Tommy KOH is currently Ambassador-At-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Special Adviser to the Institute of Policy Studies; and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He is the Chairman of the International Advisory Panel of the Asia Research Institute (NUS) and Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Master’s Degree on Environmental Management (NUS). He is also the Co-chairman of the Asian Development Bank’s Advisory Committee on Water and Sanitation. He is Rector of the Tembusu College, at NUS, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the SymAsia Foundation of Credit Suisse.

He had served as Dean of the Faculty of Law of NUS, Singapore's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Ambassador to the United States of America, High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico. He was President of the Third UN Conference on the Law of the Sea and the Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for and the Main Committee of the UN Conference on Environment and Development. He was the founding Chairman of the National Arts Council, founding Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Foundation and former Chairman of the National Heritage Board. He was also Singapore's Chief Negotiator for the US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement. He acted as Singapore's Agent in two legal disputes with Malaysia. He has chaired two dispute panels for the WTO. He is the Co Chairman of the China Singapore Forum and the Japan-Singapore Symposium.

In 2006, Prof Koh received the Champion of the Earth Award from UNEP and the inaugural President's Award for the Environment from Singapore. He was conferred with honorary doctoral degrees in law by Yale and Monash Universities. Harvard University conferred on him the Great Negotiator Award in 2014.

Mr Ong Boon Hwee is the CEO of Stewardship Asia Centre (SAC), a Singapore-based thought leadership centre that focuses on promoting stewardship and governance of companies and organisations across Asia. He directs SAC's efforts to develop and propagate a greater understanding of stewardship, a concept that emphasises safeguarding and enhancing an organisation's ability to create economic and societal value over time. He recently co-authored "Inspiring Stewardship", a book on the stewardship influence that business leaders can make to their organisations over time.

Prior to joining Stewardship Asia Centre, Mr Ong has experience working in the corporations as well as in the public sector. He started Beyond Horizon Consulting, a Singapore-based company that focuses on leadership development and strategic planning. He was the COO of Singapore Power (SP), responsible for its Singapore operations and also corporate functions. Before that, he was a Managing Director in Temasek Holdings, responsible for Strategic Relations & Projects, and concurrently the CEO of the Temasek Management Services Group (TMS) managing subsidiaries of diverse businesses including IT, training and logistics. And in his earlier military career, Brigadier-General Ong held key command and staff positions in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

Mr Ong serves as a director on the boards of a number of companies and non-profit organizations. He graduated with First Class Honours in Economics from the National University of Singapore, and holds a Master's Degree in Military Arts & Science from the United States Command & General Staff College.

Professor Annie Koh is Vice President for Office of Business Development, Singapore Management University (SMU), a Finance Professor (Practice), and Academic Director for two-university level institutes – the Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute. Her previous portfolios at SMU included positions as Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business and Dean, Office of Executive & Professional Education.

A notable conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator, Annie is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on New Social Contract and, a board member of Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Pte Ltd, and Family Firm Institute, Inc. In addition, she chairs the finance and investment committee of GovTech Singapore Board, and the Asian Bond Fund 2 Supervisory Committee of Monetary Authority of Singapore. She has been an appointed board member of Singapore’s Central Provident Fund since 2012 and served on the SkillsFuture HR Sectoral Tripartite Committee, HR Certification Taskforce. Annie is also a lead independent director of Health Management International Ltd and advises a number of startup firms such as Stashaway and Staff-on-Demand. Annie served on K1 Ventures board from 2013 to 2017.

A Fulbright scholar, Annie earned her PhD in International Finance from Stern School of Business, New York University (1988). Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternate Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She co-authored Financial Management: Theory and Practice, An Asia Edition (2014), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004), and author of a number of Asian family business cases and survey reports.

Prof Koh is awarded the Singapore Public Administration Medal, Bronze (2010), Silver (2016), and the Adult Education Prism Award (2017) for her contributions to the education and public sectors.

Mikkel Larsen is the Group Chief Sustainability Officer of DBS and a committee member of Global Compact Network Singapore’s Management Committee.

Mikkel chairs the DBS Sustainability Council, which comprises senior leaders across business and support units and is responsible for developing DBS’ overarching sustainability framework, setting key performance indicators and targets in consultation with the relevant stakeholders, and driving sustainability initiatives across the bank.

