Currently an Advisory Board Member for ThinkSuite Inc, Paul’s previously led Ontario Teachers’ global corporate governance initiative as Director, Corporate Governance; he was responsible for the development and application of the Fund’s proxy voting approach, the execution of the corporate engagement program and the interaction with regulatory bodies across markets to promote regulation that considers the interests of shareholders. Paul has worked with peers on a number of projects including improvements to the proxy voting system in Canada and creating thought leadership with respect to the use of discretionary compensation at Canadian and US public companies.

Prior to joining Ontario Teachers’ in 2010, Paul was Director of Research at the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, joining the organization in 2003 as its first full-time employee. Paul helped establish CCGG as an important and influential voice in Canadian corporate governance. Paul helped develop CCGG’s policies and guidelines on a wide range of governance-related issues including corporate governance practices, executive compensation and disclosure. He researched and published “Best Practices” documents which highlighted excellence in corporate governance and executive compensation disclosure practices among Canadian issuers. These publications elevated the quality of disclosure of Canadian issuers and led to the creation of CCGG’s Governance Gavel awards which continues to annually recognize excellence in disclosure practices of Canadian issuers.

Paul is a member of the Investor Group of the 30% Club, the Harvard Institutional Investor Forum Advisory Board, the CCGG Public Policy Committee, the Asian Corporate Governance Association Investor Advisory Group and Korean Working Group and the Toronto Stock Exchange Listing Advisory Committee. He has been a judge for the Governance Professionals of Canada Excellence in Governance Awards since 2013. He is a frequent speaker on corporate governance issues at events around the globe.

Paul received his MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (with distinction) and holds the ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors.

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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.