Andrew leads EY’s EMEIA Public Policy team which works with key stakeholders to strengthen the working relationship between the public and private sectors.  A qualified solicitor (23 years PQE), Andrew is particularly interested in the role of good governance for business success.  His team is currently covering policy areas like risk management, viability, sustainability reporting, the future of audit & assurance, anti-fraud, anti-money laundering, the role of tax intermediaries, data governance and ethics in AI.

Andrew is vice-chair of the Corporate Governance Policy Group of Accountancy Europe.  He is a member of the Asia Corporate Governance Association India Working Group, the Corporate Governance Committee of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee at the OECD and the Research Advisory Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.  He chairs the Corporate Governance Working Group of the European Contact Group whose members comprise the 6 largest audit networks across the EU.  He is a regular blogger on the role of corporate governance in trust.  Finally, as an experienced charity trustee, he speaks regularly to charities and social entrepreneurs about good governance.

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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.