MEIRA UAE Chapter Meeting

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Save the dateSeptember 26, 20239:00 AM - 11:00 AMGMT+4 Add to Calendar

Venue Location

MEIRA - DAC office # 207, Level 2, The Offices 2, One Central

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Organizer

Organizer: Middle East Investor Relations Association

Phone: +971 503839023

Contact Person: Pedro López

Email: pedro@meira.me

Event Details

MEIRA would like to invite you to the MEIRA UAE Chapter IR Breakfast event on Tuesday 26 September when we will address market trends and IR insights.

Members will have the opportunity to network over a light breakfast, followed by a MSCI ESG Ratings and Investis Digital presentation and a Q&A session.

The event will take place at MEIRA offices, attendees are required to register. Kindly note that seats are limited and they will be confirmed on a first-come-first-serve basis. Alternatively, you can also join this event online (link to be provided closer to the event).

Agenda is as follows:

9 am Registration and networking

9.30 am ESG Ratings - All you need to know (Start of the online session).

What are ESG Ratings, what it means for rated companies, why it is important to the investment community and what about other companies?

10.15 am Digital IR - Investis Digital presentation

Based on 20+ years experience managing thousands of IR websites, James will provide data-led insights of what's needed to engage institutional investor and other key audiences across strategy, business fundamentals, financial performance and ESG.

11.00 End

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Speakers

John Gollifer

GM at Middle East Investor Relations Association

John Gollifer

GM at Middle East Investor Relations Association

John Gollifer is the General Manager of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA). He was the General Manager and an executive director of the Board of the UK’s Investor Relations Society from 2012 to 2018. Prior to this, John spent 11 years at the Singapore Exchange where he was Senior Vice President and responsible for investor relations, among other roles in corporate strategy and communications. He established and ran the IR Professionals Association of Singapore from 2006-2008, is a multiple IR award winner and he created and taught an IR course at the Singapore Management University from 2009 to 2012. Since 2016, John has lectured at the University of Liverpool in London on the Masters in Strategic Communications, IR module.

John was trained as a banker and spent 15 years in Asia and Europe in corporate finance and equity capital markets. Since joining the IR Society, which works in partnership with other IR associations, John has led IR training, including for the International Certificate in IR (ICIR), in Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Nigeria, Singapore, Thailand and Turkey, as well as in the Middle East and UK. In 2018, John was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the IR Society in recognition of his services to IR.

Jasmine Mehta

VICE PRESIDENT, ESG & CLIMATE CORPORATE SALES - EMEA at MSCI

Jasmine Mehta

VICE PRESIDENT, ESG & CLIMATE CORPORATE SALES - EMEA at MSCI

Jasmine Mehta leads MSCI’s ESG & Climate business development with corporates and advisors in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). With a focus on market penetration, Jasmine has developed go to market strategies for MSCI’s latest and fastest growing client segment. Jasmine has been with MSCI’S ESG & Climate business for almost a decade, and in her erstwhile role, she lead MSCI’s ESG Issuer Relations & Communications efforts in EMEA. She engaged corporate boards to educate them on their MSCI ESG assessments and raised standards for sustainability disclosures.

Jasmine is MSCI’s global ambassador in the corporate community through various speaking engagements and board level educative programs. Jasmine has been recognised for her leadership & contributions to the field of sustainability by multiple Indian and global media outlets.

Jasmine holds a Master’s degree in international Strategy and Diplomacy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master’s degree in Capital Markets, Regulation and Compliance from the ICMA Centre, University of Reading, UK.

James Taylor

Director, Business Development of Investis Digital

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John Gollifer

GM at Middle East Investor Relations Association

Jasmine Mehta

VICE PRESIDENT, ESG & CLIMATE CORPORATE SALES - EMEA at MSCI

James Taylor

Director, Business Development of Investis Digital

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