OREANDA-NEWS. July 19, 2011.  IR magazine Russia & CIS recognized Gazprom as the best company of Russia and the CIS in the investor relations (IR) category.

Gazprom became the winner following the independent study carried out by IR magazine Russia & CIS in cooperation with Thomson Reuters Extel. Opinions by more than 300 asset managers and analysts from Russia, Europe and the USA were reviewed during the study.

 In addition, IR magazine Russia & CIS announced Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee the winner in the Best Investor Relations by a CEO/CFO nomination.


Background

 IR magazine Russia & CIS is a periodical highlighting the IR theory and practice. Since 2008 the Magazine has been giving awards to the best IR structural units of Russian and CIS companies.

 Thomson Reuters is one of the world's leading sources of business information. The agency holds regular IR surveys and identifies the best experts in this field. The surveys are based on polling of experts from European and Russian asset management companies.