Deokkyo Oh

Dr. Oh is the head of Stewardship Code Center in the KCGS, responsible for practical works of stewardship code. He joined the KCGS in 2011 after obtaining the Ph. D in Business Administration at Texas Tech University. He was awarded the Civil Merit Medal from Korean Government in 2022 for his efforts to develop sustainable finance policies. He currently works as a member of the Central Environment Policy Committee in the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, the Corporate Value-up Advisory Group in the Korea Exchange (KRX), and the Compliance Policy Development Advisory Committee in the Association of Compliance Officers (ACOF).

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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.