NEW YORK and LONDON, Aug. 11, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Taylor Rafferty, (www.taylor-rafferty.com) the world's leading cross border investor relations agency, today announced the appointment of Mark Wilson as Managing Director, based in the firm's London office. 

Mark was previously with Bank of New York and BNY Mellon for 33 years, having graduated from The London School of Economics in 1980.  During his career at BNY Mellon, Mark  gained extensive experience in the international capital markets, having spent over 20 years in the Bank's Depositary Receipts (DR) Division and more recently in the Corporate Trust Division.  Additionally, as the London-based Managing Director responsible for the Bank's DR business development and issuer relationship management in the UK and key European markets, Mark lead the team that successfully developed The Bank of New York's pre-eminent market position in the depositary receipts business.

"We have collaborated closely with Mark over several decades and know well his track record of professionalism, integrity and client focus.  We are thrilled that he is joining our team in this next phase of his career as we move forward in the next phase of Taylor Rafferty's development," said Brian Rafferty, Chief Executive.

Mark Wilson commented: "I have known Brian and Taylor Rafferty for many years. The firm has built a reputation for consistently helping clients to achieve their capital market goals through the provision of high quality IR advice and support. I am delighted to join Taylor Rafferty's leadership team as they continue to develop and implement best practice investor relations."    

About Taylor Rafferty

With offices in New York, London, Milan and Buenos Aires, Taylor Rafferty is the world's leading global investor relations firm. For over 30 years, we have enabled our clients to achieve their capital markets goals by delivering a full range of advisory and operational support in the world's major capital markets. 

Taylor Rafferty's service teams blend decades of financial markets and communications expertise, incisive IR program implementation experience and insightful research and analysis to give our clients a meaningful advantage in the competition for capital.  For more information on Taylor Rafferty, please visit www.taylor-rafferty.com.

Contact: Dana Diver
+1 212 889 4350  
info@taylor-rafferty.com

Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140327/NY91983LOGO

SOURCE Taylor Rafferty