Takuya Shiratori

Takuya (Tak) Shiratori is Head of IR/SR Consulting at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (SuMi TRUST), Japan’s leading trust bank and stock transfer agency. He plays a pivotal role in bridging Japanese listed companies and global investors by providing strategic insights on governance and shareholder relations. Since 2017, SuMi TRUST has conducted Japan’s largest Corporate Governance Survey. Under Tak’s leadership, the IR/SR Consulting team leverages the industry’s broadest client base and unparalleled data to facilitate hundreds of substantive company–investor engagements each year, fostering constructive dialogue and advancing long-term value creation. He was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School and holds an M.A. in Public Management from Waseda University. Since 2025, he has also served as a member of the ICGN Global Policy Committee.

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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.