SRT PROFILE
Michael Steele, CFA, IRC Speaks About the Value of Senior Roundtable
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he NIRI Senior Roundtable (SRT) was formed nearly 30 years ago to address the needs and interest of the senior-level members
in NIRI. While constantly evolving over many years, the SRT still maintains an informal, small group atmosphere of leading IR professionals who have been in the profession for 10 years or more. While the profession has evolved, the number of
senior professionals has grown as well. We hope that those of you with 10 years of experience in the IR profession as an IRO and/or IR counselor, visit www.
niri.org/srt to learn more about the benefits and application process to join SRT. To provide more insight into the value of SRT, IR Update interviewed a Senior Roundtable member.
Michael Steele, CFA, IRC Vice President, Finance & Investor Relations Years in Investor Relations: 16 Year joined NIRI: 2007 Year joined Senior Roundtable: 2017
Why did you join Senior Roundtable and what have you found most valuable? After gaining 10 years of IR-related experience and earning the lead role in my company at the time, I found that I needed a forum to discuss the most complex challenges facing our profession. In order to be a credible advisor to the executive team and board, I needed to have confidence that I was advocating for best prac- tices, tailored to my company’s situation. The Senior Roundtable is the perfect solution to keep me in command of the key issues in a rapidly evolving landscape of investor relations. I most value the attention to the most relevant current topics at
SRT events and the network of experienced and highly respected IROs I have built across a range of industries.
How did you get into investor relations? After 12 years in various financial roles at large organiza- tions, which included mergers and acquisitions, business unit
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