Giuseppe is Manager, Contributor Relations at Visible Alpha, which is now a part of S&P Global, operating within the company’s Market Intelligence division. Giuseppe oversees the relationship of U.S. and LATAM brokers and has over 10 years experience in capital markets and corporate investor relations. Prior to joining Visible Alpha, Giuseppe was Director and Head of Investor Relations for Startek, Inc., a technology-enabled business process outsourcing company. Prior to Startek, Giuseppe’s IR experience spanned across both mid- and large-cap financials, predominantly in the property & casualty insurance sector. Prior to his career in investor relations, Giuseppe worked on the Corporate Actions and Market Watch desk at the New York Stock Exchange. He has a degree in economics from Rutgers University.

Amritha Kasturirangan is a vice president, portfolio manager and research analyst for Franklin Equity Group at Franklin Templeton. She is a portfolio manager for the team’s Rising Dividends Strategy, which includes Franklin Rising Dividends Fund.

She has worked for Franklin Templeton in the US and Asia since joining the firm in 2009.

Prior to that, she worked in equity research covering the Biotechnology sector at Goldman Sachs, and in investment banking at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and management consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

She is a graduate of Wharton and the University of Cambridge, U.K.

Aimee Remey serves as Vice President of US Investor Relations at London-based Entain plc (LSE: ENT), a leading global sports betting and gaming group with licenses in over 30 countries. With more than two decades of deep entrenchment in the highly regulated gaming industry, Aimee brings a wealth of experience and expertise to her role, particularly in investor relations and corporate communications.

After launching her career in equity research at Merrill Lynch, Aimee joined the gaming equity research team at Jefferies and established herself as an award-winning analyst. Her analytical mindset and strategic insights led her to join the investor relations team at Scientific Games (now Light & Wonder), a global lottery and gaming company. While working at Scientific Games, Aimee played an instrumental role in the company’s evolution from a lottery-centric entity to a diversified global gaming and lottery powerhouse, navigating communications for multiple acquisitions and leadership changes.

Following her successful tenure at Scientific Games, Aimee provided strategic guidance to the company’s former CEO at Inspired Entertainment before taking on the role of the inaugural US investor relations representative at Entain. In her current capacity, Aimee continues to leverage her industry knowledge and relationships to engage with US investors, distill complex narratives, and deliver tangible value for Entain shareholders.

Aimee is a vocal advocate for gender diversity and creating opportunities for the next generation of women through mentoring and participating actively in Lean In Circles.

Pravesh Khandelwal joined embecta as Vice President, Investor Relations in June 2022. He is for developing and leading the investor relations strategy for the company, including quarterly earnings calls, investor conferences and events, and communications strategy related to investor messaging.

Prior to joining embecta, Pravesh recently served as Sr. Director, Investor Relations and Corporate Responsibility, for Endo Pharmaceuticals, a specialty pharmaceutical company. Before joining Endo, Pravesh held positions of increasing responsibility in equity research and analysis. at firms like Deutsche Bank, Leerink, Bloomberg among others.

Pravesh earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Pune University, India, and an MBA in Investment Management from Pace University – Lubin School of Business in New York. Pravesh lives in Jersey City with his wife and two young boys. When not at work, he loves to travel and explore new cultures, cuisine, and wine. Pravesh is based at embecta’s global headquarters in New Jersey.

Shira Goldmann leads Verizon’s voluntary ESG reporting, managing the company’s public disclosures and internal climate integration strategy. Before joining Verizon, she led educational and membership programming at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), now part of the IFRS Foundation. Shira is based in Brooklyn, NY.

Ellen Carr is a principal and high yield bond portfolio manager at Barksdale Investment
Management (BIM), a majority women-owned investment management firm focused on
investment grade and high yield fixed income. Prior to joining BIM in 2013, Ellen spent 11 years
at The Capital Group as a leveraged credit analyst and portfolio manager.

