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Angeles Garcia-Poveda
Chairwoman of the Board at Legrand; Member of the Advisory Board at Climate Governance InitiativeAngeles Garcia-Poveda has been chairperson of the Board of Legrand since July 1, 2020. She joined the Board as an independent director in 2012 and chaired the Nominations and Governance Committee and the Remuneration Committee, sat on the Strategy and CSR Committee, and has served as Lead Director since 2013.
Until 2008 Angeles worked at The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). She sits on the Boards of Directors of Edenred, Bridgepoint and Puig. She is a member of the Executive Council of MEDEF. She also sits on the Boards of Directors of IFA and NEOMA.
Angeles graduated from ICADE in Madrid and NEOMA in Reims, and completed the Business Case Study Program at Harvard University.
Nicholas Allen
Chairman at Link Asset Management; Independent Non-Executive Director of CLP Holdings Limited, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, and the London Metal ExchangeNicholas Charles Allen has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Link Asset Management Limited since February 2016 and the Chairman of the Board since April 2016. He is also the chairman of the Finance and Investment Committee and the Nomination Committee.
Mr Allen is currently an independent non-executive director of CLP Holdings Limited and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (both of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange) and a non-executive director of The London Metal Exchange (a member of HKEX group). Previously, he was an independent non-executive director of Hysan Development Company Limited, Lenovo Group Limited (both of which are listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange) and VinaLand Limited (which was listed on the AIM of the London Stock Exchange).
He has extensive experience in accounting and auditing as well as securities and regulatory matters. He retired as a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2007. Mr Allen served on the Securities and Futures Appeals Panel, the Takeovers and Mergers Panel, the Takeovers Appeal Committee, the Share Registrars’ Disciplinary Committee of the SFC and as member of various committees of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
He was an honorary advisor to the Financial Reporting Council of Hong Kong. He is also a member of Vision 2047 Foundation.
Natasha Landell-Mills
Head of Stewardship and Partner at Sarasin & Partners; Non-Executive Director at Carbon TrackerNatasha is currently a Partner and Head of Stewardship at the asset manager Sarasin & Partners LLP, where she steers the integration environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters in the investment process; voting and company engagement; and public positioning on key sustainable investment matters. Since 2017, she has spearheaded Sarasin’s flagship Climate Active strategy.
Natasha is also a Non-Executive Director for Carbon Tracker, an independent financial think tank that carries out in-depth analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high-cost, carbon-intensive fossil fuels.
Natasha is a member of the Financial Capital Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network and sits on the Consultative Advisory Group to the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board. Natasha is currently a member of the Investment Committee for the Cambridge University Assistants Contributory Pension Scheme.
Natasha has Masters in Economics from Cambridge University, an MSc in Natural Resource Economics from University College London, and is a CFA Charterholder.
Eliane Rouyer-Chevalier
Non-Executive Board Member at Ipsos and Legrand; Head of 'Governance and Climate' executive education programme at Université Paris DauphineEliane Rouyer-Chevalier is a highly experience Non-Executive Board Member at Legrand SA and Ipsos, Head of Executive Education Programs at Université Paris Dauphine for more than 10 years and, since 2022, on Governance & Climate, Member of KPMG /ESCP Europe Professorship in International Corporate Governance, Consultant at IFC/World Bank, Member of the College of Experts of the Institut du Capitalisme Responsable.
Previously Executive VP at Edenred and Head of Investor Relations at Accord.
Co-Founder of a Non-Profit Organisation in entrepreneurship for Start Up.
Shai Ganu
Managing Director, Global Leader – Executive Compensation & Board Advisory at Willis Towers Watson; Member of the Governing Board at Climate Governance InitiativeShai Ganu is passionate about enhancing board effectiveness, combating climate change, ensuring cognitive diversity on boards, embedding ESG priorities, and driving meaningful behavioural change through incentives and human capital governance. He is the Global Leader for Executive Compensation & Board Advisory business at WTW. Based in Singapore, he has extensive experience working closely with some of the largest companies in the world on Remuneration Committee, Nomination Committee, and Sustainability Committees issues.
Shai serves on Boards and HR Committees of leading companies and not-for-profit organizations in the region. He is a Fellow and Governing Council member of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), chairs its ESG Committee. He is also a faculty member with universities and at director associations in the region, teaching courses for current and aspiring Board members.
Shai graduated with an MBA from the University of Wollongong, Australia and holds a BE in Chemical Engineering from Mumbai University, India.