David Barnes

David is the Global Regulatory & Public Policy Leader for Deloitte. He is responsible for Deloitte’s engagement with senior stakeholders such as regulators and policy makers.

He is Chair of the Global Public Policy Committee (“GPPC”)*. As such he participates constructively in shaping global public policy with stakeholders such as the IFIAR, IOSCO and the FSB. He also previously chaired the European Contact Group and the UK’s Policy & Reputation Group which are the EU and UK equivalents of the GPPC.

David is also chair of Deloitte AG in Switzerland and has previously served on the Executive and the Board of Deloitte in the UK, including a term as Audit Committee Chairman.

David’s previous roles also include Head of Deloitte’s Financial Services Audit division in London for c.10 years. He served as the lead audit or advisory partner on a number of FTSE 350 and private companies such as Man Group, Intermediate Capital Group, Legal & General and Santander.

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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.