Fay ALKHALIFA
Director/Associate Professor, University of Bahrain
Transformational leader with experience in enabling sustainable organizational change in both the public and private sectors. A Board Member of INVITA Bahrain and the Director of eLearning at the University of Bahrain. Experienced in executive leadership and scientific research. An Associate Professor holding a Ph.D. in Sustainability and Cultural Change. The first Bahraini GRI certified sustainability professional. Won the Golden Lion award for Bahrain with teammates in the Venice Biennially in 2010, the RIBA’s president’s award in 2012, and the Emerging Scholar Award in 2018 and the Smart Urbanism Award in 2019. Enabled UOB to win the Blackboard Catalyst Award for Leading Change in 2020 and Anthology's Excellence in Innovation Award in 2022. Chairs the Board of Bahrain Smart Cities Society and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Technology and Business Society in Bahrain and the UK Alumni Network of the British Council in Bahrain.
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Belinda BELL
Fellow in Social Innovation, University of Cambridge
Currently working with the Finance for Systemic Change team at the University of Cambridge on research-informed practice at the intersection of global catastrophic risk and the finance sector. Her background is as a social entrepreneur with experience in establishing, supporting and growing organisations that bridge the public, private and third sectors; alongside extensive experience within academia. She designed and led the University of Cambridge's support progammes for social enterprise. She is the Chair of Mermaids, a leading LGBTQ+ charity which supports young trans and non-binary people.
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Sabrina BRUNO
Full Professor of Comparative Company Law, University of Calabria and Climate Governance Initiative
Full Professor of Comparative Company Law at University of Calabria and Luiss G. Carli of Rome -Italy. Member of the Governing Board of the Climate Governance Initiative since 2021 and of the Steering Committee (and former Chair) of Chapter Zero Italy. She has been Non-Executive Director mainly in energy and banking companies. M.Litt. Oxford University - UK (1990-1993); PhD University of Florence - Italy 1992-1995); Visiting Scholar Stanford Law School - USA 2019; Fulbright Visiting Scholar Harvard Law School - USA 2010. She wrote two monographs (on “Civil Liability for Misleading Information on Financial Markets”, 2000 and on “Role of General Meeting of Shareholders in Corporate Governance”, 2012) and various articles and chapters on international and Italian journals and books mainly on corporate governance, directors’ duties and liabilities with reference to sustainability and climate change, comparing European, UK and US jurisdictions.
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Winston CHOW
Associate Professor of Urban Climate, Singapore Management University
Dr Winston Chow is a Lee Kong Chian Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Urban Climate in Singapore Management University's (SMU) College of Integrative Studies. Winston researches and educates on climate change impacts on cities, and was a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's 6th Assessment Report on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability on urban climate issues. He is a principal investigator in the ongoing multi-institute Cooling Singapore Initiative, leading research into how a digital urban twin enables sustainable and climate-resilient urban design, as well as assessing how urban heat risks in Singapore can be minimised under a warming climate. In SMU, Dr Chow currently works with the Singapore Green Finance Centre to investigate the sustainability of “green” data centres, and also teaches interdisciplinary courses on climate change and urban sustainability for undergraduates and executives.
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Timothy CLARK
Provost, Singapore Management University
Prior to becoming Provost of SMU, Timothy Clark was Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Social Sciences and Health) at Durham University, United Kingdom, where he was also Executive Lead for Computer and Information Services (CIS) and Estates and Buildings. Professor Clark is a past Chair (2009) and President (2011) of the British Academy of Management and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the British Academy of Management. Professor Clark was an Editor/General Editor of Journal of Management Studies (2000-2010). His research focuses on understanding the role and nature of management consultants and management gurus in the diffusion of management knowledge. In recent years, he has conducted a series of research projects into different aspects of the management consultancy industry, including the factors underpinning the selection and purchase of consultancy and the management of the client-consultant relationship.
Ivan DIAZ-RAINEY
Professor of Finance, Griffith University
Ivan Diaz-Rainey is a leading international expert in climate and sustainable finance. He is a Professor of Finance at Griffith University. His research expertise includes climate finance, carbon markets, energy finance, banking, financial regulation, green Fintech and energy and environmental policy. He has conducted research, policy and consultancy work for a number of organisations, including the Boston Consulting Group, EMMI Pty, the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment (MfE), OECD, E.ON UK plc, the European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI), Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). He is an Honorary Professor (and former lead Principal Investigator) on the STRAND Marsden Fund project (University of Otago) on climate-change risks to property values and the related implications for financial stability funded by Royal Society of New Zealand and undertaken in collaboration with GNS Science, NIWA, CoreLogic, Bodeker Scientific and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ).
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Arjuna DIBLEY
Head of Sustainable Finance Hub, Melbourne Climate Futures, University of Melbourne
Dr Arjuna Dibley is an expert on environmental law and economics. Among others, his work has considered issues related to the regulation and design of carbon markets and carbon finance, carbon pricing, state owned enterprises and climate change, sovereign finance and climate change, and sustainability issues and financial regulation. His academic work has been published in leading journals including Nature and the Harvard Environmental Law Review, and covers many geographies including Indonesia, Mexico, US and Australia. Arjuna spent several years in legal practice at Baker McKenzie (Sydney, Singapore and Jakarta) and as an investment advisor at Pollination. He consults widely to development finance institutions, investors, legal firms and not for profits. Arjuna earned a doctorate in law and economics as a John Monash Scholar from Stanford University and his undergraduate law and Asian Studies degrees with first class honours are from the Australian National University.
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Kornelia FABISIK
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Bern
Kornelia Fabisik is a professor of finance at the University of Bern. Her research is focused on empirical corporate finance, corporate governance, and sustainable finance with the focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings. She obtained PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI). She is also a recipient of the 2021 Lamfalussy Research Fellowship from the European Central Bank (ECB) as well as a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). Her research has been published in the Journal of Financial Economics, presented at top conferences such as the American Finance Association (AFA), Western Finance Association (WFA), European Finance Association (EFA), and Global Corporate Governance Colloquia, and featured on scientific forums such as the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation. She also recently won two best paper awards at Cornell University and ECGI conferences.
