A Fortune 500 mining company client recently asked me what constitutes a “world-class” investor relations function. That’s a question I periodically pondered during my 24 years as CEO of the National Investor Relations Institute, certainly, but I had never explored it in any formalized manner.
Well, I decided to do so, and I’m reporting my conclusions back to you.
To find out how world-class investor relations officers earn their reputations, I selected seven corporations, all with market capitalizations of $10 billion or more that have earned major awards and other forms of recognition. My partner at Beacon Advisers, Tim Croasdaile, and ...