up fundamental analysis and stock-picking on investment cases for potential inclusion into equity portfolios. He joined the firm in 2015, initially as a Credit Analyst and Portfolio Manager, before moving to the European Equity Team in 2018. Ciaran began his career with Allied Irish Banks and has also worked in various sell-side and buy-side roles specialising in the coverage of the Banking sector. He is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA) and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Studies from Dublin City University.

John Mattimoe

Senior Portfolio Manager, Gresham House

John has worked as a Senior Portfolio Manager with Gresham House Ireland for the past 13 years with a focus on small and mid-cap equities. He has over 30 years’ experience working in equity capital markets broadly evenly split between buyside and sellside environments. Consequently, John has engaged with companies from varying perspectives: as an investor (or potential investor); stockbroking analyst; and has been involved in IPO processes and other ad hoc corporate finance projects. He has a strong belief in sensible, value-driven, long-term investing based on solid fundamentals. 

Aidan O’Mahoney

Head of ESG Advisory, Goodbody

Aidan is Goodbody Stockbrokers Head of ESG Advisory, where he is responsible for advising the corporate client base on all aspects of ESG strategy, planning and reporting. He has a particular focus on helping clients to access sustainable finance, given his extensive experience in ESG Capital Markets and Sustainability Linked Lending. In his previous role as Head of ESG Markets in AIB Group plc Aidan managed €3.5bn of ESG issuance. There, he was also responsible for the construction of AIBs ESG debt programmes (Green and Social), and ESG Investor Engagement. AIBs social bond framework and issuance remain the only social bond debt programmes and issuance in the Irish corporate landscape. Aidan also has experience in SLBs, Transitionary Bonds and Sustainable Equity Funds

Charles Batten

Director - Investment Banking, Peel Hunt

Sam Jobson

Investor Relations Account Executive, AlphaSense

Sam manages the relationships between AlphaSense and Investor Relations team’s across EMEA. Having worked with IR teams across Europe for the last 6 years, Sam brings a wealth of experience working with market data and technology, specific to IR. Among other roles, he was previously part of the EMEA team that took Q4 Inc, another Investor relations service provider, to IPO in 2021.

Kiran Vasantham

Head of Institutional Engagement, Georgeson

Kiran Vasantham is Head of Investor Engagement UK/Europe at Georgeson and is based in our London offices. He provides strategic direction for investor research and engagement activities.

Kiran has over 15 years industry knowledge in the investor engagement and shareholder response arena guiding corporate issuers on emerging investor trends including corporate governance, shareholder activism and sustainable investing. He has an established and trusted global network of Institutional Investors including the UK, Europe, and US. Kiran's relationships help Georgeson's clients identify and navigate the increasingly complex challenges of proxy solicitation, investment stewardship, ESG voting behaviours and activist situations.

Andrew Gebelin

Investment Stewardship Director – EMEA/APAC, Vanguard Asset Management

Andrew Gebelin is a director in Investment Stewardship, responsible for leading engagements across various sectors and for policy development in the U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He joined Vanguard in 2021. Previously, Andrew worked at Glass Lewis & Co., where he was responsible for research, engagement, and stewardship activities related to the U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In his 15 years at Glass Lewis & Co., he managed a research staff of more than 100, developed policies on emerging environmental, social, and governance issues, advised institutional investor clients, and engaged with hundreds of companies, industry associations, and regulators.

Kate Patrick

Investor Relations - Harbour Energy

Kate Patrick has over twenty years’ experience working in investor relations both in house and advisory. She began her inhouse career with FSTE 250 Inchcape plc, before moving to FTSE100 Compass Group and was more recently Head of IR at a small cap non standard finance company. She has held roles across size and sector and is currently Investor Relations Lead at FTSE 250 Harbour Energy plc. Her roles have involved advising on M&A communications, debt IR, crisis communications and activist management. Kate graduated from University College London with a First Class degree in Hispanic Literature, was one of the first cohort to sit the Investor Relations Society’s Certificate in IR and more recently completed the Investor Relation’s Diploma in IR.   

Alexandria Hall

Head of Investor Relations Sales - EMEA & APAC, AlphaSense

Currently utilising her passion for technology enabled business transformation, Alexandria Hall, has a wealth of experience leading partnerships with Investor Relations, Strategic Finance and Sustainability teams throughout EMEA & APAC at AlphaSense. Alex has supported such teams for the past 6 years, and prior was a business change consultant, now marrying the two Alex is passionate about bringing global IRO leaders together and providing a solution that matches their needs.

