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IR Magazine Awards ‒ Europe
Celebrating IR excellence

Thursday, October 1, 2020

This event will be held virtually and will start at 4.30 pm CET

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About the awards

The IR Magazine Awards – Europe honors excellence in the investor relations profession. For 2020 we will be bringing the awards ceremony to you virtually. Stay tuned for further announcements about how to attend this year’s event.

Since the event first launched in 1990, tens of thousands of analysts and investors have voted in the surveys behind the awards. The result: vital benchmarking information on which companies do the best IR. Over the last two decades the awards program has expanded to recognize more aspects of an IRO’s role as we add new categories to the list.

By popular demand, we will once again present two types of award categories – researched and nominated – both celebrating the success of those individuals and companies that are leading the way in IR across Europe.

For our awards-by-research categories, companies do not submit nominations. Instead, hundreds of analysts and investors cast their votes and give their opinions on which companies provide the best IR service. For our awards-by-nomination categories, companies have the opportunity to nominate themselves or other publicly listed companies, free of charge, for aspects of IR that complement our awards by research.

Awards by Research

Our awards-by-research nominees are determined by the input of hundreds of analysts and portfolio managers, who give their opinions on which companies provide them with the best IR service in Europe.

View the entire list of 2019 winners and nominees here

awards-by-research Categories
How winners are chosen

Best overall investor relations (large cap)

Best overall investor relations (large cap)

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program.

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Best overall investor relations (mid-cap)

Best overall investor relations (mid-cap)

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Best overall investor relations (small cap)

Best overall investor relations (small cap)

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Best investor relations officer (large cap)

Best investor relations officer (large cap)

This category is for individual IROs whose knowledge of their company and sector and whose ability to build relationships with members of the investment community and to be transparent, accessible and responsive, sets them apart.

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Best investor relations officer (small to mid-cap)

Best investor relations officer (small to mid-cap)

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Best in sector: Communications

Best in sector: Communications

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

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Best in sector: Consumer discretionary

Best in sector: Consumer discretionary

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

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Best in sector: Consumer staples

Best in sector: Consumer staples

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Energy

Best in sector: Energy

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Financials

Best in sector: Financials

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Healthcare

Best in sector: Healthcare

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Industrials

Best in sector: Industrials

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Materials

Best in sector: Materials

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Real estate

Best in sector: Real estate

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Technology

Best in sector: Technology

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

Best in sector: Utilities

Best in sector: Utilities

This category covers companies that have most impressed the investment community with their overall IR program in their sector.

The first thing to explain is that our awards by research are different from our awards by nomination: for our awards by research, companies do not submit nominations. The winners are identified by in-depth research and any publicly traded company is eligible to be considered. This survey is the only one of its kind to go directly to the investment community, via a combination of an electronic survey and one-to-one telephone interviews, canvassing the opinions of the people who matter to you most.

The research survey for the 2020 awards is now closed. The research process includes us inviting your buy and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers to take part in the survey and the timeline is outlined below:

November – December: Online survey
IR Magazine has been building investment community databases over the past 20 years. As part of the updating process, listed companies are contacted every year for details of the professionals who currently cover their stock. A preliminary electronic survey of buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers is then conducted.

December – February: Telephone survey
The responses from the electronic survey then go to Mary Maude Research for initial analysis. The research firm determines what will constitute a representative sample, weighted for Europe’s industry sectors and geographical regions. It then conducts in-depth interviews with 500 portfolio managers and analysts across Europe. As the research progresses, the sample is adjusted to ensure appropriate weightings are maintained.

March – April: Results analysis
Once the survey stage of the research is completed, the final analysis is undertaken. The companies with the highest scores make the short lists for the awards categories, and the points are further analyzed to identify the best exponents of IR by sector and by country.

The independence of our research is crucial to the integrity of the whole awards program, so IR Magazine sees the results only once the research is complete. This ensures a transparent, independent set of results that IROs can trust as a valuable benchmarking tool.

June: Short lists
IR Magazine receives the research results and contacts short-listed companies to give them the good news. The short list is then published to the entire IR community the month before the event.

October: Winners announced
This year’s winners will be announced live on stage at a black-tie awards ceremony in London on October 6, attended by the leading lights of European investor relations.

