Deborah Belevan, IRC CPA VP of Investor Relations, The Hudson Group plc Deborah Belevan is the head of investor relations for Hudson Group, North America’s largest travel retailer, where she joined prior to their IPO. Prior to this, she served as the VP of Investor Relations for Party City from 2015-2017 where she participated in the IPO, served as the Company’s key spokesperson and led the IR strategy. Before this, Deborah was the Director of Investor Relations at Interactive Brokers from 2008-2015, a $30B market cap electronic brokerage firm, where she also served as an Institutional Sales Representative, targeting hedge fund and financial advisors. Prior to this she headed the Accounting & Financial Analysis Practice at Gerson Lerman Group, a global marketplace for expertise, and earlier, she served as the Manager of Investor Relations for Meridian Gold, a gold producer with mining operations primarily in South America. She holds an MBA, IRC and is a Certified Public Accountant and started her career at Ernst & Young.