Sven is the Managing Director at Accenture Strategy, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and leading the Supply Chain & Operation practice in South East Asia.

In this role, he is currently focusing on the impact of Digital on Supply Chain and Procurement, in terms of how Digital opens up new opportunities for value & innovation as well as what impact Digital has on the workforce.

Since 2000, he has driven projects to realise substantial cost reductions for clients in the area of Sourcing & Procurement through Strategic Planning, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement Pre-Merger Integration. Additionally, he has led multiple engagements developing fit-for-purpose operating models to drive efficiency and enable growth across Procurement and a variety of Supply Chain & Operations functions.

He has deep experience in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and FMCG industry. He has worked extensively across ASEAN and China. Before moving to Kuala Lumpur in 2009, he was based in Belgium and worked extensively in The Netherlands and US.

Bey Soo Khiang was appointed Vice Chairman of the RGE Group of companies in March 2011.

A former aviation executive and distinguished defence leader, Mr Bey oversees critical matters on business sustainability across the four key business groups within RGE Group. He is also Chairman of APRIL Group and actively guides APRIL Group’s operations in Indonesia on matters relating to fibre plantations.

Mr Bey previously spent 11 years in Singapore Airlines (SIA), holding various senior positions including Chairman of SIA Cargo Pte Ltd, Chairman of Silkair Pte Ltd, Chairman of Singapore Flying College, as well as at Virgin Atlantic Limited. A former Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) overseas scholar, Mr Bey was Singapore’s Chief of Defence Force from 1995-2000.

Mr Bey holds a Masters in Arts (Engineering) from University of Cambridge and a Masters in Public Administration from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He has also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Mr. Pascal De Petrini has been Senior Vice President Chairman Asia at Danone since October 2017.

He has been working in senior management positions in the food and beverage industry for more than 35 years.

Pascal joined Danone in 1984 and worked in France until 1998 when he became the General Manager of Danone’s Biscuits division in China. From 2002 until 2011, he had general management responsibilities at country level and regional level in Waters and Early Life Nutrition categories. After a period as Chief Executive Officer of Food & Beverage at Fraser and Neave Ltd, he joined Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd as Managing Director Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa in October 2013. In 2015, Pascal returned to Danone as Executive Vice President of Strategic Resource Cycles until moving to his current role.

He has a wealth of experience in Boards of listed (Asia Pacific Brewery, Vinamilk, Yakult Honsha, Mengniu Dairy..) and non-listed companies in Asia. From 2015 until 2017 he was Chairman of Danone Ecosystem Fund and on the Board of Livelihood Fund for Family Farming, two important social innovation funds created by Danone.

He graduated from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy in France with a1 Master of Science in Engineering degree in 1981 and obtained a Master of Science in Management degree from ESSEC Business School in France in 1983.

Mabel leads ELEVATE’s Sustainability Consulting practice in the Asia Pacific region. She is also responsible for the ELEVATE Strategic Partner Program, a global membership network for sustainability professionals. Mabel's sustainability experience in the last decade includes advisory on supply chain consulting, sustainability strategy and reporting, materiality assessment, stakeholder engagement, and impact measurement. She delivers training on community investment strategy and impact measurement. Mabel has also presented at a number of regional sustainability events, including convening Asia’s flagship sustainability conference, CSR Asia Summit.

Mabel joined ELEVATE from CSR Asia. Prior to that, Mabel has extensive experience in the development sector. In her last role, Mabel was in an Asia-Pacific regional role liaising with senior government representatives, NGOs, corporates and UN bodies, providing technical assistance to countries starting up national child protection helplines.

Her languages include English (native) and Mandarin (spoken). She holds a BA (Political Science and Psychology) and a Master’s degree in Public Administration (Policy, Public and Non-Profit Program) at New York University (NYU).

Ariel leads the development of Forum’s growth and impact in the Asia region including both the Mumbai and Singapore offices, as well as New Zealand. She’s been designing and delivering sustainability change initiatives for over 15 years across a broad range of sectors, including agriculture, electronics, shipping, aviation, apparel manufacturing and fast moving consumer goods.

Prior to joining Forum she worked for the Helsinki Group, a collaborative strategy and design firm to design internal innovation programs for partnering organizations, such as the Secretary General’s Office of the United Nations and the Stupski Foundation, which aimed to catalyse systemic change in the American public education system.

