Titilope Martins-Wakwe

Titilope Martins-Wakwe is a respected corporate governance professional with over a decade of experience advising boards, senior executives, and institutions on corporate compliance, governance frameworks, and board effectiveness. Widely regarded as a trusted board advisor, she has worked extensively with local and multinational organisations, supporting boards to strengthen oversight, improve decision-making, and embed sustainable governance practices. Her work sits at the intersection of governance, sustainability, and organisational performance, with a strong focus on helping institutions move beyond compliance to value-driven governance. Titilope is particularly passionate about elevating board performance and ensuring that governance structures are aligned with long-term sustainability, accountability, and impact. Titilope holds Associate membership of Nigeria’s Corporate Governance Institute, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators of Nigeria, and the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria. She is a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association – Section on Business Law, a member of the European Corporate Governance Institute Community, and a member of the Young Directors Forum (YDF) of the Chartered Institute of Directors, Nigeria. 

She previously served as the Inaugural Chairman of the YDF Editorial Committee and was Editor-in-Chief of the maiden Young Directors Digest, contributing to thought leadership targeted at emerging board leaders. Certified as a Corporate Governance Audit and Board Evaluation Professional, Titilope is a sought-after trainer and facilitator having facilitated numerous board and senior level corporate trainings. She serves as a facilitator of the Company Secretarial and Business Advisory Course at the Legally Engaged Academy and is also an Emotional Intelligence Certified Professional (EICP). She has authored and contributed to several publications on corporate governance, compliance, board effectiveness, and company secretarial practice. A strong advocate for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) integration, Titilope is a Partner at Dentons ACAS-Law, where she leads the Corporate Governance and Company Secretarial Practice and co-leads the firm’s Sustainability Team. 

She holds a Certificate in ESG Reporting issued by The ESG Institute and actively supports organisations navigating evolving sustainability and disclosure expectations. In recognition of her growing influence and contribution to the profession, Titilope was named a 40 Under 40 Esquire Legal Awards Rising Star in the Nigerian legal industry.

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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.