Rob joined Plus500, a global fintech group, in May 2020, having spent 3 years as Head of IR at Inmarsat plc, a satellite operator. Prior to that, Rob was Head of Global Investor relations for TSE-listed Dentsu Inc, following their acquisition of Aegis plc in 2013, where was Head of IR. Before that, Rob had senior IR roles for Lonmin Plc, a platinum mining business, and G4S plc, a security services company. Before moving into in-house IR, Rob worked for a number of financial communications consultancies, including FTI and Gavin Anderson.
Evan Davis is the presenter of the Radio 4 daily news and current affairs show PM. He is also the host of Dragons Den and the Radio 4 business discussion programme the Bottom Line. Until November 2018, he presented Newsnight on BBC2. And prior to that he was a presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4. He also spent seven years as the Economics Editor of the BBC. Before joining the BBC in 1993, he was an economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and at the London Business School. Evan's latest book is called Post Truth: Why we have reached Peak Bullshit and what we can do about it. 
Julia Hoggett took up the post of Chief Executive Officer of London Stock Exchange plc on the 14th April 2021.
Prior to this position, Julia was the Director of Market Oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), responsible for overseeing the conduct of participants in the primary and secondary markets in the UK. Julia joined the FCA as Head of the Wholesale Banking Supervision Department in May 2014.
Before joining the FCA, Julia was Managing Director and Head of FIG Flow Financing and subsequently also Covered Bonds, Short-Term Fixed Income Origination and Green Debt Capital Markets for EMEA at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML). Prior to joining BAML, Julia was a Board Member and latterly CEO of DEPFA ACS BANK in Ireland and responsible for the long-term funding of the DEPFA BANK Group.
Julia began her career at JP Morgan in Debt Capital Markets origination roles covering Sovereign, Supranational and Agency clients and before that Sovereign and sub-Sovereign clients in Emerging Europe, the Middle East and Africa.Julia has a degree in Social and Political Sciences from Newnham College, Cambridge University and undertook a research scholarship at Kings College, Cambridge University focused on public policy and economic development strategies in East Africa.
Julia was named one of Financial News’ 100 Most Influential Women in Europe’s Financial Markets in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2021. Julia was also named on the OUTstanding Top 50 list in 2013 and in its successor the Top 100 list in 2014.
John has worked in Investor Relations for over 17 years, starting at O2 plc in 2004. During that time he has worked across a number of business and sectors, including Severn Trent, where he led the IR function during a time of significant regulatory change and political and media scrutiny, including a successful bid defence; CYBG plc (now Virgin Money) where he established the investor relations function prior to a successful de-merger/IPO; ConvaTec Group, where he guided the business through a challenging period post IPO and developed a strong pipeline of new investors and diversified the shareholder base; and more recently at Royal Mail plc, where he has taken on a Group strategy role as the business adapts to the post COVID world. John has a background in Finance and Strategy, along with private equity and IPO experience. John has an Masters in Psychology from University College London and outside of work enjoys music, film and motorsport.
Davina has a breadth of Investor Relations experience drawing from a varied career of 20 years in the advisory and investment industry She joined Entain in early 2021, having a longstanding relationship with the company as part of the advisory team for Entain/GVC/Ladbrokes over a numbers of years. Davina holds the first in-house corporate Investor Relations role at Entain, having worked in Corporate Broking for nearly 15years at Deutsche Bank and UBS, following early roles within Equity Sales & Research at Teather & Greenwood, Deutsche Bank and Morley Fund Management
Michael founded ingage in 2013. ingage designs, builds, distributes and licences Investor Relations software in a SaaS model. Before this, Michael spent 18 years in the capital markets, 10 as a portfolio manager and buy-side analyst and 8 on the sell-side at Cazenove & Co where he was a partner. Building on traditional IR CRM, the ingage platform helps quoted companies and other third parties manage a modern IR function; internalise a direct investor engagement & corporate access capability; adapt efficiently to new regulation; and deliver unique insight and reporting to IR, Executive Management and the Board. 9 years from launch, we’re privileged to work for quoted corporates in 15 markets around the world, including some 25% of FTSE 100 companies in the UK. 