November: Report published
After the event the Investor Perception Study – Europe 2020 report will be made available to professional subscribers to IR Magazine. This report will profile the top ranked companies and reveal information on how they conduct their IR activities and why investors voted for them.

For further information on this year’s investor survey, please contact Janet Dignan at +44 20 8004 6322 or [email protected].

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Awards by Nomination

For our awards-by-nomination categories, individuals and companies are given the opportunity to submit written entries, free of charge, to be put forward to a panel of expert judges made up of investment professionals and IR Magazine editorial members.

View the entire list of 2019 winners and nominees here

awards-by-nomination Categories
How winners are chosen

Best annual report (large cap)

Best annual report (large cap)

Are shareholders and analysts raving about the quality of your annual print or online report? Give us your vision of good reporting practice. Judges will be looking for a well-articulated equity story, ease of flow or navigation, state-of-the-art design and consistency/complementary between different reports.

Best annual report (mid-cap)

Best annual report (mid-cap)

Are shareholders and analysts raving about the quality of your annual print or online report? Give us your vision of good reporting practice. Judges will be looking for a well-articulated equity story, ease of flow or navigation, state-of-the-art design and consistency/complementary between different reports.

Best annual report (small cap)

Best annual report (small cap)

Are shareholders and analysts raving about the quality of your annual print or online report? Give us your vision of good reporting practice. Judges will be looking for a well-articulated equity story, ease of flow or navigation, state-of-the-art design and consistency/complementary between different reports.

Best ESG materiality reporting (large cap)

Best ESG materiality reporting (large cap)

Investors are increasingly looking to determine the material ESG risks and opportunities for companies. But the range of data and inconsistency of reporting can make it difficult to get a full picture. This award recognizes the achievement of companies that produce clear investor-facing communications about ESG issues that are material to their business.

Best ESG materiality reporting (small to mid-cap)

Best ESG materiality reporting (small to mid-cap)

Investors are increasingly looking to determine the material ESG risks and opportunities for companies. But the range of data and inconsistency of reporting can make it difficult to get a full picture. This award recognizes the achievement of companies that produce clear investor-facing communications about ESG issues that are material to their business.

Best investor event (large cap)

Best investor event (large cap)

Did you hold a capital markets day, site visit or other investor event that made your company stand out from the crowd? Tell us how you came up with an original initiative, the way you managed its organization, and how your audience’s expectations were met; audience feedback is also welcome.

Best investor event (small to mid-cap)

Best investor event (small to mid-cap)

Did you hold a capital markets day, site visit or other investor event that made your company stand out from the crowd? Tell us how you came up with an original initiative, the way you managed its organization, and how your audience’s expectations were met; audience feedback is also welcome.

Best IR during a corporate transaction

Best IR during a corporate transaction

How did your IR team go above and beyond to support a recent corporate transaction? Let us know the details. We’ll be looking at the IR team’s involvement in crafting/releasing the messaging for the financial markets and how it organized outreach and dialogue to gain approval from key shareholders.

Best IR website (large cap)

Best IR website (large cap)

The IR website is the first point of contact for an IRO’s audience. We want to hear from companies that have developed a best-in-class website displaying top-notch customer experience, engaging content that meets analysts’ and investors’ needs, and multiplatform access.

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Best IR website (mid-cap)

Best IR website (mid-cap)

The IR website is the first point of contact for an IRO’s audience. We want to hear from companies that have developed a best-in-class website displaying top-notch customer experience, engaging content that meets analysts’ and investors’ needs, and multiplatform access.

Sponsored by

Best IR website (small cap)

Best IR website (small cap)

The IR website is the first point of contact for an IRO’s audience. We want to hear from companies that have developed a best-in-class website displaying top-notch customer experience, engaging content that meets analysts’ and investors’ needs, and multiplatform access.

Sponsored by

Best use of multimedia for IR

Best use of multimedia for IR

Are you a tech-savvy IRO always looking out for cutting-edge technological solutions for IR? Describe the innovative ways you have incorporated video, audio, infographics or webcasts into your IR program. Judges will be looking for evidence of heightened investor and analyst engagement via these channels.

