Policy Committee
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![Head of Investor Relations - ZIGUP](/images/made/files/photos/RKH_portrait_photograph_v2_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Ross Hawley
Head of Investor Relations - ZIGUP
Deputy Chair of the IR Society
Chair of the Policy Committee
Ross is an experienced IRO with both an in-house and advisory background. Originally in equity capital markets banking, Ross has over 20 years of in-house corporate experience, including FTSE100 businesses such as Rolls-Royce, where he was Assistant Director of IR; and Man Group plc, the alternative investment manager, where he was involved in a very wide range of capital raisings and corporate transactions for over a decade. Ross has also set up and led the IR function for a number of smaller companies, and recently was Sustainability Manager for Virgin Atlantic before heading the IR activities at FTSE250 ZIGUP. He is a graduate of Cambridge University.
![Head of Investor Relations - Pantheon International](/images/made/files/photos/Vicki_Bradley_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Vicki Bradley
Head of Investor Relations - Pantheon International
Vicki is Head of Investor Relations for Pantheon International Plc, a FTSE 250 investment trust that invests in private equity globally. Prior to joining Pantheon, Vicki held a number of investor relations and communications roles at FTSE 350 companies, including Capita plc, Compass Group PLC and IP Group plc, as well as at a Dutch-listed REIT. Vicki has a BA Hons in Modern Languages.
![Luminous - Investor Engagement and ESG Director](/images/made/files/photos/SB1_photo_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Stephen Butler
Luminous - Investor Engagement and ESG Director
Stephen is an executive director at the strategic communications agency Luminous where he leads the strategy team. He has over 20 years of experience advising FTSE and private companies on strategic communications, corporate reporting, ESG, purpose and digital engagement. Stephen also leads Luminous’ insights team, which researches best practices in ESG, corporate reporting, governance, and digital IR.
![Head of Policy and Communications - IR Society](/images/made/files/photos/lizcole_pic_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Liz Cole
Head of Policy and Communications - IR Society
Liz joined the IR Society in January 2022 as head of policy and communications. Liz qualified as a lawyer with Linklaters, where she practiced in the corporate tax department for five years. In 2003, Liz joined the technical strategy department at the ICAEW where she was responsible for policy, representations and member guidance on various aspects of business law including company law, distributable profits, insolvency, data protection and workplace pensions. Liz graduated from the University of Oxford with an MA in Biology.
Christian Cowley
Head of Investor Relations - Computacentre
Christian Cowley has over 20 years’ Investor Relations and capital markets experience. He is Head of Investor Relations at Computacenter. Previously he was Head of Investor Relations at Euromoney and Kingfisher. Before his IR roles he was an advisor at a financial communications consultancy and an equity analyst in the City.
![Head of Investor Relations - Jadestone Energy](/images/made/files/photos/Phil_Corbett_2018_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Phil Corbett
Head of Investor Relations - Jadestone Energy
Philip Corbett was appointed Head of Investor Relations at Jadestone Energy in August 2021. Prior to that he was Head of IR at GasLog Ltd. and GasLog Partners LP between January 2018 and April 2020, and was a top ranked IR professional in the Institutional Investor All-Europe Executive Team (Oil & Gas Exploration and Production) survey in 2015, 2017 and 2018. He was also Head of IR at Genel Energy following a career as a sell-side European E&P analyst at Deutsche Bank and RBS (formerly ABN AMRO) in teams that were regularly top ranked by Institutional Investor and Excel. He also had sell-side roles at Oriel and Numis after starting his career at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. He has a PhD in Statistics from the University of Warwick and a BSc. 1st Class in Mathematics from the University of Cardiff.
![Head of Investor Relations - Network International](/images/made/files/photos/AGramlick_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Amie Gramlick
Head of Investor Relations - Network International
Amie has over 15 years’ experience across Investor Relations and Capital Markets. She is currently Head of Investor Relations at FTSE250 payments business, Network International. Previously, she spent six years as the Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs at Pets at Home plc. She specialises as an IR for newly listed companies. She started her career in equity research, covering the healthcare sector at UBS in London and at Morgan Stanley in Sydney.
