Saskia Kort-Chick is Director, Stewardship & Corporate Governance at the Future Fund, Australia’s sovereign wealth fund. Before that, she was the CEO of the Telco Together Foundation, which unites Australia’s telecommunications industry to create meaningful social change on some of Australia’s most complex social challenges. Previously, Saskia served as a Senior Vice President and Director of ESG Research and Engagement at global asset manager AllianceBernstein (AB), where she led award-winning work on modern slavery. Prior to joining AB in 2010, she worked as a senior account manager for investor relations consultancy RD:IR in London. Saskia holds a BA (Cum Laude) from University College Utrecht; an MA (with Merit) from King’s College London; and a postgraduate certificate from Birkbeck, University of London. She is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Saskia is an Honorary Associate at the Monash Centre for Financial Studies of Monash University. She is also a pro-bono Project Advisor at RightsCo Lab, an organisation which aims to strengthen civil society and leverage markets to fortify human rights. 

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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.