Eloise is an Equity Portfolio Manager with a 25-year career in Finance. Most recently she successfully launched and managed Redwheel International Strategy, which outperformed its benchmark since inception delivering strong returns. Prior to Redwheel, Eloise was a Hedge Fund Global Consumer Portfolio Manager at Bell Rock Capital for over 5 years. She also served as an Analyst and Portfolio Manager at DSAM and Marble Bar Asset Management in London. Eloise began her career in Finance in 1998 and spent the first part of her career as a Sell Side Research Analyst at Morgan Stanley and Societe Generale. Eloise holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Masters from Paris Business School

Gabe joined the Investor Relations team in October 2022. He began his career as an Aeroelasticity Technical Specialist in 2010 at Rolls-Royce, where he spent over a decade leading R&T projects, aero-engine design and certification, and in-service safety investigations across the Aerospace industry. From 2018 to 2019, Gabe served as Chief of Staff to the Chief Technology Officer. He is a Chartered Engineer and holds a PhD in Energy Engineering.

Darrell Heaps is a serial entrepreneur who has spent his career building innovative software companies. As the Founder and CEO of Q4, Darrell is a visionary leader in cloud-based investor relations solutions and has been at the forefront of innovation in the industry by spearheading the creation of the AI-driven IR Ops Platform. Together with the global Q4 team, Darrell is redefining investor relations by delivering data, insights, and smart workflows that empower IR teams to focus on their strategic priorities. Darrell studied Business and Computer Science at York University.

Mrs. Isabel Vilela heads Investor Relations and Corporate Communications at GoviEx, where she serves as a key member of the Executive Team. In addition to her primary role, Mrs. Vilela is also responsible for Stakeholder Engagement and Community Development initiatives across GoviEx’s main projects and contributes significantly to the development and implementation of the company’s ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) strategy.

With extensive experience in the mining, materials, and renewables industries, Mrs. Vilela has previously held prominent positions at Hochschild Mining plc, Cookson Group plc, and Clipper Windpower plc.

Mrs. Vilela is an active member of the Communications and ESG groups at the World Nuclear Association and is currently advancing her expertise by pursuing a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development at the University of Sussex.

Mrs. Vilela has a keen interest in artificial intelligence, particularly its applications in investor relations and ESG. She is enthusiastic about leveraging AI to enhance communication strategies and stakeholder engagement.

France de Sury is Head of Groupe BPCE Investor Relations since September 5th, 2022.

France has over 20 years’ experience, including 15 with Groupe BPCE and Natixis. She
began her career in 1995 at Crédit Lyonnais, first in Tokyo and then in Paris. In 1999 she
joined Crédit Agricole in the General Audit Division, before joining IXIS Capital Markets
(now Natixis), New York in 2000 as Head of Financial Reporting and Regulatory Control.
She moved to Natixis’ Head Office in 2005 as Head of Transversal Department, Capital
Markets Middle Office, and in 2007 was made responsible for Central Financial Planning of
Investment Banking activities. In 2009, France joined Groupe BPCE Risk Department as
Head of Consolidated Risks Analysis. In 2014, France moved to Hong Kong to be Executive
Director, Head of Debt Investor Relations for Asia Pacific. From 2019 until taking up her
current position, France was Deputy Head of Investor Relations based in Paris. As of
September 5, 2022, she has been appointed Head of Groupe BPCE Investor Relations.
France has a Master of Economics from the Institute of Political Science of Grenoble, France
(Sciences Po), and a master degree in management, major in finance, from EM Lyon
Business School, France.

Simon has been President of Investor Relations at Wood Group since 2021. Prior to that he was Director of IR at Babcock International, an aerospace and defence company, from 2018-2021. He was previously Head of Investor Relations at Johnson Matthey Plc, a chemicals company. Before that, Simon worked at Vodafone for a number of years including roles in business intelligence, commercial finance and investor relations. He is a Chartered Accountant and started his career with KPMG. He also sits on the Investor Relations Best Practice Committee.

