Christine Chow

Dr. Christine Chow has more than 25 years’ experience in investment management spanning sustainable investment, corporate governance, technology and artificial intelligence (AI). She has held senior leadership roles at UBS Asset Management, HSBC Asset Management and Federated Hermes, and was a board member of HSBC Asset Management UK. At present, she has a portfolio of board level responsibilities: at Crystal Investment, an Asian family office, and at Embera Partners providing capital markets solutions especially on mergers and acquisitions.

From 2019 to 2025, she served as a board member and then Chair of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). She also served as a member of the UK Parliament’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence focusing on data governance.

Christine is an Appointed Advisor of AFRC in Hong Kong, the independent regulator of the accounting profession, and Emeritus Governor of the London School of Economics. Her PhD research on responsible investment was shortlisted for a United Nations award recognising industry relevance and academic excellence.

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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.