Joint winner: Banco Santander, Spain When the Spanish bank decided to move its annual group strategy update from...Read more
Candice de Monts-Petit
Editor

Candice de Monts-Petit joined IR Magazine as a senior editor in 2012. Prior to this, she worked in investor relations, first as an IRO for oil and gas firms in Paris and Moscow and subsequently as an IR consultant in London. She graduated in business management and political science from Université Paris-Dauphine and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, respectively, and holds an additional degree in Chinese studies.
Latest articles
Walmart has appointed Dan Binder, a former sell-side analyst, as its new vice president of investor relations. He now reports to CFO...Read more
‘Targeting is like kissing lots of frogs hoping one will turn into a prince,’ said an IR adviser speaking at IR Magazine ’s...Read more
IR pioneer Anne Guimard started her career in investment banking at Daiwa Securities before joining French blue chip Saint-Gobain in...Read more
September 2018
Joint winner: Banco Santander, Spain When the Spanish bank decided to move its annual group strategy update from...Read more
July 2018
Walmart has appointed Dan Binder, a former sell-side analyst, as its new vice president of investor relations. He now reports to CFO...Read more
‘Targeting is like kissing lots of frogs hoping one will turn into a prince,’ said an IR adviser speaking at IR Magazine ’s...Read more
IR pioneer Anne Guimard started her career in investment banking at Daiwa Securities before joining French blue chip Saint-Gobain in...Read more
Pulkit Bhandari is head of group corporate finance at Mumbai-headquartered conglomerate RPG, which won the award for best investor...Read more
Todd Ernst has been appointed as GE’s new vice president of investor relations , succeeding company veteran and IRO of four years Matt...Read more
Only 45 percent of companies in North America feature a section on sustainability and corporate responsibility practices on their...Read more
June 2018
NYSE-listed Hillenbrand has appointed Richard Dudley as its new head of IR. Currently director of financial planning and analysis,...Read more
Infosys was the center of attention at the IR Magazine Awards – India, where IRO Sandeep Mahindroo picked up the gongs for best...Read more
Claudia Janssen, group controller at TomTom, is taking on investor relations in addition to her current role following the departure...Read more
While all eyes in the European IR community have been on Mifid II and its highly disruptive impact on the financial ecosystem, local...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? It’s coming up on 10 years now. 2. What did you do before IR? I...Read more
Six months into your new position, has the job lived up to your expectations? Very much so, I would say. I have...Read more
ExxonMobil has announced the appointment of Neil Hansen as its new vice president of IR and secretary, starting July 1. This comes as...Read more
What happens in Vegas This year’s conference takes place June 10-13 at Wynn Las Vegas, where attendees who are more...Read more
In IR Magazine’s summer 2017 issue, we uncovered a disturbing reality about gender inequality in IR career paths and compensation ...Read more
In-flight internet company Gogo has announced a successor to Varvara Alva, its head of IR of 10 years. Will Davis, currently senior...Read more
May 2018
PolarityTE has appointed Rich Haerle as its new vice president of IR and strategy, based in New York City. Haerle, who started his...Read more
Booz Allen Hamilton has appointed Nicholas Veasey as its new investor relations director, reporting to CFO Lloyd Howell, effective...Read more
Warsaw Stock Exchange CFO Jacek Fotek spoke to IR Magazine about listings, Mifid II and the exchange’s development plans...Read more
Almost nine out of 10 members of the investor community will assign a sizeable premium to the share price of companies with a well-run...Read more
April 2018
Etsy, the e-commerce website focused on artisan items, has appointed Deb Wasser as its new vice president of IR. Wasser, who joined...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? My first experience of IR was 10 years ago. I then came back as head of IR at the...Read more
Six months into your new position, has the job lived up to your expectations? Absolutely. I equate the new role with...Read more
For the past year or so, financial career portals and IR association job boards in Europe have been awash with advertisements for IR...Read more
March 2018
Päivi Antola is joining Nokian Tyres as its new vice president of IR and corporate communications, starting in June. She will report...Read more
Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager , has named a successor to Cédric Laverie by appointing Stéphane Taillepied to serve as its new...Read more
