Patrick Jeantet

Mr. Patrick Jeantet is a graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in France. Mr. Patrick Jeantet began his career in 1985 in the civil engineering and construction sector within the Bouygues and Vinci groups. In 1997, he joined International Water, a subsidiary of Bechtel, first in Manila and then in London, as chief operating officer. In 2005, Mr. Patrick Jeantet joined Keolis, first as deputy chief executive officer international, and then as executive director France. In 2013, he became deputy chief executive officer of the Aéroports de Paris group. He has been deputy chairman of the management board of SNCF and chairman and chief executive officer of SNCF Réseau from 2016 to 2020. Mr. Patrick Jeantet joined the Board of SPIE in 2021 as Director and chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee and was appointed as Senior Independent Director in 2022.

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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.