Aaron Wendt joined Glass Lewis in 2017 and currently serves as Senior Director of North American Research, Policy and Engagement. In his current role, Aaron leads policy development on all matters related to the board of directors and shareholder rights for the North American market. In addition, he leads the team’s engagement program with corporate issuers and often engages with investor clients on policy and corporate governance issues. Aaron is also a frequent speaker on Glass Lewis webinars, addressing policy guidelines updates and trends in corporate governance and proxy voting for investor clients, issuers, and other market participants. Additionally, Aaron has primary responsibility for the team’s content production and has contributed several articles and reports as author and editor to Glass Lewis’ various content platforms. Aaron holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California, Irvine. 

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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.