Review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive, European Commission

European Commission  Directorate General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union 1049 Bruxelles Belgium  Submitted via online questionnaire  11 June 2020  Subject: ICGN Response to the European Commission consultation on the review […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Differential ownership rights

ICGN Viewpoint Stewardship does not benefit from differential ownership rights April 2015 Executive Summary Investors, policy makers and other market participants increasingly recognise that fostering longer-horizon thinking and behaviour in […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Differential ownership rights

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ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Differential ownership rights

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.