Prior to joining DBS, Mikkel was the Chief Financial Officer for Asia Pacific in UBS from 2009 to 2012 covering Investment Bank, Wealth Management and Asset Management. He was previously the Asia Pacific Head of Accounting Policy and location controller for Hong Kong at UBS. Mikkel has also worked in Citigroup in London and KPMG in London and Denmark.

Mikkel holds an MBA from London Business School, Graduate education from Harvard University and a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Economics from Copenhagen Business School in his native country Denmark where he also holds his CPA.

Goh Swee Chen has been Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore since October 2014.

Concurrent to her Country Chair role, Swee Chen is Vice President, City Solutions – New Energies, a role she assumed from January 2017. Prior to this, Swee Chen was VP for Commercial Fuels and Lubricants for Asia Pacific and Middle East/Pakistan.

Swee Chen joined Shell in 2003 and was previously with Procter & Gamble and IBM. A global leader, she has lived and worked in Singapore, Malaysia, The Netherlands, Australia, USA, Japan and China. She spent a large part of her career leading significant businesses with multinational teams across the world. Swee Chen also has a diverse professional background having spent her career in IT, Real Estate and running P&Ls in Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas industries.

Other than chairing the Shell Companies in Singapore, Swee Chen had previously chaired/sat on the Boards of several Shell joint ventures in China, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. Outside of Shell, she has chosen to focus her contributions in Education, Human Capital and Sustainability. She is on the Board of Trustees of the Singapore University of Technology & Design and Vice-President of Singapore National Employers Federation. Swee Chen is also the President of Global Compact Network Singapore, Chairman of Institute of HR Professionals and Director with the Human Capital Leadership Institute.

Swee Chen graduated with a B.Sc. from Victoria University and an MBA from Chicago Booth. She is married with three children.

Mr. Nuboer is currently the President Asia Pacific for DSM Nutritional Products, the world’s leading supplier of vitamins, carotenoids and other fine chemicals to the feed, food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. The business has a long tradition as a science driven pioneer in the discovery of new nutritional products, formulations, and applications.

Over the span of his career Mr. Nuboer has built a track record of building high performance teams within both corporate and private manufacturing and service organizations in Europe, Asia and Central America.

Having spent the first sixteen years of his career with Quest International as part of the former Unilever Specialty Chemicals Cluster (acquired by ICI in 1997), he was first based in The Netherlands and was subsequently expatriated in various leadership positions to Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and Mexico. Subsequently Mr. Nuboer set up a management buy-in to take over as the C.E.O. of Siam Food Services, a leading provider of cold chain marketing and distribution services in Thailand. He exited the venture after five years following a successful trade sale of the business. Prior to eventually joining DSM in 2009 he also was the Vice President for South and South East Asia for Symrise, a global major in the flavor and fragrance industry.

Leveraging a strong cultural compass and vision, Mr. Nuboer’ s aspiration is to help shape corporate leadership in societal purpose both internally as well as at regional and global leadership platforms, including through advisory board memberships.

Mr. Nuboer earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in The Netherlands and furthermore completed executive development programs at UCLA, INSEAD, WHARTON, and HCLI.

Pamela Qiu is associate director at The Economist Corporate Network. She advises multinational corporations on the latest economic, political and market developments affecting business in the Asia Pacific region. She regularly chairs Economist events and roundtables, and delivers custom briefings to senior business executives. She joined The Economist in June 2011.

Prior to joining The Economist Group, Pamela worked as a policy analyst and associate at the Singapore Ministry of Finance, where she worked on policies to tackle socio-economic problems such as inequality and unemployment. She also worked on policies that were featured in the Singapore Budget. From 2009 to 2011, she was a researcher for the Center for Public Economics at the Civil Service College, the Singapore government’s core institution for public policy and economics research. Her research areas included the role of government in markets, public private partnerships, privatisation, fiscal policy, and behavioural economics. From 2004 to 2006, Pamela also worked as a market analyst with Prudential Health Insurance, based in London.

Pamela holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in development studies, both from the London School of Economics.

