Shawn Maher

Shawn Maher serves as EY’s Global Vice Chair — Public Policy. In this role, he is responsible for developing and advancing EY’s global strategy with respect to regulatory, legislative, and other matters related to EY’s public policy priorities. He leads the EY Global Public Policy team, which engages with a broad range of stakeholders around the world, contributes to policy debates, and provides analysis and insights regarding a range of policy issues.

Previously, Maher served as the Managing Director and Head of U.S. Regulatory and Government Affairs at the Royal Bank of Canada, where he was responsible for developing and executing the bank’s U.S. regulatory and legislative strategy. Prior to that, he served in the White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and Senate Liaison. He also served in multiple roles in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House, including as Staff Director and General Counsel of the Senate Banking Committee. 

Maher holds a J.D. degree from the New York University School of Law and a B.A. degree from Harvard College. 

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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.