The Peninsula London
The IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2025 will take place on Thursday, June 26 at The Peninsula London. This very special event honors excellence in the investor relations profession across Europe and we are excited to welcome everyone for an evening of fine food and lots of celebrating!
Since the annual 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. In recent years, the awards program has expanded to recognize more aspects of an IRO’s role as we add new categories to the list and give IR teams the opportunity to nominate themselves.
By popular demand, we 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 researched 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. In our nominated categories, companies submit written entries to articulate their success and achievements from the past year, giving any publicly listed company the opportunity to be considered for an award.
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 team members.
The 2025 nomination form will launch in December. To be informed when the form is live please register your interest here. You can also view the category criteria by clicking on the boxes below.
View the full list of 2024 nominees and winners by clicking here.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or call +44 20 8004 4989.
The awards-by-nomination categories differ from our traditional researched awards, 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 team members.
The judging process consists of three simple phases:
Phase one: Once the entry deadline has passed, the IR Magazine editorial team reviews all submissions and produces the short list
Phase two: The short-listed entries are shared with an independent judging panel made up of industry experts. The judges review each short-listed entry and select their top two picks per category
Phase three: The judges come together to discuss, debate and select the final list of winners who will go on to win an award
The judges’ votes are not made public, but their comments may be published in articles or reports after the event. Judges are not required to make comments against every submission.
Past winners of our coveted IR Magazine Awards are invited to be inducted into the IR Magazine Hall of Fame. This is an exclusive alum organization reserved only for individual winners of our awards including the categories – Best IR Professional across all cap sizes and Lifetime Achievement award winners.
We wanted to provide a platform that offers ongoing recognition for this monumental achievement and an opportunity for our award winners to help shape the future of excellence in the IR community.
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. Every year we invite any publicly listed company to submit their list of buy and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers, so that they have the opportunity to vote via our survey.
View the full list of 2024 nominees and winners clicking here.
If you have any questions about this process or wish to access our data sharing agreement, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. For any further queries about the research process, please contact [email protected].
The first thing to explain is that our awards are different from most others: 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.
November – December 2024: Sample selection
IR Magazine has been building investment community databases for more than 30 years. As part of the updating process, listed companies are contacted every year for details of the professionals who currently cover their stock.
January – February 2025: Electronic survey
IR Magazine then conducts an electronic survey of buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers. The electronic survey typically receives 300 individual responses from the investment community. These responses 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.
December 2024 – February 2025: Telephone survey
The telephone survey then gets under way. The researchers conduct in-depth interviews with 300 portfolio managers and analysts across Europe. Many of them participate in the study year after year, but there is always a healthy proportion of new respondents each year as well. As the research progresses, the sample is adjusted to ensure appropriate weightings are maintained.
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. 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 bench-marking tool.
April 2025: Short list compiled
IR Magazine receives the results and contacts the 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.
June 26, 2025: Winners announced
And finally… the winners are announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday, June 26, 2025!
June 2024: Report published
Shortly after the awards, the IR Rankings 2025 report is published and made available to IR Magazine subscribers.
The IR Rankings – Europe Top 100 report is the ultimate benchmarking resource for any IRO looking to improve their IR program. It provides detailed analysis and statistics on the working practices of the awards-by-research winners, selected through an independent survey of investors and analysts.
The report offers:
This report will be released on June 27, 2025, after the awards ceremony. Please note, an IR Magazine subscription is required to access the report.
Attendees at this event are leading IR practitioners from across Europe. Each participant is someone with an established track record and a strategic IR role within their company.
Below is a sample list of our past attendees:
Job title | Company | Job title | Company | |
Business development director | Volution Group | Head of IR | Marshall Group | |
CFO | Volex | Head of IR | Mister Spex | |
CFO | International Personal Finance | Head of IR | OMV | |
Deputy head of IR | Capita | Head of IR | Siemens Healthineers | |
Director, head of IR, EMEA and Asia | Burford Capital | Head of IR | Smiths Group | |
Director, IR | Anora Group | Head, corporate development and IR | Kenmare Resources | |
Director, IR | AstraZeneca | Head, sustainability | Barratt Developments | |
Director, IR | flatexDEGIRO | Interim VP, IR | Burberry | |
Director, IR | Rolls-Royce | IR | BP | |
Director, IR | Schneider Electric | IR | Experian | |
Director, IR | YouGov | IR analyst | Pirelli & C | |
Director, IR and communications | Duni Group | IR manager | International Airlines Group | |
Finance risk and assurance director | Unite Group | IR senior associate | Criteo | |
Head of investor relations | Severn Trent | Manager, IR | BAT | |
Head of IR | Britvic | Manager, IR | Lufthansa Group | |
Head of IR | Carlsberg | Manager, stakeholder communication and corporate access | Swedish Orphan Biovitrum | |
Head of IR | Frequentis | Senior IR manager | DHL Group | |
Head of IR | Group BCPE | SVP, head of IR | GSK | |
Head of IR | Imperial Brands | VP, IR | Sage | |
Head of IR | Lloyds Banking Group | VP, IR | Valmet |
Why partner with us?
Our awards provide a unique opportunity to get in front of some of the most influential people in the European IR community. As a partner, you will gain an extensive amount of exposure through a wide range of print and digital marketing materials, both pre and post-event, as well as on the day itself. Additionally, you can use the event to align yourself with IR excellence and network with key decision-makers from across the region – the ones pushing the profession forward through innovation.
Partnering with the event will provide:
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 get in touch with Henry Wright or call on +44 20 8004 5337.
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
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Please note: timings are subject to change
We are pleased to hosting our awards at:
The Peninsula London
1 Grosvenor Place
London
SW1X 7HJ
For transport options and directions to the venue, please click here.
Accommodation:
IR Magazine has arranged preferential rates for attendees at nearby hotels. View the hotels and rates by clicking here.
Dress code
Black tie
Warning: Please note the event may contain flashing lights or sudden loud sound effects.
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