Prior to that, Ariel worked at Saatchi and Saatchi S where she designed and delivered sustainability programs for Fortune 100 companies such as Wal-Mart, NBC Universal, Duke Energy and P&G. When living in New York, Ariel was Adjunct Faculty at Parson’s New School where she taught a course which integrated urban policy, systems thinking, environmental science and design thinking. She received her MBA in Sustainable Business from Bainbridge at Presidio.

Roger is a world renowned futurist, New York Times bestselling author and social entrepreneur who mentors entrepreneurs to grow their social enterprises and make an impact.

Roger is the founder of Genius Group, a $300 million group of companies leading the entrepreneur movement. Genius Group is World's largest Entrepreneur Education Group with over 2,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 200 cities. The Group includes his tech company, GeniusU, which connects entrepreneurs to the smartest knowledge, purpose, connections and opportunities, with circles for each of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This enables entrepreneurs to connect with other enterprises and non-profits linked to their cause.

Roger is the creator of the Purpose Test, allowing adults and students to discover which of the 17 United Nations Global Goals aligns most with their purpose. All of Roger’s companies empower the Entrepreneur Movement - collectively growing our ability to create and contribute wealth.

Mr Ho is the Chief Executive Officer of SBF. The SBF is the Apex Business Chamber of Singapore with membership from more than 27,200 top companies.

SBF serves as the voice of the Singapore business community both locally and internationally. It runs many programmes to connect its member companies to overseas business opportunities. Mr Ho represents Singapore as a member of APEC Business Advisory Council. He is also a member of the World Council of the World Chambers Federation of the International Chamber of Commerce based in Paris. Mr Ho is the Vice-President of Global Compact Network Singapore (GCNS), the local chapter of the United Nations Global Compact which provides an ecosystem for companies to align strategies and operations to achieving the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Prior to joining SBF in 2011, Mr Ho held a variety of senior policy and executive positions in Singapore Government including four years as Principal Private Secretary to then Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew; as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was also Chief Executive of the Singapore Broadcasting Authority, Land Transport Authority and Managing Director of the Economic Development Board.

Mr Ho currently serves on the Board of Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority, SBF Foundation, Governing Board Member of East Asian Institute and several public sector advisory bodies. Mr Ho is also a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors.

Ms. Shahamin S. Zaman is an economist and has over 20 years of development sector experience with international organizations including Harvard Institute for International Development ( HIID ), Ashoka Foundation, Canadian International Development Agency, Actionaid International, UNDP, DFID and others across a wide range of sectors including private sector development, agriculture, gender, health & population and education. She has also led teams on fundraising, partnership development, international communications, resource mobilization, child sponsorship and research monitoring and evaluation. She is an expert on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and private sector engagement, multi-stakeholder dialogues and policy advocacy. Her experience ranges in facilitating dialogues with donors, NGOs, INGOs. CSOs and private sector as well as Government.

She is an advocate for CSR at the national, regional and international levels in order to promote responsible business practices for a sustainable future. She has initiated multi-stakeholder discussions on the UNGC Principles including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Food and Agriculture Business Principles, Women Empowerment Principles (WEPs ),etc. She has been engaged at policy level for developing the National CSR Policy for Children in Bangladesh based on the CRBP and initiator of the National CSR Guideline for Bangladesh Government. As CEO, CSR Centre in Bangladesh she has been successfully advocating for companies to engage and implement the business and human rights framework and SDGs.

She has been on the board of the UN Working Committee for Labour & Human Rights; a member of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) Regional Steering Committee for South & Central Asia led by UN Secretary General, a Board Member at Solidaridad International, Chair of Solidaridad Asia, Chair of Global Compact Local Networks Regional Council – Asia & Oceania Region, Member of UNGC Global Network Council, Multistakeholder Advisory Board member of GRI South & SE Asia, member of amfori Stakeholder Advisory Board, member of SAI Advisory Board and member of the Board of Governors of UCEP a national NGO working on education for underprivileged children and youth.

Raymond is currently the Vice President for Customs and Regulatory Affairs for DHL Express covering Asia Pacific excluding China. His role includes working with governments, particularly Customs and Trade agencies on various reform and modernization programs and enhancing partnerships between DHL Express and Customs administrations from across the region.

