Dr. Allinnettes Go Adigue is the Head of the ASEAN Regional Hub of the Global Reporting Initiative. As Head of GRI’s ASEAN Hub, Ally is tasked to promote the practice of sustainability reporting across Southeast Asia by working with relevant stakeholders to create a conducive policy environment for sustainable business practices, promote wider adoption of sustainability reporting and build the capacity of organizations in sustainability reporting.

A lifelong learner and a global citizen, Ally has lived in 3 continents in the past 19 years. Prior to GRI, Ally has previously worked for the academe, and both the public and private sectors. While working on her PhD, she worked as a graduate research assistant in the field of Climate Change Policy and Economics. She also worked in a retail electricity company in Singapore and for the Office of the President of the Philippines. Ally earned her PhD on Public Policy from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University in 2017. She has two Masters degrees: one in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Netherlands; and another in Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. She also has Bachelor’s degrees in Law and Political Science.

Azelli Aris is Vice President at KWAP, Malaysia’s sovereign pension fund, where he serves as Special Officer to the Chief Investment Officer. In this role, he supports investment strategy and deployment across asset classes. Azelli also leads KWAP’s climate investment initiatives, including a multi-asset climate investment program and the development of the fund’s Net Zero Strategy.
Previously, Azelli was Principal Officer of Prima Ekuiti (UK) Limited, KWAP’s London office, where he oversaw UK and European investments across listed equities, private equity, and real estate. He began his career at KWAP as an equities portfolio manager.
With experience across public and private markets globally, Azelli plays a central role in integrating climate considerations into institutional investment strategy, positioning KWAP at the forefront of sustainable investing in the region.
Azelli holds an MBA from the University of Oxford.

Khalid retrained as a journalist after working for a number of years in corporate strategy at Sime Darby in Malaysia. He focuses on sustainability data & disclosures, policy and developing markets. He is a former winner of the CFA UK Journalist of the Year Award for his coverage of the human rights issues involved in investment in Chinese surveillance companies.

Debanik currently leads APG’s sustainability and stewardship efforts in Asia Pacific. Prior to this, he was heading the India research function at Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and was responsible for delivering governance solutions and advisory services to institutional clients. Now based in Hong Kong, Debanik has more than 15 years of experience in the ESG landscape and has dealt extensively with corporate boards, investors, and regulators on matters of risk management and stakeholder engagement.

From 2009 to 2012, Debanik worked for the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) – India’s capital market regulator - where he conducted due diligence of M&A deals and corporate restructurings for Indian companies and developed proposals for a broad range of policy matters. Debanik has also published various thought leadership pieces on critical governance trends that have appeared in leading newspapers and business journals.

Debanik holds an MBA in Finance and Strategy from the Indian Institute of Management, Indore.

Rose is the research director for the APAC region, based in Singapore, focusing on research and analysis on climate transition in the Asian fixed income markets.
Rose has over 20 years of experience in the fixed income and capital markets. She was most recently a Senior Portfolio Manager at Conning Asia in Hong Kong for fixed income and multi-asset portfolios. She has also had roles in portfolio management in the private wealth industry in Asia in HSBC and Julius Baer.
Rose has a BA from Yale in Economics and a MBA from Columbia University.

Mirte is the Managing Director of the Good Food Institute Asia Pacific, the leading alternative protein think tank in Asia. Prior to GFI, Mirte founded various social enterprises, worked as a management consultant to startups, and as a researcher in humanitarian logistics. Mirte is an Anthropologist by training, holds a Master’s degree in International Development Studies from Wageningen University and is a graduate of the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme. Mirte lives in Singapore, and holds multiple board positions in both Europe and Asia.

Areas of expertise: entrepreneurship, strategy, management, and philanthropy.

Liza is Head of Responsible Investment at Prudential. She is accountable for the responsible investment strategy for all markets in which Prudential operates across Asia and Africa. This includes setting ambitious responsible investment targets with special attention for the challenges in emerging markets and the trade-off between responsible investment initiatives and the risk/return profile of the portfolio. Before joining Prudential, she was an investment strategist at PGGM, where she focused on responsible investment and strategic asset allocation.

Kamran Khan is Deutsche Bank's Head of ESG for Asia Pacific. In this newly established client­ facing role, he isresponsible for defining and executing the bank's ESG strategy across all business divisions in Asia. He is a member of the Global Sustainability Council of Deutsche Bank.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Khan established Infra-Tech Capital, an impact fund investing in companies utilizing technology to provide infrastructure services and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals. He was also appointed by the Obama White House to serve as the head of global investments and operations at the US Millennium Challenge Corporation, where he managed a USO 10bn portfolio and led a USO 1.5-2bn annual investment program globally.