A pioneer in CSR and sustainability in Singapore for over two decades, Esther has been instrumental in establishing City Developments Limited’s sustainability leadership, stakeholder engagement, reporting and green financing initiatives. A forerunner in embracing the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), Esther was recognized as one of the ten SDG Pioneers 2018 by the UN Global Compact(UNGC). She sits on board several organisations including Global Compact Network Singapore Management Committee, World Green Building Council Corporate Advisory Board, UNEP Finance Initiative Real Estate Group and GRI Corporate Leadership Group for Integrated Reporting. As the founder of the Women4Green Network, Esther is committed to engaging and empowering women to drive sustainable practices at home, at work and at play. Staying true to the SDG spirit of building sustainable cities and communities, she spearheaded the establishment of the zero energy Singapore Sustainability Academy which has become a hub for networking and capacity building for climate action, sustainability developments and partnership across the stakeholder ecosystem both locally and globally.

At the Singapore Exchange (SGX) Lian Sim has led the introduction of sustainability reporting for listed companies, focused on opportunities and risk management. Reporting was first voluntary in 2011 and now a ‘comply or explain’ rule effective end 2017. Lian Sim also participates as a Vice Chair of the FSB’s Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosure.

Lian Sim was previously Chief Risk and Regulatory Officer, with responsibilities relating to listed companies, member brokers and trading surveillance. Risk management covered financial risk of clearing and settlement and oversight of enterprise risk.

Before joining SGX, Lian Sim’s career was at the Monetary Authority of Singapore in various roles. She is a graduate of the University of Singapore and the London Business School.

Eu-Lin is a partner at PwC Singapore and leads the Sustainability and Climate Change practice. She has extensive experience in corporate financial reporting, governance, risk and controls. She has assisted multiple listed companies to report under the Global Reporting Initiative and conducts regular training in sustainability reporting. Eu-Lin also has extensive experience in leading sustainability advisory projects including SDG prioritisation.

Rebecca has 10 years of teaching experience and has organised and facilitated several conferences and workshops. Trained as an engineer, she has worked across several areas within sustainability, including healthcare, education and gender equality. Recent experience in Singapore includes developing the V&A guidelines for the new carbon tax as well as SDG prioritisation for regional clients.

Ms Ng is Senior Vice President, Group Strategic Communications and Sustainability at Sembcorp Industries, and is the secretary of Global Compact Network Singapore. She leads the strategic development and implementation of global corporate communications activities across the Group, as well as the investor relations and sustainability functions at Sembcorp’s global headquarters. She has over 20 years of experience spanning strategic planning, investor relations and financial communications, corporate communications, marketing communications, issues management and sustainability.

Ms Ng read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the University of Oxford, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder.

Augustine Anthuvan based in Singapore, is a senior TV journalist, media trainer, media literacy facilitator, moderator at international fora, speaker at conferences, voice talent, commentator for ‘live’ events and Executive Producer of Channel NewsAsia's flagship panel discussion programme: Perspectives. To date, Augustine has produced 96 episodes of ‘Perspectives’ - Channel NewsAsia’s flagship panel discussion programme (2012 to 2018).

His ability to conduct in-depth research coupled with his analytical skills places him in a unique position to offer consultancy to corporate clients, foundations, think tanks and NGOs.

With more than 30 years of experience in audio visual production, radio and TV, he also lectures in mass communications and is a trainer with the Singapore Media Academy.

Augustine holds a Master of Environmental Management from the University of Adelaide endorsed by UNEP and a degree in Mass Communications from Oklahoma City University.

Richard Welford is Chairman of CSR Asia, a mission-driven business he founded that improves sustainability practices through consultancy thought leadership, e vents and professional networks throughout Asia. Now an ELEVATE company, CSR Asia is known for its pioneering work around sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Asia Pacific region.

Richard has over 30 years of experience working with the business sector, United Nations, NGOs and other international agencies in the field of CSR with an emphasis on social justice, human rights, governance issues, community development and environmental management.

He has worked with some of the leading multinational enterprises and local companies in Asia including Disney, CLP Power, Nike, Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, Swire Pacific, Cathay Pacific, HP, IBM, HSBC, Citigroup, Accor, Credit Suisse, UBS, P& G and adidas. In addition to consultancy, Richard also curates major thought leadership con ferences and seminars including CSR Asia Summit and ELEVATE supply chain responsible sourcing events.

