Virtual event: Available on replay
The IR Magazine Awards – US 2021 took place on Thursday, March 25 as a virtual awards ceremony. We once again brought together the investor relations community to celebrate and honor excellence in the IR profession.
Since the annual event first launched in 1996, tens of thousands of analysts and investors have voted in the surveys that fuel 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 the US.
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.
We were delighted to partner with Nasdaq to host an exclusive winners circle event. Winners of our awards were invited to participate in the Nasdaq virtual closing bell-ringing ceremony on Tuesday, April 6.
Attendees had the opportunity to catch up with an intimate group of fellow award-winners, participate in a champagne toast and
hear from surprise guest speakers on what’s next for IR excellence. You can watch the ceremony again by clicking here.
Photography courtesy of Nasdaq, Inc.
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.
We are delighted to announce the winners for this year's awards.
View the full list of winners by clicking here
Ally Financial
Blackbaud
Hannon Armstrong
Hilton Worldwide Holdings
WINNER
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings
Sponsored by
FIS
WINNER
Hannon Armstrong
Henry Schein
Honeywell International
ONEOK
Philip Morris International
Verizon Communications
Sponsored by
Fiserv
Medtronic
Sempra Energy
Tractor Supply Company
WINNER
Zillow Group
Sponsored by
First Horizon Corporation
Ideanomics
I-Mab Biopharma Co
T-Mobile US
WINNER
Wright Medical Group
ZoomInfo Technologies
Sponsored by
Etsy
Intel Corporation
WINNER
Tractor Supply Company
Voya Financial
Zebra Technologies Corp
Sponsored by
Atlassian
Zoom Video Communications
WINNER
Sponsored by
1Life Healthcare, Rose Salzwedel
Amedisys, Nick Muscato
JOINT WINNER
Atlassian, Martin Lam
Green Thumb Industries, Jennifer Dooley
Western Midstream Partners, Abby Dempsey
JOINT WINNER
Sponsored by
Maureen Wolff
WINNER
Sponsored by
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.
Click on the judges photos below to find out more
Ben Ashwell
Editor
IR Magazine & Corporate Secretary
Ben Ashwell is the editor at IR Magazine and Corporate Secretary, covering investor relations, governance, risk and compliance. Prior to this, he was the founder and editor of Executive Talent, the global quarterly magazine from the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants. Before moving to the US, Ben was the vice president and editor at Executive Grapevine, overseeing a daily news website, ten annual supplements and HR Grapevine, the UK’s leading HR and talent management magazine. In his spare time, Ben writes fiction, poetry and arts and culture reviews. Eyewear Publishing recently named him in their list of the Best New British and Irish Poets.
Sally Curley
Founder and CEO
Curley Global IR (CGIR)
Sally is Founder and CEO of Curley Global IR (CGIR), LLC, an Investor Relations (IR), Environmental-Social-Governance (ESG) and Corporate Governance strategic advisory firm. With more than 30 years of business experience, Sally has worked for and represented companies in the healthcare, high tech, software and retail industries. Her expertise includes: building and leading IR, ESG, corporate governance outreach programs; strategic consulting and planning; advisor to public, private and non-profit Boards; IPOs (traditional and tracking stocks). From 2010 to 2017, she was named a top IR Officer in her industry by Institutional Investor Magazine and in 2012 was named one of Treasury and Risk Magazine’s “30 Outstanding Women in Finance.” In 2019 she received the prestigious IR Magazine Lifetime Achievement award, an honor awarded by her peers.
For nearly a decade, Sally served as Senior Vice President, Investor Relations for Cardinal Health, a Fortune 50 global healthcare services company, where she oversaw worldwide IR and corporate governance outreach efforts. She was a member of the company’s Global Leadership Team as well as its Disclosure Committee. While there, Sally co-founded and co-chaired the company’s first cross-functional committee responsible for assessing and advancing ESG (environmental, social and governance) initiatives. Prior to Cardinal Health, Sally was Vice President, Investor Relations for Genzyme Corporation (now Sanofi), where she led global IR and helped to advise the Nominating and Governance Board Committee on governance issues. In both organizations, she grew the domestic and international shareholder base substantially.
Sally has presented numerous times to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Corporate Finance Division on topics related to IR, disclosure, ESG and proxy process reform. She also has authored Comment Letters to the SEC on behalf of the organizations with whom she worked.