He has over 25 years experience dealing with Customs and Trade issues covering both public and private sectors dealing with all aspects of this area. His first role involved setting up the ASEAN Free Trade Area in the ASEAN Secretariat in 1994 as well as managing customs cooperation and trade facilitation issues in ASEAN as the Secretariat’s Assistant Director for Trade Facilitation. He subsequently worked as a customs and trade consultant in various consulting companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young.

Prior to joining DHL, he headed indirect tax issues for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa for an international tobacco company. He is the current Chair of the EU-ASEAN Business Council Working Group on Trade Facilitation. His areas of expertise include: trade facilitation and policy making, trade negotiations, customs simplification, customs valuation, tax and logistics supply chain efficiency, free trade areas and their rules and requirements, WTO and WCO issues.

Raymond graduated with a Bachelors in Economics from Cambridge University and a Masters in Economic Development (specializing in ASEAN Trade) from Oxford University.

Pascal took on the role of Group Country Head, Singapore and Head of South East Asia and India, when he moved to Singapore in September 2012.

Prior to that, he was the Regional Chief Operating Officer for Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in the Asia Pacific, where he led the Global Business Services Group since January 2010. He joined Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking in Hong Kong in June 2009 as Chief Operating Officer for Global Markets, Asia Pacific.

Prior to joining Societe Generale, Pascal spent most of his career at Bear Stearns as a Senior Managing Director and in various international assignments in Hong Kong, Dublin and London. Pascal also spent a short period at JP Morgan Hong Kong. He started his career at Banque Indosuez, in Djibouti, Mumbai and Tokyo.

Pascal is a graduate of Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) with a specialisation in Finance. Pascal, representing Societe Generale, has been elected as President of the French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore on 25 August 2017. He also serves as a Director of Passerelles numériques South East Asia and Conseillers du Commerce Extérieur Section de Singapour.

As Ben & Jerry’s point person in Asia Pacific, Kalli’s responsible for crafting brand strategy and communication plans for the region, as well as coordinating new market expansion around the world. But it doesn’t stop there. Like all Ben & Jerry’s employees, Kalli stands up when there’s a cause worth fighting for. That passion has put her centre-stage in a number of change-making campaigns, taking on issues of climate and social justice from Australia to Singapore.

Most recently, she was instrumental in Ben & Jerry’s ‘Unfudge our Future’ campaign, calling on Australia’s leaders to make fossil fuels history and build a clean, resilient and fair future for Australia.

Erin Meezan is Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at Interface, Inc. She gives voice to the company’s conscience, ensuring that its strategy and goals are in sync with its aggressive sustainability vision established more than 20 years ago. Today, Interface has evolved its thinking to go beyond doing less harm to creating positive impacts, not just for Interface and the flooring industry, but for the world at large.

Erin led the company to unveil a new mission in 2016 – Climate Take Back, tackling the single biggest threat facing humanity: global warming. This mission is focused on creating a path for Interface and others to reverse global warming, not just reduce carbon emissions.

As CSO, Erin leads a global team that provides technical assistance and support to this audacious goal and the company’s global business, addressing sustainability at all levels – from operations and management, to employees and customers, and in policy forums. Erin and her team also develop industry-leading approaches to measurement, driving transparency and innovation in the field of sustainability.

Erin is a frequent lecturer on sustainable business to senior management teams, universities and the growing green consumer sector. She has keynoted at a variety of conferences and forums including Bioneers, GreenBiz, VERGE, Greenbuild, Sustainable Brands, SXSW, SXSW Eco, Conscious Capitalism and others, and to business audiences around the world in Singapore, China, Hong Kong, the United States and Europe.

In addition, she serves as a guest faculty member at Harvard University for the Executive Education for Sustainability Leadership program. She also serves on the Sustainable Entrepreneurship MBA (SEMBA) program advisory board for the Vermont Grossman School of Business.

Erin is a magna cum laude graduate of the Vermont Law School, where she earned her Master’s Degree in Studies in Environmental Law and her Juris Doctor degree.

Veera has founded several social enterprises, which operate in Singapore, India and Indonesia. He has a keen interest in addressing sustainability challenges through foresight methods, community development and technology.

