Aina Fukuda

Based in Japan, Aina Fukuda, Head of Investment Stewardship Japan, drives LGIM’s global investment stewardship strategy and activities within the market. Aina’s thematic focuses in engagements with companies, regulators, and policymakers (including Ministers of State and other members of the National Diet) encompass climate, people, and corporate governance. Prior to joining LGIM in 2019, she spent nine years at PwC Japan, where she played a key role in establishing the firm’s corporate sustainability advisory practice and gained firsthand experience with companies embedding sustainability into their core strategies. Earlier in her career, she held research roles in the financial and legal sectors.

Aina is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the United States.

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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.