Jo Russell is SVP Investor Relations & Financial Communications for Pearson. Jo is a graduate of Edinburgh University, where she received a BSC Honours Degree in Physics with Maths.
After graduation she spent two years in the Royal Air Force before moving into Investment Banking in 1997. There she spent thirteen years working as an equity and primary analyst culminating her career as one of two female Managing Directors at JPMCazenove in 2008. During this time she also ran a female mentoring group within the Bank to promote women in finance.
Jo moved into Investor Relations in 2010 starting her IR career at Mothercare before moving to Whitbread plc in 2011. Here she re-shaped the corporate communications strategy, diversified the shareholder base to a more global weighting, delivered four Capital Market Days and championed the Women in Whitbread forum to increase the diversity across the business growing to 100 members in three years.
Jo is also a trustee of the Pearson Pension Fund as well as a member of the Investment Committee.
Chris founded CEN-ESG in 2020 to run alongside CEN-Advisory, an investor relations practice started in 2018. CEN-ESG currently has 30 corporate clients and a team of 28 providing advice and support for companies to improve their ESG performance and disclosure including using our bespoke assessment tool. With over 18 years of market experience, he previously led Investec’s top rated Aerospace and Defence, Industrials and Oil Field Services franchise. While at Investec, he spent substantial time working on equity raisings, IPOs and other corporate finance projects. Chris has an MSc in Financial Management from the University of Bath.
Elly has worked as an ESG Analyst at Schroders since December 2014 and is responsible for ESG analysis and company engagement across the global consumer sector. She has published research notes on a number of sector issues including the Living Wage and risk of sugar becoming the next tobacco. Previously she worked as an ESG Investment Analyst at Newton Investment Management (2009 – 2014). Here she conducted ESG analysis on companies in which Newton had significant holdings, company engagements across all regions and sectors and completed proxy voting for all of Newton’s UK and European listed holdings. Prior to this she worked at F&C Investments (now part of BMO Global Asset Management). She attended Nottingham Trent University (2003 – 2007) attaining First Class Honours in Business with Accounting and Finance. She holds the IMC and CFA Level 1. 
Gareth is an Investment Director at Rathbones who manages portfolios on behalf of charities and other not-for-profit organisations. Gareth joined Rathbones in 2015 from Quilter Cheviot. Prior to this, he graduated from the University of Nottingham in 2012 with a BA (Hons) degree in Politics. He is a member of Rathbones’ Portfolio Construction Committee and Engagement Committee.
Gareth is a Chartered Fellow of the CISI (FCSI) and holds the Masters in Wealth Management. He has passed the CISI Professional Assessment in Sustainable and Responsible Investment. He has attended the Cass Business School “Charity Investment – Theory and Practice” course, the leading investment course for charities in the UK. Gareth is a governor of a primary school in East London.
Jennifer is a partner based in London. She specializes in advising companies and investors on managing the increasingly complex area of ESG. She brings almost 20 years of experience in this area and deep insights from multiple perspectives having been a journalist, an investor, a regulator and an advisor.
Jennifer joined Dentons Global Advisors from Teneo, where she founded the ESG practice in London, advising management teams and boards at some of the largest companies and investors globally on building effective stakeholder communication and engagement strategies. Her previous roles include Hermes Fund Managers, where she led the ESG team until 2015 and the UK Financial Reporting Council where she was Head of Investor Engagement.
Her client experience includes financial services, real-estate, energy, retail, and industrials. Jennifer is also a member of the investment committee at The Big Exchange and a trustee of a learning disabilities charity. 
Louise joined Johnson Matthey as Senior Investor Relations Manager in 2018. Previously she was part of the Investor Relations team at Janus Henderson – formerly Henderson – where she supported the communication of a transformational, cross-border merger of equals. Prior to this, Louise worked for a strategy consultancy in the financial services sector having initially qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Louise completed her MChem in Chemistry at the University of Oxford.