Michael founded ingage in 2013 to provide Enterprise software solutions enabling easy, efficient engagement between companies and investors. Prior to this, Michael spent 18 years in the capital markets, 10 as a portfolio manager and buy-side analyst and 8 on the sell-side at Cazenove & Co, where he was a partner.

ingage designs, builds and licences specialist Investor Relations (IR) software in a subscription model. Building on traditional IR CRM, the ingage platform is a comprehensive Investor Relations software suite that helps power world class equity and debt IR, Sustainability and CoSec teams at quoted and unquoted corporate issuers globally.

Marina is a seasoned IR professional with extensive experience across various sectors and geographies. Having trained at Marks & Spencer, she advanced to international advisory IR roles in Europe and Emerging Markets developing and executing complex strategies while contributing to a variety of capital markets transactions including over 30 IPOs raising in excess of US$40bn. Over the last seven years Marina focused on building in-house IR and ESG capabilities as a Head of IR and Sustainability at a number of FTSE 250 companies. In her latest role at a global events company, Hyve Group, she navigated through a number of significant M&As, multi-jurisdictional disposals, equity raises, a significant refinancing and eventually a PE buy-out.

Marina is a founder and host of the IRO Coffee Break network, the largest independent peer-to-peer network in Europe, facilitating monthly discussions among senior IR professionals. She is also a member of the IR Magazine editorial advisory board.

Sylvie Harton is the chief business strategy officer at Lumi Global where she leads Lumi’s future growth strategy. Prior to her role at Lumi, Harton was SVP, Strategy & Global head of IR and PR solutions at Notified where she led M&A, strategic partnerships and P&L for its global IR and PR solutions business.

Federico joined Pirelli in 2022. He earned a degree in Business Administration with major in Finance and Accounting at SAA – School of Management, University of Turin, after a semester at the University of Brighton, UK. Before graduating he gained experience in a French multinational company, as well as a Belgian consulting firm in Brussels.

Jane is an experienced IRO with both an in-house and advisory background. Jane joined the Investor Relations team at BAT in 2023, after working in the Investor Relations team at Tesco. Originally on the sell-side, Jane worked in the City for 20 years – at Citigroup (Equity Research and Corporate Access, working in both New York and London) and then Exane BNP Paribas, providing Corporate Access and IR advisory services to their corporate clients. Jane has a PhD in Animal Behaviour from Bristol University.

Being part of Generali’s Investor & Rating Agency Relations team since 2009, Rodolfo pioneered and subsequently led the company’s ESG investor communication efforts.
Having obtained the ESG Investing Certificate from the CFA UK in 2021, Rodolfo’s contributions have significantly advanced Generali’s engagement and transparency with ESG-focused investors.”

Irina Zhurba serves as the Head of Investor Relations and Sustainability Reporting at Mister Spex. In this role, she is responsible for communicating the company’s strategy and business initiatives to the investor and shareholder community, as well as overseeing sustainability reporting efforts.

Prior to her current position, Zhurba established the Investor Relations department at fashionette AG. Previously, she held various positions at Metro AG. She holds a BS in Accounting and Finance from the University of Hong Kong.

Christian Kern is Director Investor Relations of Telefónica Deutschland since 2020. He transferred from Telefónica Group which he joint as Director of Investor Relations in 2018 from STJ Advisors where he was regional Chairman & Managing Director. Prior to these appointments, Christian has been Head of European Equity Research at J.P.Morgan based in London. Under his leadership J.P.Morgan’s European Equity Research Department has achieved Top3 firm ranks in the All-Europe Institutional Investor Survey in 2016 and 2015. Prior to this, Christian has been Head of CEEMEA (Ex-Russia) Equity Research as well as MENA Equity Research based in Dubai and a long standing top-rated Telecoms analyst. Christian joined J.P.Morgan from Lehman Brothers in London where he has been Co-Head of the Telecoms team that was consistently No1 ranked in the All-Europe Institutional Investor Survey (2002-2008). His earlier responsibilities include 8 years with Citi as Director in London and he has worked in corporate finance for Communications Equity Associates in New York as well as goetzpartners in Munich. Christian gained an MBA with a major in finance from Columbia Business School in New York and an MS in engineering from Technical University of Munich.

