Laetitia Boucquey

Laetitia Boucquey is a Director at BlackRock and a member of the firm’s Government Affairs & Public Policy (GA&PP) team, based in Brussels. In this role, she focuses on European Union and national public policy affecting investors, with particular expertise in sustainability, corporate governance, and capital markets. She engages closely with European policymakers, regulators, and industry bodies to advocate for policies that strengthen financial market resilience and safeguard end-investor interests. She also represents BlackRock in policy forums and consultations, and coordinates the firm’s responses to regulatory proposals and public consultations.
 

Prior to her current role, Ms. Boucquey was an Associate on BlackRock’s Business Strategy team, supporting the EMEA ETF and Index Investments business in London. She began her career at BlackRock in Belgium and Luxembourg, where she provided client service and sales support for the firm’s iShares ETF platform.

Ms. Boucquey holds a Master’s degree in Social Economic Sciences and a postgraduate degree in Finance and Securities, combining a strong academic foundation with experience across both financial markets and public policy.

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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.