Carol Storey

Carol Storey is the Global Head of Stewardship at HSBC Asset Management, bringing nearly 20 years of experience from a career spanning sustainability, financial risk, and consulting. She leads a team of engagement and voting specialists dedicated to developing and implementing effective investment stewardship strategies.

Before joining HSBC, Carol served as the Climate Engagement Lead at Schroders and was a Senior Manager in PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change Team prior to that. She began her career in executive remuneration before moving to the actuarial profession, where she discovered her passion for helping pension schemes manage climate risks.

Carol is actively involved in collaborative industry initiatives and is currently a member of the ICGN Global Policy Committee and the PRI System Stewardship Advisory Committee. In recognition of her work on climate engagement, she received the ICGN’s Excellence in Stewardship award in 2023. Additionally, during her time in the actuarial field, she also chaired the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries’ Climate Change Working Party.

A qualified actuary, Carol holds a Master’s degree in Actuarial Finance from Imperial Business School and studied Human Sciences at Oxford University as an undergraduate.

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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.