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Shortlisted candidates announced for ICGN Achievement Awards 2024

Shortlisted candidates announced for ICGN Achievement Awards 2024

ICGN is delighted to announce the shortlisted candidates for the 2024 Excellence in Corporate Governance Award and Excellence in Stewardship Award!

Excellence in Corporate Governance Award

This award is open to individual, organisations and collaborative initiatives, whose actions have contributed significantly to making effective corporate governance a reality in the markets in which they operate, for work done in the 12-24 months ending 31 December 2023.

Shortlisted nominees:

  • Charles (Chuck) Canfield, Principal Corporate Governance Officer, International Finance Corporation, USA
  • Institutional Investor Advisory Services of India Limited (IiAS), India
  • Alissa Kole (Amico), Managing Director, GOVERN Center, France/UAE/Italy
  • Railpen, (Caroline Escott, Acting Head of Sustainable Ownership, Railpen), UK

Excellence in Stewardship Award

This award is open to individual, organisations and collaborative initiatives, whose actions have contributed significantly to making effective stewardship a reality in the markets in which they operate, for work done in the 12-24 months ending 31 December 2023.

Shortlisted nominees:

  • Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS), Switzerland
  • Collective Impact Coalition (CIC) for Ethical Artificial Intelligence, World Benchmarking Alliance, Netherlands
  • Federated Hermes EOS, the Methane Emissions Team (led by Diana Glassman), global
  • Chirag Mehta, CIO, Quantum Asset Management Co Pvt Ltd, India

ICGN CEO Jen Sisson said:

Congratulations to all our deserving nominees! It’s great to see the work being done by people and organisations globally to advance corporate governance and stewardship. We look forward to seeing all of you in July for the Awards presentation.

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Shortlisted candidates announced for ICGN Achievement Awards 2024

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Shortlisted candidates announced for ICGN Achievement Awards 2024

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.