Sally served on the National Investor Relations Institute’s (NIRI’s) Board of Directors, its Senior Roundtable Steering Committee and as a past President of the Boston Chapter. She currently sits on NIRI’s Ethics Committee. In 2013 Sally was inducted into NIRI’s inaugural Class of Fellows, “recognized leaders who represent the ideals of the investor relations profession.” She chaired the committee responsible for creating the NIRI Body of Knowledge, used as the basis for a new IR Certification (IRC). A member of the Society for Corporate Governance, Sally serves on its Sustainability Committee.
Sally currently sits on the Advisory Board for MOBILion Systems, Inc., a private company enabling advancements in disease diagnosis and treatment through its proprietary analytical instrumentation. In addition, she has served as member of the Board of Directors for several non-profit organizations, including the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (one of the nation’s largest) where she chaired the Board’s Sustainability Committee and was a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee.
Sally is an Adjunct Faculty member at Georgetown University for its Executive Master’s in Global Communications program. She has guest-lectured / taught at The Ohio State University, Boston University, Emerson College Graduate School of Communications and Harvard University on IR, ESG, corporate governance, disclosure issues and crisis communications, including creating coursework related to the healthcare industry. She holds a B.A. from Colby College in Waterville, ME, an M.B.A. from Northeastern University in Boston, MA, and a Certificate of Biotechnical Education from Boston University Medical School.
William Galligan
Former vice president of investor relations
Kansas City Southern
Gary LaBranche
President & CEO
National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI)
Gary LaBranche, FASAE, CAE, is the President & CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI). As CEO, LaBranche provides strategic executive leadership to advance the NIRI’s mission and goals. He represents NIRI to regulators, lawmakers, the media and other audiences.
Before joining NIRI in March 2017, he was CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG). ACG serves 90,000 investors, lenders, executives and advisors to middle market companies, including 1,000 private equity firms.
An association professional for 37+ years, LaBranche has served as CEO for three other organizations and as a senior executive at the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining ACG, LaBranche was CEO for the Association Forum of Chicagoland. At the Forum and ASAE he was responsible for identifying, developing and sharing best practices, models and innovation in association management, professional development and meeting planning. At ASAE he was responsible for the 6,000 attendee “Super Bowl of Conventions,” launch of e-learning and modernization of the Certified Association Executive (CAE) program.
He was named an ASAE Fellow (FASAE) in 1995. He was the ASAE Key Award winner for 2007, the highest award in the profession. ASSOCIATION TRENDS named him the 2012 Association Executive of the Year. He is a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Association Committee of 100 and is past chairman of the Chamber’s Institute of Organization Management. LaBranche has served on ASAE’s 4 governing boards and continues to serve on the board of ASAE’s for-profit subsidiary, ASAE Business Services, Inc. of which he is past chairman. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Kogod Cybersecurity Governance Center at American University.
He is the author of 300+ articles, podcasts and columns, including “The Association CEO Succession Toolkit” published by ASAE in 2018. He authored the chapter, “Managing the Complex Association Enterprise” in ASAE’s Handbook on Professional Practices in Association Management, 3rd edition. He has consulted/presented to 300+ associations.
LaBranche was profiled as an innovative leader in the book, Hope: How Triumphant Leaders Create the Future, by Andrew Razeghi. He has also been featured in Strategic Transformation: How Boards Achieve Extraordinary Change.
Carol Murray-Negron
President
Equanimity
Carol Murray-Negron is President of Equanimity, Inc. Ms. Murray-Negron coaches senior executives and leaders to optimize their performance, leadership presence, and strategic communications, and is an adjunct professor of investor relations at New York University’s School of Professional Studies. Ms. Murray-Negron’s corporate experience includes senior positions with Avon Products, Inc., in both U.S. and International. During her tenure as Vice-President, Investor Relations, Avon’s IR program received industry recognition as “Most Improved IR” among mid-cap companies. Other senior positions at Avon included Marketing Vice-President of Asia-Pacific, where she implemented a coordinated regional marketing strategy and also held line (P&L) responsibility for two Asian markets, and Regional Vice-President of U.S. Sales, where she provided motivational leadership to Avon’s largest sales group. Ms. Murray-Negron received IR Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and is a Fellow of NIRI. She holds an M.F.A. in Drama from Yale University and a B.A. in English from Chatham University, where she received the 2016 Alumni Leadership Award.
