Michael Hilb is Chair of DBP and the Board Foundation and serves on the boards of several listed and privately held companies, foundations, and international organisations, including ecoDa and the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI).

He is Dean of the Swiss Board School and teaches strategy, entrepreneurship, and corporate governance at universities in Switzerland and Singapore. He has authored and co-authored seven books and more than 50 articles.

Previously, Michael served as Vice President at DKSH, where he and his team built a leading and profitable digital business across Asia. He also held executive positions at Holcim and Roland Berger.

Michael has been a Visiting Fellow at INSEAD and Harvard University. He studied business at the University of Michigan, the Stockholm School of Economics, and the University of St.Gallen, where he earned his MSc and PhD.

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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.