Category: Judges

David Sheasby

David is an independent expert on stewardship and corporate governance. David has over 40 years of investment, stewardship and corporate governance experience. He worked at Martin Currie for 22 years, […]

David Couldridge

David is an independent responsible investment and stewardship consultant. He is currently working with the Investec Wealth and Investment team to support the integration of responsible investment and stewardship into […]

Meshack Joram

Current and past positions:Executive Director The Directors Forum, March 2025 dateChief Executive Officer of the Institute of Directors ( since 2016 Feb 2024Chairman of the African Corporate Governance Network 2018 […]

Christoph Wenk Bernasconi, Dr.

Dr. Christoph Wenk Bernasconi is a founding partner at SWIPRA Services AG, a think tank for corporate governance and stewardship in Switzerland, founding partner of Trusted Board Advisors, a Swiss […]

Juan Alvarez-Vijande Garcia

Juan is Executive Board Director and cofounder of the Spanish Institute of Board Directors, IC-A, (Instituto de Consejeros-Administradores) since 2003, as well as Board Director, Nomination and Evaluation Committee member […]

Jana van Rooijen

Jana has worked in the investment industry for the past 20 years, and she has been with Momentum Investments for the biggest part of her career. She worked at Momentum […]

Megumi Terayama

As a long-standing member of ICGN, Megumi has served on the former Global Governance Committee and as a judge panel on the ICGN Global Stewardship Disclosure Awards. Megumi is the […]

Michelle Tan

Michelle is a Partner in Hugessen’s Toronto office. She has over 20 years of experience in executive compensation and corporate governance. She consults with a variety of public and private […]

Christian Strenger, Prof.

After obtaining the MBA at the University of Cologne and completing trainee programs in New York and London, Prof. Strenger joined Deutsche Bank in 1972, where he held senior positions in corporate […]

Geof Stapledon

Geof Stapledon is the Managing Director for GPS Global Advisors based in London. Geof’s previous roles at BHP included Vice President Governance and Company Secretary. Prior to joining GPS, he […]

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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.