Kazuto Uchida

Mr Kazuto Uchida has held various important positions. His important roles over the 40 years have covered a wide range of areas, including global market operations, asset management, economic research, ALM, credit risk management, corporate management strategy, management of foreign financial institutions, insurance management, and university management. Especially, he served in numerous key executive positions at MUFG Bank, Ltd., including his role as the bank’s Chief Economist, General Manager of the Treasury and Investment Division, and as Chief Executive of Global Markets Unit. He is known as one of the most prominent financial experts in the Japanese financial market. He has also participated in and delivered keynote speeches at expert meetings held by the Ministry of Finance and at numerous European and American diplomatic missions. 

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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.