Ellen is also an adjunct professor of finance at Columbia Business School, where she teaches
courses on the credit cycle, investment grade and high yield bonds, and cash flow forecasting.
She is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, the co-author of a book on women in
investment management, Undiversified: The Big Gender Short in Investment Management
(published in 2021 by Columbia University Press), and the editor of The Credit Investor’s
Handbook (published in January 2024 by Wiley).

Ellen is a trustee of the National Public Radio Foundation, as well as a board member of the
Community Foundation of Western North Carolina and the UNC Asheville Foundation. She
chairs the investment committee for both of these organizations. Ellen also manages a family
foundation (carrfamilyfoundation.org) which awards college scholarships in rural communities.
Ellen has an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University
and a B.A. from Harvard, where she graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.
Ellen splits her time among Asheville, rural Tennessee, and New York. She has one son, one cat,
and two dogs

Ally DeVoe is Senior Manager, Investor Relations, at Boston Scientific Corporation and has served in that role since September 2021.  Ally has 10 years of experience at Boston Scientific, holding a variety of roles with increasing responsibility across the finance function. Previous roles include Corporate Tax, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, and Franchise Controller of the Stone Management and Prostate Health franchises within the Urology business unit.

Ally earned her B.S. in Corporate Finance and Accounting and her MBA from Bentley University.  She and her husband live in Boston, MA with their dog, Bentley.

Prabh is the Vice-President of Sustainability with Aecon Group Inc., where she leads the development and delivery of Aecon’s sustainability strategy. Furthering the company’s ESG strategy, Prabh is responsible for identifying and implementing solutions to advance energy transition projects and operationalize sustainability. Prabh co-hosts a sustainability podcast, called Road to Net-Zero, which focuses on topics related to the decarbonization of the construction industry. She is also a part-time professor at Seneca College and Guest Lecturer at University of Toronto, teaching corporate sustainability.

Prior to joining Aecon, Prabh was the Associate Director, Strategy & Sustainability at Toronto Pearson International Airport, where she was ranked Top 40 under 40 in North America by Airport Business for integrating sustainability as a value driver into airport operations and management. She was also ranked Top 20 under 40 by Wings Magazine for influencing Canadian Aviation.

Prabh has a Master of Resource and Environmental Management and undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies. Prabh is currently serving as the North American representative on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Stakeholder Council and serves on the Board of Family Services of Peel and Halton Environmental Network.

Matt leads the Investor Relations and Global Corporate Communications teams for BlackLine, a leading digital finance transformation software provider for the Office of the CFO.

Matt joined BlackLine in 2022 and has more than 10 years of buyside and investors relations experience, most recently as SVP, Investor Relations at Paya Holdings, where he was responsible for investor relations for helping to launch the IR program at a new public company.  Previously, he was head of Investor Relations at Manhattan Associates, where he was the first IRO for a longstanding public company.  He also was charged with leading the investor relations efforts at WellCare Health Plans.

Prior to his investor relations career, Matt was an equity research analyst for USAA Asset Management, covering a wide range of sectors, including consumer staples, energy, healthcare, metals & mining and technology.  He also served in the United States Marine Corps as an F/A-18 aviator for 10 years.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Florida and an MBA from Mississippi State University.  He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Rupal Bhansali is the CEO, CIO and Portfolio Manager of international & global equity strategies at Double Duty Money Management, LLC, headquartered in New York. She is a rare woman of color to have broken through the glass ceiling on Wall Street and from 2001 to 2023 was among the 2% of female portfolio managers to solely manage a mutual fund in the US. She is also the author of a book called “Non-Consensus Investing” which describes her unconventional approach to investing.

Previously, she worked at Ariel Investments for 12 years, at MacKay Shields for 10 years & at Oppenheimer Capital for 5 years, in senior leadership & portfolio management roles. She started out on the buy-side as a research analyst at the hedge fund, Soros.