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Emily FARNWORTH
Director, Centre for Climate Engagement, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
Emily Farnworth is Director of the Centre for Climate Engagement at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. She has over 25 years of experience working with businesses, governments and non-profit organizations to support the transition to a low-carbon economy. She was previously the Head of Climate Initiatives at the World Economic Forum where she was involved in setting up the Climate Governance Initiative (now hosted at the Centre for Climate Engagement), the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders, the Mission Possible Partnership and the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance. She is a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Advisory Group, a member of Brightstar Capital Partners Advisory Council and a member of the University of Cambridge Sustainability Committee. Emily holds a Masters in Environmental Science, Management and Law from Brunel University London.
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Karen FAWCETT
Non Executive Director, Aegon, LGT, Temus, Global Evergreening Alliance
Portfolio non executive director. Former global CEO retail banking with Standard Chartered and Partner Booz Allen Hamilton.
Dave FERNANDEZ
Director, Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at Singapore Management University
Dave Fernandez is the Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute (SKBI) for Financial Economics and Professor of the Practice of Finance at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU). He is also the Co-Director of the Singapore Green Finance Centre. Outside of SMU, he sits on the Advisory Panel at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office, Academic Council at the Impact Economy Foundation and is a member of the Stewardship Discussion Circle at Stewardship Asia. Prior to returning to academia in 2018, Prof Dave worked as an economist in the private sector at Barclays and J.P. Morgan. He started his career in the public sector, serving as an economist in the administration of President George H.W. Bush and at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Markus GEHRING
Associate Professor, University of Cambridge
Dr Markus Gehring, J.S.D. (Yale), MA (Cantab), LLM (Yale), Dr iur (Hamburg), is a former Director of the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at Hughes and a Fellow of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. He has been a Visiting Professor in several law faculties around the world, including most recently at the Yale Law School and held a Jean Monnet Research Chair ad personam in Sustainable Development Law at the University of Ottawa Law Faculty in Canada. He is also an affiliated Lecturer in the Department of Land Economy, a Founding Fellow of the Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (C-EENRG). He holds a J.S.D. and LL.M from Yale and a Dr iur from Hamburg. A member of the Frankfurt/Main and Ontario Bars, he practiced European and international trade law with Cleary Gottlieb in their Brussels office.
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Michael HILB
Chair, International Board Foundation
Michael Hilb is Titular Professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and teaches strategy, entrepreneurship, and corporate governance at universities in Asia and Europe. He is Founder of DBP Group and serves on several corporate and foundation boards. He chairs the International Board Foundation and is a member of the Board of the European Confederation of Directors Associations and Chapter Zero Switzerland.
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Sherwat Elwan IBRAHIM
Associate Professor, The Business School at the American University in Cairo
Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim is a Visiting Associate Professor at Princeton University's Public Policy School as well as an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the American University in Cairo. She is Chapter Chair and founding member for PRME Chapter Africa, and was previously the Director of the MBA and EMBA programs AUC. She has published multiple research on Africa sustainable development, global value chains, and supply chain resilience. Sherwat also teaches courses in Operations and Technology Management, including Supply Chain Management and Operations Strategy. She is a Partner & Senior consultant at Innovety, an innovation management consulting firm, and is an expert on SMEs' business growth and development. Sherwat serves on several advisory boards, including the executive board of Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), the advisory board of the PRME Impactful Five (i5), and the advisory board for the Center for Applied Research and Innovation in Supply Chain–Africa (CARISCA).
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Mohamed KAYAL
Researcher - Academic Coordinator, Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
Mohamed Kayal – academic coordinator and lecturer at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi in charge of coordinating the Master programs of Health Economics – Banking and Finance and the Bachelor program of Economics and Management. He is also researcher at Toulouse University – France; Member of the Governing Board of the International Association of Universities of the Third Age and Member of the European Chamber of Technology – Climate Action Program. Mohamed Kayal is visiting lecturer to University Center of Brasília and has been invited as keynote speaker to several international conferences in the tourism and climate change fields in the Gulf region, Brazil, Turkey, and Senegal.
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Marianna KOZINTSEVA
Founder/CEO, Turning Point Macro
My business interests span finance, defense and technology. My work with governments, institutional investors and corporates while at Bear Stearns, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley deepened my appreciation for challenges facing the emerging markets - as well as the enormous potential emerging markets hold. I have begun my career as a defense analyst at RAND, where I helped design the path for NATO enlargement. Afterwards, while working on my PhD dissertation at Johns Hopkins University-SAIS, I fell in love with finance, which led to a successful career on Wall Street as an emerging markets strategist. Now I am on a third leg of my career journey - directly advising clients and working on developing a mobile FinTech platform. I am passionate about making the world a greener, more sustainable place and privileged to be contributing to ESG initiatives at Singapore Management University.
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Cintia KÜLZER-SACILOTTO
Assistant Professor, United Arab Emirates University
Dr Cintia Külzer-Sacilotto is an Assistant Professor of Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). Prior to joining UAEU, she was a Senior Research Fellow at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University, and a Research Fellow at the Technology and Management Centre for Development, University of Oxford. Her research interests include sustainable entrepreneurship, green innovation, R&D management, business networks, and industrial clusters. Cintia has co-authored several books and case studies on entrepreneurship and innovation and has published papers in leading peer-reviewed journals. She has conducted research and consultancies for both private and public sectors, as well as international organizations such as the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. Cintia holds a DPhil in International Development and an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford, as well as a BSc and MPhil in Economics from the University of Chile.
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Veronique LAFON-VINAIS
Co-Director, BSc in Sustainable and Green Finance, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Prof. Veronique Lafon-Vinais is a seasoned financial market professional with over 20 years of banking and capital markets experience. She has worked in all the major financial markets and has extensive experience in all the major debt markets. She is Associate Professor of Business Education, Department of Finance, HKUST, where she teaches in the MBA/MSc programs as well as in the Undergraduate Programs, and provides professional training and consulting for the finance industry. She is the Executive Director, Career Development & Corporate Outreach for the School of Business and Management at HKUST, Associate Director for the UG programs, Co-Director of the BSc in Sustainable and Green Finance, Associate Director of the tri-degree World Bachelor in Business Program, and Project Director for the HKUST-NYU Stern MSc in Global Finance.