Previously, Mr. Khan held senior executive roles at the World Bank and helped establish the World Bank Group regional hub in Singapore, comprising the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Insurance & Guarantee Agency (MIGA). Prior to his time at the World Bank, Mr. Khan worked on M&A transactions and advisory mandates at JPMorgan and LEK. He also served as a US Foreign Service Officer with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), where he led operations for the project finance and guarantees facility.

Mr. Khan served as an Advisor on Infrastructure Finance to APEC, ASEAN, and the G-20. He is a member of the Senior Advisory Board at Fudan University Fintech Centre in Shanghai with a mandate to advise on Belt and Road Initiative projects. He has also served on the Board of Advisors at a variety of market-leading companies using technology to achieve ESG goals. He is a frequent speaker at events such as World Economic Forum, ASEAN Summit, APEC Summit, and in major international media.

Tristan is the Unit Head for Blended Finance in the Private Sector Operations Department of the Asian Development Bank's. The blended finance team manages around $1.5 billion in high impact capital which is deployed alongside ADB’s own investments into projects across the Asia & Pacific region. Tristan has worked at ADB for eight years working on private sector climate finance and infrastructure projects. Prior to ADB, Tristan worked at the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Australia's national green bank.

Dr. Darian McBain is the CEO and Founder of Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia, a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Board Member and an investor in a sustainable future. She previously was Chief Sustainability Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and Global Director of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Thai Union Group.

Kavitha Menon joined SSFA in October 2023 as its Director. As the head of SSFA, she is responsible for ensuring that the association achieves its mission of building a vibrant and inclusive ecosystem for sustainable finance in Singapore. Apart from the day-to-day running of the association, Kavitha’s role involves stakeholder engagement, membership recruitment, thought leadership, and enabling collaborations across the financial sector, non-financial sector, and government organisations to advance sustainable finance in Singapore.

Prior to her current role, Kavitha was the Global Head of Equity Research team at Foord Asset Management in Singapore where she headed their ESG integration process. She has over 15 years of experience in equity investment management, specialising in Global Financials, based out of Singapore and India.

Kavitha has a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was a John F. Kennedy Fellow and Edward S. Mason Fellow. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has a Master’s in Business Administration (Finance) from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (India) and a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communication) from Anna University (India).

Kavitha is passionate about sustainable finance. Having analysed investments using a risk-return framework for all these years, she is keen to delve into ‘impact’ to marry investor returns with social and environmental good and drive that change in the financial markets.

Bertrand Millot leads the Sustainability team, which is responsible for defining and implementing La Caisse strategic directions, including integrating sustainability factors into all activities and deploying the climate strategy. His responsibilities have three aspects: helping investment teams analyse and structure sustainable investment opportunities (particularly with regard to social, climate and energy transition investments); managing risks related to sustainability, climate change and reputation and contributing to the organization’s outreach in collaboration with La Caisse Global team.

Mr. Millot is one of the architects of La Caisse climate change strategy and a seasoned investor in infrastructure and corporate debt in emerging markets, fields where ESG considerations have historically been at the forefront. At La Caisse since 2015, he previously held various positions in risk management and stewardship investing, including Business Unit Risk Manager for the Fixed Income, Capital Solutions and Cross-functional Risk portfolios.
Before joining La Caisse, Mr. Millot was CEO and CIO at Cordiant Capital, an emerging market corporate debt fund manager. Earlier in his career, he was active in infrastructure project finance with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, U.K. and with BNP Paribas in Paris, France.

Mr. Millot holds an MBA from McGill University, a Master’s in Engineering from École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers in Paris and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D designation). Since 2022, Mr. Millot is a faculty member at Competent Boards training corporate board directors and senior executives. He is a member of the boards of Ceres (www.ceres.org), a leading American NGO in the field of sustainability, the Datamars Sustainability Foundation (sustainable agriculture) (www.datamars.foundation) and the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation (www.sif source.org).

