Philip Alexander

Philip Alexander is the Global COO and Head of Platform for BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS). In this role he leads Voting Choice, Client Strategy, Operations and Data and Analytics.

Previously he was the Global COO for the Financial Institutions Group (FIG), and led the Core COO platform for the Financial and Strategic Investors Group (FSIG). Prior to joining BlackRock, Philip founded an HR technology business, People Platform. Previously, he worked as Head of Strategy, Talent and Operations for a VC-backed healthcare technology company, and as a strategy consultant at Accenture. Philip started his career working for the United Nations Development Programme in Kosovo, supporting on the Millennium Development Goals. He has been published in various journals including HR Director and Dods Training Journal.

Philip served as a Non-Executive Director for the Agile Business Consortium, a not-for-profit promoting business agility. The Consortium has certified over 100,000 agile practitioners worldwide.

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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.