John Gollifer leads the Middle East Investor Relations Association’s (MEIRA) initiatives to promote best practice IR in the Middle East. MEIRA’s primary audience is IR practitioners who wish to address the investment community. Increasingly, our market remit includes working with other stakeholders, from policy-makers and regulators to the regional exchanges. John is a former banker having spent 15 years in corporate finance and equity capital markets in Asia and Europe. He spent 11 years as Head of IR at the Singapore Exchange, where he also had responsibility for strategy, marketing and communications. Prior to joining MEIRA in 2019, John led the UK IR Society. MEIRA sees IR as a strategic imperative in the international competition for attention and capital. Contact John at john.gollifer@meira.me / www.meira.me