'Investors just want to be heard': how IR teams are coping with new engagement challenges

How are IR teams coping with a changeable investor engagement landscape? It starts with listening, agreed all three panelists at a recent IR Impact Briefing on the topic of winning investor confidence.In this month's episode of IR Voice, Laurie Havelock presents highlights from the event, which featured expert insights from Danielle Collins, head of investor relations at Southwest Airlines, Mark Simms, head of investor intelligence at Computershare Investor Engagement, and Brandon Throop, vice president, corporate development and investor relations at Blossom Gold. They shared their advice around looking into their investor base for deeper intelligence about what their shareholders are thinking, to get ahead of any unpleasant surprises that might be waiting around a particularly contentious vote or ahead of a big strategic shift.Catch up with the full briefing here: https://www.ir-impact.com/event/briefing-winning-investor-confidence-how-ir-teams-can-anticipate-sentiment-and-drive-support/And read our summary article here: https://www.ir-impact.com/2026/07/know-your-movers-and-shakers-how-ir-teams-are-anticipating-sentiment-tackling-engagement-and-driving-support-in-their-shareholder-bases/Read our latest playbooks here: https://www.ir-impact.com/all/research/playbooks/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.