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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
May 2017
Can you give us a few words on your background? I’m head of global equities at Amundi, which is Europe’s largest...Read more
April 2017
The annual global ranking of foreign asset managers in China has been released by Z-Ben Advisors, the Shanghai-based consultancy. Last...Read more
Paris-headquartered Ingenico has appointed Laurent Marie as vice president of IR and financial communications. After gaining a joint...Read more
The reform of listing rules, including the allowing of shares with different voting rights , are most likely to be postponed again in...Read more
Mark Milders, currently head of coverage and markets for Germany and Austria, has been named as ING’s new head of IR. He succeeds IRO...Read more
March 2017
Can you give us a few words on your background? I started off in politics, moving through corporate law. Before...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? I first discovered IR supporting a European roadshow trip with the CFO of Canon’s...Read more
Janet Yellen has done it again. Yesterday’s quarter point rate hike, the third one in 15 months, is a sign of the US economy’s...Read more
Irish convenience foods producer Greencore has appointed Jack Gorman to the newly created position of head of IR, starting in May. A...Read more
Low-cost carrier Vietjet, the only privately owned commercial airline in Vietnam, went public on February 28 in the country’s largest...Read more
February 2017
Kimberly Stewart, Technip’s former IRO of eight years, has been appointed as head of IR at Solvay. A sell-side analyst in her early...Read more
September 2016
At a glance A big deal There are few more frantic periods for IR than a merger or acquisition,...Read more
August 2016
Welcome to IR Magazine 's careers newsletter, packed with tools to supercharge your job prospects, including: • Recent...Read more
Although still nascent, activism in Japan is picking up with the number of firms targeted set to double year on year. According to...Read more
Juan Pelaez has been named as the new IR director for Praxair. He succeeds Kelcey Hoyt, who has been promoted to serve as the Danbury...Read more
At a glance Optimizing impact During the drill of earnings releases or when presenting to...Read more
IRO Paul Butcher has been promoted to succeed Janet Drysdale as head of IR at Canadian National Railway (CN). An economics graduate...Read more
Citi’s corporate access efforts in Asia have seemingly paid off, with the banking group overtaking Bank of America Merrill Lynch and...Read more
It’s rare to meet an IRO who had his or her mind set on an investor relations career from a young age; most stumble into the...Read more
Valerie Haertel is global head of investor relations at BNY Mellon. She is also a member of the NIRI national board of directors...Read more
July 2016
Adam Gishen, an investment banker who joined Credit Suisse in October last year to advise CEO Tidjane Thiam on ‘strategic realignment...Read more
June 2016
Joseph Wolk has been announced as NYSE-listed Johnson & Johnson’s new vice president of IR, starting in August. He will succeed...Read more
The IR budgets of Asia-based firms grew rather than shrank for the first time last year, with the average IR team having $277,000 to...Read more
IRO Magnus Thorstholm Jensen will be taking the IR lead at Pandora starting July 1, succeeding head of IR and corporate communications...Read more
HC2, an NYSE-listed diversified holding firm previously known as PTGI, has hired Andrew Backman to serve as managing director of IR...Read more
Finding new investors can be a daunting task for smaller-sized, Asia-based companies. With a reduced free float, low liquidity in...Read more
At a glance Global turmoil Foreign exchange fluctuations, the economic slowdown in China, interest...Read more
May 2016
Finance executive Stian Hasle has been promoted to lead the IR team at Norsk Hydro. Hasle has been with the Norwegian firm since...Read more
At a glance Low priority The corporate culture and work setting in Asia mean investor relations...Read more
1. How long have you been working in IR? Working in IR has been a joy for more than 30 years, beginning early in the...Read more
Another sell-side analyst has landed the top IR job at an NYSE-listed large cap. Life insurance major MetLife has appointed John Hall...Read more
In a move aimed at protecting individual investors and savers, China’s financial regulator is to banish more than 2,000 investment...Read more
Sandy Springs, Georgia-based logistics major United Parcel Service (UPS) has promoted Scott Childress to head of investor relations,...Read more