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Rajiv LALL
Professorial Research Fellow, Singapore Management University
Rajiv has four decades of experience in academia, international public policy, investment banking, private equity and corporate/retail banking. His expertise spans infrastructure finance, sustainable investing, microfinance, capital markets, and macroeconomic policy issues across Southeast Asia, China, Africa, U.S. and India. Having earned a B.A. from Oxford and a Ph.D. from Columbia, he spent his career at the ADB, World Bank, Morgan Stanley, Warburg Pincus and IDFC Bank. He was Executive Chairman of IDFC Ltd., a public private partnership focused on infrastructure finance; and Founder CEO of IDFC Bank, now known as IDFC First Bank. He has made pioneering contributions to the development of India’s impact investing and microfinance industries and played an active role in public policy formulation in the country. He is currently based at SMU’s Singapore Green Finance Centre focusing on transition and blended finance requirements for Asia and climate aligned board governance across the region.
Simon LEARMOUNT
Professor of Corporate Governance, University of Cambridge
Simon Learmount is Professor of Corporate Governance at Judge Business School and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He has served as Director of the MBA and Executive MBA Programmes at Cambridge, and is recipient of the Pilkington Prize, awarded to honour outstanding teaching across the University. His core academic interests are international corporate governance, sustainable business practice and ethics (especially in the US, UK, Japan and China), digital governance (including cyber-security and AI), as well as leadership & management development (especially for Boards of Directors). He currently serves as co-chair of the World Economic Forum Climate Governance Expert Committee, and is Shimomura Fellow at the Development Bank of Japan. He consults to and teaches international banks, companies and other organisations – principally at board level - in the areas of climate and digital governance, sustainability and green transition, risk management, leadership and ethics.
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Alvin LEE
Regional Head of APAC, Puro.earth - Nasdaq
Alvin Lee is Regional Head for APAC at Puro.earth, the world’s leading crediting platform for engineered carbon removal and which is majority owned by Nasdaq. He is responsible for leading the company’s engagement with developers of negative emissions technology projects which are aligned to methodologies within Puro Standard, an ICROA endorsed independent standard.
Ernest LIM
Professor of Law and Vice Dean, National University of Singapore
Ernest Lim is Professor and Vice Dean at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore (NUS). He obtained his DPhil (PhD) and BCL from Oxford, LLM from Harvard and LLB from NUS. His research interests include sustainability and AI from a comparative corporate law and governance perspective. A prize-winning researcher, his recent publications include two books with Cambridge University Press: Sustainability and Corporate Mechanisms in Asia (2020) and Social Enterprises in Asia: A New Legal Form (2023). He has published extensively on directors’ duties and climate risks. He belongs to the global team of experts in the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative. He has delivered training to boards of directors of listed companies for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership – Earth on Board. Before joining academia, he was a capital markets lawyer in the New York and Hong Kong offices of Davis Polk, a leading international law firm.
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Jolene LIN
Associate Professor of Law, National University of Singapore
Jolene Lin is Associate Professor of Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). She is also Director of the Asia-Pacific Centre of Environmental Law. Jolene’s research focuses on climate change law and transnational environmental law. She has published in leading international journals including the European Yearbook of International Law and American Journal of International Law. She is on several editorial boards including the Journal of Environmental Law (Oxford University Press) and Climate Law (Brill). Her recent publications include Governing Climate Change: Global Cities and Transnational Lawmaking (Cambridge University Press 2018) and Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific (Cambridge University Press 2020). She is currently co-writing a book on climate change litigation in the Global South (Oxford University Press, 2024). At NUS, Jolene teaches tort law and climate change law. In August to December 2023, Jolene will be teaching climate change law at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London.
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LOH Boon Chye
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Exchange (SGX Group)
Mr Loh Boon Chye joined Singapore Exchange as CEO on 14 July 2015. He is also an Executive and Non-Independent Director on the SGX Board. With a career in the financial industry that spans three decades, Mr Loh has played a key role in the development of Southeast Asia’s capital markets. Mr Loh currently sits on the board of GIC Pte Ltd. He is also Chairman of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Advisory Board, as well as a council member and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore. Leading SGX Group’s efforts in sustainability and climate action, Mr Loh serves as an independent advisory committee member in the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative, Co-Chair of Singapore Green Finance Centre’s advisory board, as well as advisory board member for the Climate Governance Singapore Limited and Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)’s Asia-Pacific Network.
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Julia (Qian) MAO
Director of International Cooperation and Researcher International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)
Julia MAO is the Director of International Cooperation and a researcher at the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF). Her research focus on global sustainable finance, biodiversity finance, blue finance and gender finance related topics. At the IIGF, she works with research, policy analysis, stakeholder engagement, and project development. She leads on index development, database building, reports and books drafting work for the research topics above, and supports research projects on ESG and transition finance. Prior to the IIGF, she worked with Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies, Sweden for UNHCR, and IKEA. Having academic background in both Finance and Sustainability Science, she enjoys working on cross-disciplinary topics in muti-stakeholder environments.
Christoph NEDOPIL
Professor, Fudan University
Dr. Christoph Nedopil is currently Associate Professor of Practice in Economics and Director of the Green Finance & Development Center at the Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF), Fudan University. He is also a Visiting Faculty at Singapore Management University (SMU). Christoph provides advisory to governments, financial institutions, enterprises, and civil society to accelerate the application of sustainable finance. He is the lead author of the UNDP SDG Finance Taxonomy, the Innovative Climate Finance Solutions report for the G20 in Indonesia, and the Green Development Guidance of the BRI Green Development Coalition under the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment. He has authored four books, dozens of articles, and research reports. Christoph serves as board director and supports various companies in scaling sustainability in businesses and finance. Christoph is quoted regularly in Bloomberg, Financial Times, The Economist, Reuters, Science, and other major outlets.
Martin NERLINGER
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of St. Gallen - School of Finance
Prof. Dr. Martin Nerlinger is Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of St. Gallen with a focus on Sustainable and Climate Finance, Empirical Asset Pricing, and Risk Management. He teaches a master’s level course on climate finance and supervises students in international Sustainable Investing Challenges as well as in research seminars and theses. Prof. Nerlinger has won several prizes for his research and published a number of academic papers in Sustainable and Climate Finance. He is also engaged in the application of his research results for practitioners and has conducted successfully publicly and industry third party funded projects in the areas of Carbon Risk Management, Sustainable Finance, and Portfolio Management.
