Changhwan Lee

Changhwan Lee, who founded Align Partners (Align) in 2021 and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer. He is also a non-executive director of SM Entertainment (KOSE:041510) and a board member of Korea Corporate Governance Forum (KCGF). Mr. Lee has led investments in Korean companies including SM Entertainment, Woori Financial Group (KOSE:316140), JB Financial Group (KOSE:175330), Doosan Bobcat (KOSE:A241560) and Coway (KOSE:A021240). 

Align is focused on utilising a local private equity investing approach to address the ‘Korea Discount’. AUM is US$538mm via Korea structure and Cayman vehicle, launched in February 2024. 

Prior to founding Align, Mr. Lee was a member of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR)’s Private Equity team in Korea, and started his career in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. 

Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Summa Cum Laude) from Seoul National 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.