Co-lead Climate Change. Sectors: Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Chemicals
Will engages companies in Europe and Australia, co-leading the climate change theme and focussing on 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 advised private equity funds and renewable energy developers on mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and debt financing. 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 the diplomatic institute Public Policy Projects. He was appointed as a voluntary adviser to Rt. Hon. Alok Sharma MP, President of COP26, on preparations for COP26, where he covered climate finance, private sector engagement, nature-based solutions, diplomacy, and the just transition. He co-founded 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, resulting in the publication of a policy paper in 2021. Will has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is fluent in English and French.
