Alyson Slater

Alyson leads the firm’s global stewardship and engagement programs which includes strategy and oversight of the company’s participation in collaborative engagements, firmwide thematic engagement programs, and investment stewardship activities with issuers and other market players. She’s also leads the sustainable investment teams in the EMEA and APAC regions that support investment teams and sustainability thematic products, client relationships, external engagement in sustainability initiatives and more. Alyson was previously head of sustainable investment in Canadian public markets for the firm and brings extensive experience through her work as a senior executive at leading sustainability consultancies and international organizations in Europe and Asia over the past twenty years. She has specialist knowledge in sustainability reporting and is a member of the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board.

Education: BA (Hons) Geography and Environmental Studies, McGill University; MA Resource Management and Environmental Science, University of British Columbia

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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.