Breakstone Group Founder & CEO Awarded IR Magazine's 'Lifetime Achievement in Investor Relations'

NEW YORK, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakstone Group, a full service investor and corporate communications agency serving US and international companies, announced today that its founder, CEO and president, Kay Breakstone, was selected by IR Magazine to receive this year's "Lifetime Achievement in Investor Relations" award during the IR Magazine US Awards 2010 at Cipriani Wall Street on March 24.  

Kay Breakstone commented, "I am honored by IR Magazine's recognition of my contribution to the investor relations profession.  At Breakstone Group (BG) we're very proud of the strategic thinking and communications expertise we bring to our international and domestic clients seeking exposure to the North American markets. I would like to thank IR Magazine and our team at BG, and also pay tribute to the many clients and corporate professionals I've had the pleasure of working with over the years.  Together we have helped build today's investor relations discipline."

Breakstone Group was founded by Ms. Breakstone and Susan Borinelli in 2000 and under their leadership has become one of the industry's most successful independent investor relations consultancies, with offices in New York and Latin America. Working with companies in all stages of development, Breakstone Group's teams of senior professionals advise corporate managements on a broad range of strategic communications challenges and initiatives, including ADR programs, crisis communications, IPO-related communications and on broad- based investor relations programs with special focus on in-depth perception research.

Over the course of her 35-year career in investor relations, Ms. Breakstone has been a leader in strategic thinking who has helped position investor relations as an essential discipline within corporations. Ms. Breakstone was a securities analyst on Wall Street and Director of Investor Relations for Kennecott Corporation.  She spent 20 years at Burson-Marsteller, where she led Burson's investor relations practice.  She later was president and CEO of Ludgate Communications, the US branch of the London based corporate communications company prior to starting Breakstone Group.

About the IR Magazine US Awards:

The winners of the IR Magazine US Awards 2010 were selected in an online survey of 4,179 buy-side analysts, sell-side analysts, portfolio managers and retail investors. The Lifetime Achievement award is decided by a committee composed of peers and former award winners.

About Breakstone Group:

Breakstone Group is a New York City-based full service investor and corporate communications agency providing counsel, communications strategies and capital markets advisory to US and internationally based companies. In-depth, research based counsel covering both equity and debt differentiates Breakstone Group. Each team is run by professionals skilled in the areas of finance, corporate communications, debt rating advisory and industry expertise. For more information please visit www.breakstone-group.com

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