Urban Outfitters names new director of investor relations

PHILADELPHIA Urban Outfitters has announced the appointment of Oona McCullough as director of investor relations. McCullough will assume responsibility for directing the investor relations function from John Kyees, the current chief investor relations officer, upon his retirement on June 30.

McCullough brings more than 14 years of experience in capital markets research and strategy to Urban Outfitters. Most recently, she was a VP at BlackRock, where she performed equity research on the consumer sector, focusing on the specialty retail industry. Prior to BlackRock McCullough was VP equity research at Boston Partners Asset Management, L.L.P.