Region: EMEA

UK Corporate Governance Code, Financial Reporting Council (FRC)

The Financial Reporting Council 8th Floor, 125 London Wall London EC2Y 5AS  By email: codereview@frc.org.uk  23 February 2018  Financial Reporting Council Consultation: Proposed Revisions to the UK Corporate Governance Code ICGN submission  The International […]

ICGN Investor Viewpoint: Voto-di-lista system in Italy

ICGN Viewpoint December 2016 Promoting the ‘voto-di-lista’ system in Italy to support stewardship and board effectiveness As the visibility of investor stewardship continues to build in Italy and in other […]

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.