Paolo Scaroni

Paolo Scaroni is currently Chairman of Enel, Chairman of Giuliani Pharmaceuticals and Chairman of AC Milan.

He graduated in Economics from L. Bocconi University in Milan in 1969 and speaks four languages. He began his career at Chevron (1969–1971).

After obtaining a master’s degree in business administration from Columbia University in New York in 1972, he joined McKinsey & Co. as a consultant (1972–1973).

He then joined Saint-Gobain in 1973, holding various management positions in Italy (1973–1978), Latin America (1978–1983) and Paris (1984–1985).

His subsequent roles included Managing Director of Techint (1985–1996), Chief Executive Officer of Pilkington plc in London (1997–2002), Chief Executive Officer of Enel (2002–2005), Chief Executive Officer of Eni (2005–2014), Deputy Chairman of the Rothschild Group (2014–2023).

An expert in energy geopolitics, he has been a professor on contract at Bocconi University, teaching on the Master in Energy Transition and Energy Geopolitics.

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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.