Lwazi NGUBEVANA
Professor and Director: African Energy Leadership Centre, Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
Lwazi is an academic and energy industry executive with extensive engineering, energy, water and education sector experience, with experience from South Africa, Saudi Arabia and consulting on projects in China, Australia and the US. He is currently an Adjunct Professor and Director of the African Energy Leadership Centre (AELC) at the Wits Business School, leading the charge in the development of Africa’s next generation of energy leaders. Lwazi also boasts solid corporate governance, policy and legislative experience. He is currently a Non-Executive Director at the Council for Mineral Technology (Mintek), the South African National Energy Association (SANEA), the Southern African Energy Efficiency Confederation (SAEEC), and an External Advisor at the SASOL Research Council. He holds an MBA from Wits Business School, and a PhD in Chemical Engineering.
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Enase OKONEDO
Vice-chancellor, Pan-Atlantic University
Enase Okonedo, is a professor of management and Vice-chancellor of Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. Prior to this, she was dean of Lagos Business School from July 2009 to December 2020. In addition to her academic activities, she currently serves on the boards of Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, ATC Nigeria Wireless Infrastructure, Global Business School Network (GBSN) and UNPRME. She has also held leadership positions on the boards of AACSB International – the world's largest business education alliance as Secretary-Treasurer, as well as the Association of African Business Schools where she was Chairperson. She holds a doctorate degree from the International School of Management (ISM), Paris and an MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), the Institute of Directors (IOD) and the Society for Corporate Governance Nigeria (SCGN).
A. Abigail PAYNE
Melbourne Institute Director & Ronald Henderson Professor, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research
Professor A. Abigail Payne is the Director of the leading Australian research institute on applied economic and social research. The Melbourne Institute engages in pathbreaking studies on a range of microeconomic and macroeconomic policy issues to inform and shape policy and practice. Her work involves using data to inform and shape policy and to use that data to test ideas and evaluate the impacts of policy on individuals and communities. She is actively involved in buildin data environments to permit better analyses and to create interactive visualisations to support storytelling on key economic and social policy issues. Dr. Payne is a member on multiple State and Commonwealth Government committees. Internationally, she is the Chair of the Ifo Institute’s Scientific Advisory Committee (Munich), serves on several international boards, and is co-editor of the Economic Inquiry. She holds a PhD from Princeton University and a JD from Cornell Law School.
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Maurice RADEBE
Director and Head of School, Wits Business School
Maurice Radebe is currently Head and Director of Wits Business School. Previously he served as Executive Vice President responsible for Sasol’s Energy Business globally. He was accountable for the successful marketing of all the Energy Business ‘products as well as managing the gas-to-liquids (GTL) joint ventures in Qatar (ORYX GTL) and Nigeria (EGTL), the gas-to-power (GTP)venture in Mozambique. Maurice Radebe is the Founder and Chairman of Unleashing Leadership Potential Foundation in South Africa. Maurice is an experienced energy industry executive, having worked in the sector for over 30 years. During his 8 years at Shell, 7 years at Excel and 16 years at Sasol, he has had Profit & Loss experience and responsibility, developed a deep understanding of the energy sector, both upstream and downstream, and been involved in significant projects.
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Cristian RODRIGUEZ-CHIFFELLE
Luksic Visiting Scholar, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
Cristián is Luksic Fellow at Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS), and senior advisor on international business and public sector with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Cristián’s career path focuses on international economic relations, particularly on trade, foreign investment and their interlinkages with environmental issues, having served as CEO of InvestChile – the Nation’s Investment Promotion Agency, Head of Trade and Investment Policy at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, and lead Free Trade Agreements negotiator at Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cristián currently serves on the boards of CORFO (the Chilean Economic Development Agency), Start-Up Chile, Chapter Zero Chile and the Climate Governance Initiative, where he chairs the Governance Committee. He holds a Law Degree from the University of Concepción, Chile, and consecutive Masters of Laws and in Public Administration from Harvard Law School and the Kennedy School of Government.
Ron SOONIEUS
Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group & Director in Residence, INSEAD
Ron advises senior management and boards to set their sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) agenda and to integrate sustainability into the heart of corporate strategy, governance, and culture. Ron works as a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), as Director in Residence at the INSEAD Corporate Governance Centre and is founder and board member at Radix CBPS, a thinktank Centred around Business, Politics and Society. He is also a member of the board and chair of the audit committee at of the Royal Academy of Art and the Royal Conservatoire in The Netherlands.
Martin STEINFELD
Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
Dr Steinfeld is the Charnley Fellow in Law as well as an Affiliated Lecturer in EU law at the Faculty of Law. He is also a lecturer in Public Law and Public International Law, as well as a research seminar leader in European Union Law at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. In addition, he is a legal consultant for the British Academy and the House of Lords Sexual Violence in Conflict Select Committee. Prior to that Martin was also a lecturer in European Union Law at the Department of Politics and International Studies and a supervisor in EU and Public Law at the Faculty of Law, the University of Cambridge. He was also previously in practice as a barrister at the Chancery Bar and worked at both the European Parliament and the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Umakanth VAROTTIL
Associate Professor, National University of Singapore
Umakanth Varottil is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore. He specializes in corporate law and governance, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. While his work is generally comparative in nature, his specific focus is on India and Singapore. He has co-authored or co-edited seven books, published articles in international journals and founded the IndiaCorpLaw Blog. He has also taught on a visiting basis at law schools around the world. Umakanth is a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI). He is also an editor of the Indian Law Review, Asian Journal of Comparative Law, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, Oxford Business Law Blog and the ECGI Blog. Prior to academia, Umakanth was a partner at a pre-eminent law firm in India. During that time, he was also ranked as a leading corporate/mergers & acquisitions lawyer in India by the Chambers Global Guide.
Mumbi WACHIRA
Lecturer, Strathmore University
Dr. Mumbi Maria Wachira is a full-time Accounting Lecturer at Strathmore University Business School (SBS). She has been involved in the training and consulting of companies working towards embedding sustainability strategies within their business models. She is the academic lead for the Sustainability Leadership Programme offered by SBS. She is also part of the Kenya Bankers Association’s (KBA) Sustainable Finance working group which provides guidance on how financial institutions in the country should implement climate risk reporting. In addition, she has been appointed to the ESG Exchange Technical Committee, an initiative by the Corporate Governance Academy which works to provide guidance on how South African companies should provide ESG disclosures within their annual reporting cycles. She is the Vice Chair for UN-PRME Chapter Africa and also actively involved in the B Academics Global Engagement Committee representing Africa.
