Richard Talbot

Richard Talbot, FCPA, FCA, CFA, ICD.D, is Co-Chair and Co-Founder of the Industry Standards Reporting Research Council (ISRRC),  a global, investor-led initiative focused on establishing consistent, industry-specific standards for Alternative Performance Measures to improve the comparability, reliability, and decision-usefulness of corporate performance information used in investment and lending decisions.

Richard has more than 25 years of experience in investment research, capital markets, financial reporting, and governance. He previously held senior leadership roles at RBC Capital Markets, including Chief Operating Officer and Co-Head of Global Research. He currently serves as chair of Canada’s Reporting & Assurance Standards Oversight Council and has extensive experience in standard-setting oversight, investment governance, and board leadership. 

His work with ISRRC focuses on building a global coalition of investors, lenders, issuers, data providers, governance organizations, and other market participants to advance the development and voluntary adoption of consistent, industry-specific performance standards.

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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.