Tomokazu Sekiguchi

Tomokazu Sekiguchi, a partner of KPMG in Japan, is a partner and executive officer of KPMG in Japan. He is also the vice-chair of the corporate and sustainability reporting topic team at KPMG international. Prior to joining KPMG, he worked for Financial Services Agency of Japan from 2004 to 2009, where he was involved in accounting/auditing/disclosure-related policy making activities of the International Organization of the Securities Commission (IOSCO). He also served as a full-time board member for the Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ) from 2013 to 2016. Further, he also served as a part-time board member for the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) from 2009 to 2014. From September 2023, he is a member of the Transition Implementation Group on IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 for the International Sustainability Standards Board.

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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.