The 2023 IIAR> Board

	Andrew Hsu (@andrew0hsu, LinkedIn), is the co-founder and Managing Partner at Spotlight AR.   Location: Kansas City, USA Responsibility: IIAR programme of events
	Crystal Golightly (@crysgolightly, LinkedIn), VP Customer Experience & Operations at ARInsights,   Location: Bay Area, California, USA Responsibility: Membership and Operations
	Yvonne Kaupp (@YveKaupp, LinkedIn) Analyst & Sourcing Advisor Relations at Retarus   Location: Munich Responsibility: Chapter Liaison and German Chapter Co-lead Link to all posts by Yvonne
	Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), Founder, Starsight Communications   Location: London Responsibility: Policy and Marketing Link to all posts by Ludovic
	Aniruddho Mukherjee (@aniruddho, LinkedIn), Analyst Relations Lead, EMEA for Amazon Web Services   Location: London Responsibility: Treasurer Link to all posts by Aniruddho

IIAR Community Manager

Our community manager is Evan Quinn (LinkedIn), who previously was in AR at QAD, Oracle, Avaya and HP. He was also an analyst at Gartner and IDC. Location: Boston You can contact him using the form at the bottom of this page.

 

IIAR> Chapters

We’re actively looking for new IIAR US Chapter Leads, please get in touch if you’re interested.

Our current chapters are as follows.

IIAR UK> Chapter

• Anja Steinmann / Senior Manager Analyst Relations, Atos (@AnjaSteinmann, LinkedIn)
• Julia Popa-Boulton / Analyst Relations Manager, Spryker Systems (@juliap_boulton; LinkedIn)
• Avinash Murthy (LinkedIn, @aviredevil) / Analyst Relations Lead – Strategic Initiatives, AWS EMEA

IIAR> German Chapter

• Yvonne Kaupp (@YveKaupp, LinkedIn), Analyst Relations & Market Strategy at Retarus GmbH

 

Past IIAR> boards

The 2019 IIAR> board

• Andrew Hsu (@andrew0hsu, LinkedIn), is the co-founder and Managing Partner at Spotlight AR
  Responsibility: IIAR programme of events
• Simon Jones (@SimonDestrier, LinkedIn), Managing Partner at Destrier AR
  Responsibility: Membership and Operations and German Chapter Co-lead   
• Yvonne Kaupp (@YveKaupp, LinkedIn) Analyst & Sourcing Advisor Relations at Retarus
  Responsibility: Chapter Liaison and German Chapter Co-lead
• Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), Founder Starsight Communications
  Responsibility: Policy and Marketing
• Aniruddho Mukherjee (@aniruddho, LinkedIn), Head of AR and Branding, Europe for HCL Technologies
  Responsibility: Treasurer

The 2018 IIAR> board

• Suzannah Archibald (@suzannah_a,  LinkedIn), head of analyst relations at CCgroup
  Responsibilities: operations and membership
• Yvonne Kaupp (@YveKaupp, LinkedIn) Analyst & Sourcing Advisor Relations at Retarus
  Responsibility: Chapter Liaison and German Chapter Co-lead
• Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), Director Global Influencer Relations at Criteo
  Responsibility: Policy and Marketing
• Aniruddho Mukherjee (@aniruddho, LinkedIn), Head of AR and Branding, Europe for HCL Technologies
  Responsibility: Treasurer
• Beth Torrie (@bethtorrie, LinkedIn), Associate Vice President – Analyst & Advisor Relations at Cybage
  Responsibility: Content and Events

The IIAR Community Manager was Fionnula Fitzsimmon (@Fionnula, LinkedIn).

 

The 2016 IIAR> board

• Yvonne Kaupp (@YveKaupp, LinkedIn), Analyst & Sourcing Advisor Relations at Retarus (Munich)
  Co-lead for the IIAR German Chapter and chapters liaison.
• Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), Director Global Influencer Relations at Criteo (London)
  Policy, Operations, Finances and Marketing.
• Robert De Souza (@robert_desouza, LinkedIn) Director Advisor Relations at Cognizant (London)
  Networking events.
• Dominic Pannell (@buzzmethod, LinkedIn) Director, Industry Analysts and Advisors EMEA at Unisys. Location: London.
• Neil Pollock (@neilpollock, LinkedIn), Professor of Innovation and Social Informatics University of Edinburgh. Location: Edinburgh.

