Sylvie Harton is currently the Chief Business Strategy Officer at LUMI Global where she leads LUMI's future growth strategy. Prior to her role at LUMI Sylvie was SVP, Strategy & Global head of IR and PR solutions at Notified where she led M&A, strategic partnerships, and P&L for its global IR and PR solutions business.

She draws on 25 years of executive leadership and expertise in organic, inorganic expansion, and turnaround situations with global scope and credibility in IR solutions, PR solutions, ESG & sustainability. She brings a win-win approach to strategic partnership and alliances negotiation. Sylvie is a passionate advocate of bringing the client to the table when making strategic business decisions and a firm believer that strategy is the anchor for sustainable corporate performance that benefits the marketplace, workplace, and the global community. Prior to LUMI, Sylvie held various executive positions with Nasdaq and Marketwired, where she spent a decade growing the organization to its successful exit to Nasdaq. Sylvie is a recent graduate of The Wharton School and the University of New Haven EMBA program. She holds a Law and Finance degree from Université de Montréal and Concordia University in Canada.

George has advised clients across the GCC on Investor Relations and Financial Communications since 2013. Prior to joining Teneo in 2021, he was Partner at Instinctif Partners, where he led their Capital Markets practice in the Middle East & North Africa. His focus is on client mandates including IPOs, M&A and other ECM transactions, as well as IR advisory work for issuers across GCC markets, with wide sector experience including Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Telecoms, Real Estate, Healthcare, Retail and Hospitality. In previous roles, George has sat on group-level committees for both ESG and IR. He is a Certified Investor Relations Officer and an active member of the Middle East IR Association, regularly speaking at industry events. George is a graduate of the University of Oxford from where he holds a BA in History and has completed Said Business School’s ‘Oxford Executive Leadership Programme’.

Alicia Gallego is an experienced communications and marketing expert with more than ten years of experience in international markets. She works as a Financial and Strategic Communications Adviser at Audere Strategies. In her role, Alicia works with various organisations, businesses and start-ups from the Middle East, United States, Latin America and Central Europe.

Previously, she was the Senior Manager, Policy and Strategic Communications at the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA). Alicia started her career as Research and Business Intelligence Analyst, covering the Latin-American capital markets and M&A deals. She has also collaborated as an editor and writer with international financial media outlets.

Alicia is a Certified Investor Relations Officer since 2018. She holds an Executive MBA from Bayes Business School.

Michael Roper has been a prominent leader in the capital markets and investor relations sectors for over two decades. Before joining Irwin, he held pivotal roles at Alliance Advisors, S&P Global and J.P. Morgan Cazenove. At these organisations, Michael managed global teams across product, sales and partnership driving expansion in both established and emerging markets. Michael has specialized in providing a wide range of IR advisory services to issuers, adeptly navigating the complexities of various markets. His strategic initiatives and innovative projects have been instrumental in enhancing shareholder engagement.