Investor Update was founded with a single mission: to be the most professional, timely and creative investor relations consultancy for our clients.
We offer corporate IR teams and their advisors the most accurate and up-to-date shareholder intelligence and capital markets advice in the market.
Our values
Commitment to our clients
Investor Update has an unwavering commitment to its corporate clients and their advisors to provide timely, accurate and conflict-free IR services and advice.
Innovative Solutions
To be an innovator in shareholder intelligence services, harnessing our experience, technology and regulatory insight, to provide solutions that optimise IR activities.
Diversity and Inclusion
Investor Update is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. The aim is for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
Meet the Management Team
The most experienced shareholder intelligence team in Europe
Through our unique methodology, built on decades of experience, we identify and track key investors with pinpoint accuracy, complemented with innovative additional solutions such as in-depth investor targeting, ESG analytics and advice, impartial perception studies and an integrated Proxy Solicitation offering, all delivered on intuitive platforms.
Patrick is an industry leader and innovator with over 30 years of industry experience and has been specialising in shareholder intelligence since 1989. He is a pioneer in the business, co-founding Capital Precision in 2005 and serving as a founding partner at Ilios Europe prior.
Additionally, Patrick led the share register and European share identification teams at Thomson Reuters. He is considered a world expert in shareholder analysis and market surveillance, with experience in both financial calendar IR programs and on corporate transactions such as IPOs, M&A deals, and Depositary Receipt program activity. Patrick is also a well-regarded corporate mentor.
Tasos is a senior market professional and business leader with over 25 years experience in the global financial sector. He has extensive knowledge of the industry engaging with institutions at the highest level.
During his career, Tasos has worked for companies such as Thomson Reuters and CCBN where he launched various products into EMEA including FirstCall, ResearchDirect and StreetEvents.
In 2008, Tasos joined S&P Global Market Intelligence where he expanded their fund research offering into new markets as well as leading the key accounts team where he held the position of Head of Sales & Relationship Management for EMEA.
Nick joined Investor Update in summer 2019 after 18 years in investment banking in equity research and equity capital markets in London, Frankfurt and New York.
He started his career at Deutsche Bank in the the top-ranked Transport equity research team, including working on the Deutsche Post privatisation. He then spent 13 years at Barclays in corporate equity derivatives and equity capital markets, ultimately heading up ECM origination for Northern Europe (Nordics, NL, Germany, Austria, Switzerland). He has worked on over 100 ECM transactions. Nick is also a graduate coach and mentor for Cass Business School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
Dominic joined Investor Update in Summer 2020 after 25 years in investment banking in equity advisory, equity research, equity sales, equity trading and investor relations based in London.
He started his career at PwC as an advisor in the shareholder value services team and at UBS in the the top-ranked European financials equity research team. He then spent 15 years in equity specialist sales, equity trading and investor relations, most recently at Barclays and Société Générale. He is a specialist in the financials sector, has worked extensively with corporates, investors and IR teams at the highest level and has experience in both financial calendar IR programs and in over 50 ECM transactions.
Aemilia, founder and CEO of Velos Advisory (velosadvisory.com), advises Investor Update on all matters relating to investor engagement and governance advisory, ranging from routine engagement to special situations and M&A transactions requiring shareholder approval.
Aemilia is part of the initial team that pioneered shareholder response advisory services in Europe. She has been instrumental in introducing cross-border shareholder response, corporate governance advisory and investor engagement services across the EMEA region.
She has over 20 years' multi-disciplinary industry experience, which spans across M&A transactions, capital increases, AGMs/EGMs, shareholder activism and corporate governance advisory. She has worked on over 450 cross-border assignments across the EMEA region and has led numerous high profile M&A and shareholder response campaigns and proxy fights, successfully securing support for all her clients. Her knowledge and track record in the industry is unparalleled.
Rudi Koopman joined Investor Update in 2021 as (Deputy Head, European Analytics) to support and coordinate the analytics team. Rudi brings more than 16 years of investor relations and shareholder intelligence experience with him, having most recently worked as a senior client manager at RD:IR by Equiniti (EQ), responsible for investor relations, shareholder analysis and client relationship management across listed medium- and large-cap companies in Europe and UK. Prior to this, Rudi started his career at CapitalBridge (formerly Citigate Financial Intelligence) in Cape Town, South Africa, before relocating to London in 2008 to continue in investor relations at IHS Markit, formerly Ipreo.
Rudi is also a graduate from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town.