He is a pioneer of the maker movement in Singapore, was awarded the National University of Singapore Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 2019, the Joseph Jaworski Next Generation Foresight Asia Special Award in 2018 and represented Singapore at its UN SDG Voluntary National Review in the same year. He sits on the Lotus-NUS Fund panel which awards seed funding to social enterprises in Singapore.

He is currently working on ensuring AI fluency across the general population, getting companies to innovate around the UN Sustainable Development Goals and tackling the challenges of aging societies.

Ho Kwon Ping is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Banyan Tree Holdings and Laguna Resorts and Hotels, and Executive Chairman of Thai Wah Public Company.

He is also the founding and current Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management University and Chairman of The Singapore Summit.

Among various awards, Mr Ho has received the London Business School Entrepreneurship Award; CEO of the Year at the Singapore Corporate Awards; CNBC Travel Business Leader Award ; Distinguished Alumnus Award from the National University of Singapore; and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the American Creativity Association, China Hotel Investment Summit, Australia Hotel Investment Summit. Honoured for his contributions and accomplishments in the hotel industry in the Asia Pacific region and globally, Mr Ho is the only two-time recipient of Hotel Investment Conference Asia Pacific - HICAP’s Innovation Award (2003) and Lifetime Achievement Award (2019) in its 30-year establishment.

For his services to the country he has been decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal and the Distinguished Service Order by the Singapore Government. Mr Ho has also been conferred honorary doctorates by Johnson & Wales University and from Hong Kong Poly University.

Deborah is regional head of the South East Asian business for BlackRock and country head of BlackRock Singapore. BlackRock is one of the world’s leading providers of investment, advisory and risk management solutions. As of end-Q4 2019, BlackRock’s assets under management total US$7.43 trillion across fixed income, cash management, alternative investment, real estate and advisory strategies. Singapore is one of the major hubs for Aladdin, which is BlackRock’s operating system for investment professionals that enables every aspect of the investment process.

Deborah is a member of the Asia Pacific Steering committee which is the senior most leadership body for BlackRock in APAC, a member of the Asia Pacific Exco which is a general management group for the region. Globally, Deborah represents BlackRock APAC on the human capital committee, which is the most senior leadership group ensuring the implementation of leadership and culture priorities of the firm. Deborah is a recognised champion for gender and cultural diversity both within the firm and in the finance industry. She is a global executive committee member of BlackRock’s global women’s initiative group.

Deborah is passionate about developing leaders in the financial services sector in Asia. She is active in contributing to the development of the financial industry in Singapore. She represents BlackRock on FCAP, MAS’ financial centre advisory panel which consists of the most senior representatives of the top financial institutions in Singapore. She is most recently focused on the development of ESG investing at BlackRock and is a steering committee member of the ESG working group at FCAP. She is regularly invited to speak on gender diversity and the championing of sustainability.

An active advocate for green building and sustainability for over two decades, Esther has been instrumental in establishing CDL’s leadership in sustainability. It is ranked top real estate company on the 2020 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World and is also the only CDP A-List company for climate strategy and water security in SE Asia.

Key ESG initiatives she has spearheaded include publishing the first sustainability report using GRI standards in Singapore in 2008; issuing the first green bond by a Singaporean company in 2017 and pioneering an SDG Innovation Loan in Singapore in 2019.

A forerunner in embracing the UN SDGs, Esther was conferred 2018 SDG Pioneer for Green Infrastructure and A Low Carbon Economy by the UN Global Compact. She was also recently appointed Chairperson of Asia Pacific Real Estate Association’s Sustainability and ESG Committee and Co-Chair of Urban Land Institute Singapore’s Sustainability Product Council.

Ms Goh joined Shell in 2003 and retired as Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore in January 2019. She was previously with Procter & Gamble and IBM. A global leader, she has lived and worked in Singapore, Malaysia, Netherlands, Australia, USA, Japan and China. Ms Goh has a diverse professional background, having led significant businesses in Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and IT sectors.

Ms Goh is on the Boards of CapitaLand and Singapore Airlines. She chairs the Institute of HR Professionals and Global Compact Network Singapore. She also sits on public service boards including Legal Service Commission and National Arts Council.

Ms Goh had previously chaired/sat in the Boards of Shell Joint Ventures in China, Korea and Saudi Arabia.

Ms Goh graduated with B.Sc. - Victoria University and MBA - Chicago Booth, University of Chicago. She was named Distinguished Alumni, Chicago Booth, in 2018. She is married with three children.

