Exhibit 16.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of Federated Hermes MDT Series (the “Trust”) and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for them and in their names, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement(s) on Form N-14 relating to the proposed reorganization of Hancock Horizon Burkenroad Small Cap Fund (a portfolio of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II) and Hancock Horizon Microcap Fund (a portfolio of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II) into Federated Hermes MDT Small Cap Core Fund (a portfolio of the Trust), and any amendments to the Registration Statement(s), including post-effective amendments; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission by means of the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic disclosure system known as EDGAR, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to sign and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
| SIGNATURES | TITLE | DATE |
| /s/ J. Christopher Donahue | November 11, 2020 | |
| J. Christopher Donahue | President and Trustee | |
| (Principal Executive Officer) | ||
| /s/ Lori A. Hensler | November 11, 2020 | |
| Lori A. Hensler | Treasurer | |
| (Principal Financial Officer/ | ||
| Principal Accounting Officer) | ||
| /s/ John T. Collins | November 11, 2020 | |
| John T. Collins | Trustee | |
| /s/ John B. Fisher | November 11, 2020 | |
| John B. Fisher | Trustee | |
| /s/ G. Thomas Hough | November 11, 2020 | |
| G. Thomas Hough | Trustee | |
| /s/ Maureen Lally-Green | November 11, 2020 | |
| Maureen Lally-Green | Trustee | |
| /s/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. | November 11, 2020 | |
| Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. | Trustee | |
| /s/ Thomas M. O’Neill | November 11, 2020 | |
| Thomas M. O’Neill | Trustee | |
| /s/ P. Jerome Richey | November 11, 2020 | |
| P. Jerome Richey | Trustee | |
| /s/ John S. Walsh | November 11, 2020 | |
| John S. Walsh | Trustee | |
| /s/ Madelyn A. Reilly | November 11, 2020 | |
| Madelyn A. Reilly | Trustee |