Rising star

Rising star

This award seeks to honor individuals who bring fresh thinking and a unique approach to the profession. Tell us why you (or someone else) have what it takes to be the next Magdalena Moll! This category is open to anyone who has been working in IR for less than five years.

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The awards by nomination differ from our traditional awards by research, as individuals and companies are given the opportunity to submit written entries, free of charge, to be put forward to a panel of expert judges, made up of investment professionals and IR Magazine editorial members.

The judging process is made up of the following stages:

Stage 1: Judges are allocated to categories and sent the entry packs, which contain a longlist of submissions to review and score.
Stage 2: Judges are asked to score each submission based on how well the entrant has addressed the category criteria and entry form requirements for each section. These scores are collated and averaged by the IR Magazine awards team and the top scoring entries will form our shortlist of nominees per category.
Stage 3: Once the shortlists are determined, judges come together with renewed scrutiny to discuss and debate the winning entry. This final stage will determine the winners and high commendations (where applicable) in each category.

The judges scores will not be shared with nominees, however, comments may be published in articles or reports after the event. The judges are not required to make comments against every submission.

Meet the judges

Mike Allen
Head of research
Zeus Capital

Mike is an experienced analyst, having worked at UBS Global Asset Management and Numis Securities, before becoming a founding director in the Panmure Gordon Liverpool office. In his current role, Mike is Head of Research at Zeus and has been instrumental in attracting a number of key corporate clients, and has also played a role in some of the company’s largest deals. During his career, Mike has been rated as a top three analyst in the business services sector in the Extel Survey and has also won numerous awards with Starmine and The Wall Street Journal.
Rosanna Burcheri
Portfolio manager
Artemis Investment Management

Rosanna manages the Artemis Global Select Fund and Mid Wynd International Investment Trust with Simon Edelsten and Alex Illingworth. After graduating in economics from Bocconi University in 1996, she joined Paribas Asset Management as a junior fund manager. In 2000, she moved to M&G as a fund manager and director responsible for pan-European equity portfolios. As a senior European portfolio manager at Shell Pension Management Service from 2004, she controlled £710m of assets. Then, in 2006, Rosanna became a partner and pan-European fund manager for FrontPoint Management (UK). She came to Artemis in 2011 and is an Ambassador of the Diversity Project.
Heinrich Ey
Co-CIO for European small caps
Allianz Global Investors

Heinrich Ey has worked at Allianz Global Investors since April 2006.

He is Co-CIO for European Small caps since 2016 and manages in his function retail and institutional money together with a team of 5 members. Before taking on his current role, he was managing an analyst team of six regional telecom and media analysts and covering 30 telecom stocks with his own modelling and formal recommendations. He was also the lead portfolio manager for the Allianz Telemedia funds, which has won several awards from Lipper and Euro Finanzen in the last couple of years. His focus had been also on digital disruption trends and their impact on traditional business models within his industries, and he is part of the jury for the German Stevie Awards since 2016.

Before taking on this role, Ey worked for four years as an analyst at AGI. Prior to that, between 2000 and 2002, he managed European and global equity funds for institutional and retail clients and was a member of the TMT sector team at Allianz Asset Management. He started his career in asset management in 1995 as a buy-side trader for equity, fixed income and derivatives at Allianz.
Simon Gleadhill
Corporate reporting & IFRS controller
Howden Joinery Group

Simon is responsible for the Howdens Annual Report and Sustainability Report, both of which have won various awards in recent years.

He’s a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Literature degree, so he recognises that audited and consistent data is the essential starting point, but that the best companies build on that and find engaging ways to tell their own individual stories.

Simon has a keen interest in developing best practice in reporting and is a member of the Advisory Group on the FRC’s Future of Corporate Reporting project. He is a member of the IR Society, and holds their Certificate in Investor Relations.
Gunhild Grieve
Head of investor relations
RWE

Gunhild started her career in the European Natural Resources Corporate Finance team at Deutsche Bank in 2002. She originated and executed M&A, equity and debt capital market transactions in the utilities, oil & gas and mining sector. In 2008, Gunhild joined German utility RWE where she headed the London IR office, looking after the IR programme for the UK and US as well as taking care of the company’s shareholder register, targeting and investor perception studies. In the recent company restructuring, Gunhild was a key member of the project team preparing the IPO of RWE’s subsidiary innogy, being responsible for the equity story and offer structure. Since October 2016, she has been Head of Investor Relations at RWE. In April 2020, Gunhild will become Head of Financial Planning and Risk Management.