Evelyn Herrmann is a Managing Director and Europe Economist in the European
Economics team at BofA Global Research. She is based in Paris, focusing on Euro
area core countries. The Europe economics team was ranked #1 in the 2019, 2020
and 2021 II Global Fixed Income Research Survey.

Prior to joining the firm in 2015, Herrmann was Eurozone Economist in the BNP
Paribas Market Economics team in London, covering the Eurozone real economy
with a particular focus on Germany.

She previously worked as an economist in the International Macroeconomics
Division of Banque de France.

She studied economics and holds a double-diploma degree from Goethe University
and Paris IX Dauphine, and a master’s degree in empirical and theoretical
economics from Paris School of Economics.

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Geoff is a financial communications and investor relations specialist with over 20 years’ experience. In that time Geoff has led investor relations functions though multiple equity and debt issuances, M&A transactions and activist situations. Geoff holds the Investor Relations Society Diploma in IR and is the Co-Chair of the Society’s Best Practice Committee. Geoff joined Ecora Resources as Head of IR in April 2022.

Erik Carlson is chief operating officer at Notified, a technology partner for investor relations, public relations, and marketing professionals. He brings over 10 years of M&A, strategic finance, and business transformation experience across private equity portfolio companies in technology, media, pharmaceuticals, and consumer products. Prior to Notified, he was senior vice president of M&A integration at Intrado and director of M&A and strategy advisory at PwC.

Sandra joined Morrow Sodali in October 2023 as Managing Director, responsible for developing and overseeing the firm’s investor relations advisory offering for clients across EMEA.

She has extensive IR experience, having worked with more than 100 listed and private companies globally as their IR advisor or outsourced Head of IR over a period of more than 20 years.

Prior to joining Morrow Sodali, Sandra led the IR practice at Citigate Dewe Rogerson, providing board-level communications counsel on IPOs, capital restructurings, de-listings, M&A, shareholder activism, bond offerings, crisis management and ongoing engagement with debt and equity analysts and investors.

Her experience spans a wide range of sectors, with a particularly strong track record in TMT, financial services, and natural resources. As part of her role, Sandra is also involved in supporting clients with sustainability reporting and engagement.

Sandra sits on the UK Investor Relations Society’s Membership Committee and is a regular speaker at industry conferences across EMEA on a wide range of investor relations issues.

Panos Seretis is a Managing Director and the Head of Global Sustainability Research, responsible for developing and marketing Sustainability research at BofA. The team ranked #1 in the 2022 Institutional Investor All-Europe Research and #2 in 2021. Previously, Seretis was the Head of EMEA Sustainability Research for MSCI and prior to that Director of HOLT Equity Research at Credit Suisse. He holds an MBA from University of Cambridge and a BA in Finance from University of Piraeus. He is based in London. For more information about any awards cited, visit https://rsch.baml.com/awards.

Mark Troman is deputy head of EMEA equity research at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, a post he has held since March 2019. Based in the London office. Mark was previously head of the Pan Europe Capital Goods research team, which covered around 40 stocks. Mark’s research focus was on larger electrical equipment companies but he also has extensive experience of the industrial machinery sector. The team was consistently highly ranked by the major investor surveys for over a decade. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mark was a manager at LEK Consulting working on numerous projects, including the launch of the low-cost airline GO. Mark holds an MA in Engineering and a post-graduate distinction in management and finance, all from Cambridge University.

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.

Noemi has been part of the IR Magazine team since 2022, as a reporter and the host and producer of the IR Voice podcast (formerly known as The Ticker). Before joining IR Magazine, she honed her skills as a multimedia journalist and reporter at various B2B firms, covering the defense and retail sectors.

Originally from Italy, Noemi has made the UK her home for over eight years. If journalism hadn’t captured her heart, you’d probably find her whipping up culinary masterpieces as a chef in Italy or France.

Laurie Havelock is a journalist, writer and podcaster who has worked with IR Magazine for almost a decade. Outside of writing about investor relations, corporate governance and green finance, he also works for the Daily Telegraph as an assistant editor on the City desk. In his spare time, he is a keen boardgamer and hosts a podcast about them called Idle Fantasy. He lives in London with his dog, Mischa.

Lauren McDonald is a conference producer at IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary. 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 Center, and regularly donates her time to political campaigns in and around London.

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