The Hague-headquartered Aegon has promoted IR officer Jan Willem Weidema to head of investor relations. Weidema, who joined the life...Read more
Keurig Green Mountain, a privately held coffee and brewing products specialist, has appointed Maria Sceppaguercio as senior vice...Read more
Swedish financial services group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has appointed Christoffer Geijer as its new head of IR, starting...Read more
February 2018
This mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details how Bindu Menon from KLCCP Stapled Group took...Read more
Corporate transactions pose many challenges for IR teams but, with company valuations at an all-time high, IROs may face an even...Read more
Whit Kincaid has joined Atlanta-headquartered Mueller Water Products as its new vice president of investor relations and corporate...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details how CLP Holdings claimed the best annual report...Read more
The use and acceptance of social media within the German-speaking financial community has been gradually increasing, according to a...Read more
Mumbai-headquartered RBL Bank has appointed Jaideep Iyer as its new head of finance, strategy and investor relations. Iyer, who was...Read more
January 2018
‘Thirty years ago, the world was such a different place: test missiles weren’t commonly flying over neighboring nations, the person...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why the judges named Kerry Logistics as top for best...Read more
How do you plan your roadshow activity over the year? We create a yearly plan – leaving room for some adjustments,...Read more
Konecranes, a Finnish maker of cranes and lifting equipment, has named Eero Tuulos as its new vice president of IR, effective February...Read more
In a move unusual for an activist fund, Jana Partners has teamed up with pension fund CalSTRS to petition Apple on its social...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why Fosun International was the judges’ choice for...Read more
NYSE-listed General Dynamics has hired Howard Rubel, a former equity analyst, to lead its IR team. Rubel, who has also been elected a...Read more
Tell me a bit about your company. Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) is a boutique fund management company based in Hong...Read more
Companies in the mining industry experience a lot more volatility in response to the value of their reputation and what that implies...Read more
December 2017
David Chase Lopes from DF King talks about the changing face of activism and how IROs can best prepare for a potential attack.Read more
Lyft, the ride-hailing company, has announced the appointment of Kristina Omari to the newly created position of vice president of...Read more
You’ve spent three, five or maybe 10 years working as a consultant for an IR advisory and would now like to move on and be part of an...Read more
Nick Arbuthnott, managing director at Ipreo, relates the discussions from the Mifid II and key trends sessions at the IR Magazine...Read more
SEMAFO, the Canadian gold miner, has announced that IRO Robert LaValliere will be retiring at the end of the year. To succeed...Read more
Achim Weik, founder and CEO of EQS, talks leveraging technology for IR and new tools available for IROsRead more
November 2017
Human rights have been a growing concern for companies observing best governance and IR practices. According to a recent study by KPMG...Read more
Banco do Brasil’s head of IR, Bernardo de Azevedo Silva Rothe, has been promoted to vice president of finance following the departure...Read more
Marc Saint John Webb, partner at Quaero Capital, discusses investing in companies with no coverage and driving IR improvement after...Read more
Kirsty Collins, senior analyst in the responsible investment team at Aviva Investors talks focusing sell side research on the longer...Read more
In the wake of Mifid II’s ripple effect on global markets, US-based NIRI has spoken out to look after the interests of its smaller-cap...Read more
Shunichi Makita, executive manager, IR promotion office at Japanese firm Recruit Holdings, shares his enthusiasm about the Global...Read more
Time has hired a former CFO to lead its IR team. Roger Clark, CFO for analytics technology firm Unified Enterprises since 2013, is...Read more
Gerbrand Nijman, CFO of Global Telecom Holding and former IRO, explains how he assesses the efficiency of the IR program and what...Read more
Property developer British Land has appointed David Walker as its new head of IR. A former corporate broker for Deutsche Bank, Walker...Read more
Gary Labranche, NIRI's president and CEO, discusses women in IR, cooperation between IR associations and the impact of Mifid II on the...Read more
October 2017
Chris Hollis, chairman of CLIFF and head of financial communications at LVMH, discusses plans for the association, how companies are...Read more
