Amy McTavish is an alumna of the Gustavson School of Business (class of 2021) and a former portfolio manager for the University of Victoria’s Student Investment Fund (class of 2020/2021). Amy is currently working at BCI as a Senior Analyst, ESG. BCI is amongst the largest institutional investors in Canada with CAD$295 billion in gross assets under management. BCI manages a portfolio of diversified public and private market investments on behalf of 32 British Columbia public sector and institutional clients. In her capacity on the ESG team, Amy assists with the integration of environmental, social, and governance risks and opportunities in BCI’s investment processes. Amy has worked at BCI since 2020, first starting as an intern and working up to Senior Analyst. Her main responsibilities include ESG specific due diligence and engagement with public market and private credit investments as well as managing BCI’s proxy voting program. In her spare time, Amy enjoys long distance running, hiking, and yoga.

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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.