Senior management
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Rather be canoeing the Mekong River than riding the corporate commute? Perhaps it’s time for an IR sabbatical
Three IR professionals share their experiences of time out from the corporate treadmill, while recruiters talk about how a sabbatical is viewed from the other side This time last year Andrea James was spending time with her young family, going to yoga twice a week and generally taking the slow approach to life. Today, she […]
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‘I’ve seen the good and the bad from the sell side – it’s framed how I approach IR’: Inside IR at Alamos Gold
Scott Parsons, head of IR at the Canadian gold mining firm talks IR logistics, doing more with less and why he’s still a big fan of virtual meetings What does it take to become an award-winning IRO? Scott Parsons, a former sell-side analyst who joined the IR team at Alamos Gold in 2013, working his […]
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The CFO: Heads of IR should understand their company better than management, says Alamos Gold finance chief
To mark the first of the year’s CFO interviews, we headed to Toronto to talk IR with Greg Fisher, finance chief at Alamos Gold – a company that has been repeatedly recognized for its efforts in investor relations
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Why I turned down tickets to the opening of the Paris Olympics: the importance of saying ‘no’ in IR
A polite ‘no’ lets you focus on what only the IR team can do – and frees up much-needed time – argues Thomas Kudsk Larsen Last year, I turned down tickets to the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. While many might think I was crazy to pass up such an opportunity (I definitely wasn’t, […]
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Personality and pandemics: What we learned from a year of talking IR with CFOs
IR Magazine has discussed all things investor relations with finance chiefs across different sectors, cap sizes and regions As the year draws to a close, we look back on 12 months of The CFO column. What started with Kurt Barton of Tractor Supply Company expanded to conversations about all things IR with finance chiefs from Brazil’s NuBank to Hong Kong’s Sa Sa […]
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The CFO: ‘Our ultimate mission is the protection of lives’, says finance chief of Japan’s Weathernews Inc
Masanori Yoshitake talks weather, climate and society, ramping up IR and taking investors from a financial return to an emotional one If you live in a typhoon-risk zone, your storm intensity information – and alerts – might come from Weathernews Inc, the Tokyo-listed, global weather prediction and warning company. If you’re working at sea and know […]
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Why Brian Thompson’s killing has prompted companies to think about executive safety and corporate purpose
The shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO should prompt question about your C-suite’s security ‘Executive security used to be something of a hard sell,’ says Iylia Lavatelli, a former close-protection security provider, now working at operational resilience firm Restrata, talking about budget as well as executive willingness playing their parts in what any security manager can […]
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The CFO: Ultimate Products’ finance chief on what he’ll look for when it’s time to hire an IRO
Chris Dent is CFO of London-listed home goods company, where he and CEO Andrew Gossage currently manage investor relations What did you use to keen an eye on that lockdown weight gain? In many markets, the chances are it was a trusted pair of Salter bathroom scales. That’s what Chris Dent has in his home […]