VMA Group strengthens its dedicated Investor Relations practice

VMA Group, a Investor Relations, Public Relations and Corporate Communications Search and Selection company, has announced the appointment of JP Morgan Cazenove Senior IR Executive Kate Dowman. Kate joins the practice, which is dedicated to the Investor Relations and Corporate Access (Investment Banking) markets, as a Senior Consultant.

VMA Groupís Investor Relations Practice is today recognised as the market leader within the growing Investor Relations and Corporate Access markets and now has a team of four consultants.

In recent months alone, VMA Group has successfully placed the Heads of Investor Relations for Legal & General, MFI, Scottish and Newcastle, Misys, Logica CMG and Imagination. In the past two years VMA Group has placed over 100 candidates in positions ranging from IR Managers for Cadbury Schweppes, Reuters and Trinity Mirror to IR Analysts for Virgin Mobile, BHP Billiton and International Power.

Additional appointment
VMA Group also recently announced the appointment of Laura Howard, former Senior Executive of Morgan Stanleyís Corporate Access team, to focus on this growing market.

Commenting on the appointments, Oskar Yasar, VMA Group Executive Director and Head of the Investor Relations and Executive Search practices, said:

ìWith the appointment of Kate and Laura our position and reach within the ever growing IR and corporate access markets will be strengthened significantly. No other company understands and values the growing sophistication of the IR arena to the extent that VMA Group does. We are delighted with both appointments as they underscore our knowledge of this market.î