Shizuka Yahata

With more than 20 years of experience in capital markets and investor communications, Shizuka specializes in advising Japanese companies on engagement with global institutional investors. She has led numerous shareholder relations and investor perception initiatives, conducting extensive interviews with executives, independent directors, and investors worldwide. Her work helps companies gain valuable insights into investor expectations and enhance their shareholder engagement strategies.

She has developed extensive expertise in materiality assessment, corporate governance, integrated reporting, and sustainability disclosure. Earlier in her career, she was involved in equity research, valuation projects, and development finance assignments across emerging Asian markets.
 

She holds an MBA and is a Certified Member Analyst of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan..

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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.