Mari Murata

Mari Murata joined GPIF in October 2016 and has been leading its Stewardship activities at ESG & Stewardship Department which was newly established in April 2023.

Before joining GPIF, she worked for Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd (currently SuMi TRUST, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited). At SuMi TRUST, she was responsible for IR Consulting service to Japanese companies. Through the service facility, she was committed to bridge a gap between Japanese companies and non-Japanese institutional investors in the universe of Corporate Governance including proxy voting, Environmental and Social issues (ESG). 

She is a member of PRI Japan Advisory Committee and Climate Action100+ Asia Advisory Group. She also contributed to PRI Asset Owner Technical Advisory Committee (until December 2022). 
She holds B.A. in Commerce from Waseda University.

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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.