Colin Lynch

Colin is the Managing Director and Head of Private Markets, providing strategic guidance and oversight to all real estate, mortgage, private debt and infrastructure investment management activities, including acquisitions, divestitures, product development and portfolio management. He was previously responsible for the Canadian and International Real Estate strategies, including fund design and structuring, as well as the implementation and oversight of acquired assets. Colin serves as Chair of the Private Markets Investment Committee. Colin holds a B.A. and a B.Comm., both with Distinction from Queen’s University, a MBA with Distinction from Harvard University and an ARCT with Honours from the Royal Conservatory of Music. In 2020, Colin was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40. He is the Chair of the Toronto Investment Board, and the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Colin is an Emeritus Trustee of Queen’s 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.