Asia-based IROs keen to improve their service can take note of the findings of IR Magazine ’s latest survey of the local...Read more
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC) has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Higashi to the newly created position of vice...Read more
April 2016
A group of investors, including BlackRock and publisher and activist David Webb, are campaigning for Hong Kong’s Securities and...Read more
Global asset managers lack the competitiveness needed for the Chinese market, according to a ranking of foreign investors by Shanghai-...Read more
Real estate website Zillow has hired Dennis Walsh, a former member of Citi’s DR group, to serve as senior manager of IR. Walsh, who...Read more
The deadline for submitting a nomination for our judged awards is today. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join the competition for...Read more
IR team member Jason Scott is stepping up to serve as head of IR at global banking major JPMorgan Chase, following the announcement...Read more
In the run up to MiFID II’s 2018 reforms, a UK-based investment management firm has announced it will no longer be billing its clients...Read more
Mining major BHP Billiton has hired a former sell-sider to head its IR team in London. Robert Clifford, a seasoned equity analyst...Read more
The US investor relations community gathered yesterday evening at Cipriani New York for its yearly celebration of the profession’s...Read more
March 2016
As revealed in IR Magazine ’s most recent global roadshow report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch tops the most popular brokers...Read more
Investis, the digital communications firm focused on corporate and investor relations, has appointed Don Scales as CEO of Investis Inc...Read more
‘I’m a bit of a Luddite, equally as happy doing work in the garden as in front of a computer,’ quips Matt Sonefeldt on his daily...Read more
Spring is in the air: it’s the perfect time to give your home a thorough cleansing – and your resumé an updating so that you can...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? For three and a half years. 2. What did you do before joining the...Read more
Following the departure of Donatello Galli, its CFO of 12 years, Prada has promoted IRO Alessandra Cozzani to the top financial role...Read more
Following a year of public consultation , Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has published new stewardship guidelines...Read more
In the run up to the IR Magazine Awards – US 2016, a judging panel of senior editorial team members and institutional investors have...Read more
The proportion of women directors at Straits Times Index (STI) constituents increased by 34 percent in 2015, with female...Read more
Canadian shareholder services firm CST has appointed Margot Jordan as president and CEO. Jordan had been holding the top job in an...Read more
February 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a new membership and engagement program aimed at getting the best out of...Read more
Goldman Sachs has announced that Dane Holmes, its global head of IR of nine years, is taking on responsibility for the bank’s...Read more
What is the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) main message to issuers? ...Read more
IR Magazine is introducing a new accolade to be given out at its upcoming US Awards. The people’s choice award for...Read more
A new study by recruitment firm Korn Ferry reveals that IR professionals are gaining stature within UK blue chips, with companies...Read more
1. It’s exciting A job in IR will develop a set of professional skills that is both broad and rare. ‘An investor...Read more
After Egypt, the international network of IR bodies has welcomed its second association from the African continent. An initiative...Read more
What do a NATO general, a life coach, a film producer and a Portuguese-Italian-South African communications consultant have in common...Read more
January 2016
Dow Chemical has announced that Neal Sheorey, director in strategy development, has been promoted to serve as the NYSE-listed firm’s...Read more
Linda-Eling Lee is global head of ESG research at MSCI. She wrote the report ‘Women on boards: global trends in gender diversity’,...Read more
Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF), has created a European entity and opened an office in London as it plans to...Read more
Henk Jan ten Brinke is head of IR at Zaandam-headquartered food retailer Royal Ahold. He was honored as best IR professional in the...Read more
Montréal-headquartered Bombardier has named its new vice president of IR. Patrick Ghoche joined the firm on January 18 from KPMG where...Read more
Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, which has been rethinking its offering for IROs since the acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ IR business two...Read more
Alternative investment management firm Citadel has hired a former corporate access professional to head corporate and broker relations...Read more
December 2015
Richard Snow, head of IR at Ladbrokes, will be stepping up to serve as interim CFO during the merger with private equity-owned Gala...Read more
Chris Esson has been appointed as Aviva’s new group IR director, succeeding Colin Simpson who has been promoted to CFO of Aviva Canada...Read more
More than half the analysts and investors following Hong Kong firms believe those companies are best at IR in the region, reveals ...Read more
Senior management teams at smaller-sized companies are most prone to engage directly with investors, finds new research from IR...Read more
November 2015
1. How long have you worked in investor relations? It’s been 11 years. 2. What did you...Read more
At a glance CORPORATE DYNASTIES Family-owned businesses are central to the Asian economic...Read more
Investor Relations Charter October saw the launch of NIRI’s much awaited Investor Relations...Read more
At a glance IMPENDING HIKE All eyes in the business world are on the US Federal Reserve, which is...Read more
Mark Trinske has been appointed as theme park firm SeaWorld Entertainment’s new vice president of IR, with former IRO and treasurer of...Read more
In an unusual move, ICR, a communications consultancy, has announced it is launching a capital markets advisory branch. The US-based...Read more
Ashish Jain has been appointed as senior vice president of investor relations and M&A integrations at New-Delhi headquartered...Read more
October 2015
Jonathan Doros has joined cyber intelligence company Symantec as vice president of investor relations, reporting to CFO Thomas Seifert...Read more
Evgeny Fetisov is CFO at the Moscow Exchange (MOEX). He joined the firm shortly before its IPO in 2013, having previously worked at...Read more
French nuclear group AREVA has promoted Manuel Lachaux to vice president of financial communications and IR. Lachaux is no stranger to...Read more
September 2015
Is there such a thing as an investor relations gene? That’s what one may wonder upon learning that Andrew Griffith, CFO and former IRO...Read more
Going through a recruitment agency remains one of the best routes to land a job in IR, according to the IR Magazine Global IR Survey,...Read more
Oil sector IROs have seen it all. From double-digit growth figures and skyrocketing market caps at one end to plummeting oil prices...Read more
What better excuse to flee London’s dreary September weather than an invitation to attend the Middle East Investor Relations Society’s...Read more
What can you tell us about East Capital and your role there? East Capital is an emerging and frontier...Read more
IR professionals in search of a relevant qualification to display on their CVs are about to get more options. NIRI announced at its...Read more
What is Autonomous and what is its business model? Autonomous Research was founded in 2009 by former...Read more
Almost three years after leaving FedEx, where he had been serving as senior vice president of global communications and IR for 15...Read more
August 2015
As the large turnout at our most recent Greater China conference revealed, there are increasing numbers of IROs and aspiring IR...Read more
July 2015
French asset management giant Amundi has appointed Cyril Meilland as head of IR as the firm gears up for an IPO on Euronext Paris...Read more
Novo Nordisk, winner of the grand prix for best overall investor relations (large cap) at this year’s IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2015...Read more
John Dawson, National Grid’s IR director, has moved on to lead the investor relations team at Rolls-Royce, a few days before the...Read more
Andrey Baranov, Gazprom’s IRO of seven years, has moved to state-controlled oil major Rosneft. Prior to his IR tenure, Baranov served...Read more
Lyndsay Wright, IRO at UK bookmaker William Hill, was shortlisted for Best IR professional - small and mid cap. She explains how...Read more
IRO Damian Maltarp had to explain to investors why BT's 'surprising' move back into the mobile market made sense. He reveals the firm'...Read more
June 2015
‘IR2020: Back to the future’ was indeed a well-chosen theme for this year’s IR Society conference, where interactive polling was...Read more
Swisscom has promoted deputy head of IR Louis Schmid to lead the department following the departure of Bart Morselt. Louis...Read more
Contents I. Building the message – Cross-team collaboration – Integrating sustainability into ongoing communications – Mastering the...Read more