Richard is currently an adjunct Professor at the University of Technology, Sydney. He has many years of experience in academia, pioneering courses and programs covering a range of issues including shared value, inclusive business, private sector engagement, supply chain risks, human rights and community investment. From 2002 to 2010, Richard was also a professor at the University of Hong Kong and headed up the Corporate Environmental Governance Program.

He is the author of 15 books and numerous articles in the fields of environmental management and sustainable development. He is also the editor of 3 internationally recognized academic journals that develop and promote research around business and sustainable development.

Richard is also a Board Director of a number of other organizations including ERP Environment and is the Chairman AIDS Concern in Hong Kong.

Mr. Ho is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Thai Wah Public Company Ltd, responsible for developing the company’s long term vision as a leading starch and consumer foods company in Southeast Asia. Since its founding in 1947, Thai Wah has been a leading pioneer in the starch and food industry now expanding its footprint to Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and China. The company currently has over 10 operations across 4 countries, driven by its commitment to portfolio innovation and operational excellence. From 2010 – 2015, Mr Ho was the Executive Director and Country Head China for Banyan Tee Holdings, helping to position the group as the leading luxury brand in China. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ho worked with the global consultancy Bain & Company Inc. in their New York, Hong Kong and China offices.

Mr. Ho serves as a mentor to the Kairos ASEAN society and is actively involved in entrepreneurship and venture capital. He has served on the board of United Nations Women Singapore and joined the SMU International Advisory Council and Committee for the Wharton Global Forum.

In 2017, in recognition of Thai Wah Group’s sustainability and community efforts across the region, Mr Ho was awarded the “Outstanding Leader in Asia” award at the 4th Asia Corporate Excellence and Sustainability Awards and was selected in 2018 to be a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader.

Mr. Ho has a BSC in Economics (Honors) from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate of the AMP program from China Europe International Business School.

He is married with a young son and currently lives in Bangkok with his wife, Teh Su Ching.

As Chief Sustainability Officer, Mr. Noppadol oversees the execution of the Group’s sustainability policy among its subsidiaries. He has played an important role in raising the bar of CP Group’s sustainability by bringing in innovation and mobilizing both the Group and its subsidiary companies to ensure sustainable business practices in both their own operations and supply chains. With a strong background on finance, he brings the viewpoints of both Chief Finance Officer and operations of a telecommunications business, True Corporation PCL, to promote world-class sustainability practices across the Group. He is also the Vice Chairman of Sustainability, Governance and Communications Committee of C.P. Group, which is a highest-level coordinating body of the Group on sustainability matters.

In addition to his roles at the corporate level, he is the Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of True Corporation, a major telecommunications service provider in Thailand. Prior to these positions, he was True’s Deputy CEO for Corporate Development and True Group’s CFO. Under his leadership, Thailand’s first and largest telecommunications infrastructure fund was established. He also received the 2015/2016 Best CFO Awards in technology category from IAA and was selected as the Best CFO from FinanceAsia.

He received his Master Degree in Business Administration from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration and Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA.

David Smith is Head of Corporate Governance, a role in which he supports Aberdeen’s Asian Equities and Fixed Income Teams through research and engagement. David joined Aberdeen in 2011 from ISS, where he was Head of Asia (ex-Japan) Research.

David has a PhD in corporate governance and an MA in Corporate Strategy and Governance from the University of Nottingham and a BSc in Business Economics from the University of Wales. He is a CFA Charterholder.

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Christy Davis is founder and head of Asia P3 Hub, a multi-sector partnership incubation hub hosted by World Vision International. Asia P3 Hub is a unique social enterprise-inspired platform for collaboration based in Singapore, tackling effects of poverty by enabling partnerships to collectively create solutions which multiply resources and benefit families and communities.

Launched in July 2016, Asia P3 Hub has facilitated more than a dozen partnerships impacting 20,000+ people in Asia Pacific.

Christy made the jump from corporate to humanitarian work after working for United Nations Development Program immediately following the Asian tsunami, building on previous regional positions in the public and private sectors based in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Bangkok. She joined World Vision in March 2011.