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We are pleased to announce that this year’s lifetime achievement award winner is Maureen Wolff.
Maureen is an accomplished visionary in the fields of investor relations and corporate communications with more than 30 years of success counseling C-level executives and directors to raise the level of their communications, build credibility and maximize shareholder value. As a nationally recognized expert in the complex and ever-changing landscape of corporate governance and investor relations, Maureen is regularly called upon to bridge the intersection between the two fields. She has earned a reputation for providing clients with stellar advice on implementing best-in-class Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategies; navigating through proxy contests and activism campaigns; elevating proxy communications; raising capital and developing crisis communication strategies.
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 the US. 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.
If you have any questions on this process or wish to access our data sharing agreement, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. For any further queries about the research, please contact [email protected].
We are delighted to announce the winners for this year's awards.
View the full list of winners by clicking here
Danaher
Equinix
Medtronic
WINNER
Microsoft
Nvidia Corporation
Sponsored by
American Airlines Group
Axon Enterprise
WINNER
JB Hunt Transport Services
Owens Corning
United Airlines
Sponsored by
Energy Recovery
Hersha Hospitality Trust
Koppers
Matador Resources Company
WINNER
Stoneridge
Sponsored by
Aptiv, Elena Rosman
Danaher, Matthew Gugino
WINNER
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Jill Slattery
Medtronic, Ryan Weispfenning
Sponsored by
American Airlines Group, Daniel Cravens
WINNER
Axon Enterprise, Andrea James
Horizon Therapeutics, Tina Ventura
JB Hunt Transport Services, Brad Delco
United Airlines, Michael Leskinen
Sponsored by
Danaher, Rainer Blair, CEO & Matt McGrew, CFO
DR Horton, David Auld, CEO & Bill Wheat, CFO
Nvidia Corporation, Jensen Huang, CEO & Colette Kress, CFO
WINNER
Teladoc Health, Jason Gorevic, CEO & Mala Murthy, CFO
Zimmer Biomet, Bryan Hanson, CEO & Suketu Upadhyay, CFO
Sponsored by
Ares Management Corporation, Michael Arougheti, CEO & Michael McFerran, CFO
Euronet Worldwide, Michael Brown, CEO & Rick Weller, CFO
Matador Resources Company, Joseph Foran, CEO & David Lancaster, CFO
Owens Corning, Brian Chambers, CEO & Kenneth Parks, CFO
WINNER
Tempur Sealy International, Bhaskar Rao, CFO & Scott Thompson, CEO
Sponsored by
Axon Enterprise
General Electric
WINNER
JB Hunt Transport Services
Switch
Sponsored by
adidas
BP
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
Roche Holdings
WINNER
Sponsored by
Electronic Arts
Spotify Technology
Switch
Uber Technologies
WINNER
Verizon Communications
Aptiv
Axon Enterprise
DR Horton
Etsy
Hilton Worldwide Holdings
WINNER
Costco Wholesale Corporation
General Mills
PepsiCo
Philip Morris International
WINNER
The Estée Lauder Companies
Sponsored by
ConocoPhillips
Devon Energy Corporation
Diamondback Energy
Enterprise Products Partners
WINNER
Matador Resources Company
Valero Energy Corporation
Sponsored by
First Republic Bank
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan Chase & Co
WINNER
Progressive
The Blackstone Group
Voya Financial
Sponsored by
Danaher
Johnson & Johnson
Medtronic
WINNER
Pfizer
Teladoc Health
Zimmer Biomet
Sponsored by
American Airlines Group
Cummins
WINNER
General Electric
Honeywell International
Stanley Black & Decker
United Airlines
Sponsored by
Ball Corporation
FMC Corporation
Newmont Mining Corporation
Owens Corning
WINNER
The Sherwin-Williams Company
American Tower Corporation
Equinix
WINNER
Hersha Hospitality Trust
Host Hotels & Resorts
SBA Communications Corporation
Sponsored by
Corning
Microsoft
Nvidia Corporation
WINNER
Palo Alto Networks
PayPal
Salesforce.com
Sponsored by
Eversource Energy
NextEra Energy
WINNER
Xcel Energy
The first thing to explain is that our researched 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.