Silmäasema, a Finnish eye clinic and optical retail chain, has appointed Tuukka Hirvonen as its new head of communications and IR...Read more
Much has been said about the upcoming Mifid II reforms and how asset managers will no longer be getting sell-side research free of...Read more
São Paulo-headquartered Itaú Unibanco has named its new head of investor relations. Alexsandro Broedel Lopes, executive finance,...Read more
September 2017
Jessica Mitchell, BP’s head of IR of six years, is set to retire at the end of October, with Craig Marshall stepping up to succeed her...Read more
Tori Cowley has been appointed by London-based firm Mitie as group director of corporate affairs and IR, reporting to CEO Phil Bentley...Read more
New Hampshire-based Pax World Management runs a $145 mn gender diversity fund based on the Pax Global Women’s Leadership Index. CEO...Read more
Paris-headquartered AXA IM has launched the MiX In Perspectives fund, with approximately €10 mn ($12 mn) of assets under management,...Read more
Most companies will engage in shareholder ID at least once a year when their fiscal year ends, three months prior to their annual...Read more
How is Thaioil’s IR team set up? Our team, which reports to our CFO Pattaralada Sa-Ngasang , includes five people...Read more
Here is a recap of how issuers can identify their shareholders in different zones: Fully transparent: Shareholder analysis –...Read more
Dallas-headquartered Southwest Airlines has announced Ryan Martinez will be replacing Marcy Brand as managing director of IR. Martinez...Read more
Sitting between the fully transparent markets and the more opaque ones are a large number of countries with share registers and...Read more
AT A GLANCE Multiple standards Uncovering names on your investor base can be easy or problematic,...Read more
August 2017
Asian firms reportedly have a hard time getting senior management buy-in for IR activities – but things are looking up. According to...Read more
The past six months have seen a raft of senior IR professionals make the move into corporate or public affairs, either in a new career...Read more
While companies such as BASF, Intel and Hays have embraced social media as part of their IR program, a majority of IROs have chosen to...Read more
Finnish utility firm Fortum has appointed Ingela Ulfves as vice president of IR and financial communications. Ulfves, who will start...Read more
Stephanie Bia, former IRO of the Euronext Exchange , has been hired by French engineering consulting group Altran to serve as head of...Read more
July 2017
Schaeffler, a Frankfurt-listed automotive, aerospace and industrial supplier, has announced the appointment of Renata Casaro as head...Read more
When AstraZeneca decided to organize a sell-side analyst science event to highlight a potential new class of cancer medicines, it was...Read more
Six months into your new position, has the job lived up to your expectations? Everything about being a part of the...Read more
A newly revised Shareholders’ Rights Directive has been adopted by the European Council, with an aim to curtail ‘short-term strategies...Read more
June 2017
Miriam McKay has been appointed as director of group communications and investor relations at HomeServe, a West Midlands, UK-based...Read more
You were head of IR at Diageo for nearly 20 years. What is the view like from the advisory side? It is the same:...Read more
What better way to start your third day at NIRI than a session of pep talk and coaching? Connie Dieken, author of Become the Real...Read more
Last week, the city of Orlando, mostly known for being the home of Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, saw around 1,200 IROs,...Read more
Lee Coker, director of investor relations at The Coca-Cola Company, moderated a session called 'the tech savvy IRO' at the NIRI...Read more
Sarah Williamson, CEO of not-for-profit initiative Focusing Capital on the Long Term, explains why quarterly guidance should be...Read more
Verisign's senior investor relations manager Miranda Weeks discusses NIRI's session about big data and what her experience working in...Read more
Mickey Foster, vice president of IR at FedEx, NIRI fellow and member of the IRC certification council, gives some highlights on the...Read more
Ian Matheson, CEO of Australian IR association Aira, discusses challenges brought on by social media, Australian pension funds taking...Read more
Nasdaq's global head of investor analytics explains why passive investors are getting active on governance and how the face of...Read more
Stacie Swanstrom, executive vice president, corporate solutions at Nasdaq, explains how AI is changing targeting and surveillance and...Read more
May 2017
1. How long have you been in IR? I started in IR almost 15 years ago. 2. What did you do before IR?...Read more
Experiencing different industries as an IRO can be exciting and motivating – new business model, new audience, new pool of investors...Read more
