Jinsuk Choi

Head of Sustainable Investment Team

Korea Investment Corporation

South Korea

Jinsuk Choi is a Head of Sustainable Investment Team of KIC, Korean Sovereign Wealth Fund. From 2016, he has mainly worked for developing the sustainable investment of KIC, managing sustainable programs with ESG analysis, and engaging the stewardship activities.

He was one of the initiative members in issuing Green & Sustainable Bond, which was issued globally by the Korean government for the first time in the world, and is also in charge of ESG strategic funds through global equity portfolio.

He has been cited in the media, including the Economist Intelligence Unit. He also participates as a panelist at many global seminars and conferences sponsored by IFC, etc. He has experiences to engage on government projects for the Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Ministry of Environment.

Mr. Choi is teaching at various educational institutions including the business school of Seoul National University, the BAN KI-MOON ESG Academy of UN Global Compact Korea and so on. He won the Bank of Korea President’s Award in 2017 and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance’s Award in 2021. He is co-author of ‘Era of ESG Investing’ published in 2021.

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.