David Sheasby

David is Head of Stewardship, Sustainability and Impact at Martin Currie and has over 35 years of experience in the investment industry.  He joined Martin Currie in 2004 as a global portfolio manager and since 2015 has been Head of Stewardship and Sustainability leading on all aspects of Stewardship and Sustainability across the Martin Currie investment teams and the wider business. This includes oversight of sustainability integration, engagement and proxy voting. David is also co-deputy chair of the UK Investment Association’s Sustainability and Responsible Investment Committee and is co-chair of the Franklin Templeton Stewardship and Sustainability Council, a forum which brings together the key investment leaders from the different asset classes across the group. His prior experience includes 18 years at Aegon Asset Management (formerly Scottish Equitable), where he was a portfolio manager covering global equities and developing and directing Aegon’s global strategy.

David has a BSc in Mathematics from University of Edinburgh and is a holder of the Securities Institute Diploma.

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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.