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CANPACK, the Poland-based manufacturer of packaging for the food industry, has appointed Lorenzo Ruffatti to the newly created position of investor relations manager. He reports to CFO Marius Croitoru and will focus on engagement with bond holders and the wider investment community, according to a company statement. Ruffatti has more than 20 years of experience in the capital markets. Most recently, he worked at Brokertec, an electronic trading platform for f...

Warsaw-headquartered Wirtualna Polska Holding, a Polish online media and e-commerce group, has named Małgorzata Żelazko as director of investor relations and financial analysis. Żelazko joins the company after almost eight years at PKO BP bank where she served as an equity analyst covering the TMT sector. During her time on the sell side, Żelazko was recognized for her efforts: in both 2020 and 2021, she was voted as the number one analyst in the TMT sector by P...

‘I think we were the first IR society to launch virtually,’ says Michael Chojnacki, director at corporate access firm Closir and one of the founding members of the new Polish Investor Relations Society. ‘Unfortunately, that means we haven’t had the drinks reception yet.’ The new society conducted a snap poll ahead of its launch, with Polish IR respondents saying they wanted to hear more about ...

What separates top executives from competent managers? In the corporate world and on Wall Street, it really doesn’t matter who you know; all that ever matters is who knows you. And ensuring you are relevant enough to be remembered is more about having the emotional maturity to know what matters and what doesn’t. Investor relations is one of the only enterprise roles with no internal competition. It’s certainly one of the most visible functions at any...