David Herbinet

David Herbinet is Global Head of Audit & Assurance at Forvis Mazars Group and a member of its Group Executive Committee. A dual-qualified chartered accountant (UK and France), he has led audits of large, listed international clients across complex sectors. He is a vocal advocate for audit market reform, innovation, and non-financial assurance. He has acted as expert for various regulators and co-created the Centre for Audit Committee & Investor Dialogue. David chairs the Audit & Assurance Policy Group of Accountancy Europe. He began his career in France and has been based in London since 1996.

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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.