The 2015 IIAR> Board

• Debleena Paul (@Debleena_Paul, LinkedIn), Industry Analyst Relations Lead at SapientNitro Europe (UK)
• Yvonne Kaupp (@YveKaupp, LinkedIn), Analyst & Sourcing Advisor Relations at T-Systems International (France)
• Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), AR Director – firm wide at BearingPoint (UK)
• John Gallagher (LinkedIn), Director at Brunswick Group (San Francisco Bay Area, USA)
• Robert De Souza (@robert_desouza, LinkedIn) Director – Advisor Relations at Cognizant Technology Solutions (UK)

The 2014 IIAR> Board

• Alyssa Gilmore (@Alyssa4AR, LinkedIn), Principal and Proprietor at LongArm Consulting: Boston, MA, USA
• Bill Reed (@stcrossgroup, LinkedIn), Manager, Analyst Relations at AGT International: Zürich Area, Switzerland
• Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), AR Director – firm wide at BearingPoint. Location: London, UK
• Simon Levin (@theskillsconxn ,LinkedIn), MD, The Skills Connection
  Location: London, UK
• Yash Khanna (@khannayash, LinkedIn), Director & Head, Analyst Relations, UK & Europe at Tata Consultancy Services: London, UK

The 2013 IIAR> Board

• Agi (Agnieszka) Donnithorne (@agi_A, LinkedIn), Analyst and Influencer Relations, Account Director at Loudhouse – Location: London, UK
• Caroline Dennington (@CDennington, Linkedin), Director, Analyst Relations EMEA at Symantec – Location: London, UK
• Hannah Hyman (@bgeeke, LinkedIn), Analyst Relations Manager at SAPLocation: Seattle, USA
• During the year Hannah took on a new role in life as a Mother, her place on the board was filled by Allen Valahu.
• Ludovic Leforestier (@lludovic, LinkedIn), AR Director – firm wide at BearingPoint – Location: London, UK
• Simon Levin (@theskillsconxn ,LinkedIn), MD, The Skills Connection – Location: London, UK

The 2012 IIAR> Board

• Dave Noble, Managing Director – Intelligen Analyst Relations and IIAR Asia/Pacific Chapter Lead – Sydney, Australia | Twitter / LinkedIn
• David Rossiter, Head of Sunesis Analyst Relations and Director, Harvard PR – London, UK | Twitter / LinkedIn
• Gerry Van Zandt, Worldwide AR Manager, HP – Houston, USA | Twitter / LinkedIn
• Karsten Scherer, Manager – Analyst Relations, TEKSystems – Baltimore, USA | LinkedIn
• During the course of the year, Karsten stepped down and was replaced by Simon Levin (LinkedIn, twitter)
• Stephen England, President and Partner, KCG – Austin, USA | Twitter / LinkedIn

The 2010-2011 IIAR> Board

• Jonny Bentwood / Edelman (LinkedIn, @jonnybentwood)
• Ed Gyurko / TechMahindra (LinkedIn, @edgyurko)
• Ludovic Leforestier / Oracle  (LinkedIn, @lludovic)
• Peggy O’Neill / Independent (LinkedIn)
• David Taylor / Independent

The 2010 IIAR> Board

• Jonny Bentwood
• Ed Gyurko
• Ludovic Leforestier
• Peggy O’Neill
• David Taylor

The 2009 IIAR> Board

• Jonny Bentwood
• Sally Elliott
• Ludovic Leforestier
• Peggy O’Neill
• David Rossiter

The 2008 IIAR> Board

• Following elections at the September Forum, Janine Aitken-Young of Vodafone and Marius Jost of HFN joined the Board of the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations.
• Janine and Marius joined  Ludovic Leforestier of Oracle, David Rossiter of Sunesis and Susanne Huebner of T-Systems on the Board.
• David Taylor of Cisco and Duncan Chapple of Lighthouse Analyst Relations have stepped down from the Board.

The 2007 IIAR> Board

• The first elections in the IIAR history resulted in a board for 2006/07 comprised of  Duncan Chapple, Susanne Huebner, Ludovic Leforestier, David Rossiter and David Taylor.

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