She graduated in the first cohort of Singapore Management University’s Masters in Tri-Sector Collaboration in 2015, and also holds an Executive MBA from Sasin Graduate School of Business Administration, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, offered jointly with Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Originally from the US, she has made her home across four countries in Asia Pacific for 30 years.

Aaron has been involved in the community development sector since 2009. He is passionate about reducing inequalities for members of low-income communities, reducing hunger for the visually impaired and working towards the good health and well being of senior citizens. Aaron does this by scoping community projects that allow the involvement of public and private sector players like Beyond Social Services, Dulwich College and Johnson & Johnson and with the support of dedicated and empathetic volunteers. Currently he manages two social enterprises, Fortitude Culina and Cycling Without Age Singapore and a charity, ETCH Empathy, which aims to reduce inequality by connecting those in need with those who have.

Jessica Cheam is the Managing Editor of Eco-Business, an award-winning journalist, TV presenter, director, producer, photographer and a social entrepreneur. She has more than a decade of experience in journalism with a particular expertise in sustainable development and was formerly the political and environment correspondent for The Straits Times. She is an adjunct research associate for the Centre for Liveable Cities. Jessica presented an episode on climate change in the Challenge Tomorrow documentary series by Channel NewsAsia which aired in March 2017 and she also directs and produces short documentaries. She is the winner of many journalism awards who founded Eco-Business in 2009 with a vision to provide a platform for the region to discuss and advance sustainability issues. Eco-Business beat other media giants to clinch the Lee Foundation Excellence in Environmental Reporting by a Media Organisation Merit Award at the Asian Environmental Journalism Awards (AEJA) in 2013. She also has a keen interest in photojournalism and documentary film-making. In 2017, she won an award which took her on the ClimateForce 2018 expedition in Antarctica in Feb-Mar 2018. She is making another documentary with Channel News Asia on this journey and launched a film and photography exhibition called Changing Course this June 2018. In March 2018, she was announced the winner of the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Awards for the media and communications category. She was also named as one of LinkedIn's Power Profiles for Singapore for 2018.

Lise Kingo is the CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, which is the world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative with more than 13,500 signatories from 170 countries that have committed to aligning strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and taking actions that advance societal goals. Prior to joining the UN Global Compact in 2015, Ms. Kingo was Chief of Staff, Executive Vice President and member of the Executive Management team at Novo Nordisk A/S since 2002. She was in charge of several business areas and pioneered the first Novo Nordisk strategy on sustainability, spearheading the integration of sustainability into the heart of the business, showcasing the mutual benefits for both the company and society. Before 2002, Ms. Kingo held various positions at NovoZymes A/S and Novo A/S, including Director of Environmental Affairs and Senior Vice President of Business Support. She was responsible for a number of areas covering growth and operations such as Environmental Affairs, People Management, Communications and Branding. Furthermore Ms. Kingo was the founder and primary force behind the first sustainability strategy at NovoZymes. Ms. Kingo holds a Master of Science degree in Responsibility and Business Practice from the University of Bath, United Kingdom, Bachelors of Arts in The Science of Religions and Ancient Greek Culture from the Universities of Aarhus and Odense, Denmark as well as a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing Economics from the Copenhagen Business School. She is also certified by INSEAD’s International Directors Program in Corporate Governance. Throughout her career, Ms. Kingo has held a number of board positions such as chairman of the board of Steno Diabetes Center, and board member in Grieg Star Shipping and GN Great Nordic. Ms Kingo has received several awards such as the Edinburgh Medal and most recently the Copenhagen Business School 2018 Honorary Alumni Award.

Michelle is a 4th generation family business leader in Woh Hup and the Director at Aurum Land, a subsidiary and real estate development company. In 2016, she started Collision 8, a co-working space and innovation community that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, and family business owners in downtown Singapore. Following on from Collision 8, she started a new business concept, Core Collective, which is a collaborative health and wellness community and coworking centre that fosters entrepreneurship and facilitates cross-sharing of knowledge within a curated environment. She has also most recently launched a corporate venture fund, Aurum Investments, which invests in startups that have synergies with the group's core businesses.

Michelle triggers corporate innovation from within, and has brought to Aurum the innovative mindset, attention to detail, and rigor that she learned as a consultant, and has since grown it to an award winning $100 million+ business.

