Maria Luisa Gota

Chief of the Asset Management Division of Intesa Sanpaolo and CEO of Eurizon Capital SGR since April 2024. Chairman of Assogestioni since April 2025.

After earning a degree in Mathematics in 1991 from the University of Turin and obtaining a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics for Economics and Finance from the University of Trieste in 1995, as well as a period as an academic researcher, she has held various roles with increasing responsibilities in the financial and insurance industries since 1997. These roles have been mainly in areas such as risk management, asset-liability management, capital management, valuation, planning, and control for asset management companies and insurance companies.

In 2011, she joined Aviva Italia as Chief Risk Officer, a role held until 2014. After her experience as Chief Risk Officer of Poste Vita, in 2016, she took on the role of Chief Financial Officer of Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni and Head of Financial Planning and Control for the Insurance Division of Intesa Sanpaolo.

In 2017, she was appointed CEO and General Manager of Fideuram Vita, a role held until April 2024. Until the same date, she also coordinated as Deputy General Manager of Intesa Sanpaolo Vita Life subsidiaries and the development of the ESG program of the Insurance Division.

She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo Life Ireland from 2017 to November 2023.

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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.