Investment Professionals Pick the UK's Top CEOs, CFOs & IR Professionals

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Apr 21, 2015) - Institutional Investor has announced the winners of the 2015 All-Europe Executive Team, II's annual ranking of the region's corporate leaders. II asked portfolio managers, buy-side analysts and sell-side research professionals to name the best CEOs, CFOs and investor relations professionals at the European companies they cover. Listed below are the CEOs and CFOs who lead companies headquartered in the UK, who rank First, Second or Third in their sector.

Top-ranked CEOs in the UK include:

• Simon Segars, ARM Holdings, in Technology/Hardware
• Pascal Soriot, AstraZeneca, in Pharmaceuticals
• Ian King, BAE Systems, in Aerospace & Defense
• Mark Clare, Barratt Developments, in Building & Construction
• Andrew Mackenzie, BHP Billiton, in Metals & Mining
• Robert Dudley, BP, in Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Nicandro Durante, British American Tobacco, in Tobacco
• Gavin Patterson, BT Group, in Telecommunications Services
• Robert Murphy, Cobham, in Aerospace & Defense
• Richard Cousins, Compass Group, in Leisure & Hotels
• John Burns, Derwent London, in Property
• Ivan Menezes, Diageo, in Beverages 
• Carolyn McCall, easyJet, in Transport
• Sergio Marchionne, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, in Autos & Auto Parts
• Toby Courtauld, Great Portland Estates, in Property 
• Matthew Davies, Halfords Group, in Retailing/General
• Alison Cooper, Imperial Tobacco Group, in Tobacco
• Robert Noel, Land Securities Group, in Property
• António Horta-Osório, Lloyds Banking Group, in Banks
• David Hathorn, Mondi, in Paper & Packaging
• Steven Holliday, National Grid, in Utilities
• Simon Wolfson, Next, in Retailing/General
• Erik Engstrom, Reed Elsevier, in Media
• Sam Walsh, Rio Tinto, in Metals & Mining
• Ross McEwan, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, in Banks
• Michael Dobson, Schroders, in Specialty & Other Finance
• Jeremy Darroch, Sky, in Media
• Olivier Bohuon, Smith & Nephew, in Medical Technologies & Services
• Raymond Kelvin, Ted Baker, in Luxury Goods
• David Lewis, Tesco, in Retailing/Food & Drug Chains
• Vittorio Colao, Vodafone Group, in Telecommunications Services
• Martin Sorrell, WPP, in Media
• Simon Borrows, 3i Group, in Specialty & Other Finance
• Martin Gilbert, Aberdeen Asset Management, in Specialty & Other Finance
• Geoffrey Drabble, Ashtead Group, in Business & Employment Services
• Sebastian James, Dixons Carphone, in Retailing/General
• Richard Solomons, InterContinental Hotels Group, in Leisure & Hotels
• William Walsh, International Consolidated Airlines Group, in Transport
• Adam Crozier, ITV, in Media
• Xavier Rolet, London Stock Exchange Group, in Specialty & Other Finance
• Nicholas Varney, Merlin Entertainments, in Leisure & Hotels
• Tidjane Thiam, Prudential, in Insurance
• Rakesh Kapoor, Reckitt Benckiser Group, in Household & Personal Care Products
• Rupert Soames, Serco Group, in Business & Employment Services

Top-ranked CFOs in the UK include: