Bob Zukis

Bob is the Founder and CEO of Digital Directors Network (DDN), the leading organization helping public and private corporate boardrooms strengthen their governance of AI, digital, cybersecurity, and systemic technology risk. DDN works at the intersection of board oversight, technology opportunity and risk, regulatory standards and leading practices.

A former PwC Advisory Senior Partner, Bob’s 30+ year career spans strategic technology consulting, digital governance, risk management, cybersecurity, and data management. He’s lived and worked on 4 continents across 20 countries. He has advised Global 1000 companies, institutional investors, and public bodies on the design and implementation of resilient, and high-performing digital systems across complex international environments.

He held senior roles on PwC’s Global and Asia Pacific leadership teams, and led the U.S. IT Strategy & Operations practice as well as their regional data and cybersecurity advisory businesses. His experience offers a rare blend of technical depth and boardroom fluency—critical for translating AI policy into actionable governance practices.

Bob also served as Adjunct Professor at the USC Marshall School of Business, teaching graduate-level courses in strategic management, structured problem solving, corporate governance, and global business. His academic work complements his practical experience, particularly in translating complex AI, digital, cybersecurity and systemic risk topics into boardroom-relevant insights.

As a CEO, board member, SaaS founder, and advisor to private equity and venture capital firms, Bob is an experienced business leader and operator. He is the author of three books and several book chapters on AI and digital risk and governance, and has been featured in Harvard Law Forum, NACD Directorship, Financial Times, Wired, Bloomberg Law, The Atlantic’s Quartz, and others.

His global career has included long-term assignments in the UK, Saudi Arabia, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, where he led and collaborated on a wide range of cross-border projects and initiatives.

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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.