Red carpet US 2015: Cole Lannum, Covidien

Covidien, the medical devices company acquired by Medtronic, won the grand prix for best overall investor relations (large cap) at the IR Magazine Awards – 2015.

In this red carpet interview, Covidien’s head of IR, Cole Lannum, talks about maintaining a focused IR program during the acquisition and discusses his next career step.

In addition to the grand prix and numerous other awards for Covidien, Lannum himself was named best IRO (large cap) five years in succession and Global Top IRO in IR Magazine’s first Global Top 50 rankings, in 2013 and 2014. 

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