Demetrios Logothetis

Demetrios (Jim) Logothetis was appointed as Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board by the Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2026 and sworn in on February 10, 2026. His current term expires on October 24, 2030.

Prior to his appointment as PCAOB Chairman, Chairman Logothetis served on the board of The Republic Bank of Chicago, where he chaired the audit committee, and on the advisory council of CrossCountry Consulting, a privately owned consultancy firm. In 2019, he retired from Ernst and Young after 40 years with the firm, during which time held leadership roles that included Vice-Chair of Global Accounts, Managing Partner of the Midwest U.S assurance and advisory practices, and Chairman of the German Business Center in the United States. He also served as Senior Advisor in U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of the Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, where he led the Audit Coordination Committee for Ginnie Mae.

Chairman Logothetis holds an MBA degree in accounting, finance, and international business from The University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a B.S. degree in accountancy from De Paul University.

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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.