Per Einar Ellefsen

Per Einar Ellefsen is the co-founder and CEO of Amundsen Investment Management. Amundsen IM is an independent asset manager, based in Paris and Oslo, dedicated to providing capital to promising companies in the context of primary markets transactions, such as IPOs, capital raises, and pre-IPO rounds.

Prior to founding Amundsen IM, Per was the Global Head of Equity Enhanced Indexing at the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund (NBIM). In that role, he oversaw the investment strategy and portfolio management of the fund’s $700bn equity index portfolio. From 2014 to 2018, he was a portfolio manager responsible for the selection and management of active external equity mandates for the fund in Europe and Asia. Per Einar holds a Master of Science in Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique in France (2008) and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2010). Per serves as a member of FTSE Russell’s EMEA Regional Advisory Committee and the Euronext OSEBX index committee.

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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.