Amit Bhalla is the Senior Vice President - Head of Investor Relations at Schneider Electric based in London. Amit joined Schneider in 2012 in Singapore and transitioned to his current role in 2016. During his IR tenure, Schneider Electric has been Rated as “Most Honoured Company” by Institutional Investor while Amit was ranked the top IR Professional within Capital Goods category in successive years. Amit started his career in consulting with Arthur Andersen in 1994 and has over the years worked in leadership roles in global corporations (Cisco, Huawei, Nortel) leading diverse teams. Amit has accumulated strong international exposure having lived and worked in UK, Singapore, China, France and India. Amit has a Bachelors’ degree in Commerce and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with management courses from Insead and UNC. 
Lily is a chartered sustainability and environmental professional with over 13 years of experience working in sustainability across the infrastructure, renewables, construction, and engineering industries, creating and delivering sustainability strategy to drive continuous improvements. Working with stakeholders from investors and clients through to the supply chain in order to deliver results.
Lily chairs the Foresight Sustainability Committee which has a number of sub-committees that tackle key areas of focus such as ‘climate change and emissions’, ‘charity and social value’ and ‘sustainable offices’.
Lily’s focus for the year ahead is to deliver a Group wide net zero plan that commits to science based targets as well as partnering with the Eden Project to deliver biodiversity enhancements and nature recovery across the portfolio of assets.
Amelia Pan is a Managing Director in the Strategic Advisory Group at PJT Partners, based in London. Ms. Pan has extensive experience advising global corporations on the impact of ESG on corporate strategy, focusing on areas of greatest business materiality to mitigate risks and enhance value creation.
Prior to joining PJT Partners, Ms. Pan was a Partner in the London office at Brunswick Group, a global strategic advisory firm. Ms. Pan founded Brunswick’s ESG practice to deliver strategic counsel to multinational companies and international NGOs including TCFD and UN PRI. Her areas of focus included investor engagement, climate finance, regulatory developments and best practice corporate reporting. 
David Shriver is Director of Communications at Ocado Group, a FTSE 100 technology and retail company, and has served as a member of the Supervisory Board of SDAX-listed online retailer zooplus AG. He was formerly Managing Partner of Tulchan Communications LLP, a leading international financial PR firm. Before that he served as Strategic Adviser to the Chief Executive and Director of Group Financial Communication at Groupe Carrefour in Paris. David also spent sixteen years as a top-rated food retail analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston and NatWest Securities. At Credit Suisse, as a managing director in the equities division, he was joint head of the global retail research group. 
Evelyne joined the Experian Investor Relations team as VP Director in September 2019 and has lead on transforming their ESG communication. Prior to Experian she spent 7 years in the BT IR team, which was voted No.1 in England in Extel for four years running. She began her career working in a number of finance roles across BT. Evelyne read Human Sciences at the University of Oxford, is a member of CIMA, and holds a Certificate in Investor Relations.
Matthew is a member of the responsible investment team at Legal & General Investment Management, focused on the integration of its ESG philosophy and integration into the investment process across Active Strategies. His responsibilities incorporate a combination of developing our engagement framework, qualitative research and thought leadership around ESG and long-term themes. From a product perspective, Matthew is primarily focussed on the Future World Sustainable UK and European Active Fund range, heavily involved in engagement with corporates, fundamental research and marketing responsibilities. Matthew joined LGIM in 2011 from boutique wealth management business Psigma Investment where he held the title of investment analyst. During his time at Psigma, he was a key member of the UK equity team, making a regular contribution to deep dive research and being involved in asset allocation. 
Charlotte joined ShareAction in August 2020 as the WDI Research Manager, leading on the development and management of the WDI survey and research relating to workforce topics and corporate reporting. Before joining ShareAction, Charlotte worked for Stonewall where she was responsible for global research projects on responsible business practices, and for the Manushya Foundation in Thailand where she focused on the Thai Government’s National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.
Holly is a strategic communications consultant with an Investor Relations specialism. Before moving into consultancy in 2021, Holly had amassed over 15 years of FTSE-listed in-house experience in finance, corporate communications and investor relations roles. A trusted advisor to Boards and Executive Management, Holly is also a respected Investor Relations professional with institutional investors and analysts.
An active member of the Investor Relations Society, Holly currently sits on the Finance Committee, having previously been a member of the Society’s Best Practice Committee. With many award wins behind her, and as a regular presence on award judging panels, Holly understands what great Investor Relations looks like.