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has poached Sarah Elton-Farr, Shire’s IRO of nearly six years, to head its investor relations department. Elton-...Read more
New York-based entrepreneur Seth Farbman created Edgar filing service Vintage Filings and incorporation consultancy VCorp. While...Read more
German lighting manufacturer OSRAM Licht has hired Andreas Spitzauer to serve as its new head of investor relations, reporting to CFO...Read more
September 2018
Joint winner: Banco Santander, Spain When the Spanish bank decided to move its annual group strategy update from...Read more
July 2018
Walmart has appointed Dan Binder, a former sell-side analyst, as its new vice president of investor relations. He now reports to CFO...Read more
‘Targeting is like kissing lots of frogs hoping one will turn into a prince,’ said an IR adviser speaking at IR Magazine ’s...Read more
IR pioneer Anne Guimard started her career in investment banking at Daiwa Securities before joining French blue chip Saint-Gobain in...Read more
Pulkit Bhandari is head of group corporate finance at Mumbai-headquartered conglomerate RPG, which won the award for best investor...Read more
Todd Ernst has been appointed as GE’s new vice president of investor relations , succeeding company veteran and IRO of four years Matt...Read more
Only 45 percent of companies in North America feature a section on sustainability and corporate responsibility practices on their...Read more
June 2018
NYSE-listed Hillenbrand has appointed Richard Dudley as its new head of IR. Currently director of financial planning and analysis,...Read more
Infosys was the center of attention at the IR Magazine Awards – India, where IRO Sandeep Mahindroo picked up the gongs for best...Read more
Claudia Janssen, group controller at TomTom, is taking on investor relations in addition to her current role following the departure...Read more
While all eyes in the European IR community have been on Mifid II and its highly disruptive impact on the financial ecosystem, local...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? It’s coming up on 10 years now. 2. What did you do before IR? I...Read more
Six months into your new position, has the job lived up to your expectations? Very much so, I would say. I have...Read more
ExxonMobil has announced the appointment of Neil Hansen as its new vice president of IR and secretary, starting July 1. This comes as...Read more
What happens in Vegas This year’s conference takes place June 10-13 at Wynn Las Vegas, where attendees who are more...Read more
In IR Magazine’s summer 2017 issue, we uncovered a disturbing reality about gender inequality in IR career paths and compensation ...Read more
In-flight internet company Gogo has announced a successor to Varvara Alva, its head of IR of 10 years. Will Davis, currently senior...Read more
May 2018
PolarityTE has appointed Rich Haerle as its new vice president of IR and strategy, based in New York City. Haerle, who started his...Read more
Booz Allen Hamilton has appointed Nicholas Veasey as its new investor relations director, reporting to CFO Lloyd Howell, effective...Read more
Warsaw Stock Exchange CFO Jacek Fotek spoke to IR Magazine about listings, Mifid II and the exchange’s development plans...Read more
Almost nine out of 10 members of the investor community will assign a sizeable premium to the share price of companies with a well-run...Read more
April 2018
Etsy, the e-commerce website focused on artisan items, has appointed Deb Wasser as its new vice president of IR. Wasser, who joined...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? My first experience of IR was 10 years ago. I then came back as head of IR at the...Read more
Six months into your new position, has the job lived up to your expectations? Absolutely. I equate the new role with...Read more
For the past year or so, financial career portals and IR association job boards in Europe have been awash with advertisements for IR...Read more
March 2018
Päivi Antola is joining Nokian Tyres as its new vice president of IR and corporate communications, starting in June. She will report...Read more
Amundi, Europe’s largest asset manager , has named a successor to Cédric Laverie by appointing Stéphane Taillepied to serve as its new...Read more
The Hague-headquartered Aegon has promoted IR officer Jan Willem Weidema to head of investor relations. Weidema, who joined the life...Read more
Keurig Green Mountain, a privately held coffee and brewing products specialist, has appointed Maria Sceppaguercio as senior vice...Read more
Swedish financial services group Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) has appointed Christoffer Geijer as its new head of IR, starting...Read more
February 2018
This mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details how Bindu Menon from KLCCP Stapled Group took...Read more