May 2017
Can you give us a few words on your background? I’m head of global equities at Amundi, which is Europe’s largest...Read more
April 2017
The annual global ranking of foreign asset managers in China has been released by Z-Ben Advisors, the Shanghai-based consultancy. Last...Read more
Paris-headquartered Ingenico has appointed Laurent Marie as vice president of IR and financial communications. After gaining a joint...Read more
The reform of listing rules, including the allowing of shares with different voting rights , are most likely to be postponed again in...Read more
Mark Milders, currently head of coverage and markets for Germany and Austria, has been named as ING’s new head of IR. He succeeds IRO...Read more
March 2017
Can you give us a few words on your background? I started off in politics, moving through corporate law. Before...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? I first discovered IR supporting a European roadshow trip with the CFO of Canon’s...Read more
Janet Yellen has done it again. Yesterday’s quarter point rate hike, the third one in 15 months, is a sign of the US economy’s...Read more
Irish convenience foods producer Greencore has appointed Jack Gorman to the newly created position of head of IR, starting in May. A...Read more
Low-cost carrier Vietjet, the only privately owned commercial airline in Vietnam, went public on February 28 in the country’s largest...Read more
February 2017
Kimberly Stewart, Technip’s former IRO of eight years, has been appointed as head of IR at Solvay. A sell-side analyst in her early...Read more
September 2016
At a glance A big deal There are few more frantic periods for IR than a merger or acquisition,...Read more
August 2016
Welcome to IR Magazine 's careers newsletter, packed with tools to supercharge your job prospects, including: • Recent...Read more
Although still nascent, activism in Japan is picking up with the number of firms targeted set to double year on year. According to...Read more
Juan Pelaez has been named as the new IR director for Praxair. He succeeds Kelcey Hoyt, who has been promoted to serve as the Danbury...Read more
At a glance Optimizing impact During the drill of earnings releases or when presenting to...Read more
IRO Paul Butcher has been promoted to succeed Janet Drysdale as head of IR at Canadian National Railway (CN). An economics graduate...Read more
Citi’s corporate access efforts in Asia have seemingly paid off, with the banking group overtaking Bank of America Merrill Lynch and...Read more
It’s rare to meet an IRO who had his or her mind set on an investor relations career from a young age; most stumble into the...Read more
Valerie Haertel is global head of investor relations at BNY Mellon. She is also a member of the NIRI national board of directors...Read more
July 2016
Adam Gishen, an investment banker who joined Credit Suisse in October last year to advise CEO Tidjane Thiam on ‘strategic realignment...Read more
June 2016
Joseph Wolk has been announced as NYSE-listed Johnson & Johnson’s new vice president of IR, starting in August. He will succeed...Read more
The IR budgets of Asia-based firms grew rather than shrank for the first time last year, with the average IR team having $277,000 to...Read more
IRO Magnus Thorstholm Jensen will be taking the IR lead at Pandora starting July 1, succeeding head of IR and corporate communications...Read more
HC2, an NYSE-listed diversified holding firm previously known as PTGI, has hired Andrew Backman to serve as managing director of IR...Read more
Finding new investors can be a daunting task for smaller-sized, Asia-based companies. With a reduced free float, low liquidity in...Read more
At a glance Global turmoil Foreign exchange fluctuations, the economic slowdown in China, interest...Read more
May 2016
Finance executive Stian Hasle has been promoted to lead the IR team at Norsk Hydro. Hasle has been with the Norwegian firm since...Read more
At a glance Low priority The corporate culture and work setting in Asia mean investor relations...Read more
1. How long have you been working in IR? Working in IR has been a joy for more than 30 years, beginning early in the...Read more
Another sell-side analyst has landed the top IR job at an NYSE-listed large cap. Life insurance major MetLife has appointed John Hall...Read more
In a move aimed at protecting individual investors and savers, China’s financial regulator is to banish more than 2,000 investment...Read more
Sandy Springs, Georgia-based logistics major United Parcel Service (UPS) has promoted Scott Childress to head of investor relations,...Read more
