Francesco Beccali

He is currently Chief Financial Officer for the Terna Group, which he joined in 2011. Additionally, he is Chairman of Terna Energy Solutions, Terna Forward and Brugg Kabel Services AG.

Francesco Beccali holds a degree in Economics and Business from the University of Rome La Sapienza and an MBA from SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan.

He has extensive experience in the Terna Group, where he was Head of Finance, and between 2014 and 2016 he also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of CGES (Crnogorski Elektroprenosni System), the national electricity transmission operator of Montenegro. He’s now currently serving as Chairman of Terna Forward.

Prior to this, he developed significant experience in the investment banking sector at BNP Paribas (2006-2011), BNL (2004) and Cofiri (1999-2004), where he held increasingly senior positions and was responsible for Fixed Income Markets and Risk Solutions for large corporations and the public sector.

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Will Farrell

Federated Hermes
Assistant Manager, EOS
London

Will co-leads the climate change theme at EOS, the stewardship arm of Federated Hermes Limited, where his coverage includes companies in Europe and Australia, primarily financial services, energy, chemicals, and materials. Prior to joining EOS, Will worked in the energy and infrastructure investment banking team at Macquarie Capital, where he specialised in renewable energy. Before that, Will held a number of roles across the UK climate policy space, including as a parliamentary researcher for Rt. Hon. Chris Skidmore MP on climate and energy issues, and as a climate and economic policy analyst at a diplomatic institute. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26 after co-founding a Westminster climate policy group in 2019, which engaged MPs and Members of the House of Lords to advocate for more ambition on climate action in public policy. Will has a Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.