Yao WANG
Professor and Director-General of International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), Central University of Finance and Economics
Professor Yao WANG is the Director General of International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), doctoral supervisor at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE). She serves as Deputy Secretary General of Green Finance Committee (GFC) of the China Society for Finance and Banking, Advisor of the Green Securities Committee (GSC) of the Securities Association of China and Vice Chairman of Carbon Neutrality Committee of China Energy Conservation Association. She is a Member of the Sustainable Finance Advisory Panel at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Consultant to the Luxembourg Green Exchange, and the Board of Directors at the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance (GRASFI). Since 2021, she has worked as the Chief Technical Advisor of the UNDP Biodiversity Finance Project Programme (BIOFIN) in China and previously served as the Chief Advisor of Research and Promotion on SDGs Impact Financing for UNDP China.
Emily WEBSTER
Assistant Professor, University of Cambridge
Governance research project and a member of the IUCN World Commis-sion on Environmental Law. Her research focuses on private law in the context of Earth system science. She is interested in the way that legal structures have created conditions and perpetuated activities that contribute toward planetary disruption and the ways in which private law is placed under pressure by the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity and pollution, and is evolving as a consequence.
Michael WILLIS
Management Practice Associate Professor, EMAcc Programme Director, University of Cambridge
Dr Michael Willis is a Management Practice Associate Professor at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Dr Willis has designed and taught courses to board-level, executive, and graduate audiences on diverse topics including climate-related financial reporting, ESG disclosures and regulation, corporate governance for sustainability, and accounting ethics. He is also the founder and director of the Cambridge Executive Master of Accounting Programme, a leadership and innovation programme for experienced professionals in accounting and related spaces. Dr Willis earned his PhD from The Wharton School of Business, where he researched regulatory enforcement of capital markets and firm disclosures.
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H.E. Kateryna ZELENKO
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Singapore
Her Excellency Ambassador Kateryna Zelenko is a career diplomat. Prior to her accreditation to Singapore, she served as the Spokesperson of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry and Deputy Director of the Communications and Public Diplomacy Department. Ambassador Zelenko joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in 2002. Her postings abroad include Ukrainian Embassy in the Republic of Austria and Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the International Organisations in Vienna, later, from 2007 to 2011 and from 2014 to 2018 – Embassy of Ukraine in the Federal Republic of Germany, where she was covering culture, press and public diplomacy issues. In 2018 she returned to Kyiv to work in the Political Department of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry. Her appointment as Ukraine’s MFA Chief Spokesperson followed shortly thereafter. Kateryna Zelenko obtained her Master in International Relations and Foreign Policy at the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine).
Lawrence ANG
Managing Partner, Climate Smart Ventures
Lawrence is a aeasoned energy finance and ESG advisor with over 15 years experience engaging corporates, investors, philanthropies, family offices, and development agencies in advancing energy transitions, responsible supply chains and innovative finance in Asia; with the unique achievement of having led transactions that have resulted in accelerated coal retirement; fossil fuel divestments; blended finance facilities; and award-winning public-private partnerships.
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Zamira ATANIYAZOVA
Chapter lead/ Senior Lecturer, Chapter Zero Uzbekistan / Westminster International University in Tashkent
Senior Lecturer at Westminster International University in Tashkent (WIUT). Independent researcher at WIUT doing Ph.D. in Management (CSR). Experienced lecturer in Marketing, Marketing Research, and Brand management. Marketing research consultant. Experience in publishing in peer-reviewed journals in branding, skill development and CSR. Experienced in developing new brands from scratch, and launching new brands on a national scale. Zamira is leading launch of Chapter Zero Uzbekistan project with full support of Climate Governance Initiative.
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Xavier BAUTISTA
Research Fellow, Singapore Management University
Dr. Xavier Bautista is a Research Fellow at the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, Singapore Management University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Houston. His research interests are in macroeconomics, household finance, consumption, and labor economics.
CHEN Xiang
Deputy Country Head, Bank of China Limited
Mr. Chen Xiang was appointed as the Deputy General Manager of Bank of China Singapore Branch in July 2022. He is concurrently the General Manager of Bank of China Innovation Lab (Singapore). He joined Bank of China in 2004. He held different positions in Assets and Liabilities Management Department and Executive Office in Head Office. Mr. Chen joined Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited in 2011, where he was a Senior Manager in Corporate Banking, Financial Institutions and Product Management (CBFI) and Assistant General Manager in Global Corporate Banking Department. He was appointed as the Managing Director of Bank of China Manila Branch in 2017, and Deputy Country Head in 2021. He graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University with a Bachelor’s Degree in English Language and Literature. He earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Tsinghua University and Master of Science in Wealth Management from Singapore Management University.
Iris CLAUS
Resident Advisor, Singapore Training Institute
Iris is a Resident Advisor at the Singapore Training Institute.
Matthew DEARTH
Adjunct Faculty, Singapore Management University
Matthew Dearth, PhD, is a Managing Director at Silvercrest Asset Management (Singapore). His 30 years of finance industry experience also includes leadership roles at Marshall Wace, Goldman Sachs, and Booz Allen & Hamilton. Since 2016 he has been teaching postgraduate finance courses on alternative investments as well as sustainable and impact investing at Singapore Management University. While teaching at SMU he was recognized on the Dean’s Teaching Honor List for Top Adjunct Faculty (Postgraduate Programs) from 2019-2021. Beginning in 2023, Dr. Dearth will teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses in sustainable finance at Nanyang Business School. He is the co-author of “Getting Started in Alternative Investments” (Wiley, 2023) and has published multiple case studies on investment management topics. Dr. Dearth holds a PhD (General Management) from Singapore Management University, an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and Operations Research from Princeton University.
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David FOGARTY
Climate Change Editor, The Straits Times
David Fogarty joined The Straits Times as an Assistant Foreign Editor in 2014 and became Climate Change Editor in September 2019, building on years of experience reporting on climate change, carbon markets and biodiversity. He has worked for newspapers in Australia, Britain and Hong Kong. He joined Reuters in Hong Kong in 1994 as a desk editor and shifted to Singapore in 1997, all the while maintaining a strong interest in climate change and the environment. From 2008 to 2012, he was Reuters first Climate Change Correspondent.
