Hilkka Komulainen

Hilkka heads up the responsible investment team at Aegon in the UK, overseeing Aegon’s ESG integration, policy development, asset manager and company monitoring and engagement, including on climate and net zero

 Hilkka has extensive experience in responsible investment, sustainability and policy issues, having worked at in-house asset owner RI roles, the Principles for Responsible Investment, EY, the OECD, the United Nations. Hilkka is an active participant in industry dialogue including at IIGCC, the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance Engagement track and is a co-chair of the DWP Taskforce on Social Factors.

Hilkka is a Finnish national based in London, and holds an MA Honours (First Class) in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh and a Masters in International Affairs from Sciences Po Paris.

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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.