“My primary role is Investor Relations,” says Ross Hawley — “but it has a broader remit where relevant.” It is a framing that captures a career shaped less by traditional public affairs pathways and more by exposure to markets, capital and corporate narrative. Having moved into investor relations from a City banking and hedge fund background, his route into policy engagement has been indirect — but increasingly central. That shift reflects a broader convergence. As regulation, capital markets and corporate strategy become more tightly linked, the boundary between investor relations and public affairs has narrowed. Hawley’s role sits directly in that overlap: communicating with markets while navigating policy environments that materially affect the business. ZIGUP operates in one of those environments. As a major provider of light commercial vehicle rental, the company sits within the wider transport and logistics ecosystem — an area undergoing rapid regulatory change as governments pus...