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Shai GANU
Managing Director, WTW
Global Leader - Executive Compensation & Board Advisory business at WTW Governing Council member and Chair of ESG Committee at Singapore Institute of Directors Global Governing Board member at Climate Non-Executive Director at Far East Orchard and SATA CommHealth Governance Initiative and Steering Committee member at Climate Governance Singapore.
Ankur GUPTA
Law Reform Project Manager, Singapore Academy of Law
Ankur is legal professional working on planning and implementation of Law Reform projects at the Singapore Academy of Law. Over the last 16 years, he has worked with leading Singapore Law firms in general commercial litigation and on intellectual property and technology matters. Subsequently, he joined the Singapore public service where he worked with the IP Office of Singapore as a legal-policy counsel and assistant registrar. Following that stint, Ankur assumed the position of a law lecturer with a publicly run Institute for Higher Learning. His interests span a variety of corporate-commercial topics, with a focus on digital economy laws and litigation. He has authored a variety of published articles on related areas, all available on LinkedIn. Climate law and how its translates into a commercial setting is an area of interest to him as it could be potential theme for the SAL Law Reform Committee to explore.
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Eileen GOH
Project Officer, Commonwealth
Eileen is an international policy and sustainable development professional with background in organisational, leadership and youth development. She is a passionate advocate for purpose-driven leadership and youth-led change, she founded a few youth-led action groups focusing on specific goals such as sustainable urbanisation, equitable energy transition and cervical cancer elimination. With her spare time she also volunteers as a global shaper and also a school governor in the UK, contributing to the advancement of entrepreneurial skills and sustainability curriculum in primary schools.
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Brian Chi Kuen HO
Partner, Sustainability and Climate Assurance, Deloitte & Touche
Brian Ho is a Partner and the Sustainability and Climate Assurance Leader for the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia at Deloitte. With 20 years of experience in sustainable development, he provides professional services and drives Deloitte's ESG services in the Asia Pacific region. He holds positions on the Sustainability Reporting Advisory Committee in Singapore and the Sustainability Committee of the REITAS, actively promoting climate and sustainability. Previously, he worked as a partner in a global firm's China division and as the China Regional Director for a sustainable development consulting company in the Asia Pacific. He contributes to sustainable education, serving on the Industry Advisory Committee for Sustainable Education at the Singapore Institute of Technology and the Consultative Committee for the Global ESG Education and Research Center. He is also a doctoral candidate specializing in corporate governance and sustainability.
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Deborah HO
Country Head, BlackRock Singapore and Regional Head, South East Asia Blackrock
Deborah is regional head of the South East Asian business for BlackRock and country head of BlackRock Singapore. She has 30 years of experience in Investment Banking and Asset Management and is on the investment committee of the LKY fund for Bilingualism. She is a Board member of the Singapore Land Transport Authority and sits on the Advisory Board for the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics at the Singapore Management University.
Mahima KACHROO
Researcher and Case Writer, Singapore Management Univeristy
Researcher and case-writer for SMU, with a keen interest to learn more on ESG . Previously, a case writer for HBS (India Research Centre, Mumbai).
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Clive KERNER
Group CEO, Clifford Capital Holdings
Clive joined Clifford Capital at its inception in 2012 and has led its successful growth as well as the development of two new businesses, Pierfront Capital and Bayfront Infrastructure Management, both of which are now housed in CCH. As Group CEO, he is responsible for the overall performance of CCH and its strategic direction. He has 35 years of emerging markets finance experience as a CEO and in investment banking. Before joining Clifford Capital, he was CEO of Linq Asia Capital AG, a private credit business focused on South East Asia. He previously spent 20 years with Kleinwort Benson and its successor entities, holding senior positions in advisory and financing divisions covering the utilities, infrastructure and resources sectors, based in Singapore, London and Kuala Lumpur. He was previously a non-executive director of Changi Airports International (2015 - 2021) and a non-executive director of Singapore LNG Corporation (2013 - 2019).
Leo KRIPPNER
Research Fellow, Singapore Management University
Leo is a Research Fellow at the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics, Singapore Management University. His research interests are in macro-finance, particularly yield curve modelling, and time series econometrics.
Tom LAM
Researcher, Singapore Management University
Tom has roughly two decades of experience in the financial industry. He commenced his career in New York, initially at a large money-center bank and then at a hedge fund. Thereafter, he joined a bank in Singapore as senior economist. Subsequently, as chief economist, Tom established a global-focused research team at a financial outfit. He is currently a researcher at SKBI, Singapore Management University. Tom has been consistently ranked among the top five most accurate economists in the world on forecasting the US economy since 2013, placing third in the last participated Bloomberg Rankings in April 2017. During the Global Financial Crisis, he was acknowledged as the second-best US forecaster worldwide. He was also exclusively identified by Bloomberg to have accurately predicted the onset of the 2009 US recovery 16 months ahead of the official announcement. Consequently, Tom has been widely publicized as one of “Wall Street’s Most Prophetic Economists”.
LEE Kian Chong
Director, BNF Group
Lee Kian Chong is a Director of BNF Group which has core businesses in industrial gas supply chain management and environmental services. Under his leadership, BNF is actively involved in the development of sustainable and technology solutions for its customers globally. Kian Chong also serves as a Director of the portfolio F&B company, DITP, which operates restaurant concepts such as Canopy and ToriYard. For its learning and transformation efforts, DITP was recognised by SkillsFuture (SSG) and the company attained the SkillsFuture Employer Award in 2021. He graduated with a MPhil in Management from the University of Cambridge and a BSc in Chemistry from Imperial College London. During his leisure time, he finds joy in immersing himself in music and nature.
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Yah Ling (Joann) LIEW
PhD Candidate, Singapore Management University
My primary research interest focuses on examining the tension of implementing business strategies while considering corporate social responsibility and sustainability. This interest is driven by my personal concern and passion for ethical business management and the preservation of our planet. Additionally, I am interested in researching international business, specifically in emerging economies. I am motivated by the opportunity to explore the influence of context on social and economic development. My academic qualifications include an expected Ph.D. in Strategic Management and Organization from SMU, an MBA from NUS, a BBA in Accountancy from NTU, and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Studies from APIL.
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Chelsea LIM
Governance and ESG Sales Specialist, Nasdaq Asia Pacific
I am Chelsea, Governance and ESG Specialist from Nasdaq. As a citizen on earth - we live, and make a living on earth, without it, we cease to exist! That is reason enough to protect our home and in this conference, I want to learn how from a business perspective.
