Demi Derem

Demi Derem, SVP Investor communications Solutions International leads Broadridge’s governance and investor communications business outside of North America. He is member of International Executive Leadership Committee and has been a board member of Investor Communications Japan since 2017, a joint venture with the Japan Stock Exchange.

Demi holds two university BSc honours degrees in Business Systems Modelling and Applied Accounting, he is also ACCA qualified. Starting his career as a graduate trainee at Barclays Capital in 1994, he has gone on to hold senior leadership positions in Gartmore (Hendersons), KPMG Consulting, Cofunds (founding member) and BNY Mellon, where he held various MD positions over a 10-year tenure in Asset Management, Corporate Strategy and Asset Servicing. He joined Broadridge in 2014 and since then has helped our International Communications Solutions grow organically, through acquisitions and new product development. Demi’s mandate since 2014 has included executive responsibility for global proxy, so intimately understands the business and associated client and market requirements.

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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.