She sits on the Supervisory Boards of RWE Generation and RWE Supply & Trading. Gunhild co-established EIFFEL, a company-led investor conference for utilities. She studied International Business Administration at Vienna University and holds a MScie in Business management from ESCP-EAP.
Laurie Havelock
Editor-at-large
IR Magazine

Laurie Havelock is a freelance journalist, writer and podcaster who has been working on financial titles for more than 5 years, dabbling with commercial property finance, responsible investment and investor relations as his main areas of focus.

Outside of that he also writes about music, with a predilection for independent and emerging artists, has worked on a number of comedy projects, including a podcast he makes with musical comedian Paddy Gervers called Podshambles, and hosts a weekly show on Shoreditch Radio.

Laurie has been published in the Independent, the Guardian and Q Magazine.
Karl Mahler
Head of investor relations
Roche

Karl Mahler, Head of Investor Relations, joined Roche in 2002.

Karl started his professional career at Ciba Geigy Switzerland as Head of Investment & Strategic Planning worldwide in 1987, and founded a cancer research hospital in Germany – the Tumor Biology Center Freiburg in 1991/2.

In 1994/5, he accepted a position as General Manager for Pharma with Ciba Geigy in Shanghai, where he ran one of the first joint ventures in China. This was followed by leadership roles in China where he continued his work as General Manager in Beijing. Before he joined Roche, he was Deputy Investor Relations Head for Aventis in Paris and Strasbourg.

Karl studied economics and sociology, and did his Ph.D. at the institute of Mathematical Economics at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Karl is based in Basel.
Róbert Réthy
Head of investor relations
MOL Group

Robert joined MOL, a leading Central European oil&gas company, as Head of Investor Relations in 2015 and he has also been heading ESG at MOL since last year.

Previously, he had been on the sells-side, working 15+ years as an equity analyst covering Emerging European oil&gas companies. He spent 11 years with Unicredit in Budapest before he moved to Prague in 2011 to head the Energy research product at the leading CEE investment services provider Wood & Co and also to become Head of Equity Research, managing the award-winning research team of around 20 analysts. Between 2007 and 2015 he was consistently ranked as a Top3 research analyst for the CEE region and for the oil & gas sector by Extel and Institutional Investor.

Robert holds a Masters degree in Finance from the Corvinus University of Budapest and also studied at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2003.
Madeleine Szeluch
Head of investor relations
UK Government

Madeleine Szeluch is Head of Investor Relations at the UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). She has 14 years of experience across Low Carbon Energy, Financial Services and Climate Change.

In her role, Madeleine is responsible for global investor, regulatory and banking relationships across a range of asset classes, with a focus to shift of financial capital towards low-carbon energy and climate-change solutions. Madeleine advises on the UK’s low-carbon Energy Transition and emerging policy and regulation to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Madeleine also leads on independent thought-leadership research for the Department, evaluating risks and opportunities of emerging market trends and regulatory developments for Investors, Industry and Government.
Harry Stokes
Head of investor relations
SEGRO

Harry joined SEGRO plc as Head of Investor Relations at SEGRO plc in 2013, having previously been Head of the European Real Estate Equity Research teams at UBS, Evolution Securities and Citigroup in a sell-side career dating back to 2002. In 2018, he became Commercial Finance Director at SEGRO, where he is now responsible for the Treasury and IR teams and the FP&A team.
Gervais Williams
Head of equities
Premier Miton Investors

Gervais Williams is Head of Equities at Premier Miton Investors and manages a number of funds and trusts that aggregate to over £1.5bn, he joined the group in 2011. His fund management career extends over 30 years including 17 years at Gartmore Group Ltd, where he was Head of UK Small Companies investing in UK smaller companies and Irish equities. Gervais is a member of the AIM Advisory Council, and a board member of the Quoted Companies Alliance. He was a member of the Patient Capital Review panel with the Chancellor of the Exchequer two years ago where the recommendations were put into legislation in the subsequent budget. Gervais Williams has published three books, ‘Slow Finance’ in the autumn of 2011 (Bloomsbury), ‘The Future is Small’ published in November 2014 (Harriman House) and ‘The Retreat of Globalisation’ published in December 2016 (Harriman House).

