Sarah Relich

Sarah Relich leads Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team responsible for proxy voting and engagement across the EMEA and APAC regions.  The team is responsible for promoting strong corporate governance practices on behalf of Vanguard’s internally managed equity funds.  Sarah also leads the program’s communications function, which is responsible for conveying Investment Stewardship’s perspectives to fund investors, portfolio companies, and other market participants.  Before her current role, she held senior roles on Vanguard’s Investment Stewardship team covering the Americas region. Previously, she was an investment analyst in Vanguard’s Investment Strategy Group, where she led research on environmental, social, and governance topics.

Prior to Vanguard, Sarah served as a Teach For America corps member.  She earned a B.A. from Kenyon College, an M.S.Ed. from The Johns Hopkins University, and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.   

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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.