Reinier Kleipool

Reinier is a corporate partner at De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, specialising in corporate law, corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions. He advises listed companies on corporate governance, stakeholder activism, redomiciliations, public offers, and other strategic issues.  

Reinier is general secretary and executive board member of VEUO, the Dutch association of listed companies, and board member of European Issuers, the European representative organisation of listed companies. He also serves as chair of the Corporate Law Advisory Committee of the Dutch Bar Association and the Royal Association of Dutch Civil Law Notaries and is an editor for the Dutch Journal for Corporate Law Practice.

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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.