Melissa Kwee is the third Chief Executive Officer of the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC).

Her career has involved her bridging the public, private and community sectors as anthropologist, researcher, programme designer, social innovator and as a catalyst in the private sector. She has founded, run and served on the boards of several nonprofit organisations and ground-up initiatives relating to youth, women, the arts, the prisons, community development, healthcare and education. She is also Chairman of MHPL, a Pontiac Land company.

She received the Singapore Youth Award in 2007 and Asean Youth Award 2008 for her leadership and service and was appointed as a Justice of the Peace in 2018.

Melissa was educated at Harvard College and graduated magna cum laude in Social Anthropology. She also received a Fulbright Scholarship to study ethnic-based community leadership in Nepal.

She believes that genuine friendships are the purpose of life and is passionate about building a culture of giving and other-centeredness where people give their best for others. She enjoys family time, learning from children, peers, elders and strangers, and discovering new stories in the #cityofgood.

Michael is the head of Listing Policy & Product Admission at Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo), a subsidiary of Singapore Exchange (SGX) that undertakes frontline regulatory functions. He oversees listing policy and rules development and has oversight of the listing admission of securities products, including debt securities, structured products and exchange-traded funds.

Michael graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with a Bachelor of Laws degree and is admitted to the Singapore bar. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the NUS Business School’s Centre for Governance, Institutions and Organisations (CGIO). Michael leads SGX’s efforts to promote sustainability across stakeholder groups.

Prof George is the Dean of the Lee Kong Chian School of Business at Singapore Management University (SMU) and a committee member of Global Compact Network Singapore’s Management Committee.

Prof George was also a member of the Corporate Governance Council of the Monetary Authority of Singapore tasked to redraft the Corporate Governance Code of Singapore in 2017.

An award-winning researcher and teacher, he has published over 100 articles in leading journals. His areas of interest are in innovation, entrepreneurship, sustainability and tackling grand challenges in society. He was awarded a prestigious Professorial Fellowship from the UK's Economic and Social Research Council to work on socially-inclusive innovation in areas such as natural resources, healthcare, and energy.

For his contribution to further education and research, Prof. George was awarded Fellowship of the City & Guilds of London Institute. He is also Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.

Shantanu is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Operations Management at SMU and Deputy Dean of programmes. Previously, he was Associate Professor of Operations Management at INSEAD. He holds a PhD in Operations Management from the University of Texas at Austin.

His teaching and research interests are in the areas of supply chain management, innovation and new product development, project management, services management, and change management. He has consulted for several firms and consortia, and has served on the advisory board and taught executive development programmes for a number of firms in various sectors.

He has been recognized for his excellence in teaching at Singapore Management University and at INSEAD with various award and award nominations. His research has been published in top business journals in different disciplines.

Frederick Teo is Director in the Sustainability and Stewardship Group with responsibilities for capability programmes in sustainability-related areas. This includes exploring innovative commercial capabilities and solutions for issues such as energy and food security. He oversees Temasek’s annual Ecosperity conference and thought leadership activities around the Ecosperity platform.

Prior to joining Sustainability Team, he served as Director, Portfolio Management. This include studying the performance of some of Temasek’s larger portfolio companies, such as Singtel and ST Engineering.

Fred holds a MSc in International Relations from London School of Economics (1999-2000) and BA, MA (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) Lincoln College, Oxford University (1996-1999).

Dilhan Pillay joined Temasek in September 2010 and has been CEO of Temasek International since April 2019.

Since joining Temasek, Dilhan has held various leadership roles, including at various times, Head of the Investment, the Portfolio Management and the Enterprise Development Groups. He has also led various Temasek market teams including Singapore, the U.S. and the Americas.

Dilhan serves on the boards of the National Research Foundation in Singapore and Enterprise Singapore. He is also a member of the Future Economy Council, the Financial Centre Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and the National Jobs Council.

He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Laws and obtained a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge.

Sanda Ojiambo is the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. Launched in July 2000, the United Nations Global Compact is the Secretary‑General’s strategic policy and advocacy initiative calling for the alignment of business operations and strategies with 10 universal principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption. It also motivates companies to integrate the SDGs into their core business strategies and operations.

