Tara-Jane is a Senior Portfolio Manager Responsible Investment Equities for APG Asset Management and based in Amsterdam. Tara now leads on the integration of responsible investment and stewardship across Equities and is a governance and sustainability issues expert. She is a member of the Equities Portfolio Construction Group which has oversight over all investment decisions and stewardship efforts. Tara joined APG at the start of 2023 and has 15 years of relevant ESG related investment experience. Tara was appointed as Chair of Eumedion’s Investment Committee in March 2024 and joined the Nominations Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network in September 2024. At the start of 2026, Tara joined the Best Practice Principles for Shareholder Voting Research Oversight Committee (BPPOC)

Prior to joining APG, Tara spent 10 years at Baillie Gifford (an asset manager based in Scotland whose predominant focus is concentrated long-term equity positions). At Baillie Gifford, Tara was a member of the senior leadership team focused on responsible investment integration across equities. She also led on the stewardship strategy for the firm and was a member of the Portfolio Construction Group for two investment funds. Prior to Baillie Gifford, Tara began her career at the Royal Bank of Scotland as an ESG and Sustainability analyst.

Having worked across the value chain (from issuer to asset manager and now closely with the asset owner), the rapid development of responsible investment that Tara has witnessed over her career has been of particular interest to her, as is the future direction and what we at APG can do to shape that in our broader industry.

Tara completed a Postgraduate in Sustainable Business at the Cambridge University Institute of Sustainability Leaders in 2019. She also holds a Law Degree (LLB Scots Law Hons, First Class), a Law Masters (LLM with Distinction) and Law Postgraduate (Diploma in Legal Practice with Law Prize). Her Law Masters partly focused on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law which ignited her interest in sustainable finance.

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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.