Corporate transactions pose many challenges for IR teams but, with company valuations at an all-time high, IROs may face an even...Read more
Whit Kincaid has joined Atlanta-headquartered Mueller Water Products as its new vice president of investor relations and corporate...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details how CLP Holdings claimed the best annual report...Read more
The use and acceptance of social media within the German-speaking financial community has been gradually increasing, according to a...Read more
Mumbai-headquartered RBL Bank has appointed Jaideep Iyer as its new head of finance, strategy and investor relations. Iyer, who was...Read more
January 2018
‘Thirty years ago, the world was such a different place: test missiles weren’t commonly flying over neighboring nations, the person...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why the judges named Kerry Logistics as top for best...Read more
How do you plan your roadshow activity over the year? We create a yearly plan – leaving room for some adjustments,...Read more
Konecranes, a Finnish maker of cranes and lifting equipment, has named Eero Tuulos as its new vice president of IR, effective February...Read more
In a move unusual for an activist fund, Jana Partners has teamed up with pension fund CalSTRS to petition Apple on its social...Read more
Mini-profile taken from the Award-Winning IR – Asia 2017 report details why Fosun International was the judges’ choice for...Read more
NYSE-listed General Dynamics has hired Howard Rubel, a former equity analyst, to lead its IR team. Rubel, who has also been elected a...Read more
Tell me a bit about your company. Asia Frontier Capital (AFC) is a boutique fund management company based in Hong...Read more
Companies in the mining industry experience a lot more volatility in response to the value of their reputation and what that implies...Read more
December 2017
David Chase Lopes from DF King talks about the changing face of activism and how IROs can best prepare for a potential attack.Read more
Lyft, the ride-hailing company, has announced the appointment of Kristina Omari to the newly created position of vice president of...Read more
You’ve spent three, five or maybe 10 years working as a consultant for an IR advisory and would now like to move on and be part of an...Read more
Nick Arbuthnott, managing director at Ipreo, relates the discussions from the Mifid II and key trends sessions at the IR Magazine...Read more
SEMAFO, the Canadian gold miner, has announced that IRO Robert LaValliere will be retiring at the end of the year. To succeed...Read more
Achim Weik, founder and CEO of EQS, talks leveraging technology for IR and new tools available for IROsRead more
November 2017
Human rights have been a growing concern for companies observing best governance and IR practices. According to a recent study by KPMG...Read more
Banco do Brasil’s head of IR, Bernardo de Azevedo Silva Rothe, has been promoted to vice president of finance following the departure...Read more
Marc Saint John Webb, partner at Quaero Capital, discusses investing in companies with no coverage and driving IR improvement after...Read more
Kirsty Collins, senior analyst in the responsible investment team at Aviva Investors talks focusing sell side research on the longer...Read more
In the wake of Mifid II’s ripple effect on global markets, US-based NIRI has spoken out to look after the interests of its smaller-cap...Read more
Shunichi Makita, executive manager, IR promotion office at Japanese firm Recruit Holdings, shares his enthusiasm about the Global...Read more
Time has hired a former CFO to lead its IR team. Roger Clark, CFO for analytics technology firm Unified Enterprises since 2013, is...Read more
Gerbrand Nijman, CFO of Global Telecom Holding and former IRO, explains how he assesses the efficiency of the IR program and what...Read more
Property developer British Land has appointed David Walker as its new head of IR. A former corporate broker for Deutsche Bank, Walker...Read more
Gary Labranche, NIRI's president and CEO, discusses women in IR, cooperation between IR associations and the impact of Mifid II on the...Read more
October 2017
Chris Hollis, chairman of CLIFF and head of financial communications at LVMH, discusses plans for the association, how companies are...Read more
Silmäasema, a Finnish eye clinic and optical retail chain, has appointed Tuukka Hirvonen as its new head of communications and IR...Read more
Much has been said about the upcoming Mifid II reforms and how asset managers will no longer be getting sell-side research free of...Read more
São Paulo-headquartered Itaú Unibanco has named its new head of investor relations. Alexsandro Broedel Lopes, executive finance,...Read more
September 2017
Jessica Mitchell, BP’s head of IR of six years, is set to retire at the end of October, with Craig Marshall stepping up to succeed her...Read more
