Massimo Menchini

Massimo was born in Rome on May 2, 1973. He holds a Law degree from La Sapienza University of Rome, where he completed his thesis in business law under the mentorship of Professor Berardino Libonati. He also earned a Master’s degree in Legislative Science and Techniques from ISLE.

Massimo joined Assogestioni in 2001 and currently serves as Director of Institutional Affairs. He is also Secretary of Assogestioni’s Corporate Governance Committee and of the Investment Managers’ Committee, and a member of the Technical Secretariat of the Italian Corporate Governance Committee. In addition, he sits on the Management Committee of the Italian Compensation Scheme and is a member of the Oversight Committee of the Best Practice Principles Group (BPP).

He is an Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, awarded by the President of the Italian Republic in 2021 for special merits.

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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.