July 2020: 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. These details are combined with IHS Markets list of US investment community contacts to produce a total of around 50,000 investors and analysts.
September – November 2020: Telephone survey
The telephone survey then gets under way. The researchers conduct in-depth interviews with an additional 250 portfolio managers and analysts across the US. 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.
October 2020: Electronic survey
IR Magazine then conducts an electronic survey of buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers. The electronic survey typically receives 200 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 industry sector.
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.
January 2021: Short list compiled
IR Magazine receives the results in January and contacts the short-listed companies to give them the good news. The short list is then published to the entire IR community one month before the event.
March 25, 2021: Winners announced
And finally… the winners are announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday, March 25, 2021!
March 2021: Report published
Shortly after the awards, the Investor Perception Study – US 2021 report is published and made available to IR Magazine subscribers.
Awards Partners
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The EQS COCKPIT, a cloud-based IR workflow platform, digitally maps the work processes of IR Officers, communicates with the company’s website, and distributes company releases via one of the most important financial newswires. With additional products such as websites, IR tools, digital reports, and webcasting solutions, EQS Group is a digital single source provider.
EQS Group was founded in Munich, Germany in 2000 and has developed from a start-up to an international group with offices in the world’s key financial markets. The group employs more than 300 professionals globally.
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Intrado Digital Media powers your mission-critical communications with a suite of solutions that lets you connect and engage with your investors, employees, the media, and all your critical stakeholders. Our IR communications solutions include: webcasting, IR websites, GlobeNewswire press release distribution, regulatory filing, IPO packages, and monitoring.
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Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of a broad range of financial services, including corporate and investment banking, lending, custody, treasury services, research and capital markets solutions. With professionals across the U.S., Canada, and Latin and South America, Mizuho Americas supports corporate clients, institutional investors, and public sector organizations by connecting local markets to a vast global network. To learn more about Mizuho Americas’ business, values, and ethical commitments, and the entities it comprises, visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Mizuho Americas is an integral part of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: MFG). Mizuho Financial Group is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, offering comprehensive financial and strategic services through its subsidiaries. The group has over 900 offices and 60,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. As of December 31, 2020, its total assets were $2.1 trillion. Learn more about Mizuho Financial Group at www.mizuho-fg.com.
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today’s global capital markets. As the creator of the world’s first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 90 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world’s securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,900 total listings with a market value of approximately $13 trillion. To learn more, visit: http://business.nasdaq.com
News Direct provides news & content distribution for PR, IR, Corporate Communications and Marketing professionals. Our platform delivers a completely-reimagined, intuitive workflow, industry-leading security, transparent, flat rate pricing and actionable analytics. And News Direct has deployed an array of innovation including advanced automation, cloud isolation technology and custom software for the most dynamic, efficient and flexible platform available today.
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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.
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About Raymond James Global Equities & Investment Banking
For more than 40 years, Raymond James has combined deep expertise, global reach and sophisticated strategies to serve the needs of growth companies and their investors. Focused research conducted by industry-specific experts across North America is the cornerstone of our Global Equities team. We offer a full suite of services, an extensive sales force and global distribution capabilities, all while remaining committed to a personal approach built on trust and relationships.
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As the leading investment bank to the healthcare and life science industries, we help our clients move healthcare forward. With differentiated sector knowledge, unrivaled expertise, and a complete suite of capital market and advisory solutions, we are the industry’s partner of choice. SVB Leerink is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SVB Financial Group and is a member of FINRA/SIPC. For more information, please visit: www.svbleerink.com.
About Silicon Valley Bank:
For 35 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world. With commercial, international and private banking services, SVB helps address the unique needs of innovators. Learn more at www.svb.com.
About SVB Leerink:
As the leading investment bank to the healthcare and life science industries, we help our clients move healthcare forward. With differentiated sector knowledge, unrivaled expertise, and a complete suite of capital market and advisory solutions, we are the industry’s partner of choice. SVB Leerink is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SVB Financial Group and is a member of FINRA/SIPC. For more information, please visit: www.svbleerink.com.
About Silicon Valley Bank:
For 35 years, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world. With commercial, international and private banking services, SVB helps address the unique needs of innovators. Learn more at www.svb.com.
