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Margaret E. Wyrwas Senior Managing Director Corporate Communications and Investor Relations was recruited in June of 1999 to create and oversee a Corporate Communications and Investor Relations Department for Knight following the company's initial public offering. Ms. Wyrwas is responsible for all areas affecting Knight's corporate culture reputation and valuation including investor and media relations; shareholder and employee communications; advertising and corporate branding initiatives; community relations and public affairs; and the corporate website.
Prior to joining Knight Ms. Wyrwas was a Senior Managing Director and Group Head of the New York Financial Communications division at Hill & Knowlton Inc. where her primary responsibility was to rebuild the firm's investor relations practice. During her tenure Ms. Wyrwas advised more than a dozen companies in four countries regarding communication strategies.
Before Hill & Knowlton Ms. Wyrwas worked at Ames Department Stores Inc. most recently as Vice President Corporate Communication and Investor Relations. Prior to Ames she was an Assistant Vice President Corporate Banking at Mellon Bank.
Ms. Wyrwas is past chair of the National Board of Directors of the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI) for which she is a founder of the organization's Center of Strategic Communication. She also is a member of the NIRI Senior Roundtable a Board member of the Fairfield (CT)/Westchester (NY) Chapter of NIRI and a member of Investor Relations Association. Ms. Wyrwas graduated from Simmons College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. | 