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Nathaniel MANGUNSONG
Managing Partner, Adrem Law Firm
Prior to establishing Adrem Law Firm in 2020, Nathaniel served as the General Counsel to Gojek for around 4 years, followed by the same role at Ruangguru. He oversees the growth of these companies including through fundraising, merger & acquisitions, management, and overseas expansion to Southeast Asian countries. Before that, Nathaniel worked at various international law firms doing various corporate law works. As the Managing Partner of Adrem Law Firm, Nathaniel has a vision to bring his deep expertise, experience, and insights to grow the communities in which Adrem, its clients (including VCs and startups) and team members to greater impacts. Nathaniel earned his Bachelor or Law with a major in business law from Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia in 2004, and is currently pursuing his doctoral studies there. He also earned his Master of Laws from New York University School of Law in 2008.
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Kai Hong NG
Marketing Manager, APAC, Nasdaq
Marketing Manager overseeing Nasdaq's IR, ESG & Governance Solutions.
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Phuong NGUYEN
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Singapore Green Finance Centre/Singapore Management University
Dr. Phuong NGUYEN is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sim Kee Boon Institute of Financial Economics, Singapore Management University (SMU). She obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from SMU. Her research interests include sustainable finance, climate change, international trade and corporate finance. Currently she is actively involved in research on climate change adaptation and Impact Weighted Account Framework (IWAF).
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Param PANDYA
PhD Candidate & President's Graduate Fellow, National University of Singapore
Param is a PhD Candidate and the President's Graduate Fellow at the National University of Singapore. He is currently researching on envisaging an enforcement mechanism to remedy breach of directors' duties to consider stakeholders' interests.
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PHANG Sock Yong
Celia Moh Chair Professor of Economics, Singapore Management University
Professor Phang Sock-Yong is the Celia Moh Chair Professor of Economics at the Singapore Management University. She obtained her PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1989. She is author of the following books: Policy Innovations for Affordable Housing in Singapore (2018), Housing Finance Systems: Market Failures and Government Failures (2013), and Housing Markets and Urban Transportation (1993). She has also published numerous book chapters and journal articles on housing, transport, economic regulation, and infrastructure public-private partnerships. Professor Phang has served as consultant to the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and various government organizations in Asia. In Singapore, she has previously served as board member of the Urban Redevelopment Authority, the Land Transport Authority, the Public Transport Council, the Competition and Consumer Commission, and the Energy Market Authority. She is also a Fellow at Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities.
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Terence QUEK
CEO, Singapore Institute of Directors
Terrence Quek completed 13 years of service with the Republic of Singapore Navy where he honed his skills in strategy, operational planning and execution, and communication. It also guided him in the subsequent 14 years as a co-founder of a strategic communications consultancy and regional CEO of a global people and organisation development organisation. He now chooses to leverage his expertise across the domains of strategy, business development, communication, people and organisation development and his past experiences working for, with, and alongside leaders in the people, public and private sectors and channel his energy into advancing the cause of Singapore Institute of Directors - to uplift the directorship profession and champion good governance in organisations in Singapore.
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Marc RAKOTOMALALA
Research Fellow, Singapore Management University
Marc is a finance practitioner, researcher, entrepreneur, and computer scientist. He graduated from the École Centrale de Nantes, the École Supérieure d'Electricité, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In Paris, Marc advised key accounts on strategy, in fields as varied as public finance to the management of France’s nuclear electricity. In New York, Marc was as a "quant". In the 2000s, he raised USD 650 million to create an innovative "Fintech" company. Marc sold his interest in the company when it had a portfolio of USD 40 billion of assets and USD 80 million in revenue. In Singapore since 2010, Marc joined an asset management research think tank and launched a start-up in the field of artificial intelligence. In 2019, he joined SKBI, the Singapore Management University's think tank in financial economics. His research interest is in fintech and disruptive technologies - AI/ML, big data, IoT, blockchain, quantum computing.
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Rekha RANGANATHAN
Senior Investment Officer, IFC
Regional Lead for Climate investments in Manufacturing, Agri and Services at IFC.
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Pushkala RATAN
Asia Lead - Climate Finance, IFC
Pushkala is the Asia Pacific Lead for Climate Investments in the Financial Institutions Group for IFC, based in Singapore. She is the Climate Lead for several market firsts and co-leads a core team at IFC working on the blue economy. She previously worked with Danish Wind Energy leader, Vestas A/S, where she started and led the global Carbon Credits business, subsequently Vice-President for Environmental Financial Products at Deutsche Bank, and Vice-President at German technical leader, TÃœV SÃœD AG. She has extensive experience in Sustainability across Investment, Finance and Technical Services in global markets. Pushkala has a Masters from The American University, Washington DC and a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology.
Owi RUIVIVAR
Strategist, GIC
Owi is a Managing Director at GIC. She serves as a senior strategist in the Economics and Investment Strategy Department. She is responsible for macro thematic research and leads the Futures Market team tasked with investing in frontier and smaller to mid-sized emerging markets. She also heads the GIC Research Network secretariat, a firmwide initiative that identifies, prioritizes and scales high conviction themes from across the organization. Owi joined GIC in 2019, after 17 years at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). At GSAM, she co-founded the Emerging Market Debt business which grew to a 50+bn AUM franchise and awarded Lipper’s best 10 year fund track record. Owi earned a PhD in Economics in 1997 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was a National Science Foundation graduate fellow, and an AB in Economics, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard University in 1992.
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Damien SOH
Senior Associate, Reserves & Investment, Ministry of Finance, Singapore
My background is in M&A and corporate strategy, and I currently oversee policies relating to the investment of Singapore's reserves.
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Kanchuya SUKDHEVA
Senior Advisor, Climate Smart Ventures
MKanchuya is a seasoned finance veteran with over 15 years of capital markets experience covering Asia ex-Japan equity and debt origination, structuring and syndication, corporate finance advisory, and principal investments. She has advised global, regional, as well as local corporate players in both local and international capital markets. Her established relationships in key markets (Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Singapore) yielded total capital raised/ deployed of over USD 20B in both debt and equity. Prior to joining CSV, Kanchuya headed up capital market teams at HSBC, ANZ, and Standard Bank.