With more than 10,000 corporate participants and other stakeholders from over 160 countries engaged through 68 country networks, the Compact is the largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative in the world. Endorsed by chief executive officers, it is a practical framework for the development, implementation and disclosure of sustainability policies and practices, committing businesses to sustainability and shared responsibility for achieving a better world.

Ms. Ojiambo brings 20 years of experience to lead the UN Global Compact. She has served as Head of Sustainable Business and Social Impact, Safaricom Plc, Kenya since 2010. Ms. Ojiambo was also the Senior Manager of Safaricom and MPESA Foundations, Kenya from 2008 to 2010, during which she led the implementation of several public-private partnership initiatives between Safaricom and UN organizations.

Throughout her career, she has cultivated and managed relationships with key business entities and civil society organizations, including her capacity development work in Somalia with UNDP and CARE International.

Ms. Ojiambo holds a Master of Arts in Public Policy from the University of Minnesota, USA, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Development from McGill University, Canada.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Mr. Elliott Harris of Trinidad and Tobago as Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development and Chief Economist effective 2 April 2018. Mr. Harris brings over 25 years of international experience in the fields of international economics and development policy analysis, coupled with knowledge of the United Nations system, multilateral and inter–agency coordination processes.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Harris served as Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 2015. Prior to joining UNEP, Mr. Harris began his career in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1988. He was appointed in 2008 as Special Representative to the United Nations in 2008.

Mr. Harris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in German and political science and an advanced degree in economics. He was awarded an Advanced Studies Certificate in international economics and policy research from the Institute of World Economics in Kiel, Germany.

Tan Chong Meng is the Group Chief Executive Officer of PSA International (PSA).

He joined PSA on 1 October 2011, bringing with him a wealth of experience in managing the complexity, diversity and breadth of a global business. PSA is a leading global port group and trusted partner to cargo stakeholders around the world. With flagship operations in Singapore and Antwerp, the Group’s portfolio comprises a network of over 50 coastal, rail and inland terminals in 19 countries. PSA is headquartered in Singapore and owned by Temasek Holdings. Together with his management team, Chong Meng is responsible for the overall performance of the PSA Group and provides strategic direction on growing the company’s value through maximising assets, developing PSA port positions and engaging global business partnerships.

Outside the PSA Group, Chong Meng serves as the Chairman of JTC and is a non-Executive Director on the board of the National University Health System (NUHS). He was previously a Board Member of IE Singapore. In April 2020, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Emerging Stronger Task Force, a committee set up by the Singapore government to guide the nation’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before joining PSA, Chong Meng was the Executive Vice President, Global Commercial, Shell Downstream, of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. He led six global businesses – many of which are world leaders engaged in the marketing and sale of fuels, lubricants and specialty products to commercial customers vis-à-vis Aviation, Marine, Industrial, Land Transport, Construction and Liquefied Petroleum Gas. A global leader with more than 20 years of experience in Shell, Chong Meng worked in USA, Europe, China and Singapore, holding various senior leadership positions that spanned management, sales, marketing, trading, refinery operations, customer service and merger & acquisitions.

Prior to Shell, Chong Meng had also worked in various positions with Singapore’s Ministry of National Development for five years.

A nutritionist by training, Charlotte Mei is a media personality, a self-taught cook, and an all-round advocate of sustainable living.

Her mission is simple: to get more people into the kitchen and get them interested in what they eat! Her content channel TheCharlotteMei shares fuss-free recipes, city food tours, and nuggets of tips for living and eating more mindfully.

From the reduction of use of single-use products to advocating for diets with a reduced carbon footprint, Charlotte is a believer in education and empowerment as a means to a more conscious co-existence.

I think as a generation that was brought up being constantly exposed to environmental issues has a lot to do with the fact that sustainability informs our decision making process. Also, being old enough to process the most visible aspects of climate change right about the time when they started gaining media attention and becoming more severe make us hyper aware of our actions on the climate.

In my professional life, the most visible way we practise sustainability is through the addition of leftover bread in the brewing process of one of our beers. I’ll be the first to say that the quantity of bread we use does not significantly contribute to the reduction of food waste, but for me, the more important aspect of this is getting people used to the idea that this can be done, and starting a conversation that will hopefully inspire further change that is much larger than us. A lesser known thing we do is that we use an electric car sharing scheme (blueSG) for all our deliveries and the bulk of transport within the company, even if this means having to walk a bit from the car return points.

