Neil Morris

Neil is a Chartered Accountant with 25 years of experience at KPMG, having worked in both South Africa and the United Kingdom. Since August 2021, he has held the position of Global Head of Assurance and ESG Methodology at KPMG. Neil has been actively involved in sustainability assurance since 2010, when he was appointed as the Head of the Climate Change and Sustainability practice in South Africa. In 2017, he took on the role of Head of Audit Risk Management for KPMG South Africa, while continuing to deliver sustainability assurance engagements. In January 2023, Neil was appointed to the International Audit and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and is a member of the IAASB Sustainability Assurance Task Force responsible for the drafting of the International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000.

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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.