George Iguchi is Chief Corporate Governance Officer and Executive Director of Nissay Asset Management, one of biggest asset manager in Japan. He has been responsible for stewardship activities across asset classes.

He is a member of IFRS advisory council (IFRS AC) from 2019 and had been a Board Governor of International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) from 2015 to 2021, currently a member of ICGN Board Nomination committee.  

George is a member of “Sustainability Standards Board of Japan”(SSBJ), setting sustainability standards in Japan and chair of “Sustainability Reporting Committee” at the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (SAAJ), the biggest investor association in Japan. 

He is also a member of various governmental councils: “Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance”, “Disclosure Working Group” and “Audit Committee of Business Accounting Council” by Financial Services Agency (FSA), “Study Group toward achieving Human Capital Management” by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), etc.

His published reports and books including: co-author of “Practical Introduction to Corporate Governance Code”, Nikkei BP(2021), “Effective Disclosure of financial and non-financial information for ESG investments”,Shoji-homu(2018), “The materiality of ESG factors on Corporate Value”, Securities Analysts Journal 51 (2013),etc.

He received his BA in Economics from Osaka University and is a CFA charter holder.

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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.