Tori Cowley has been appointed by London-based firm Mitie as group director of corporate affairs and IR, reporting to CEO Phil Bentley...Read more
New Hampshire-based Pax World Management runs a $145 mn gender diversity fund based on the Pax Global Women’s Leadership Index. CEO...Read more
Paris-headquartered AXA IM has launched the MiX In Perspectives fund, with approximately €10 mn ($12 mn) of assets under management,...Read more
Most companies will engage in shareholder ID at least once a year when their fiscal year ends, three months prior to their annual...Read more
How is Thaioil’s IR team set up? Our team, which reports to our CFO Pattaralada Sa-Ngasang , includes five people...Read more
Here is a recap of how issuers can identify their shareholders in different zones: Fully transparent: Shareholder analysis –...Read more
Dallas-headquartered Southwest Airlines has announced Ryan Martinez will be replacing Marcy Brand as managing director of IR. Martinez...Read more
Sitting between the fully transparent markets and the more opaque ones are a large number of countries with share registers and...Read more
AT A GLANCE Multiple standards Uncovering names on your investor base can be easy or problematic,...Read more
August 2017
Asian firms reportedly have a hard time getting senior management buy-in for IR activities – but things are looking up. According to...Read more
The past six months have seen a raft of senior IR professionals make the move into corporate or public affairs, either in a new career...Read more
While companies such as BASF, Intel and Hays have embraced social media as part of their IR program, a majority of IROs have chosen to...Read more
Finnish utility firm Fortum has appointed Ingela Ulfves as vice president of IR and financial communications. Ulfves, who will start...Read more
Stephanie Bia, former IRO of the Euronext Exchange , has been hired by French engineering consulting group Altran to serve as head of...Read more
July 2017
Schaeffler, a Frankfurt-listed automotive, aerospace and industrial supplier, has announced the appointment of Renata Casaro as head...Read more
When AstraZeneca decided to organize a sell-side analyst science event to highlight a potential new class of cancer medicines, it was...Read more
Six months into your new position, has the job lived up to your expectations? Everything about being a part of the...Read more
A newly revised Shareholders’ Rights Directive has been adopted by the European Council, with an aim to curtail ‘short-term strategies...Read more
June 2017
Miriam McKay has been appointed as director of group communications and investor relations at HomeServe, a West Midlands, UK-based...Read more
You were head of IR at Diageo for nearly 20 years. What is the view like from the advisory side? It is the same:...Read more
What better way to start your third day at NIRI than a session of pep talk and coaching? Connie Dieken, author of Become the Real...Read more
Last week, the city of Orlando, mostly known for being the home of Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, saw around 1,200 IROs,...Read more
Lee Coker, director of investor relations at The Coca-Cola Company, moderated a session called 'the tech savvy IRO' at the NIRI...Read more
Sarah Williamson, CEO of not-for-profit initiative Focusing Capital on the Long Term, explains why quarterly guidance should be...Read more
Verisign's senior investor relations manager Miranda Weeks discusses NIRI's session about big data and what her experience working in...Read more
Mickey Foster, vice president of IR at FedEx, NIRI fellow and member of the IRC certification council, gives some highlights on the...Read more
Ian Matheson, CEO of Australian IR association Aira, discusses challenges brought on by social media, Australian pension funds taking...Read more
Nasdaq's global head of investor analytics explains why passive investors are getting active on governance and how the face of...Read more
Stacie Swanstrom, executive vice president, corporate solutions at Nasdaq, explains how AI is changing targeting and surveillance and...Read more
May 2017
1. How long have you been in IR? I started in IR almost 15 years ago. 2. What did you do before IR?...Read more
Experiencing different industries as an IRO can be exciting and motivating – new business model, new audience, new pool of investors...Read more
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has poached Sarah Elton-Farr, Shire’s IRO of nearly six years, to head its investor relations department. Elton-...Read more
New York-based entrepreneur Seth Farbman created Edgar filing service Vintage Filings and incorporation consultancy VCorp. While...Read more
German lighting manufacturer OSRAM Licht has hired Andreas Spitzauer to serve as its new head of investor relations, reporting to CFO...Read more