General Motors has appointed Ashish Kohli as the company’s new vice president of investor relations. He joins from Chipotle Mexican Grill where he served as global head of IR.
Kohli has extensive IR experience across a range of sectors. Previously, he worked as vice president of IR at Walgreens Boots Alliance, director of IR at Walgreens and vice president of corporate strategy at Vermillion.
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Gary LaBranche is leaving NIRI after five years to take up a CEO position at an association elsewhere, IR Magazine can reveal.
Matt Brusch, currently chief operating officer (COO), will step in as interim president and CEO of NIRI from April 1, when LaBranche will assume the title of ‘special adviser to the interim CEO’, staying on until May 31 to assist in the transition.
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Some senior public company roles are shifting from a linear to non-linear career path, a fact that can help IR professionals move into those positions, according to Smooch Repovich Reynolds, founder and CEO of SmoochUnplugged, an executive search firm.
‘The notion of a linear career path versus [non-linear] started changing about 10 years ago predominantly with the CFO role, when CEOs started thinking, I need less of a quantitative headset at my strategic lead...
Wallbox, a provider of charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs), has appointed Matthew Tractenberg as vice president of investor relations.
Tractenberg joins the Barcelona-headquartered, NYSE-listed company from Q4, where most recently he served as senior vice president of IR. He will be based in the US.
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Continental has appointed Anna Fischer as its new head of investor relations, effective April 1.
Fischer, the German automotive supplier’s current deputy head of IR, will succeed Bernard Wang, who is stepping down for personal reasons, according to a statement from the company.
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Men are twice as likely as women to be IR heads in North America, according to IR Magazine’s latest Global Salary & Careers report. While the gender split for North American IR teams is an average of 55 percent male to 45 percent female, for heads of the team it is two thirds men, one third women.
This glass ceiling in North American IR not only drives the global imbalance in gender seniority but may also provide some explanation for the glob...
The global median salary for heads of IR has climbed to $200,000, according to IR Magazine’s Global IR Salary and Careers Report 2022.
Exactly half of respondents earn below $199,999 and the other half receive $200,000 or above, finds the report, which is based on a survey of more than 650 IR professionals.
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IR professionals are hearing ever more questions from investors about ESG issues. But what about questions from hiring managers when they go for a job interview?
The number of companies asking about ESG experience or interest when conducting a search for an IR candidate has risen five-fold in five years, says Smooch Repovich Reynolds, CEO and founder of SmoochUnplugged.
‘Five years ago, maybe 10 percent of our clients were asking about this topic and thinki...