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Ep 05: Stuart Morgan on The Importance of Building Relationships
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With us in conversation today, we have Stuart Morgan, Director of Investor Relations at Capita. During today’s conversation, we pick his brain to learn about the ins and outs of his career journey to date, and what has kept his interest in the field of Investor Relations. The skills of an IR are a unique combination, and Stuart shares what he is most proud of having achieved in the industry. We touch on board relationships, and why it’s never enough just to crunch the numbers. You’ll hear his thoughts on whether the hybrid or digital model is sufficient for building relationships, and how he is prioritising staying on top of trends in the absence of in-person conferences and events. Stuart shares his thoughts on ESG and how sustainability should have been part of the conversation long before this was implemented, and he tells us why curiosity and goal-setting are essential to a career in IR. Along with his comprehensive and insightful answers, Stuart asks us some pertinent questions! Tune in to hear more today.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Our guest Stuart Morgan’s career journey to date.
- What has kept him in Investor Relations: the everyday challenge.
- Stuart’s thoughts on the skill set needed to do IR.
- What he is most proud of in his career: the infrastructure of knowledge and network of relationships he has established over time.
- His relationships and communication with the board.
- How Stuart is teaching his colleagues about Investor Relations.
- Why just crunching the numbers is insufficient as an approach.
- The implications of the breakdown of relationships in the market pre and post-Mifid.
- Why the hybrid and virtual world is an efficient way of meeting people for the first time.
- How Stuart is staying on top of trends in the absence of in-person conferences and events.
- Why you should have regular meetings with people who can give you overall insight.
- The value of less formal meetings in relationship-building.
- The investment going into ESG and how you need to look at what’s material for you.
- His hope that there will be a limited number of flexible frameworks to prioritize ESG.
- How ESG conversations differ in Europe and the UK.
- What he wishes he know at the start of his career: curiosity and the desire to think about what he wanted to achieve.
- The value of being a trusted advisor on all levels of the business.
- Why he has chosen a hybrid model to communicate his next set of results.
- Why he believes he can do a better job of fully appraising retail investors.
- How we persuade our clients of the value of what we do.
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