Head of IR
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‘I under-appreciated the work that went into IR’: What it’s really like to move from the sell side to investor relations
When asked for an example of a time she really leaned into her skills honed on the sell side, Bonita To, director of investor relations at First Quantum Minerals, points to a unique situation: the shutting down of one of the firm’s mines by the Panamanian government in November 2023. ‘The balance sheet became quite distressed and it was very apparent that we would need to take some action in terms of addressing our liquidity constraints – including going to the capital markets,’ she recalls.
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Rather be canoeing the Mekong River than riding the corporate commute? Perhaps it’s time for an IR sabbatical
Three IR professionals share their experiences of time out from the corporate treadmill, while recruiters talk about how a sabbatical is viewed from the other side This time last year Andrea James was spending time with her young family, going to yoga twice a week and generally taking the slow approach to life. Today, she […]