Now as the founder of Collision 8 and Core Collective, Michelle is transforming Aurum into a space and business innovator with a focus on the future of people. In a time of increasing connectivity, where customer experience is the gold standard, Aurum is the core of a trusted network of communities, creating opportunities across diverse industries for businesses, professionals and individuals seeking growth in Singapore and beyond.

Ever on the go, Michelle is the mother of three young children, and a foodie at heart. She strongly believes that great food makes both life and business better.

Jesher Loi is the 3rd generation business owner and brand guardian of Ya Kun International. Ya Kun International is a regional brand that serves Singapore’s heritage breakfast of kaya toast and local coffee. They are currently in 9 countries with over 100 outlets worldwide. Jesher oversees the branding elements of each outlet and ensures brand consistency throughout its operations. He is also actively involved in the regional expansion strategy as Ya Kun goes beyond Singapore’s shores. On the side, Jesher is actively involved in the classical music scene among youth and also strives to use the vehicle of the business for social good.

Pearl Yu is Director of Marketing & HR at Keystone Cable where she is responsible for the company’s brand strategy and human capital developments. Established in 1990, Keystone Cable is a leading Singapore-based cable manufacturer and supplier for industries such as Building & Infrastructure, Oil & Gas, and Data Communications.

Prior to joining her family business, Keystone Cable, Pearl was with Roche Pharmaceuticals on a global rotation program with roles in Global Marketing and Sales Analytics, as well as with Singapore Economic Development Board, where she focused on bringing in Medical Technology FDIs into Singapore. Pearl has a ScB. Biomedical Engineering degree from Brown University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Dr Martinez works at the ILO Regional office for Asia-Pacific in Bangkok; she is also part of the ILO Global Team on Green Jobs and the Green Initiative.

Previously Cristina has worked at the following organizations: (i) Asian Development Bank (ADB) as an Education Specialist (skills and Employment); (ii) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) were she held positions as Advisor of the Knowledge Sharing Alliance at the Secretary General Office and Senior Policy Analyst at the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE); and (iii) Western Sydney University as an Associate Professor.

Miss Sumon Sumetchoengprachya is the Director of the Carbon Business Office, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) (TGO), which is a national body acting as a DNA for CDM projects and promoting all activities related to greenhouse gas mitigation in Thailand. She has worked with TGO since 2009 and she is responsible for developing a carbon market in Thailand as well as promoting Carbon Labelling Scheme and mitigation activities among public and private sectors.

Before joining TGO, Miss Sumetchoengprachya worked with Thailand Environment Institute (TEI), an environmental non-governmental organization, as a senior research fellow. She was a project manager and researcher in several environmental and sustainable development policy research studies.

Miss Sumetchoengprachya holds a Master degree in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics from the Faculty of Economic, Chulalongkorn University.

Dr. Mizuno is leading the Climate and Energy Area of IGES. After working for a major think tank in Japan, he joined IGES in 2007 and was engaged with researches on a new international regime on climate change and international cooperation on the clean development mechanism for developing countries. From 2011 to 2016, he was serving for the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, as a Director for International Negotiations and in charge for international negotiations under the UNFCCC, bilateral consultation for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) as well as the operating the national registry for compliance of the Kyoto Protocol. He participated COP21 in Paris as a lead negotiator for market mechanisms in Japanese delegation. He took his current position from 2016. He holds a PhD degree in international relations from Waseda University, and is a part-time teacher at Faculty of Environmental Studies, Tokyo City University.

A passionate advocate for sustainable practices and the pervasive use of technology to help people and businesses thrive, Colin has enabled companies and individuals to leverage growth opportunities, overcome challenges and manage reputations for twenty years.

He began his career with IBM, where he honed his craft in public relations, corporate communications, corporate responsibility, crisis management, as well as brand marketing and demand generation.

In his present role as the director of corporate affairs for Cargill’s oil palm plantation business, Colin leads the corporate affairs function to ensure positive outcomes for stakeholders the business engages. Behind the scenes, he also works to influence agendas of industry advocacy groups to promote and protect community interests. As a part of his passion for sustainable development, Colin also champions and influences actions within Cargill to better serve employees, customers, governments, smallholder farmers and local communities.

