Patrick McNamara

Patrick joined the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) in 2024 as a Senior Stewardship Specialist supporting investors to strengthen their climate stewardship activities. He leads IIGCC’s thematic work on climate corporate governance, responsible for developing tools to support investors’ engagements with companies on this topic. This includes a new climate governance company assessment framework, developed in consultation with ICGN. Prior to joining IIGGCC, he worked in management consulting at Sodali & Co advising international clients in corporate governance. Patrick holds an M.A. in Security Studies from Georgetown University, and a B.A. from the University of Oxford in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

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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.