Education Committee

Holly is Head of IR at the FTSE 100 group Diploma plc. She has held senior finance and corporate communications in-house and advisory roles, most recently at financial and corporate communications consultancy, Citigate Dewe Rogerson (CDR), following 15 years in in-house finance, corporate communications and investor relations roles in the high-profile UK public transport sector. Holly is Chair of the Education Committee, and has previously been a member of the Society’s Finance and Best Practice Committees. She completed the IR Society’s prestigious DELIVER programme in early 2021. Holly is an ACCA qualified accountant.

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. Kate graduated from University College London with a First Class degree in Hispanic Literature.

Evelyne is an experienced investor relations professional with 13 years’ experience working in IR at FTSE100 companies. She was most recently VP Director Investor Relations at Experian plc for 6 years, where in addition to working across all aspects of IR, she lead a transformation of Experian’s ESG communication. Prior to that she spent 7 years in the BT IR team, which was voted No.1 in England in Extel for four years running. She began her career working in a number of finance roles across BT. Evelyne read Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, is a member of CIMA, and holds the Certificate in Investor Relations (CIR).

Rachel has almost 20 years of experience working as a consultant in investor relations and communications. Rachel joined Emperor, a brand, digital and corporate communications agency as Senior Reporting Consultant in March 2016, to provide advice to Emperor's clients on reporting and communicating with their stakeholders drawing on best practice, industry trends and specific corporate objectives. Prior to this, Rachel spent 10 years at Aura Financial.

Richard is Head of IR at GBG, a global specialist in location and identity, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market. Prior to GBG, he had responsibility for investor relations at Aggreko, formerly the FTSE250 listed global leader in temporary power and temperature control. Notable achievements included our capital markets engagement to set out a Net Zero strategy, before working on the $3bn public to private sale of the Group to a private equity consortium.

Will is a member of Unilever's Investor Relations team and works across all aspects of the IR programme. Will has previously covered Unilever both on the buy-side, as a Portfolio Manager at Norges Bank Investment Management, and sell-side, at UBS and Redburn. Prior to Unilever he spent five years in Investor Relations roles at BAT, latterly heading up the Sustainability IR team and establishing BAT’s programme focused on readiness and compliance with the EU’s CSRD.

Sandra is a senior investor relations advisor with 25 years of experience guiding companies through evolving capital markets. Prior to founding the investor relations advisory firm Level 48, she held leadership roles at global consultancies including Sodali & Co and Citigate Dewe Rogerson. She advises clients across the full spectrum of IR activity — from day-to-day investor engagement to high-stakes events such as capital markets transactions and shareholder activism.

Louise has worked in a range of investor relations and investor relations advisory roles and is currently the Head of Investor Relations at Telecom Plus, which trades as Utility Warehouse. She has also worked in investor relations in the real estate, security printing  and venture capital sectors, as well as a corporate broker at both Cazenove and UBS. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse.

Matt started his career in commercial finance and FP&A working at McDonalds, Cadbury Schweppes & WHSmith before moving into IR where he’s been since 2007. He is currently Director of IR & Corporate Strategy at Coca Cola Europacific Partners having previously been at Tesco and Imperial Brands.

Matt is CEO at The Investor Relations Society, where he is responsible for the delivery of the Society's strategic and operational objectives. Prior to joining the Society, Matt held senior roles for representative membership organisations within financial and professional services, including UK Finance, the Chartered Insurance Institute, and TheCityUK. Matt is a Non-Executive Director at the Association of Democratic Services Officers (ADSO) and has an MBA from Bayes Business School.

Leila is the Professional Development Executive at the Investor Relations Society, where she supports the growth and development of the community. Prior to this, she spent nearly seven years at the International Dispute Resolution Centre, coordinating legal proceedings and managing the reception team, she is now transitioning her skills into the investor relations sector. Leila holds an LLB (Hons) in Law with Business from Brighton University.

Tara joined the IR Society in September 2018 as Professional Development Executive. Tara was previously at Old Mutual Group working as an Investor Relations Co-ordinator in their IR team. Prior to this Tara lived and worked in Sydney, Australia. Outside of work she enjoys spending time with her family.