OREANDA-NEWS. October 27, 2008. Rosneft won a Grand prix for best overall investor relations by a large-cap company within IR Magazine Russia & CIS Awards 2008. The company also took first place in the “Best annual report/corporate literature” nomination; and Rosneft’s head of IR, Alexey Bogdanchikov, was voted top in the “Best investor relations officer (large cap)” nomination, reported the press-centre of Rosneft.

Peter O’Brien, the vice-president of Rosneft, took second place in the “Best IR by a CFO”. The company also took second place in the “Most progress in investor relations” and third place in the “Best investor relations website”.

The IR Magazine Russia & CIS 2008 Awards were presented on October 22 within the “Leading Edge Investor Relations” conference organized by IR Magazine Russia & CIS (the Russian division of IR Magazine), MICEX and JPMorgan.

IR Magazine is the leading professional journal in investor relations with a 20-years history. The IR Magazine awards have been presented for the last 17 years in different regions of the world. IR Magazine Russia & CIS presented the awards for the first time since 2004.