Asia-based IROs keen to improve their service can take note of the findings of IR Magazine ’s latest survey of the local...Read more
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HERC) has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Higashi to the newly created position of vice...Read more
April 2016
A group of investors, including BlackRock and publisher and activist David Webb, are campaigning for Hong Kong’s Securities and...Read more
Global asset managers lack the competitiveness needed for the Chinese market, according to a ranking of foreign investors by Shanghai-...Read more
Real estate website Zillow has hired Dennis Walsh, a former member of Citi’s DR group, to serve as senior manager of IR. Walsh, who...Read more
The deadline for submitting a nomination for our judged awards is today. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to join the competition for...Read more
IR team member Jason Scott is stepping up to serve as head of IR at global banking major JPMorgan Chase, following the announcement...Read more
In the run up to MiFID II’s 2018 reforms, a UK-based investment management firm has announced it will no longer be billing its clients...Read more
Mining major BHP Billiton has hired a former sell-sider to head its IR team in London. Robert Clifford, a seasoned equity analyst...Read more
The US investor relations community gathered yesterday evening at Cipriani New York for its yearly celebration of the profession’s...Read more
March 2016
As revealed in IR Magazine ’s most recent global roadshow report, Bank of America Merrill Lynch tops the most popular brokers...Read more
Investis, the digital communications firm focused on corporate and investor relations, has appointed Don Scales as CEO of Investis Inc...Read more
‘I’m a bit of a Luddite, equally as happy doing work in the garden as in front of a computer,’ quips Matt Sonefeldt on his daily...Read more
Spring is in the air: it’s the perfect time to give your home a thorough cleansing – and your resumé an updating so that you can...Read more
1. How long have you been in IR? For three and a half years. 2. What did you do before joining the...Read more
Following the departure of Donatello Galli, its CFO of 12 years, Prada has promoted IRO Alessandra Cozzani to the top financial role...Read more
Following a year of public consultation , Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has published new stewardship guidelines...Read more
In the run up to the IR Magazine Awards – US 2016, a judging panel of senior editorial team members and institutional investors have...Read more
The proportion of women directors at Straits Times Index (STI) constituents increased by 34 percent in 2015, with female...Read more
Canadian shareholder services firm CST has appointed Margot Jordan as president and CEO. Jordan had been holding the top job in an...Read more
February 2016
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has launched a new membership and engagement program aimed at getting the best out of...Read more
Goldman Sachs has announced that Dane Holmes, its global head of IR of nine years, is taking on responsibility for the bank’s...Read more
What is the Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) main message to issuers? ...Read more
IR Magazine is introducing a new accolade to be given out at its upcoming US Awards. The people’s choice award for...Read more
A new study by recruitment firm Korn Ferry reveals that IR professionals are gaining stature within UK blue chips, with companies...Read more
1. It’s exciting A job in IR will develop a set of professional skills that is both broad and rare. ‘An investor...Read more
After Egypt, the international network of IR bodies has welcomed its second association from the African continent. An initiative...Read more
What do a NATO general, a life coach, a film producer and a Portuguese-Italian-South African communications consultant have in common...Read more
January 2016
Dow Chemical has announced that Neal Sheorey, director in strategy development, has been promoted to serve as the NYSE-listed firm’s...Read more
Linda-Eling Lee is global head of ESG research at MSCI. She wrote the report ‘Women on boards: global trends in gender diversity’,...Read more
Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF), has created a European entity and opened an office in London as it plans to...Read more
Henk Jan ten Brinke is head of IR at Zaandam-headquartered food retailer Royal Ahold. He was honored as best IR professional in the...Read more
Montréal-headquartered Bombardier has named its new vice president of IR. Patrick Ghoche joined the firm on January 18 from KPMG where...Read more
Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, which has been rethinking its offering for IROs since the acquisition of Thomson Reuters’ IR business two...Read more
Alternative investment management firm Citadel has hired a former corporate access professional to head corporate and broker relations...Read more
December 2015
Richard Snow, head of IR at Ladbrokes, will be stepping up to serve as interim CFO during the merger with private equity-owned Gala...Read more
Chris Esson has been appointed as Aviva’s new group IR director, succeeding Colin Simpson who has been promoted to CFO of Aviva Canada...Read more
More than half the analysts and investors following Hong Kong firms believe those companies are best at IR in the region, reveals ...Read more
Senior management teams at smaller-sized companies are most prone to engage directly with investors, finds new research from IR...Read more
November 2015
1. How long have you worked in investor relations? It’s been 11 years. 2. What did you...Read more
At a glance CORPORATE DYNASTIES Family-owned businesses are central to the Asian economic...Read more
Investor Relations Charter October saw the launch of NIRI’s much awaited Investor Relations...Read more
At a glance IMPENDING HIKE All eyes in the business world are on the US Federal Reserve, which is...Read more
Mark Trinske has been appointed as theme park firm SeaWorld Entertainment’s new vice president of IR, with former IRO and treasurer of...Read more
In an unusual move, ICR, a communications consultancy, has announced it is launching a capital markets advisory branch. The US-based...Read more
Ashish Jain has been appointed as senior vice president of investor relations and M&A integrations at New-Delhi headquartered...Read more
October 2015
Jonathan Doros has joined cyber intelligence company Symantec as vice president of investor relations, reporting to CFO Thomas Seifert...Read more
Evgeny Fetisov is CFO at the Moscow Exchange (MOEX). He joined the firm shortly before its IPO in 2013, having previously worked at...Read more
French nuclear group AREVA has promoted Manuel Lachaux to vice president of financial communications and IR. Lachaux is no stranger to...Read more
September 2015
Is there such a thing as an investor relations gene? That’s what one may wonder upon learning that Andrew Griffith, CFO and former IRO...Read more
Going through a recruitment agency remains one of the best routes to land a job in IR, according to the IR Magazine Global IR Survey,...Read more
Oil sector IROs have seen it all. From double-digit growth figures and skyrocketing market caps at one end to plummeting oil prices...Read more
What better excuse to flee London’s dreary September weather than an invitation to attend the Middle East Investor Relations Society’s...Read more
What can you tell us about East Capital and your role there? East Capital is an emerging and frontier...Read more
IR professionals in search of a relevant qualification to display on their CVs are about to get more options. NIRI announced at its...Read more
What is Autonomous and what is its business model? Autonomous Research was founded in 2009 by former...Read more
Almost three years after leaving FedEx, where he had been serving as senior vice president of global communications and IR for 15...Read more
August 2015
As the large turnout at our most recent Greater China conference revealed, there are increasing numbers of IROs and aspiring IR...Read more
July 2015
French asset management giant Amundi has appointed Cyril Meilland as head of IR as the firm gears up for an IPO on Euronext Paris...Read more
Novo Nordisk, winner of the grand prix for best overall investor relations (large cap) at this year’s IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2015...Read more
John Dawson, National Grid’s IR director, has moved on to lead the investor relations team at Rolls-Royce, a few days before the...Read more
Andrey Baranov, Gazprom’s IRO of seven years, has moved to state-controlled oil major Rosneft. Prior to his IR tenure, Baranov served...Read more
Lyndsay Wright, IRO at UK bookmaker William Hill, was shortlisted for Best IR professional - small and mid cap. She explains how...Read more
IRO Damian Maltarp had to explain to investors why BT's 'surprising' move back into the mobile market made sense. He reveals the firm'...Read more
June 2015
‘IR2020: Back to the future’ was indeed a well-chosen theme for this year’s IR Society conference, where interactive polling was...Read more
Swisscom has promoted deputy head of IR Louis Schmid to lead the department following the departure of Bart Morselt. Louis...Read more
Contents I. Building the message – Cross-team collaboration – Integrating sustainability into ongoing communications – Mastering the...Read more