Dan Konigsburg

Dan Konigsburg is Global Head of Public Affairs, KPMG International, and is based in Boston. Dan works with public affairs leaders from across KPMG – internationally, regionally and in country member firms – to help engage with policy-makers, non-government organizations, investors, analysts, standard-setters, regulators, professional associations, think tanks, multilaterals and the public at large on key policy questions across a wide range of issues.

Believing that businesses can empower positive change in society, and that the public interest is served by policies that foster trust in our capital markets, Global Public Affairs seeks to widen the dialogue on issues as diverse as artificial intelligence, corporate reporting and assurance, corporate governance and boardroom diversity, responsible business, trade, climate change, decarbonization, and the regulation of cryptocurrency.

Prior to joining KPMG, Dan was Senior Managing Director of Corporate Governance and Public Policy at Deloitte and led Deloitte’s work with boards of directors and policy engagement with institutional investors. Prior to Deloitte, Dan served as a Director at Standard & Poor’s in London and then New York.

Dan serves as Chairman of the OECD’s Business Advisory (BIAC) Committee on Corporate Governance in Paris, is a member of the Board of Governors of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) in London, serves on the membership committee of the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA), and serves as a director on the board of the U.S. Council for International Business (USCIB). Dan holds a B.A. in Russian and East European Studies from Yale University.

Areas of expertise: Stakeholder Engagement, Public Policy, Corporate Governance, Board Effectiveness, Audit Committee Effectiveness.

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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.