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25 Oct 2012
M:Communications is proud to introduce you to Qatar’s leading financial conferences in January 2013
25 Oct 2012
M:Communications hires senior TMT sector head

Juliet Clarke has joined M: from Torex Retail Holdings, where she was Director of Marketing and Communications, to build a dedicated tech sector team. At Torex, she managed a significant re-branding, employment engagement and corporate repositioning exercise ahead of its sale to MICROS Systems, Inc in June 2012. Prior to Torex, Juliet was Senior Vice President in the Technology, Media and Telecoms team at FTI Consulting, formerly Financial Dynamics. Juliet's sector knowledge covers IT software, hardware and online operators, extending out to investors and private equity houses with an interest in technology. Previous clients include ARM Holdings, Dassault Systèmes, Intec Telecom Systems, Oakley Capital, PartyGaming, PV Crystalox, QXL Ricardo, SDL and Spirent.

15 Oct 2012
M:Communications Advises MD Medical Group on Successful London IPO

M:Communications is pleased to have advised MD Medical Group, Russia's leading provider of women's and children's healthcare, on its IPO on the London Stock Exchange. The total offer size was $311 million, valuing the company at approximately $900 million.

10 Oct 2012
M: Communications Hires Thomas Kiehn and Ekaterina Romanovskaya in Moscow

8 October 2012, Moscow - M: Communications, the strategic consulting arm of King Worldwide, the leading financial and stakeholder communications firm, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Thomas Kiehn and Katya Romanovskaya to its Moscow office, representing the latest additions to the firm's fast growing Russian practice. These appointments will reinforce M: Communications' financial public relations offering and complement its already market leading team.

25 Sep 2012
M: Celebrates 10th Anniversary

On September 24th, 2002, M:Communications began trading from a tiny Regus office on the 9th floor of Citypoint at 1 Ropemaker Street, with two employees and a temporary receptionist who was also a qualified kickboxing instructor. The kickboxer was soon replaced by a professional p/a; a head of research, two senior investor relations gurus, a Paris-based Swedish corporate communications legend, a former Sunday Times journalist, an IPO specialist, an oil & gas industry veteran and a financier/former MP arrived shortly afterwards with a part-time cfo and a temporary techie, both of whom soon became full time and are still here.   

 

14 Sep 2012
Melrose moves into the FTSE 100

On Wednesday 12 September the FTSE Admissions Committee confirmed that Melrose plc had been admitted to the FTSE-100 list.  

20 Feb 2012
Sir Paul Stephenson Named Senior Advisor at Keyhaven

LONDON, February 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --


Keyhaven, the global reputational and crisis management consultancy, is pleased to announce that Sir Paul Stephenson, the former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, has been appointed as a senior advisor.

04 Jan 2012
M:Communications and Artemis Associates advise Graff Diamonds on $1bn Hong Kong IPO

 

M:Communications and Artemis Associates have been retained to advise Graff Diamonds, purveyor of the world’s most fabulous jewels, on its planned IPO. The IPO, in which Graff is expected to raise $1bn of new money, is planned for Hong Kong in 2012 and is expected to value the Company at around $5bn.

 

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