Content Type: Viewpoint

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: The Board’s Role in Overseeing Culture 

ICGN Viewpoint  The Board’s Role in Overseeing Culture  January 2020  Regulators and investors across the globe are interested in how companies leverage culture to accelerate long-term success and enhance viability.1 Culture is becoming a substantial factor in investor […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Capital Allocation

ICGN Viewpoint CAPITAL ALLOCATION July 2019 Introduction Capital allocation often flies below the radar as a governance issue or a topic for investor – shareholder and bondholder – engagement. Yet, […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Addressing Systemic Risks

ICGN Viewpoint Investor Framework For Addressing Systemic Risks June 2019 Introduction Led by investors responsible for assets under management in excess of US$34 trillion, the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Human capital management

ICGN Viewpoint Human Capital Management:  Why investors should care and what they should look for in corporate disclosure October 2018 How companies manage their employees, often referred to as human […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: ESG Reporting

October 2018 INVESTOR AGENDA FOR CORPORATE ESG REPORTING A Discussion Paper By Global Investor Organisations On Corporate Esg Reporting Authors: Kris Douma, Principles for Responsible Investment George Dallas, International Corporate […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Common ownership

ICGN Viewpoint Common ownership: do institutional investors really promote anti-competitive behaviour? October 2018 Common ownership, sometimes referred to as horizontal shareholding, is a term that reflects the investment practice of […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Common ownership

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ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Common ownership

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.