Writing and speaking

Where I've made the case in public — on what AI is actually good for in investor relations, on activism and crisis response, and on what lean IR teams can do that large ones often can't.

Essays

September 2026 Be the filter, be the synthesis Summarizing is the cheapest thing a model does, and your own earnings script is the document you least need summarized. The work that actually pays is monitoring — and the gap isn't between teams with AI and teams without, but between tools you have to remember to open and systems that interrupt you when it counts.

Podcast and panels

Confessions of an IRO Host of the series — an unscripted conversation with senior IR leaders about the moments that define the role rather than the best practices that describe it.
Episode 2: when the ground shifts and the playbook goes out the window With Francesca DeMartino, Chief Investor Relations Officer at Pfizer, and Julie Dewey, Chief Investor Relations and Communications Officer at Orthofix. A CFO resignation landing days before a clinical data readout, how to tell signal from noise, and what changes when the IRO becomes the orchestrator rather than the one doing everything by hand.
Episode 3: protecting credibility when the plan meets reality On crisis response and activist pressure. My closing take: get the facts before you form an opinion, hold both management's truth and the market's until the gap closes, and treat credibility as the one asset an IRO cannot afford to lose.
The story behind the story: how IR teams prepare for volatile periods IR Impact briefing with the IR leads at Insmed and Rivian, on using AI as a force multiplier when markets move faster than the reporting cycle. Where "be the filter, be the synthesis" came from.
Preparing for and pre-empting shareholder activists The Investor Relations Society, February 2026. Panel with White & Case and FTI Consulting on activist tactics, early detection through data analytics, and live-situation defense.
Small team, big impact: optimizing earnings calls with fewer resources IR Magazine Forum panel with the IR leads at Diversified Energy, Katapult and Redwood Trust, on how lean teams cover more ground.

Jamie Stanton at the New York Stock Exchange. — At the New York Stock Exchange.

Contact

Speaking enquiries

I'm glad to take panel, podcast and briefing invitations, and equally glad to hear from anyone who thinks the argument is wrong.