Katarina Hammar

Katarina Hammar, Head of Investment Stewardship at Nordea Asset Management, where she first joined in 2006. She is the Chair of the proxy voting committee and member of the Responsible Investment Committee. She also represent Nordea in 7 owner-led board nomination committees in Swedish listed companies such as Telia, Elekta, Fabege. 

She is actively participating in industry working groups and advisory councils furthering sustainable practices within corporate governance. She has also been on the board of SWESIF and Nordea Fund of Funds Sicav and an Investor Advisory group member of SASB.

She has over 25 years of experience in risk management, sustainable investing, leadership and engaging with board directors, regulators and investors. Katarina holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Stockholm University and has completed the Certified Financial Analyst Program at Stockholm School of Economics as well as the Aligning Sustainability with Business Performance course at Harvard Business School. 

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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.