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Margaret E. Wyrwas, Senior Managing Director, Communications, Marketing & Investor Relations
Margaret E. Wyrwas, Senior Managing Director, Communications, Marketing & Investor Relations, was recruited
in June of 1999 to create and oversee a Communications, Marketing & 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; corporate branding, marketing and advertising 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 Board member of the Fairfield (CT)/Westchester (NY)
Chapter of NIRI and a member of the NIRI Senior Roundtable, the Investor Relations Association and the Wisemen. Ms. Wyrwas graduated
from Simmons College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts.
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