Joanna is the Chief Operating Officer of Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC), a thought-leadership centre established under Temasek Trust in Singapore. The Centre fosters stewardship and governance across Asia through its research and outreach platforms. 

Joanna joined SAC when the Centre started in 2014 and was initially responsible for establishing its outreach and engagement platforms, extending the partnership network across Asia-Pacific.  As Senior Vice President, she is also now heading the corporate and operational functions that have developed alongside the growth of the Centre. She is also the acting secretariat and an active member of the Steering Committee that looks after the Singapore Stewardship Principles for Responsible Investors, an initiative that helps shape positive corporate behaviour by encouraging investors to be responsible and active stewards. 

Joanna has extensive events research and management experience, having worked in this field for several years across a wide range of geographies and industries, but mainly focused on family business, tech and tourism sectors.  She was the Deputy Director of Conferences at Forbes Asia, developing strategic processes for organizing and managing the Forbes Global CEO Conference and other networking platforms around the region.  She has also led large-scale events and customer experiences for tech companies, driving projects from Singapore with global experts.  

Prior to joining Stewardship Asia, Joanna was a Group Publisher for Tourism at TTG Asia Media where she was responsible for managing the advertising revenue, editorial and distribution for a portfolio of publications.  She holds a BA in Media and Communications from RMIT, and specialised in film studies and history. 

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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.