From 2020 to 2023, she was featured in Barron’s “100 Most Influential Women in US Finance” list and from 2019 to 2023 she served as a member of their prestigious Investment Round-table, which features “10 of Wall Street’s smartest investors”. In 2021 CNBC called her a “Legendary Contrarian”, in 2017, PBS’s Wealth Track described her as an “Unconventional Thinker”, in 2015, Barron’s recognized her as a “Global Contrarian,” and in 2009, Forbes International Investment Report named her a “Global Guru,”. She is a frequent guest on Bloomberg, CNBC, Yahoo Finance & Fox Business News, & a sought after speaker at conferences hosted by the CFA Institute, Morningstar & Schwab.

Ms. Dodge is Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at Rocket Pharma, a rare and devastating disease company seeking gene therapy cures. Previously, Ms. Dodge led Investor Relations and Communications at Krystal Biotech which received and launched the first-ever FDA-approved redosable gene therapy for a rare and life-threatening dermatological disease. Prior to her efforts in rare disease, Ms. Dodge led corporate strategy and development for two private biotechnology companies. Ms. Dodge began her career at Goldman Sachs, serving a number of roles before transitioning into the biotech industry.  She holds a bachelor’s degree from Colby College, a J.D. from Syracuse University College of Law and an LLM from New York University Law School.

Mr. Pollock has over 20 years of investment management experience.  Prior to joining Mutual of America Capital Management in 2023, he spent 20 years at Cramer Rosenthal McGlynn, a value investment manager specializing in small to mid capitalization equities.   Starting in 2003, he served as one of the firm’s principle investors first as a Senior Analyst with responsibility over US small- and mid-cap equity markets as well as new issues and international opportunities.  In 2008 he was promoted to Vice President with coverage of  Healthcare, Industrials, Consumer and Business Services sectors.   He took on additional responsibilities managing equity portfolios in 2008, and was subsequently promoted to Portfolio Manager managing the Mid-Cap Value strategy and the Small-Mid Cap Value strategy.   Over his tenure, the Mid Cap and Small-Mid Cap Value funds ranked in the top quartile or better versus peers, with recognition from The Wall Street Journal and Lipper.   He also headed the firm’s sustainable investing efforts, including active engagement with portfolio investments.

Prior to Cramer Rosenthal, he worked in corporate finance and M&A at Lehman Brothers.   He holds Chartered Financial Analyst, Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst and Certified Management Accountant designations.  He also holds the FSA Credential from the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board and is a member of the CFA Society of New York.  In addition, he served in board and advisory roles for non-profit foundations, private companies and venture capital groups as well as a panel judge of Accelerate Yale venture competitions.  Mr. Pollock is a 2000 graduate of Yale University with a BS in Molecular Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Steve Wade is head of content for IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary. In his role, Steve and his team are responsible for researching and producing insightful content that helps the investor relations and governance communities stay up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices in their fields.
Steve curates content across multiple platforms, including conferences, workshops, think tanks, podcasts, best practice guides, videos and websites. Steve guides editorial coverage and research to ensure they fulfill the needs of our communities and is responsible for hosting our conferences and presenting research at industry events.

Prior to joining IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary, Steve’s experience has been in ESG and sustainability research, producing conferences for Ethical Corporation (now Reuters Events.) During this time, Steve was a judge for the Deloitte Green Frog Awards and presented research at the Global Sustainable Events Summit and United Nations Global Compact, World Bank & Polish Ministry of Finance events.

Lauren McDonald is a conference producer at IR Magazine and Governance Intelligence. She brings a wealth of experience from her past roles in campaign organising for The Labour Party in Leeds and Tower Hamlets.

Lauren holds a Masters degree in the History of Race & Resistance and a Bachelors degree in American History & Politics, both from prestigious universities. She uses her expertise and knowledge to inform her current work and ensure high quality outcomes.

In her free time, Lauren is actively involved in a number of charitable causes. She has volunteered with the Girl Guides, the Los Angeles LGBT Centre, and regularly donates her time to political campaigns in and around London.

In her role as conference producer at IR Magazine and Governance Intelligence, Lauren is passionate about providing the best experience to all stakeholders and ensuring all events she produces are of the highest quality.