Katsumi Ao

Mr. Ao joined Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in 1988. From 2003 to 2011, he was involved in planning and operation of the listing and disclosure rules, and later served as Director of the General Administration, Human Resources, Equities, and Listing Departments. He was appointed Executive Officer in April 2016, Senior Executive Officer in April 2022, and Director, Senior Executive Officer in April 2023.

Mr.Ao is involved with revising the Corporate Governance Code through TSE’s role as joint secretariat of “The Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship  Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” with the Financial Services Agency.

He has also been a member of the Committee on the Companies Act (Mainly in Relation to Corporate Governance) of the Legislative Council of the Ministry of Justice, the Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System Council, and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s Corporate Governance System Study Group.

Mr. Ao graduated from the Faculty of Law at Kyoto University.

株式会社東京証券取引所 取締役常務執行役員。京都大学法学部卒業。1988年に東京証券取引所入所後、2003年から2011年まで、上場制度やディスクロージャー制度の企画・運営に従事。その後、総務部長、人事部長、株式部長を歴任。2016年4月執行役員 兼 上場部長、2017年4月から執行役員、2022年4月から常務執行役員、2023年4月から取締役常務執行役員、現在に至る。

2016年より、「スチュワードシップ・コード及びコーポレートガバナンス・コードのフォローアップ会議」の金融庁との共同事務局を務め、コーポレートガバナンス・コードの改訂に携わる。その他、法制審議会会社法制（企業統治等関係）部会、金融審議会「ディスクロージャーワーキング・グループ」、経済産業省「コーポレート・ガバナンス・システム研究会」の委員などを歴任。

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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.