In my personal life, I make small changes to my lifestyle which I hope, cumulatively, lead to a larger impact. Things like always having a plastic bag in my backpack so that I don’t have to use a fresh one, carrying a water bottle with me so I don’t buy drinks just to throw away the packaging after consuming it, and always trying my best to eat food at the place I buy it so I don’t use packaging for that.

Professor Paul Teng is Managing Director, NIE International Pte. Ltd., and Adjunct Senior Fellow, Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, RSIS, both of Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He is also concurrently Chair, International Service for the Acquisition of Agribiotech Applications (ISAAA), Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University, Australia, and Senior Fellow, Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, Philippines. His expertise is in food security, agri- & bio- technology innovations and entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. He has over thirty years of experience from positions in international organizations (the International Rice Research Institute, and the Worldfish Centre), U.S. universities (University of Minnesota, University of Hawaii) and the private sector. Prof. Teng has won numerous awards for his work: the Eriksson Prize in Plant Pathology (Royal Swedish Academy of Science), an Honorary Doctor of Science (from Murdoch University, Australia) and is a Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society, The International Society of Plant Pathology, and The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He has published/ co-published 12 books and over 300 technical papers. His book on BioScience Entrepreneurship in Asia (2008) is used in several universities and his latest book is “Food Matters – Food Security and the Future of Food” (2018). Professor Teng has made visits to over 40 countries in support of development projects through consultancies with the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GiZ), the Asian Productivity Organization, and the Food & Agriculture Organization, U.N.

David Christian is founder and CEO of Evo & Co, that have 3 different brands under it: Evoware, Evoworld and Rethink Campaign. Evo & Co vision is to create a world without plastic pollution by providing one stop solution for single used plastic alternatives. Back to Indonesia after his study in Canada, he was surprised with how bad environmental condition in Jakarta was and moved to create something to address this issue. Now with Evo & Co, he aspires to give positive impact, not only for the environment but also the society. Outside of Evo & Co, he is the head of Natural Resource, Energy, Mineral & Environment in Indonesian Young Entrepreneur Association (HIPMI) chapter West Jakarta. He is also a co-founder and chairman of Terra BePro, a social enterprise that focused on an environmental management system. In 2020, David listed as Forbes 30 under 30 Indonesia and Asia. With this positions he hopes to inspire and engage other people to be more sustainable.

Edwin leads Food Industry Asia’s (FIA) Sustainability strategy and efforts to support FIA’s mission as the voice of the food industry in Asia. His career includes roles with industry, government and the non-profit sector, covering policy development, corporate communications, public affairs and sustainability. Before joining FIA, he was Executive Director of the Singapore Environment Council, where he promoted eco-labelling, recycling and consumer awareness on environmental issues. He was the first Southeast Asian elected to the Board of the Global Eco-labelling Network, an international network of national eco-labelling organisations, and was nominated by the media for the inaugural Singaporean of the Year in 2016 for his role in leading the fight against the haze that engulfed Singapore and several Southeast Asian countries in 2015.

Amirul is a graduate of the Bachelor of Environmental Studies, specialising in Environmental Geography, from the National University of Singapore. As a Project Manager in GA Circular, he has conducted material flow and economic analyses on plastic and food waste recycling across Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

Calvin Chan a student from DISTED and also a Xaverian. He found his calling at the age of 20 ever since he won the Penang Green Idol 2016. His passion for environmentalism has lead him to set up his own Green Business that made him spoke in Tedx twice.

He spoke for the first time in TEDXUniversity of Nottingham , Kuala Lumpur in 2018 and Tedx Bayan Lepas 2019, Penang. He has also won the Malaysia Student Entrepreneur award by Entrepreneur Organization that lead him to represent Malaysia both in Macau and Singapore.

Furthermore, his initiative has been featured in many media such as NST, The Edge, The Sun, China Press , Penang Institute, etc and many more. Not to forget the strong support from Hong Leong Bank Jumpstart.

Today, Green Hero is available in two states: Penang and KL.

He is expanding to Melaka and Johor. He started this as a student back in DISTED college only to rescue 51 meals in 2018 but in 2019 alone, Green Hero was able to rescue close to 6000 meals from going to the landfills.

Moreover, this is a business where Green Hero helped F&B biz go Happy Hour online has helped many of them to cut down on wastage and also channel edible surplus food to NGOs.