Kelvin TAN
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance & Investments, Asean, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
Kelvin Tan Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance & Investments, ASEAN, HSBC Kelvin Tan is the Head of Sustainable Finance & Investments, ASEAN, for HSBC. He oversees the provision of sustainability-linked finance; the development of innovative climate solutions; and leads cross-business and cross-market collaboration in sales enablement and risk management. Prior to this role, Kelvin Tan was Chief Executive Officer of HSBC in Thailand from 2015 to 2021, managing the bank’s franchise for the country. He was responsible for overseeing and growing HSBC’s Wholesale and Private Banking business. Previously, Kelvin held several other positions within HSBC, including Head of Commercial Banking in Singapore and Head of Large Corporates in Global Banking management team. Kelvin was appointed Board Member of Pentagreen Capital in August 2022. Kelvin holds an MBA (Accountancy) degree from the Nanyang Technological University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore.
Nicolaus TENG
Graduate Economics Scholar, University of Cambridge
Nicolaus is an alumni of the Cambridge Judge Business School. He has past strategy and special projects experiences working with local Singapore and UK start-ups in the e-commerce, platform economy, consumer goods and retail technology sectors. He has also worked with IHLs such as NTU, Prime Minister's Office and other government ministries on the commercialisation of translational research, grant funding and start-up spin-offs. His interests lie in venture capital, network economics, behavioural economics, data science, platform economies, business strategy and financial markets. At present he is now focused on founding his own start-up, seed investments and pursuing further research in the technology economy.
Hilary TSENG
Assistant Vice President, Group Legal, Sembcorp Industries Ltd
Hilary started her career as a lawyer specialising in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) at Allen & Gledhill and was there for 10 years assisting with different types of M&A deals in various sectors. She advised private equity firms, MNCs and corporates on their transactions including many cross-border deals especially in the Southeast Asian region. Thereafter, she joined the in-house legal team at Sembcorp Industries Ltd. covering the Group's M&A transactions and supporting Group functions such as Group Sustainability and Group Strategy.
WONG Ai Ai
Principal, Baker McKenzie.Wong & Leow
Wong Ai Ai's career with Baker McKenzie spans leading a range of landmark transactions for blue-chip clients, to global management and leadership roles at the highest levels of the Firm, including serving as a member of Global Executive Committee and chair of the Asia Pacific region. During her leadership tenure, the Firm built out an aggressive transactional strategy that saw its transactional teams secure industry leading mandates, and win many accolades across the world, including in key centers such as London, New York, Paris, Germany, Japan and Hong Kong/China. During that time, she was instrumental in the development and implementation of the Firm's Belt & Road Initiative, ESG/sustainability and financial institutions strategies. She is also a founding steering committee member of Climate Governance Singapore Limited, a World Economic Forum-led initiative to educate non-executive directors on the opportunities and challenges for their companies arising from climate change and its consequences.
James WONG
Director, Risk & Analytics, WTW
James is the regional lead for Strategic Risk Consulting (SRC) which is a part of WTW Risk & Analytics division specializing in quantifying complex risks, optimizing risk finance structures, and enhancing Enterprise Risk Management programs. Prior to his current role, James was responsible for providing insurance broking and captive advisory services for multinational organisations in Asia Pacific. He collaborated with various specialty subject matter experts to optimize the Cost of Risk and to utilize data to provide risk management insights. During his career, he has led and conducted risk finance consultancies, risk quantification and modelling engagements for complex and emerging risks (including Climate), global insurance program implementations, and captive feasibility studies & implementations – across industry sectors including Financial Institutions, Healthcare, Food & Beverages, Real Estate and Hospitality, Telecommunication & Technology, Transportation, Energy & Power operations.
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WONG Su-Yen
Chair of the Governing Council, Singapore Institute of Directors
Su-Yen is Chairperson of the Governing Council of the Singapore Institute of Directors and she serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of several public, private, and not-for-profit organisations in Australia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, and the United States. She has advised and worked with some of the world’s largest, most innovative, and complex organisations including Alibaba, AT&T, Becton Dickinson, Citibank, China Mobile, DBS, ExxonMobil, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, SK Telecom, and the Government of Singapore. Su-Yen is a board and C-suite advisor, keynote speaker on the future of work, and Adjunct Professor of Global Leadership at the National University of Singapore. Previously Su-Yen was CEO of the Human Capital Leadership Institute, Chairman for Marsh & McLennan Companies (Singapore), Senior Partner and Managing Director, Southeast Asia at Mercer, and Asia Managing Partner for the Communications, Information & Entertainment practice at Oliver Wyman.
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Elizabeth WU
Legal Consultant / Visiting Researcher, ClientEarth / Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law
Elizabeth Wu is a Legal Consultant with ClientEarth and a Visiting Researcher with the Asia-Pacific Centre for Environmental Law. She leads on initiatives that explore climate-related risks and opportunities in Asia and the role of corporate law and international economic law to facilitate the energy transition. Her work covers the alignment of international climate and environmental law with financial, investment and trade law, with a focus on ASEAN-relevant treaties and initiatives, and includes corporate and investor engagement in support of net zero strategies. Elizabeth has a background in international law and financial and investment disputes. She practised international arbitration and litigation and was formerly a Fellow with the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague and a State Counsel and prosecutor with the Attorney-General’s Chambers of Singapore. She holds an LLM in International Economic Law, Business and Policy from Stanford Law School and is dual-qualified in Singapore and New York.
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ZHANG Hong
Professor of Finance, Singapore Management University
Zhang Hong is a Professor of Finance at Singapore Management University's Lee Kong Chian School of Business. His research interest includes market efficiency and frictions, delegated portfolio management, short selling social, environmental and cultural issues, international finance and globalization.
Kathy ZHANG
Adjunct Faculty, Singapore Management University
Kathy Zhang was born and grew up in an academic family in Beijing. She came to Singapore via a program of the EDB after graduating from the University of Calgary, Canada with a BSc in Applied Chemistry. In 2001, Kathy co-founded the Financial PR group in Singapore. As a regional investor relations agency, Financial PR has a presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. In 2021, Kathy co-authored a book about “performance investor relationsTM “, and how it helps listed companies create sustainable shareholder value with 40 real-life case studies. Kathy is currently taking a Doctorate degree from Singapore Management University. She has passed her final dissertation defense. The title of her thesis is “ESG Ratings Rewriting or Recalibration?”. Meanwhile, Kathy is an adjunct faculty in the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University.
