Leon Kamhi

Executive Vice President, Head of Responsibility and EOS at Federated Hermes

Speaker

Reporting to the CEO of Federated Hermes Limited, Leon has led the firm’s Responsibility Platform since 2014. In this role, Leon leads EOS, Federated Hermes’ stewardship service serving 70 institutional investors with $2.4 trillion of assets under advice. He also leads the firm’s Advocacy, Stewardship and ESG Integration activities across all asset classes. This includes ensuring that investment teams across all asset classes are aware of and integrate material sustainability performance in investment decisions and that engagement is effectively incorporated alongside investment activities. Led by Leon, the Responsibility Office also feeds into, and challenges, the firm’s responsibility-related policies and delivery, including those relating to governance, the environment, and colleagues.

Previously, Leon was responsible for the development and delivery of EOS global corporate and public policy engagement programme from 2012-2014 and acted as its commercial director from 2009-2012. Prior to that, Leon worked within the Hermes UK Large Cap Focus Fund for seven years, where he was responsible for executing the fund’s engagement programmes. He also has 12 years of strategy consulting and operational industry experience.