About

HEAR-ir

HEAR-ir offers specialised consultancy services in the field of Investor Relations, Corporate Finance and Financial Communication to listed and unlisted companies interested in improving their communication towards the market, the Media and the Financial Community as a whole, through specific and sustainable IR Plans, and/or during special business moments and extraordinary transactions.

For our clients,
we create relationships
long-term relationships
with domestic
and international investors.

Our approach is based on ‘best-in-class’ investor relations programmes. We work alongside companies to generate fair and effective communication.

Our
ULTIMATE GOAL
is to support and increase top management awareness, through constant newsflow generation from and to the financial market, while consolidating our clients’ Corporate Identity and Corporate Reputation.

Simona D’Agostino Reuter

HEAR-ir is the brand chosen by Simona D’Agostino with the idea that companies, whether listed or not, often need to “listen to the voice of the Investor Relations”.

She is a finance expert and has been working in Corporate Finance, Financial Markets and Investor Relations for over 20 years, boasting a long track record in both B2B and B2C companies. She started at PwC, initially as an auditor, then as a corporate finance manager, with assignments mainly in corporate valuations, IPOs and M&A transactions. Her experience in IR started in a “Nuovo Mercato” company and then, for several years, Simona was IR and M&A Director at the international level of Lottomatica-GTECH, now IGT, world leader in the gaming industry, listed first on the FTSE Mib and now on the NYSE. She has gained significant experience in IR – international roadshows, investor targeting and perception studies – also in critical transactions, or phases of transition and change.

Simona collaborates with a number of communication agencies both in Italy and abroad, addressing the SME and blue chip community on various topics – IR services, IPOs, Crisis Management, M&A, Business Plan Analysis and Feasibility, ESG factors.

He lived in London, where he obtained the IR Society’s Investor Relations certificate, of which he is a full member. In Italy, she is a member of AIR, the Italian IR association. A native Italian speaker, Simona is fluent in English, speaks French and Spanish, and is currently studying Swedish.

I enjoyed working with Simona when she ran Lottomatica’s Investors Relations reporting to me. It is key for IR professionals to build trust with a company’s investors base. The long term success of a businesses as a public company depends on both effective communication and integrity. Simona always understood that a balanced mix of marketing, communication and honest disclosure was key to establishing a healthy relationship with investors and that the trust she built with investors and her reputation were key assets not just for herself but also for the company.

We asked Simona to help us manage the IR change. Within a very short time, Simona entered into the logic of our business, being proactive and providing valuable insights for improvement. Empathy, authority and professionalism are the qualities that make Simona a truly valuable consultant.

I have known Simona for many years. She is smart, professional and extremely reliable. I would not hesitate to recommend her services.

eading Simona's blogs is always a pleasure, because her pen has a journalistic touch that not only makes the content clear and as simple as possible, but also gives it a narrative feel.

Simona is a pleasant and helpful person and a serious and prepared professional who combines technical and specialised skills in finance with great expression and communication skills.

Simona is a responsible, reliable and very professional person.

Simona is a competent person who is passionate about her work, always smiling and positive.

Simona is a very focused professional, I worked with her on different projects and I always appreciated her stamina in complex situations. She has excellent management skills and I always valued her proactive attitude towards challenging achievements.

Simona has strong analytical and quantitative competences, a profound business acumen, good problem solving orientation, and excellent communication skills. Furthermore, I think she has a great ability to work under pressure, and to work not only independently but also as part of a team.