Gary Davies of the IR Society talks lifelong learning at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2019

IR Magazine caught up with Gary Davies, CEO of the IR Society, before the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2019

Gary Davies, CEO of the IR Society, isn’t just a great advocate of lifelong learning or of the society’s certification program: he’s also a holder of the CIR and DipIR qualifications himself.

Here he talks to IR Magazine ahead of the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2019, about how the society’s certification program has evolved since it was first launched, how the IR Society continues to review and expand the program – updating exams with emerging trends such as ESG, for example – and how the IR Society is teaming up with other European IR associations to spread its education program further afield.

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