![CEO, IR Society](/images/made/files/photos/LauraHayter-BW_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Laura Hayter
CEO, IR Society
Laura is CEO at the IR Society. Formerly Head of Policy and Communications, Laura has been with the Society for more than ten years. Laura has over 19 years’ experience in the Investor Relations industry. She joined The IR Society in 2011, and among other roles, was formerly a director at the IR consultancy, Taylor Rafferty, providing IR advisory services to blue chip clients, both in London and New York. She graduated from the University of Leeds, with an honours degree in German and management studies.
Cat Hoad
Secretariat to the 100 Group
Bio to follow
![Manager, Board & Governance, Sodali & Co.](/images/made/files/photos/Patrick_McNamara_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Patrick McNamara
Manager, Board & Governance, Sodali & Co.
During his time at Sodali & Co., Patrick has worked on projects with financial institutions, direct finance institutions, private companies and NGOs in Europe, MENA, Latin America, and emerging markets. He has conducted multiple corporate governance assessments, including for banks, MFIs, and the largest state-owned oil and gas company in Ukraine, among others.
Patrick recently co-authored a Report with the FRC examining the influence of proxy advisors and ESG rating agencies on the actions and reporting of FTSE350 companies and investor voting.
He has worked on projects with central banks in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, reviewing and amending their supervisory approach and corporate governance regulations for financial institutions. He has led multiple board evaluations, including for EBA Clearing and the UN PRI, and delivered corporate governance and ESG training sessions to boards and senior management to clients including BII, FMO, Triodos, the EBRD, the Central Bank of Kosovo, Genfit, and Swissquote.
Prior to joining Nestor Advisors, Patrick worked in banking and academic research. He has a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford [2017] and an M.A in Security Studies from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. [2019]. He is a native English speaker and proficient in French.
![Director, Investor Relations, Haleon](/images/made/files/photos/Rakesh_Patel_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Rakesh Patel
Director, Investor Relations, Haleon
Rakesh Patel is a Director, Investor Relations at Haleon having joined the company in 2022. Prior to this he was part of the Investor Relations function at IHG. Rakesh has extensive experience on the Sell-Side, having been an equity research analyst at Goldman Sachs.
![Group Investor Relations Director - Lloyds Banking Group](/images/made/files/photos/douglas-radcliffe_-_2023_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Douglas Radcliffe
Group Investor Relations Director - Lloyds Banking Group
Chair of The IR Society
Treasurer of The IR Society and Chair of the Finance Committee
Douglas Radcliffe - Group Investor Relations Director, Lloyds Banking Group
Douglas is Group Investor Relations Director at Lloyds Banking Group, having led the team for the last eight years and been a senior member of the team at Lloyds Bank and subsequently Lloyds Banking Group for the last fifteen years. Prior to joining the Investor Relations team Douglas held management positions within Group Strategy, Group Risk and Private Banking having initially joined Lloyds Bank on the graduate development programme.
Douglas was elected to the Board of the IR Society in 2016.
![Investor and ESG Communications Director - Black Sun Global](/images/made/files/Harriet_Rumball_cropped_200_200gray_s_c1.jpg)
Harriet Rumball
Investor and ESG Communications Director - Black Sun Global
Harriet has over 20 years’ experience in corporate and financial communications. She has spent the majority of her career in financial public relations advising a broad range of listed companies in corporate reporting, M&A and IPOs. Over the last seven years she has specialised in financial and sustainability reporting, focusing on strategic messaging, stakeholder communications, ESG and governance best practice for FTSE 100 and 250 companies. Harriet has a degree in Modern History (BSc Hons) from Cambridge University.
Mala Shah-Coulon
Associate Partner - Ernst & Young
Governance & Public Policy
Bio to follow