Ir Counsel Inc.

ir counsel inc. is a communications firm that specializes in financial and corporate communications, including investor relations. ir counsel also provides marketing public relations and media relations support as well as government relations counselling for its clients. ir counsel was established in 2001 by its principal, brian smith, who has more than 35 years of experience in the communications industry – first in journalism, then in government, later in the corporate world and, since 1995, in consulting. in the course of his long career, brian has developed and executed numerous marketing and communications plans for internal and external clients. his projects have often involved working with associations, coalitions and partnerships – where decisions must be negotiated, not imposed – and this requires an ability to bring together different points of view and competing interests, and manage relationships carefully. clients rely on him for well-thought-out solutions that respond dir