Koji Machino

Career

•12 years of experience in PCAOB audits of Japanese and UK banking groups under Japanese, US, and IFRS standards.

•Seconded to Deloitte London office from 2012 to 2014, secondment to Deloitte London office, engaged in audits and risk advisory services.

•Inspired by the potential of AI’s natural language processing capabilities, transferred to Audit Innovation in 2019 to transform audit practice with AI.

•Currently leading the development of AI-powered audit tools.

•Deputy Leader of the AP Generative AI Working Group and a member of the Global Gen AI Tech Group.

経歴

•2007年にトーマツ入所後、米国に上場している大手金融機関の監査に12年間従事し、日本基準・米国基準・IFRSの全てにおけるPCAOB監査の経験を有する

•2012年から2014年までデロイトロンドン事務所で監査及びリスクアドバイザリー業務に従事

•AIによる自然言語処理に未来を感じ、AIで監査を変革するため、2019年にAudit Innovation部へ異動

•現在、AIを活用した監査ツールの開発をリード

•デロイト アジア パシフィック 監査保証事業部門
 – 生成AIワーキンググループ 副リーダー および、
デロイト グローバル 監査保証事業部門
– 生成AIテクニカルグループ メンバー

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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.