Kristin Drake

Kristin Drake is Head of Dimensional’s Investment Stewardship Group within Portfolio Management and is Chair of the Investment Stewardship Committee. Based in the London office, Kristin is responsible for implementing the firm’s proxy voting policies, overseeing global vote execution, and overseeing the firm’s global issuer engagement efforts. Kristin plays an active client-facing role, responding to client inquiries and attending client meetings and conferences, where she highlights Dimensional’s investment stewardship priorities. Prior to joining the London office in 2025, Kristin worked in Dimensional’s Charlotte, North Carolina and Austin, Texas offices.


A licensed attorney in the state of Maryland, Kristin holds a JD from the University of Baltimore and an MA in international affairs from American University. She also holds a BA in French and a BA in political science from the College of Charleston.

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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.