His vision is to create a Green Hub for Malaysia for ASEAN starting with Food Waste which is the number one waste in the world!

His favorite quote, " I have said I don't want to protect the environment! What I want is that I want to create an environment where it does not protection at all."

I know too much about the climate crisis to ignore the facts so I use my knowledge and my privilege to make sustainable choices in life. I apply my creativity to causes that are in line with my beliefs. Having undertaken a masters in Food Design in Brussels, Belgium, I now work as a designer, alongside scientists, in an organisation that communicates food science to the general public, with a focus on sustainability.

It is an unfortunate fact that my country, Indonesia is the second largest producer of plastic waste after China. The world community has raised concern to Indonesia after studies confirmed the serious health and environmental threats from unmanaged plastic waste, half of which are contributed from textile industry.

I grew up in Bandung (a town in West Java) where we have Citarum River, which has now become of the most polluted river in the world. Over 2,000 industrial facilities operate along the river’s basin, of which 25% are from the garment and textile industry. The textile industries (most of them exports) account for US $20 billion in Indonesia’s economy. The elderlies recounted how the river used to be healthy and full of aquatic life before the textile and other manufacturing companies boom in Indonesia in the late 1970 and started dumping untreated wastewater effluent into the river. Numerous studies have revealed the negative impact of pollution in water and soil affecting land productivity and food security.

As young generation, I want to do something to resolve this issue. I know the problem is highly complex. I tried to reduce single-use plastic in daily usage, but it is only the tip of the iceberg of the problem. I believe that sustainable and responsible consumption is key to solving this issue. There is no technology or economic barrier; rather, it is a lack of willpower and leadership support to move farther and faster. I do believe that what we do in Mycotech is the right step forward. We are combining cutting-edge technology, social impact and sustainable business model to bring about the much needed change for the environment.

Paul oversees Rice Sustainability and Research for Olam International Ltd and acts as the Vice Chair of the Sustainable Rice Platform. Prior to Olam, Paul began his career at the International Monetary Fund as a Senior Commodities analyst where he was published regularly in the World Economic Outlook. After the IMF, Paul was the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Texas State Pension Review Board, an agency with fiduciary oversight of 400+ Pensions worth over US$200 Bn, and then the Global Head of Commodity Research at Kraft Foods where his team supported the hedging, accounting, and contracting of US$13Bn of global commodity exposures. With Olam, Paul has established Sustainability projects in India, Thailand, and Vietnam with more than 15,000 farmers in the network receiving training and support. He has a wife and two children.

As our CEO, Fengru leads the overall TurtleTree Labs team. What started as a passion to make cheese turned into a hunt for good quality milk in Asia. When her sourcing attempts failed, Fengru was prompted to dive into the idea of creating milk herself. With this, Fengru boldly founded TurtleTree Labs to create milk through cell-based methods. Fengru has 8 years of corporate sales experience working with global conglomerates such as Google and Salesforce. Her deep knowledge of the Asian market had led her to drive a USD$13M business in Google.

Pei Shan is one of the co-founder of UglyFood. Deeply concerned about the type of diet most have and the alarming amount of food waste present, Pei Shan decided to work on UglyFood as a student project which has evolved into a startup. She oversees the operations and the education outreach of UglyFood.

Armen is a Senior Advisor at the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development. Prior to joining UNDP team in Singapore, Armen acted as a head of office/partnerships and development finance officer at the UN Resident Coordinator office in Armenia.

From 2013 to 2018 he served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Armenia and curated international trade, cooperation with partner countries and investments. He was a member of the negotiating team over the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement with EU and later on integration of Armenia into Eurasian Economic Union. Beforehand, he was working as an economist for USDA funded projects in Armenia and Georgia.

Armen is a president of the governing board of the National Agrarian University of Armenia, and he has been lecturing Food Economics at the American University of Armenia, as well as Behavioural Economics at the executive MBA programme at the Yerevan State Medical University.

He received medals from the Eurasian Economic Union, Food and Agricultural Organization and government of Armenia. Armen won the best defence player of the Prime Minister’s Soccer Championship and received certificate of appreciation for excellent military service in tank forces.

Melody Tay is a multi-faceted artist, writer and environmentalist. She believes culture change is what’s needed to address climate change.