Elizabeth Ming

Elizabeth is a Partner working in KPMG’s Asset Management practice and has over 15 years of experience serving both public and private clients.  Elizabeth is a leader in KPMG’s ESG audit practice, with a focus in serving the ESG and Impact measurement and reporting needs of asset managers.  With extensive experience providing financial statement audit and internal control related performance improvement advisory to asset management clients, Elizabeth has been actively involved in the development of the KPMG U.S. approach to ESG assurance and reporting readiness for private and public companies, including asset managers and their investment funds.  This development has been informed by experience leading engagements to assure social impact of private equity funds, use of proceeds of green bonds, standalone greenhouse gas emissions reports and full corporate responsibility reports.  Additionally, Elizabeth is actively advising clients in best practices for operationalizing their ESG reporting priorities.  Elizabeth speaks regularly on various topics, including the role of the auditor with ESG information and the key elements of a reliable measurement and reporting process.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and a Master of Finance degree from Texas A&M University and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas.

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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.