Snorre Gjerde

Snorre Gjerde is Policy Lead at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund. He engages with financial regulators, standard-setters and international organisations to foster well-functioning markets, robust corporate governance and sustainable business practices that support the fund’s long-term return. He represents NBIM in key international forums and working groups, and has authored several of the fund’s policy papers, including on shareholder proposals and corporate sustainability reporting. He also led the development of NBIM’s inaugural TNFD-aligned nature risk disclosures. Snorre’s background spans sell-side and buy-side equity research, risk management, and investment stewardship across London, Singapore and Oslo. He holds an MBA with Distinction from London Business School and a double Master’s degree in Financial Economics and International Management (CEMS) from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH).

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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.