Bob Mann

Bob Mann joined Glass Lewis as Chief Executive Officer in May 2024. Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Morningstar Sustainalytics, the ESG business unit of investment research firm Morningstar, Inc.

As President of Sustainalytics, Bob played a pivotal role in driving the firm’s global expansion, overseeing a decades-long period of double-digit growth that culminated in its 2020 acquisition by Morningstar, Inc., a Chicago-based investment research and data company.

Bob brings a proven track record of operational excellence, accelerated growth, and product innovation. He possesses a keen understanding of the solutions needed to best serve asset managers, asset owners and corporate issuers in their investment and business decision-making.

Bob regularly speaks on topics such as investment risk, sustainable finance, smart technologies, ESG and climate matters, among other themes.

He earned his undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics from York University. Additionally, he holds an MBA specializing in sustainability and finance from the Schulich School of Business at York University.

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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.