Aldar Properties PJSC (‘Aldar’), Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company, has been named the leading corporate for investor relations (IR) in the Middle East at the 9th edition of the Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) annual conference and awards ceremony.

Held on Wednesday 20 September 2017 at The Address Dubai Mall, MEIRA commended Aldar on its contribution to the ongoing development of corporate governance and commitment to disclosure and transparency, which are key requirements of efficient capital markets. In addition, Aldar’s Chief Financial Officer, Greg Fewer, was awarded best Investor Relations by CFO and Chris Wilson was named best Investor Relations Professional in the United Arab Emirates.

The annual awards ceremony recognizes top-performing IRO’s, leading Corporates, CEO’s, CFO’s in IR for the Middle East region, leading corporates and professionals on a country level across the region, and companies that demonstrated the best year-on-year improvement in IR practice overall, best annual report, and best IR website.

Greg Fewer, Chief Financial Officer, Aldar Properties, said: “Aldar is pleased to have its efforts in investor relations recognized by the region’s investment community. We remain committed to providing stakeholders with timely and transparent information, in line with best-practice, and congratulate MEIRA on its continued efforts to promote the importance of this function in our region.”

Commenting at the Awards Ceremony, Alex MacDonald Vitale, Chairman of MEIRA, said: "Each year, we acknowledge our peers in the industry who have truly demonstrated leading excellence in IR practice either at an individual or industry level. Through these awards, we have established a competitive benchmark for professionals and organisations in the Middle East to further advance best practice in IR across the region. It is very encouraging to see continuous improvement year-on- year, with an ever broader cross-section of industry participants and winners represented in each of the categories”.

MEIRA’s IR Awards are carried out in partnership with WeConvene Extel. Through an online survey, buy-side and sell-side analysts gave their views on the IR performance of corporates and individuals with 294 qualifying responses received. Votes are weighted according to the company’s Equity Assets Under Management (AUM).  

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