The best IR teams in Europe revealed
On Wednesday, June 21, 2017, the IR Magazine Awards ‒ Europe honoured excellence in the investor relations profession. The awards, now in its 27th year, hosted the IR community from across Europe at The Park Lane Hotel in London.
In 2017, we presented two types of awards categories – researched and self-nomination – both celebrating the success of those individuals and companies that are leading the way in the IR community over the past year.
For our researched categories, companies did not submit nominations. Instead, across Europe, thousands of analysts and investors cast their votes and gave their opinions on which companies do the best IR in Europe.
In our self-nomination categories, we offered companies the opportunity to nominate themselves, free of charge, for aspects of IR that complement our researched categories. Below you can see all the night's winners:
Judged awards
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Best annual report (large cap) |
Royal Philips |
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Best annual report (small & mid cap) |
McBride |
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Best crisis management |
TAV Airports Holding |
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Best ESG communications |
PKN Orlen |
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Best investor event |
AstraZeneca |
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Best IR during a corporate transaction |
Unilever |
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Best IR website |
Hays |
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Best use of multimedia for IR |
Valmet |
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Rising star |
Duncan Browne, Saga |
Researched awards
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Best corporate governance & disclosure |
Intesa Sanpaolo |
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Best investor relations officer (large cap) |
Rolf Woller, Continental |
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Best investor relations officer (small & mid-cap) |
Dennis Weber, Hugo Boss |
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Best overall investor relations (large cap) |
Iberdrola |
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Best overall investor relations (small & mid-cap) |
Lanxess |
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Best in region: Central & Eastern Europe |
PKN Orlen |
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Best in region: Germany |
adidas |
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Best in region: Western Europe |
Iberdrola |
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Best in region: UK & Ireland |
AstraZeneca |
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Best in sector: Consumer discretionary |
adidas |
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Best in sector: Consumer staples |
Unilever |
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Best in sector: Energy |
Total |
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Best in sector: Financials |
Intesa Sanpaolo |
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Best in sector: Healthcare |
AstraZeneca |
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Best in sector: Industrials |
Deutsche Post DHL |
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Best in sector: Information technology |
Amadeus |
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Best in sector: Materials |
BASF |
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Best in sector: Real estate |
Segro |
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Best in sector: Telecommunication services |
Deutsche Telekom |
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Best in sector: Utilities |
Iberdrola |
The Euro Top 100 and the majority of the award winners were identified by means of a survey of the European investment community. A full list of researched categories and details of the results of this research are reported in detail in the IR Magazine Investor Perception Study – Europe 2017. The judged awards were subject to a vote by a panel comprising investment professionals, a former IR veteran and a senior IR Magazine editorial team member.
