Ross Hawley

Ross has had a 30+yr City career, working in investment banking and hedge funds before moving into IR in 2009, where he has worked at a variety of FTSE100 and FTSE250 companies, including undertaking a NASDAQ IPO. Ross is currently Head of IR for FTSE250 ZIGUP plc which has won both UK (2023-5) and European (2025) mid-cap website awards and best innovation in IR (2025), and which launched the FTSE’s first website-based AI search tool in 2024. He has led AI for IRO-focused seminars on the IR Society DELIVER programme and spoken on a number of AI panels, including for LSE, Citi, Jefferies and IR Impact magazine conferences. Ross was a Board member of the IR Society 2014-25 and Deputy Chair 2023-25.  He is a member of the AI Working Group, as well as being a NED on technology consultancy, BlueHat Associates.