Yonghwan Choi, Head of ESG at NH-Amundi Asset Management, is directing ESG analysis, rating, and stewardship activities. In particular, he is focusing on enhancing the company’s ESG integration strategy in cooperation with Amundi, a leading global ESG Investment company with over €1 trillion in ESG investments.

Since 2025, he has served as a Korea Advisor for 「the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)」. Since 2024, he has served as a member of the Investor Expert Committee of 「the Korea Sustainability Standards Board (KSSB)」 for 2 years. Since 2023, he has served as a member of 「the Green Finance Expert Committee of the Korea Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth」 for 3 years. Since 2021, he has served as the Founder and Chair of the Korea ESG Community (KEC), which currently has over 1,200 members for 6 years.

In recognition of his efforts, the Korean government awarded him the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Award in November 2025.

He actively contributes policy recommendations to improve governance in Korea by participating as a panelist in major roundtables and conferences hosted by the National Assembly, the Financial Services Commission, the Financial Supervisory Service, and the KRX. He also lectures on ESG at major universities such as KAIST, Seoul National University, and Sogang University, etc

He has worked as a Senior Analyst at SUSTINVEST, Eco-Frontier, and the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI), which are among the leading ESG analysis, ratings and proxy advisory firms in Korea.

He earned a master’s degree in Green Finance from the Graduate School of Business at KAIST, where he wrote his thesis on 「ESG Rating and Financial Performance of Korean Firms」

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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.