The ICGN Awards

The ICGN Awards celebrate the individuals and organisations driving excellence in corporate governance and stewardship around the world. The awards recognise leadership, innovation, transparency and impact across the investment chain, highlighting those who are advancing governance standards, promoting responsible stewardship and contributing to long-term value creation.

  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Rising Star Award
  • Excellence in Corporate Governance – Individual 
  • Excellence in Corporate Governance – Organisation, Team or Collaboration
  • Excellence in Stewardship – Individual
  • Excellence in Stewardship – Organisation, Team or Collaboration
  • Asset Owners Over £60 billion AUM (Reporting) – Please note to enter the reporting awards you need to be an ICGN member.
  • Asset Owners Under £60 billion AUM (Reporting) – Please note to enter the reporting awards you need to be an ICGN member.
  • Asset Managers Over £60 billion AUM (Reporting) – Please note to enter the reporting awards you need to be an ICGN member.
  • Asset Managers Under £60 billion AUM (Reporting) – Please note to enter the reporting awards you need to be an ICGN member.

The ICGN Awards are open to organisations and individuals demonstrating excellence in corporate governance, stewardship and reporting.

Eligibility requirements vary depending on the award category.

Achievement Awards

The Achievement Awards are open to individuals, organisations and collaborative initiatives that have made an outstanding contribution to corporate governance or stewardship. Entries are welcomed from across the global governance ecosystem, including investors, asset owners, asset managers, companies, regulators, academics, stock exchanges, service providers and not-for-profit organisations.

Nominations may be submitted by the nominee or by a third party, where applicable.

Reporting Awards

The Reporting Awards are open to ICGN member asset owners and asset managers that publish a publicly available stewardship report or equivalent disclosure.

Entries are assessed within the following categories:

  • Asset Owners – Over £60 billion AUM
  • Asset Owners – Under £60 billion AUM
  • Asset Managers – Over £60 billion AUM
  • Asset Managers – Under £60 billion AUM

Judges

The recipients of the ICGN Awards, are selected by an independent panel of judges, convened by ICGN and overseen by the ICGN Awards Committee.

We are proud to work with a distinguished panel of globally recognised leaders and experts from across the investment, corporate governance, stewardship, and sustainability communities. Their diverse expertise, independence, and commitment to excellence ensure a rigorous, fair, and transparent judging process that recognises individuals and organisations making an outstanding contribution to corporate governance and stewardship worldwide.

Meet our judging panel below.

Judge5 Name Surname

Awards judge (Chair)
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
Abbey
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
TD Asset Management
Canada

As Head of the ESG Research and Engagement Team, Priti works to promote sustainable investments within the firm and throughout the industry. Her Team aligns the firm’s ESG approach to inform internal and external stakeholders on ESG issues across mandates, including producing ESG research, leading the firm’s active ownership efforts, and advancing ESG integration. She has extensive experience in ESG research, having worked at a major global finance company as part of the ESG research, ratings and investment solutions team. She began her career in sustainability at a United Nations agency in Geneva, Switzerland, and gained work experience within the Indian chambers of commerce. Priti holds a B. Comm. with Honours from the University of Delhi, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Warwick and a Ph.D in Accounting and Finance with a focus on ESG Integration from Kingston Business School. She is also a member of Responsible Investment Association’s (RIA) Leadership Council and Climate Engagement Canada’s (CEC) Industry Leadership Advisory Panel. 

Judge4 Name Surname

Awards judge
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
Abbey
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
TD Asset Management
Canada

As Head of the ESG Research and Engagement Team, Priti works to promote sustainable investments within the firm and throughout the industry. Her Team aligns the firm’s ESG approach to inform internal and external stakeholders on ESG issues across mandates, including producing ESG research, leading the firm’s active ownership efforts, and advancing ESG integration. She has extensive experience in ESG research, having worked at a major global finance company as part of the ESG research, ratings and investment solutions team. She began her career in sustainability at a United Nations agency in Geneva, Switzerland, and gained work experience within the Indian chambers of commerce. Priti holds a B. Comm. with Honours from the University of Delhi, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Warwick and a Ph.D in Accounting and Finance with a focus on ESG Integration from Kingston Business School. She is also a member of Responsible Investment Association’s (RIA) Leadership Council and Climate Engagement Canada’s (CEC) Industry Leadership Advisory Panel. 