Cargill Tropical Palm oversees plantations in Indonesia – PT. Hindoli in South Sumatra, PT. Harapan Sawit Lestari, PT. Indo Sawit Kekal and the Poliplant Group in West Kalimantan. They fully embrace sustainable palm production practices and have had policies in place prior to the formation of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, the dominant global sustainability certification standard for palm oil. Employing more than 18,000 people, Cargill’s plantations have won multiple awards from the Indonesian government, recognizing contributions in improving the standard and quality of living for local communities and smallholder farmers.

Mr. Ashwani Pahuja is the Chief Climate and Sustainability Officer with Dalmia Cement and is responsible for the climate mitigation actions being taken up through initiatives such as reducing the carbon footprint through new products development, technology advancements, utilization of wastes, alternate fuels including industrial wastes and bio-mass, low carbon technologies and products etc. Beginning in 1979, Mr. Pahuja has held leadership positions with National Council for Cement and Building Materials( NCCBM ) which is an apex Government body in India for cement research and development. He led NCCBM as Director General from 2010 to 2017 before his present appointment to Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited.

His experience spans energy, environment, and climate change, development of low carbon cements, alternate fuels and raw materials, water footprint, diagnosis of various process challenges in Cement manufacturing, Quality Control, Quality Assurance, Quality Optimization etc. During his tenure in NCCBM he led various projects such as ‘Low Carbon Technology Roadmap for the Indian Cement Industry 2050’, Jointly with Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) of World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD ) and CII ; Leading a UNIDO Cement Project on ‘Development & adoption of appropriate technologies for enhancing productivity in the cement sector’, covering Alternate Fuels and Raw materials and clean technologies ; Promoting International Joint collaborative research study with SINTEF, Norway on Environmental friendly strategies for waste management in India Utilizing cement and concrete production technology.

With an M. Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering, Mr. Pahuja has over 39 years of work experience in cement and building material sector. He is Co-inventor in 16 patents and has published more than 81 technical papers in national and international journals and seminar proceedings.

Bose Varghese heads the Green Initiatives department at Infosys Limited, a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, based in Bangalore, India. Green Initiatives department builds smart and sustainable office infrastructure for Infosys and manages all environmental sustainability programs including the RE100 and Carbon Neutral commitments. Bose also manages a large portfolio of community-based carbon offset projects. Prior to joining Infosys, Bose served as the founder director of Vie2Sustain Consulting LLP, and as the head of Climate Change & Sustainability practice at Ernst & Young, both in Bangalore, India. He has extensively worked in the US and India in the areas of energy, environment, sustainability, climate change, and cleantech. He holds an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Houston and a Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from India.

Say Huan is a sustainable finance practitioner with ING Bank where he advises clients on the structuring of sustainable finance solutions such as green bonds and loans. His prior experience includes corporate and acquisition financing, capital structuring and credit rating analysis, and M&A advisory with Citigroup and DBS.

Rene has over 10 years’ experience in environmental markets and is currently the Head of Global Carbon at CBL Markets.

CBL’s vision is one of bringing efficiency, transparency and liquidity to environmental markets. Put simply; we connect buyers and sellers around the world to facilitate the secure and seamless trading of products in environmental commodity markets. The exchange provides members with access to products across carbon, renewables and water. Members can source commodities seamlessly without the need for complicated contracts or engaging via brokers or intermediaries. CBL has electronic interfaces with leading registries including APX, Gold Standard, and the CDM.

Rene is responsible for managing CBL’s global carbon business and advises clients globally on the development, and implementation of carbon offset strategies. He has advised clients across finance, manufacturing, the built environment and aviation.

Since 2015 Rene has worked extensively with the aviation sector to help build capacity in preparation for the first sectoral based emissions trading system for international aviation, the Carbon Offset Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Rene has advised multiple airlines within the context of the industry’s transition towards a more sustainable future, on how to prepare for a compliance future as well as how to access the environmental markets more broadly.

Before his role as Head of Voluntary Markets at CBL Markets, Rene acted as country head in both Australia and the USA for First Climate Markets AG, a leading broker and intermediary in the carbon markets. Rene obtained a Master of Commercial Law from The University of Melbourne, from which he also graduated with an undergraduate double degree in Science (Honours) and Arts.