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UBS provides financial advice and solutions to wealthy, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland. The operational structure of the Group is comprised of our Corporate Center and five business divisions: Wealth Management, Wealth Management Americas, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. UBS’s strategy builds on the strengths of all of its businesses and focuses its efforts on areas in which it excels, while seeking to capitalize on the compelling growth prospects in the businesses and regions in which it operates, in order to generate attractive and sustainable returns for its shareholders. All of its businesses are capital-efficient and benefit from a strong competitive position in their targeted markets.
UBS is present in all major financial centers worldwide. It has offices in 54 countries, with about 34% of its employees working in the Americas, 35% in Switzerland, 18% in the rest of Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 13% in Asia Pacific. UBS Group AG employs approximately 60,000 people around the world. Its shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
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Supporting Partners
Berenberg Capital Markets LLC (BCM) is a FINRA-registered US-based broker-dealer; headquartered in NYC, with branches in Boston, San Francisco and Chicago. BCM is a wholly owned, independent subsidiary of Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (Berenberg), one of Europe’s leading privately-owned banks, established in 1590. Building on its strength and expertise across multiple industries, BCM continues to rapidly expand the breadth of global research, sales, trading, corporate access and capital markets services it offers to its institutional and corporate clients. BCM adopts the same principles as its parent company and is committed to building long-term relationships with its clients based on high levels of accountability, responsibility, insight, vision and expertise.
Research and Sales: Together BCM and Berenberg cover approximately 1,000 European and US equities, with a 150+ person research department based in London and NYC. A dedicated global equity sales team of 120+ people contribute to a proven and differentiated marketing and distribution capacity. The BCM global franchise spans relationships with 900+ investors with access to 75+ Tier 1 accounts and privileged dialogue with 650+ Tier 2 / 3 names.
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Founded in 1969, NIRI is the professional association of corporate officers and investor relations consultants responsible for communication among corporate management, shareholders, securities analysts and other financial community constituents. NIRI is the largest professional investor relations association in the world with more than 3,300 members representing over 1,600 publicly held companies and $9 trillion in stock market capitalization.
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The NIRI Silicon Valley Chapter was formed to advance the practice of investor relations within the local business environment. In keeping with this mission, the Chapter focuses on IR education, mentoring, and networking with the broad professional community. Our goal is to further the skills of our members, to expand their business opportunities, to increase Chapter membership, and to foster an environment that promotes IR learning for all.
For more information, visit nirisv.org.
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Attendees at this event are leading IR practitioners from across the US. Each participant is someone with an established track record and a strategic IR role within their company.
Below is a sample of some of this year’s attendees:
Company | Job title | Company | Job title | |
Henry Schein | Chairman of the board and CEO | Host Hotels & Resorts | SVP, investor relations | |
Uber Technologies | Director, head of investor relations | The Estee Lauder Companies | SVP, investor relations | |
Stoneridge | Director, investor relations | T-Mobile US | SVP, investor relations | |
Hersha Hospitality Trust | Director, investor relations | Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings | SVP, investor relations, ESG & corp comm | |
Xcel Energy | Director, investor relations | Palo Alto Networks | SVP, investor relations, M&A finance | |
Medtronic | EVP – chief financial officer | Samsung Life Insurance | US chief representative officer | |
FIS | EVP, corporate finance and investor relations | First Republic Bank | VP, director of investor relations | |
Citi | Global head DR IR | JB Hunt Transport Services | VP, finance & investor relations | |
adidas | Head of investor relations | ConocoPhillips | VP, investor relations | |
Zoom | Head of investor relations | The Sherwin-Williams Company | VP, investor relations | |
Intel Corporation | Investor relations director | Stanley Black & Decker | VP, investor relations | |
Roche Holdings | IR officer | Atlassian | VP, investor relations | |
Goldman Sachs | Managing director, investor relations | ZoomInfo | VP, investor relations | |
Tractor Supply Company | President & CEO | American Tower Corporation | VP, investor relations | |
CFA society San Diego | Public awareness chair | Zebra Technologies Corporation | VP, investor relations | |
Better Capital First | Senior director | Switch | VP, investor relations and FP&A | |
Ally Financial | Senior director – IR | CooperCompanies | VP, investor relations and risk | |
Amedisys | SVP of finance | Equinix | VP, investor relations and sustainability | |
Blackstone | SVP, investor relations | BP | VP, investor relations, North America | |
Fiserv | SVP, investor relations |
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