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, where he was Head of Stewardship and Sustainability and chaired the Stewardship and Sustainabililty Council at Franklin Tempelton. David joined Martin Currie as a Global Portfolio Manager having previously spent 18 years at Aegon Asset Management as a European, Emerging Markets and Global Portfolio Manager. David served on the IA Stewardship Committee and was co-deputy chair of the IA Sustainable and Responsible Investment Committee.

David is a member of the Chartered Securities Institute.

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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.