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Partners

BofA Securities

BofA Securities

Awards partners

Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving large corporations, small and middle-market businesses and individual consumers in more than 150 countries with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services. BofA Securities, the institutional broker dealer business of Bank of America, is a global leader in corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. The company provides, through various banking and broker-dealer affiliates, M&A advice, equity and debt capital-raising solutions, lending, risk management, treasury, liquidity and payments management. Bank of America Corporation is listed on the NYSE.

For more information, please visit www.bofaml.com
Business Wire

Business Wire

Awards partners

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is the global leader in news release distribution and regulatory disclosure. Public relations, investor relations, public policy, and marketing professionals rely on Business Wire for secure and accurate distribution of market-moving news and multimedia. Founded in 1961, Business Wire is a trusted source for news organizations, journalists, investment professionals, and regulatory authorities, delivering news directly into editorial systems and leading online news sources via its multi-patented NX Network. Business Wire’s worldwide newsrooms are available to meet the needs of communications professionals and news media globally.

For more information, visit us online at www.BusinessWire.com.
OTC Markets Group

OTC Markets Group

Awards partners

OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates the OTCQX Best Market, the OTCQB Venture Market, and the Pink Open Market for 10,000 U.S. and global securities. Through OTC Link ATS, we connect a diverse network of broker-dealers that provide liquidity and execution services. We enable investors to easily trade through the broker of their choice and empower companies to improve the quality of information available for investors.
To learn more about how we create better informed and more efficient markets, visit www.otcmarkets.com.
Q4

Q4

Awards partners

Q4 is the fastest growing cloud-based investor relations and capital market solutions to the IR Industry with over 1,200 clients. Public companies the world over (many of which are Fortune 1000 brands) look to our leading web and intelligence solutions to power successful (and award winning) IR programs — and to better connect with their investors, make more effective decisions, and understand the capital markets.

Learn more at www.q4inc.com.

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Why partner with us?

The Europe Awards brings together some of the most influential people in the IR community. Our audience recognise the sudden change of pace cannot be navigated alone and are constantly looking for partners to help shape their shareholder engagement strategy and execute it. This event provides partners an opportunity to position yourself as a critical partner to the community.

The unique buzz we create at our virtual events – which is a far cry from a traditional webinar – afford our partners exceptional opportunities to entertain visitors and show-case their expertise.
Becoming a partner means you will:

– Get virtual face-time with senior decision-makers from the IR community
– Increase brand awareness and gain credibility through association with this event
– Generate qualified and targeted leads from the analytics provided by our virtual platform
– Gain new business opportunities through higher-brand presence among potential clients
– Participate in one on one video chats to build relationships with new and existing customers
– Launch new products and solutions at our virtual event in your expo booth

All our partnerships are created using a mix of branding, thought leadership, lead generation and meetings with your target audience. You tell us your objectives and we will work with you to create you a package that’s makes sense for your company and will help you achieve those objectives.

To find out more about how we can help, contact Sébastien Dutrieu or call on +44 77315 33165.

Who attends?

Attendees are leading IR practitioners from across Europe. Each participant is someone with an established track record and a strategic IR role within his or her company. We had over 300 IR professionals attend in 2019. They included:

