Lamia EL BOUANANI has been the Managing Director of the Moroccan Institute of Directors (IMA) since 2024, after holding the position of Executive Director from 2013 to 2024, a role in which she developed certification programs for board directors in Morocco and West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea Conakry, Niger, Burkina Faso). Her professional experience also includes expert missions for the World Bank, focusing on corporate governance, climate and sustainability reporting. She is an independent director of a company listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange (hospitality sector). She has also served as a member of the Awards Committee of the ICGN (International Corporate Governance Network) since January 2023 and was a member of the Financial Capital Committee from 2015 to 2024. Lamia is a graduate of Sciences Po Paris (2001) and holds the SCR Certificate from GARP (Sustainability and Climate Risk, Global Association of Risk Professionals, 2023) and the FSA Credential (Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting, IFRS Foundation, 2024).

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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.