Lamia is the executive director of the Moroccan Institute of Directors (IMA) since 2012. She worked with national and international partners on establishing in 2013 a pioneering certificate training program for board directors in Morocco, which comprises today over 400 certified directors. She also work with listed companies, pension funds, SOEs and financial institutions to develop board evaluation tools and trainings tailored to the new requirements of local regulators. She was instrumental in expanding the governance-training program to West Africa region through a partnership with INAD-CI (the local Institute of Directors of Côte d’Ivoire) resulting in providing certified training program to the 283 board members of State-owned enterprises in Côte d’Ivoire in 2019-2020.

Lamia authored and co-authored several articles (Huffpost, national financial media outlets) and reports on corporate governance issues including a chapter in the publication “Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets” (Springer, 2014). Prior to her appointment at IMA, Lamia served as the special advisor of the CEO of the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion from 2009 until 2015. She started her career in 2004 managing development-related projects in various international organizations in France and Morocco: Parliamentary Network on the World Bank, American Bar Association and the UNDP-Global Environment Facility. Lamia was awarded the ICGN scholarship in 2013. She earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2001 and a post-graduate degree in applied economics from Sciences Po Paris (IEP Paris).

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The Institute of Moroccan Directors

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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.