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Job title	Company name		Job title	Company name
Assistant director	IFC Group		Head of investor relations	K+S
CEO	CMi2i		Head of investor relations	Kerry Group
CEO, EMEA	Orient Capital		Head of investor relations	Lloyds Banking Group
Chairperson	ABIRD		Head of investor relations	Phoenix Group Holdings
Chief commodity trading strategy	En+ Metals		Head of investor relations	REN – Redes Energéticas Nacionais
Co-head of investment trusts	Blackrock		Head of investor relations	RWE
Digital director	Design Portfolio		Head of investor relations	SEGRO
Director	EcoAct		Head of investor relations	Tesco
Director capital markets & strategic initiatives	En+ Consult		Head of investor relations	Umicore
Director of corporate messaging, IR	Jones and Palmer		Head of investor relations	William Hill
Director of financial communications	LVMH		Head of investor relations and comms	Euronav
Director of investor relations	Credit Suisse		Head of investor relations and comms	Orange
Director of investor relations	Merlin Properties		Head of marketing	Trifast
Director of investor relations	Valmet		Head of PR, brand and corporate comms	EMIS Group
Director of strategy, M&A and IR	TUI Group		Head of research	Zeus Capital
DR team	JP Morgan		Investor relations director	McCarthy and Stone
EVP, corporate services	OTC Markets Group		IR director	MTS
Finance director	Inland Homes		Managing director	EQS Group
Financial risk manager	Novo Nordisk		Managing director	Leaders Arena
Global head of IR	GlaxoSmithKline		Managing director	RD:IR
Group director of investor relations	Unibail Rodamco Westfield		Managing director	Rothschild & Co
Group finance director	Henry Boot		Managing director, EMEA	D.F. King
Head of global banking	VTB Capital		Senior director of investor relations	AstraZeneca
Head of international listings	NYSE		Senior vice president, investor relations	BASF
Head of investor relations	Anglo Pacific Group		Vice president – depositary receipts	BNY Mellon
Head of investor relations	Arix Bioscience		Vice president, investor relations	Cargotec
Head of investor relations	BT Group		Vice president, investor relations	Kemira
Head of investor relations	Equinor		Vice president, investor relations	Kone
Head of investor relations	Garanti Bank		VP IR Europe	Royal Dutch Shell
Head of investor relations	Gruppo Banca Sistema

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2019 Gallery

Best in sector: Communications
Winner: Deutsche Telekom
Collecting on their behalf: Katia Levy-Thevenon from Deutsche Bank

Best in sector: Consumer staples
Winner: Nestlé
Sponsored by: Deutsche Bank

Best in sector: Energy
Winner: Total
Sponsored by: Deutsche Bank

Best in sector: Financials
Winner: Allianz
Collecting on their behalf: Irma de Kruijf from JP Morgan

Best in sector: Healthcare
Winner: Novo Nordisk
Sponsored by: EQS Group

Best in sector: Industrials
Winner: Deutsche Post DHL
Sponsored by: EQS Group

Best in sector: Materials
Winner: BASF
Sponsored by: EQS Group

Best in sector: Real estate
Winner: Great Portland Estates
Sponsored by: The IR Society

Best in sector: Utilities
Winner: Iberdrola
Sponsored by: BRR Media

Best in sector: Consumer discretionary
Winner: adidas
Collecting on their behalf: Katia Levy-Thevenon from Deutsche Bank

Best annual report (small cap)
Winner: Severfield
Collecting on their behalf: Amanpreet Nandhra from Jones and Palmer

Best annual report (mid-cap)
Winner: Britvic
Sponsored by: Jones and Palmer

Best annual report (large cap)
Winner: Royal Philips
Sponsored by: Jones and Palmer

Best crisis management
Winner: Banco Santander
Sponsored by: Zebra Corporate Communications

Best ESG materiality reporting
Winner: Banco Santander
Sponsored by: Zebra Corporate Communications

Best investor event (small to mid-cap)
Winner: Cargotec
Sponsored by: OTC Markets Group

Best investor event (large cap)
Winner: Unilever
Sponsored by: OTC Markets Group

Best IR during a corporate transaction
Winner: Avast
Sponsored by: OTC Markets Group

Best IR website (small cap)
Winner: Northgate Group
Sponsored by: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Best IR website (mid-cap)
Winner: Valmet
Sponsored by: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Best IR website (large cap)
Winner: BASF
sponsored BY: Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Best use of multimedia for IR
Winner: Hays
Sponsored by: CMi2i

Rising star
Winner: Calle Loikkanen, Valmet
Sponsored by: CMi2i

Best investor relations officer (small to mid-cap)
Winner: Oliver Stratmann, Lanxess
Collecting on his behalf: Sally Fitzpatrick from Berenberg
Sponsored by: Q4

Best investor relations officer (large cap)
Winner: Ignacio Cuenca and Diego Morón, Iberdrola
Sponsored by: Q4

Best overall investor relations (small to mid-cap)
Winner: HUGO BOSS
Sponsored by: Berenberg

Best overall investor relations (large cap)
Winner: Iberdrola
Sponsored by: Berenberg

2019 Highlights

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