Mark Lidiard

Group Investor Relations Director, BT Group

Mark joined the IR team at BT Group in 2017. He has led FTSE 100 listed investor relations teams for more than 20 years, including roles at Powergen, BHP Billiton, Lloyds TSB and BG Group. Mark has been involved in a number of M&A transactions including BHP Billiton’s acquisition of WMC Resources, Lloyds TSB’s purchase of HBOS, the sale of Powergen to Eon and the sale of BG Group to Shell.

Richard Walsh

Managing Director, UK Industrials & Head of Ireland Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan Cazenove

Richard joined J.P. Morgan Cazenove in 2004 and currently is a Managing Director in the UK and Irish Industrials Coverage team. Richard also heads up their Investment Banking practice in Ireland. Over his time, Richard has advised on a wide range of transactions in the UK and Ireland across public and private M&A as well as ECM and DCM issuances. Richard has a 1st class honours Bachelor of Engineering degree from Trinity College Dublin.

Matthew Courtnell

Responsible Investment Analyst, Legal & General Investment Management

Matthew is a member of the responsible investment team at Legal & General Investment Management, focused on the integration of its ESG philosophy and integration into the investment process across Active Strategies. His responsibilities incorporate a combination of developing our engagement framework, qualitative research and thought leadership around ESG and long-term themes. From a product perspective, Matthew is primarily focussed on the Future World Sustainable UK and European Active Fund range, heavily involved in engagement with corporates, fundamental research and marketing responsibilities. Matthew joined LGIM in 2011 from boutique wealth management business Psigma Investment where he held the title of investment analyst. During his time at Psigma, he was a key member of the UK equity team, making a regular contribution to deep dive research and being involved in asset allocation.

Jess Frost

Partner, London (Public Affairs), Brunswick

Jess Frost joined Brunswick as a partner in March 2021.

She is a crisis management, public affairs and strategic communications specialist, and has spent her career working with clients to protect and enhance their licence and ability to operate.

Over nearly 20 years, she has supported multiple international clients to audit, test, design and embed structures and capabilities for effective risk and crisis management. She has also coached senior business leaders to anticipate and understand threats to their organisations’ reputation, and has worked with clients across the financial services, pharmaceutical, energy, extractives, retail and industrials sectors to respond to live crisis events. These have included safeguarding incidents, major health and safety failures, and K&R threats.

Ed Matthews

Managing Director, UK Corporate Broking and Investment Banking, Jefferies

Ed Matthews is a chartered accountant (Price Waterhouse) with 30 years experience in the investment banking industry. He joined Jefferies in 2018 as a Managing Director in the UK advisory and broking business. Prior to this, Ed has spent 25 years with similar roles at BZW, Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Lehman and Nomura. Whilst at Nomura he was also head of European Retail Coverage for 7 years. Ed has extensive experience of advising UK corporates and doing IPOs and M&A deals across a broad range of different industries in the UK with a bias towards Consumer, Retail, Technology, Leisure and Real estate.

George Godber

Fund Manager, Polar Capital

George joined Polar Capital in April 2017 to manage the Polar Capital UK Value Opportunities Fund with Georgina Hamilton. Prior to this, George managed the CF Miton UK Value Opportunities Fund and the Miton Undervalued Assets Fund at Miton Group.

Previously, George co-founded Matterley Asset Management in 2008 and was co-manager of the group’s Undervalued Assets Fund. Before founding Matterley, George was a Director of Equity Sales at Credit Suisse.

Derek Brown

Head of Investor Relations, Trustpilot

Prior to joining Trustpilot, Derek held senior positions on both the buy and sell-side of the investment industry, and has built significant corporate experience as a director of investor relations for three prominent UK technology companies listed in the FTSE 250 and FTSE 100. Formerly an equity analyst covering the global technology sector, Derek has particular expertise in the software sector, where he has been involved with a number of high-profile initial public offerings and M&A transactions during his career. Derek also sits on the Best Practice Committee for the Investor Relations Society. He was educated at University College London, and Cambridge University.

Chris Byrne

Corporate Broking, Deutsche Bank

Chris is a Managing Director in Corporate Broking at Deutsche Bank. Chris has worked in Investment Banking for almost 25 years, working with a wide range of FTSE100 and FTSE250 clients listed in the UK market, both on a day to day coverage basis but also on a wide range of equity capital markets and M&A transactions.

Lucy Richardson

Co-Founder, InterAxS Global

Lucy worked at Credit Suisse for 15 years, initially working in Equity Sales and then the EMEA Corporate Access Team. Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Lucy spent five years at Citigroup as a European Press Officer.