Vincent Kauffmann

Vincent Kauffmann has been CEO of Ethos Foundation and Ethos Services since 2015. He joined Ethos in 2004 as a Corporate Governance Analyst and has held progressive leadership roles across corporate governance, proxy voting, and sustainable investment. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Economics from the University of Geneva and is a Swiss Certified Expert in Accounting and Controlling. He has served on the board of Swiss Sustainable Finance and has been an active voice in shareholder engagement with Swiss and European listed companies.

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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.