Bilbao, 9.9.2024 – Institutional Investor, a world leader in financial sector rankings, has released the results of its annual “Developed Europe Executive Team” awards, based on a survey of analysts and fund managers, in which 1,765 investment professionals from 820 financial services firms participated this year, representing a significant increase in participation over previous years.

Continuing with the success achieved in previous editions, CIE Automotive is once again the most awarded company among the “Small & Midcaps” of the Automotive sector. It repeated first place in the “Best CEO” category with Jesús María Herrera and “Best IR Professional” with Lorea Aristizabal, as well as in “Best IR Team”, “Best Investor/Analyst Day” and “Best IR Program”, and second place in “Best ESG Program”.

CEOs were rated on credibility, leadership and communication skills. In the Investor Relations area, companies were rated on attributes such as productivity of conferences/roadshows, quality of earnings conferences, knowledge of the business and market, responsiveness, credibility, consistency and granularity of financial disclosures.

In addition, within the framework of the Automotive All Caps - which includes all companies in the sector regardless of their size - CIE Automotive obtained third place in the “Best IR Professional” and “Best IR Team” categories, categories in which it shared the podium with leading players in the financial market such as Ferrari and Renault.