\tThe event will bring together local and international government representatives, such as the General Secretariat of the Government, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Financial Supervisory Authority, AMEPIP, as well as EFRAG, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group;
\n\tThe Bucharest Stock Exchange and over 30 other listed companies, most of which are part of the ARIR community, will be present at the event;
\n\tThe topics on the agenda include trends and legislative changes impacting Investor Relations, such as accession to the OECD, sustainability reporting, and gender balance in company leadership;
\n\tForum by ARIR 2024 will feature a panel dedicated to the Investor Relations profession, with presentations of career stories from capital market professionals.<\/p>\n
At Forum by ARIR 2024, recent trends and legislative changes impacting Investor Relations activities will be analyzed: accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), sustainability reporting, European directives and their transposition into capital market legislation (Law no. 24\/2017), changes in the area of corporate governance, and gender balance in the leadership structures of listed companies.<\/p>\n
“As the capital market develops and investment opportunities diversify, it is important for issuers to highlight their differentiating factor to remain visible in an increasingly competitive stock market system. As every year, we have designed an interactive conference format focused on current trends and legislative changes impacting Investor Relations activities in a constantly changing business and legislative landscape. The year 2024 is when we will frequently talk about professionals through the Upgrade IR program, with a panel dedicated to the Investor Relations profession and the presentation of career stories from capital market professionals.” –\u00a0Daniela Maior (\u0218erban), ARIR President, Partner VERTIK\u00a0Group<\/strong><\/p>\n Among the confirmed speakers <\/strong>there are:<\/p>\n \tPatrick de Cambourg, Chair EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board; Forum by ARIR is an interactive conference format in which approximately 100 people actively involved or interested in the capital market will participate. Details on how to register for participation in Forum by ARIR 2024 and the complete event agenda can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Strategic Parners of Forum by ARIR 2024<\/strong> are: (ARIR Founding Member), Banca Transilvania (ARIR Associate Member), OMV Petrom (ARIR Associate Member), Antibiotice (ARIR Associate Member), Rompetrol (ARIR Associate Member), Nuclearelectrica (ARIR Founding Member), Autonom (ARIR Associate Member) \u0219i Mazars (ARIR Affiliate Member).<\/p>\n The Main Partners<\/strong> of the event are: Raiffeisen Bank International, Meta Estate, ACCA Romania.<\/p>\n Media Partners<\/strong>: Agerpres, Business Review, Feel the Markets, Financial Intelligence, Financial Market, IR Magazine, Juridice.ro, Money, Pia\u021ba Financiar\u0103, Internetcorp, Nine O’ Clock, Romania Insider, The Diplomat Bucharest, EventsMax.<\/p>\n Institutional Partners<\/strong>: Limitless, Klarmedia.\u00a0<\/p>\n ARIR members are among the largest companies in Romania, sharing the common objective of implementing best practices in transparency, investor communication, and corporate governance, covering over 90% of market capitalization.<\/p>\n
\n\tAdrian \u021au\u021buianu, Deputy Secretary General of the Government;
\n\tMihai Precup, President, AMEPIP;
\n\tLuca Niculescu, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Coordinator for Romania\u2019s OCDE accession process;
\n\tGabriela Horga, Vice President, Financial Supervisory Authority;
\n\tRadu Hanga, President of the Board, Bucharest Stock Exchange;
\n\tAdrian T\u0103nase, CEO Bucharest Stock Exchange;
\n\tClaudiu Cercel, Deputy CEO \u2013 Financial Markets Member of the Board, BRD;
\n\tAlexandru Chiri\u021b\u0103, CEO, Electrica;
\n\tMarius \u0218tefan, Owner & CEO, Autonom Group;
\n\tHagen Schweinitz, Global Practice Leader, Board & Governance Advisory Practice, Eric Salmon & Partners;
\n\tMarius Cara, Head of European Investments Bank\u2019s office in Romania;
\n\tAurel Bernat, Executive Manager Financial Institutions, Investor Relations and Investment Subsidiaries, Banca Transilvania;
\n\tMarius Dan, Deputy CEO, Corporate Strategy, Franklin Templeton;
\n\tAna Bobirc\u0103, Membru of the Supervisory Board of Hidroelectrica and Independent Member of the Board of Directors of TTS;
\n\tVlad Bodea, Co-Founder and Board Member, BENTO;
\n\tAlexandru Bonea, CEO, Meta Estate Trust;
\n\tPeter de Boer, Board Member, DN AGRAR Group;
\n\tAdriana Marin, Investor Relations Manager, OMV Petrom;
\n\tR\u0103zvan Butucaru, Partner Financial Services & Advisory Leader, Mazars Romania;
\n\tLaura Negri\u0219oiu, Sustainability Director, Mazars Romania;
\n\tJean Dumitrescu, Investor Relations Director, AQUILA.<\/p>\nAbout the Romanian Investor Relations Association (ARIR)<\/strong><\/h3>\n