Judge2 Name Surname

Awards judge
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
Letit
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
TD Asset Management
Canada

As Head of the ESG Research and Engagement Team, Priti works to promote sustainable investments within the firm and throughout the industry. Her Team aligns the firm’s ESG approach to inform internal and external stakeholders on ESG issues across mandates, including producing ESG research, leading the firm’s active ownership efforts, and advancing ESG integration. She has extensive experience in ESG research, having worked at a major global finance company as part of the ESG research, ratings and investment solutions team. She began her career in sustainability at a United Nations agency in Geneva, Switzerland, and gained work experience within the Indian chambers of commerce. Priti holds a B. Comm. with Honours from the University of Delhi, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Warwick and a Ph.D in Accounting and Finance with a focus on ESG Integration from Kingston Business School. She is also a member of Responsible Investment Association’s (RIA) Leadership Council and Climate Engagement Canada’s (CEC) Industry Leadership Advisory Panel. 

Judge3 Name Surname

Awards judge
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
Price
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
TD Asset Management
Canada

As Head of the ESG Research and Engagement Team, Priti works to promote sustainable investments within the firm and throughout the industry. Her Team aligns the firm’s ESG approach to inform internal and external stakeholders on ESG issues across mandates, including producing ESG research, leading the firm’s active ownership efforts, and advancing ESG integration. She has extensive experience in ESG research, having worked at a major global finance company as part of the ESG research, ratings and investment solutions team. She began her career in sustainability at a United Nations agency in Geneva, Switzerland, and gained work experience within the Indian chambers of commerce. Priti holds a B. Comm. with Honours from the University of Delhi, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Warwick and a Ph.D in Accounting and Finance with a focus on ESG Integration from Kingston Business School. She is also a member of Responsible Investment Association’s (RIA) Leadership Council and Climate Engagement Canada’s (CEC) Industry Leadership Advisory Panel. 

Judge1 Name Surname

Awards judge
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
Shokeen
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investment
TD Asset Management
Canada

As Head of the ESG Research and Engagement Team, Priti works to promote sustainable investments within the firm and throughout the industry. Her Team aligns the firm’s ESG approach to inform internal and external stakeholders on ESG issues across mandates, including producing ESG research, leading the firm’s active ownership efforts, and advancing ESG integration. She has extensive experience in ESG research, having worked at a major global finance company as part of the ESG research, ratings and investment solutions team. She began her career in sustainability at a United Nations agency in Geneva, Switzerland, and gained work experience within the Indian chambers of commerce. Priti holds a B. Comm. with Honours from the University of Delhi, an M.A. in sociology from the University of Warwick and a Ph.D in Accounting and Finance with a focus on ESG Integration from Kingston Business School. She is also a member of Responsible Investment Association’s (RIA) Leadership Council and Climate Engagement Canada’s (CEC) Industry Leadership Advisory Panel. 

Judging Process

All entries are reviewed through a rigorous and independent judging process designed to ensure fairness, transparency and consistency across all award categories.

The process begins with an eligibility and due diligence review conducted by the ICGN Secretariat to ensure submissions meet the relevant award criteria. Eligible entries are then independently assessed by a panel of experts drawn from the fields of corporate governance, stewardship, investment, regulation and academia.

Following the independent assessment, the highest-scoring entries are shortlisted for each category. The shortlisted nominations are reviewed by the independent judging panels, which make recommendations to the ICGN Awards Committee.

The ICGN Awards Committee reviews the recommendations and is responsible for making the final decision on all award winners.

The judging process includes:

  • Eligibility and due diligence review
  • Independent scoring and assessment
  • Shortlisting of nominees
  • Review and recommendations from the independent judging panels
  • Final decision by the ICGN Awards Committee
  • Announcement of finalists and winners

All judges and Awards Committee members are required to declare any conflicts of interest and recuse themselves from the assessment of any category where a conflict exists.

This version removes the duplication between the two previous award programmes while still acknowledging the important governance role of the ICGN Awards Committee and the independent judging panels. It also feels more polished and appropriate for a prestigious awards page.

Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Name pending

Rising Star Award

  • Name pending

Excellence in Corporate Governance – Individual

  • Name pending

Excellence in Corporate Governance – Organisation, Team or Collaboration

  • Name pending

Excellence in Stewardship – Individual

  • Name pending

Excellence in Stewardship – Organisation, Team or Collaboration

  • Name pending

Asset Owners Over £60 billion AUM (Reporting)  

  • Name pending

Asset Owners Under £60 billion AUM (Reporting) 

  • Name pending

Asset Managers Over £60 billion AUM (Reporting) 

  • Name pending

Asset Managers Under £60 billion AUM (Reporting)

  • Name pending

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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.