Stefano Pierini

Graduated cum laude in Economics specializing in Corporate Finance in 1988, he developed a strong professional experience in banking and corporate finance.

He entered FS Group in 2003 and since then he is responsible of all financial matters as Debt Capital Market, ESG Financing, Treasury & Liquidity Management, Financial Risk Management, Project Financing, Investment and Business Plan appraisal, Real Estate Management, Supply Chain Financing and Asset Management.

Among his most important achievements in FS were accomplishing the 12 Eur/bio FS EMTN Programme, the first Green Bond aimed at financing new rolling stock (which still remains the first transaction with this purpose among the railway peers in EU) as well as the first Sustainability-Linked facility (being the biggest deal ever for FS Group so far), the first transaction executed by an Italian corporate under the so-called Juncker Plan, the first certification released by the Climate Bonds Initiative obtained by an Italian issuer and the establishment of the FS Italiane Euro-Commercial Paper Programme.

He is currently:

  • CEO and Managing Director of Fercredit (FS Group financial company)
  • President of Eurofer (Railway Workers’ National Pension Fund)
  • Vice Chairman of the BoD of Eurofima
  • Chairman of the UIC Finance Platform
  • Vice-President of ICMA Itay Region

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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.