Jason Booth

Jason Booth oversees Diligent Market Intelligence’s (DMI) coverage of shareholder activism and activism vulnerability. Prior to joining DMI, he was an editor at China Money Network, covering the Chinese venture capital market.

Jason previously worked for activist investment funds Steel Partners and Steel Partners Japan, managing communications in support of multiple proxy contests in the U.S., Japan and Korea.

Jason spent more than a decade a financial journalist, primarily in Asia, for the Wall Street Journal and South China Morning Post. He began his journalism career in Seoul, Korea in 1991.

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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.