Mike Shannon

Mike is the Global Head of ESG Assurance and a member of KPMG’s Global Audit Leadership team. He is responsible for integrating ESG Assurance into KPMG’s overall Global Audit strategy and further incorporating ESG across the global KPMG organization. Prior to this role, Mike held several leadership positions at KPMG, including Global Head of the Chemicals and Performance Technologies practice, and National Audit Industry leader for Chemicals for KPMG in the US. He is recognized for his industry knowledge, honest and inclusive leadership style, and his ability to foster global collaboration and accountability. Mike regularly contributes to thought leadership in the areas of ESG reporting, assurance, and led the development of KPMG’s Global ESG Assurance Maturity Index. The index offers a framework for companies to assess their readiness for ESG assurance against 5 key pillars of maturity – governance, skills, data management, digital technology and value chain.  Mike is the Global Head of ESG Assurance and a member of KPMG’s Global Audit Leadership team. He is responsible for integrating ESG Assurance into KPMG’s overall Global Audit strategy and further incorporating ESG across the global KPMG organization. Prior to this role, Mike held several leadership positions at KPMG, including Global Head of the Chemicals and Performance Technologies practice, and National Audit Industry leader for Chemicals for KPMG in the US. He is recognized for his industry knowledge, honest and inclusive leadership style, and his ability to foster global collaboration and accountability. Mike regularly contributes to thought leadership in the areas of ESG reporting, assurance, and led the development of KPMG’s Global ESG Assurance Maturity Index. The index offers a framework for companies to assess their readiness for ESG assurance against 5 key pillars of maturity – governance, skills, data management, digital technology and value chain.

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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.