Elena Leofanti

Elena Leofanti joined Glass Lewis in 2014, initially focusing on governance and executive pay practices at European companies and playing a key role in establishing Glass Lewis’ engagement programme. Elena later led proxy research across various Continental European markets before establishing, and now leading, the Stewardship team, leveraging extensive experience in corporate engagement. 

In her current role, Elena partners with investors to advance their stewardship initiatives, with a particular focus on climate, biodiversity, human rights, and governance engagement. She also regularly contributes to Glass Lewis and industry panels and conferences, sharing insights on stewardship and emerging ESG trends.

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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.