Holly is an ACCA qualified accountant and has a BSc in Psychology. 
Catherine is an independent Non-Executive Director of Numis, Treasurer to TRH The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and a director of Walhampton Limited. Catherine was the Head of Investor Relations of Diageo Plc where she worked for the business for ten years (1997- 2017). Prior to that Catherine worked as Finance Director of Grand Metropolitan Estates and IR Director for Grand Metropolitan (prior to the merger with Diageo in 1997).
Vishal is a partner in EY’s PAS team and leads their FS Reward Advisory practice. After qualifying as a chartered account in 1993, Vishal held a number of senior tax and HR roles with Citigroup followed by roles as Head of Group Reward for Deutsche Bank and Head of Group Compensation at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Vishal joined Ernst & Young in February 2013 from RBS.
Rob has been the Deputy Company Secretary at Marks & Spencer Group plc since 2018. In addition, to core Co Sec work he is responsible for ‘end-to-end equity’ covering share schemes and corporate legal work including M&A.
Following law school and via a brief stint in politics he worked for a third sector consultancy firm. His first listed role was at Ophir Energy plc were he worked for 5 years, leaving to join M&S. While at M&S he has developed the FTSEs first digital private shareholder Rights Issue offer supporting the 50% acquisition of Ocado Retail, and played a pivotal role in the creation and delivery of M&S’s digital AGM that tripled private shareholder participation.
In 2021 he was the recipient of the Chartered Governance Institutes (“CGI”) - Governance Professional of the Year award, as well as being a winner of the Governance Hot 100 awards in both 2021 and 2022. 
Amanda is the Chief Sustainability Officer for the Investment Vector at abrdn. She has had over two decades of experience in responsible investment. She leads the Sustainable Investment strategy to support abrdn’s investment teams, its active ownership activities, client support and abrdn’s sustainable product funds. Previously, Amanda held positions in responsible investment and economic research at Newton Investment Management, CCLA Investment Management and Rabobank International. Amanda graduated from Lancaster University with a BSc in Psychology and has completed the University of Edinburgh Business School’s Executive Women’s Leadership Programme. Amanda led a workstream for the UK Government’s Taskforce on social impact investment and is a board director for Social Investment Scotland’s SIS Ventures fund. She currently Chairs the FTSE Russell ESG Advisory Committee and is deputy Chair of the Sustainability and Responsible Investment Committee of the Investment Association. She served on the board of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) for six years. Amanda has appeared on the Financial News top 100 most influential women in European Finance for 5 years, from 2017 to 2021. In 2021, she was the inaugural winner of Women in Investment Awards Sustainable & ESG Investment Woman of the Year.
Sharon is a senior strategist on the European Portfolio Strategy team, which is responsible for STOXX Europe and FTSE 100 forecasts and thematic investment recommendations for the European equity market. She is a member of the GIR Inclusion and Diversity Council. Previously, Sharon served as co-head of the EMEA Global Investment Research Women's Network. She joined Goldman Sachs as an associate in 2002 and was named managing director in 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Sharon was an equity strategist at HSBC. Sharon earned a BSc in Economics from the University of Bath in 1996. She is a CFA charterholder. 
Ed is an experienced finance director, CFO and investor relations practitioner, and leads the investor relations and external communications teams at The Very Group, which operates pureplay digital retailers Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com. He also leads tax and sits on the ESG board for the £2.3bn-revenue Group. While at Very, Ed led the successful refinancing of the company’s £575m bond in 2021. Prior to joining Very, he was Group CFO and a board member at privately owned European clothing business Best Dressed Group. Ed qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG.
Amie has over 15 years’ experience across Investor Relations and Capital Markets. She is currently Head of Investor Relations at FTSE250 payments business, Network International. Previously, she spent six years as the Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs at Pets at Home plc. She specialises as an IR for newly listed companies. She started her career in equity research, covering the healthcare sector at UBS in London and at Morgan Stanley in Sydney. 
