Annabel Gillard

With a background in asset management, Annabel is investigating the place of ethical values and organisational culture in an AI-driven future workplace, and its impact on the changing nature of work and society. After recently completing an MA in Philosophy and AI at NCH she is currently at LSE studying Behavioural Science, alongside working with CFU, a not-for-profit dedicated to improving ethics in technology and equipping investors with the stewardship tools they need to ensure tech is a force for societal good.

Previously Annabel spent over 20 years building institutional business and working with clients to develop innovative strategies at M&G, UBP, SWIP, Barings, has volunteered for CFA Institute and held board positions at CFA UK and Prudential Staff Pension Scheme. 

She is an advocate for the power of ethics in delivering sustainable growth and enabling talent to flourish.

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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.