Ooredoo officials receiving the “Qatar’s Leading Corporate for Investor Relations” and the “Best Investor Relations Professional” awards.

Ooredoo has been named “Qatar’s Leading Corporate for Investor Relations” at the Middle East Investor Relations Society (MEIRS) awards ceremony.
At the same time, Ooredoo Group’s head of Investor Relations was also named Qatar’s “Best Investor Relations Professional,” taking home all investor relations awards in the Qatar country category.
Ooredoo was shortlisted for a record nine awards, the most of any nominated company, at this year’s MEIRS awards ceremony held in Dubai.
The awards ceremony recognises the region’s best investor relations (IR) teams and IR professionals as part of the MEIRS’ annual conference, which this year attracted over 280 key capital market participants.
Ooredoo Group CEO Dr Nasser Marafih said: “We’re pleased to have received these awards, which recognise our efforts to continuously and actively engage with our shareholders and the investment community. As global emerging market investors increasingly invest in the region, Ooredoo recognises the importance of strengthening its relationship with investors and other market participants and is pleased these efforts have been acknowledged by external analysts and fund managers.”
Ooredoo has featured on the MEIRS’ nomination list for best practice in IR since the society’s first awards ceremony in 2009 when the company was named Qatar’s Best Company for Investor Relations, demonstrating Ooredoo’s long-standing commitment to fair, timely and ongoing disclosure and its promotion of transparency.  
The MEIRS’ Conference and Awards event brings together listed and unlisted companies, investors, analysts, advisers and representatives from regional governments, stock exchanges and regulatory bodies to educate attendees about the value of investor relations and celebrate best-in-class IR programmes and professionals.
Each year, buy-side fund managers and sell-side analysts are invited to survey the performance of listed companies’ IR programmes in the region, in partnership with market survey expert Extel.