Adam joined Bridgepoint as Head of Shareholder Relations in August 2021 shortly after its IPO in July. Prior to this he set up IR at Calisen plc, an owner and operator of domestic gas and electricity meters, prior to its listing in February 2020. His first job in IR saw him join Virgin Money (UK) Holdings plc ahead of its flotation in November 2014. He remained with Virgin Money until its acquisition by Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group and the re-branding of the combined group as Virgin Money. Adam started his career at Schroders and Citi in Equity Capital Markets.
Qualified as a chartered accountant at PwC where I worked in audit and corporate finance. Moved into investor relations almost 20 years ago and have worked at UK companies such as easyJet, RAC and National Express, as well Eurofins (a French-listed testing company based in Brussels). I joined outsourcing company Capita in September 2019 as part of the company’s ongoing transformation.
Siobhán is Head of Corporate Affairs at Spectris, a FTSE 250 industrials company, which she joined in 2016. Prior to that, Siobhán was IR Manager and then Deputy Head of IR at BG Group, a FTSE 100 oil and gas company. Before that, Siobhán was a sell-side analyst covering the utilities sector at UBS and also worked on the buy-side at a UK institutional investor. She graduated from City University with a BSc in Economics.
Prior to joining Trustpilot, Derek held senior positions on both the buy and sell-side of the investment industry, and has built significant corporate experience as a director of investor relations for three prominent UK technology companies listed in the FTSE 250 and FTSE 100.
Formerly an equity analyst covering the global technology sector, Derek has particular expertise in the software sector, where he has been involved with a number of high-profile initial public offerings and M&A transactions during his career.
Derek also sits on the Best Practice Committee for the Investor Relations Society.
He was educated at University College London, and Cambridge University.
Alongside co-managers Nick Shenton and Andy Marsh, Adrian manages Artemis’ UK equity income strategies, which he has done since he joined the firm in January 2002. After graduating from Jesus College, Cambridge, Adrian began his career at Deutsche Asset Management (Morgan Grenfell) in 1983. He was appointed a director there in 1990 and head of UK equities in 1996. In 2020, Adrian received Investment Week’s ‘Outstanding Fund Manager Over 25 Years’ award.
Rob is a Partner and Head of Investor Relations for the EMEA, responsible for the overall leadership of the Investor Relations team across EMEA. He is a member of Pantheon’s ESG Committee and has been heavily involved in all aspects of the development and distribution of products for the private wealth and defined contribution markets. Before joining Pantheon, Rob was a Director at Deutsche Asset Management and prior to this worked in private equity for Morgan Grenfell Development Capital. Rob qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ICAS) with Ernst & Young, having previously worked in industry for Johnson Matthey. He received a bachelor’s degree from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Tim joined Baillie Gifford in 2007 and is a Client Director, overseeing the institutional client base that invests in Long Term Global Growth, one of Baillie Gifford’s most concentrated Equity strategies with a focus on transformational payoffs.
Tim has been heavily involved with the development of Baillie Gifford’s Shanghai office over the last few years and he also has a keen interest in helping to further raise Baillie Gifford’s role in responding to the climate crisis.
Tim became a Partner of the firm in 2016. Prior to joining Baillie Gifford, Tim joined Arthur Anderson in 2000 before moving to AT Kearney where he managed a number of private equity projects. Tim graduated MEng in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Bristol in 1999.
Miriam McKay is a battle-hardened investor relations practitioner with experience across three sectors – Media, Asset Management and Consumer Services. She started her career in product management and strategy at Reuters before finding her niche in corporate communications. She is a veteran of countless upgrades, downgrades, capital markets days, management defenestrations and deals (Reuters / Thomson; Man / GLG; Henderson / Janus; HomeServe / Brookfield) and is proud to be a non-executive director of Emperor. 
David is Chief Operating Officer of British Land, where he leads British Land’s Property Management team and is responsible for implementing their strategy and further improving the effectiveness of their Real Estate operations. He also heads up British Land’s Investor Relations function and oversees the company’s corporate sustainability programme. He acted as Interim Chief Financial Officer from November 2020 to July 2021. David joined British Land in 2017. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC, before spending over seven years at Deutsche Bank in the Corporate Finance division. Since then, he has worked for over 10 years in Investor Relations, Strategy, Finance and Corporate Development roles within UK listed businesses. David is Chair of the UK Investor Relations Society, having served on the Board since 2012. 