Chaitra leads the Just Transition Working Group at the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC), and is based in Mumbai. She works closely with investors and partners across Asia to strengthen the integration of social equity considerations into climate and energy transition strategies.
Chaitra brings over a decade of experience in sustainable finance, spanning technical consulting, ESG advisory, and capital markets. Prior to joining AIGCC, she held roles at Arcadis, KPMG, and Trucost S&P Global, where she advised corporates and financial institutions on climate risk, environmental strategy, and disclosure. She has also led responsible investment initiatives on both the sell-side and buy-side, at Axis Capital and DSP Asset Managers, respectively.
Her work has focused on advancing climate risk analysis and developing practical frameworks for sustainability integration in investment processes. She has contributed to thought leadership in climate finance through publications and is passionate about enabling scalable, inclusive investment solutions in Asia.
Chaitra holds a Master’s in Environmental Sciences, a Diploma in Environmental Law, and an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology. She also serves on the Asia Pacific Regional Council for the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD).

Christina Ng is the Co-Founder of the Energy Shift Institute, a public interest nonprofit energy finance think tank. Her work is focused on aligning Asia’s financial markets with climate goals, leveraging her deep knowledge of the region's unique challenges and opportunities.

Christina is a regular commentator, providing critical analysis on the future of sustainable finance in driving Asia’s energy transition. Her insights, frequently featured in Bloomberg, the Financial Times and Reuters, have contributed to the development of more globally harmonised green finance standards in Asian markets, raised awareness of greenwashing, and influenced strategies for corporations, financial institutions and policymakers. She is a member of the SBTi Financial Institution Net-Zero Expert Advisory Group and former member of the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Technical Advisory Group.

With over 20 years of experience in strategic roles, spanning research, financial analysis, accounting standard-setting, advisory and risk management, she has a strong track record of working with policymakers, regulators, investors, public and private entities across Asia Pacific.

Corrine Png leads AIA’s group-wide stewardship strategy across all sectors and asset classes globally. She also drives the integration of ESG risks and opportunities into AIA’s research investment process; and participates in various ESG-related initiatives with industry associations. Concurrently, Corrine heads the equity research function at AIA for all business units.

Prior to joining AIA in 2018, Corrine was Founder and CEO of independent research firm Crucial Perspective and her research was widely quoted by major international media publications.

Corrine has over 24 years of investment research, ESG and management experience in both buy and sell-side financial institutions globally. She began her career as an equity research analyst in 2001 at HSBC Securities, before progressing to senior roles and leadership positions in Citi Investment Research and J.P. Morgan Securities. During these 15 years, Corrine was highly rated by global institutional investors and won multiple prestigious industry awards from Asiamoney, Extel, HK SFA, Institutional Investor, Refinitiv Starmine.

David Russell is the Chair of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), which assesses companies’ preparedness for the transition to a low carbon future, supporting the efforts of investors in addressing climate change. Prior to this, David was the Head of Responsible Investment (RI) at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the largest UK pension fund, where he worked from 2001 to 2023. He had responsibility for all aspects of RI strategy development and implementation across all asset classes. This included development of policy and strategy, stewardship, and integration across both public and private asset classes and from an asset owner and an asset manager perspective. He also led on the scheme’s formal ESG related reporting, including the UN PRI, the UK Stewardship Code and TCFD reporting. David is a former Board member of the UN PRI, was involved in the governance of the IIGCC from its inception, and until June 2023 was on the Board of the International Centre for Pensions Management. More broadly, David is a board member of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), a member of the FTSE Russell Sustainable Investment Advisory Committee, and is also a member of the UK’s Transition Finance Council Working Group on Credibility and Integrity. Whilst at USS was also a member of the PLSA Sustainability Committee and the UK Investment Associations’ Sustainability and Responsible Investment Committee. David was also a founding member of the BVCA Responsible Investment Advisory Group, and also helped found the PRI Private Equity Advisory Committee. Prior to joining USS, David worked as an Environmental Manager for a UK retail company and was for five years a university lecturer in Environmental Management. He has a master’s degree in Environmental Impact Assessment.

Transition Pathway Initiative

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) assesses companies' preparedness for transitioning to a low-carbon economy, particularly in high-impact sectors. This global initiative, led by asset owners and supported by asset managers, provides open access evaluations and data on how companies are transitioning.

Working with its academic partner, the TPI Centre at the London School of Economics, and FTSE Russell, its data partner, TPI provides an academically robust and transparent framework for assessing how companies align with the goals of the Paris Agreement and support the global low-carbon transition. Using publicly available information, TPI evaluates companies on two dimensions: management quality (how well they manage emissions and related risks) and carbon performance (how their emission pathways align with low-carbon benchmarks). TPI's data are used in investment decision making (for example, in index design or stock selection), engagement strategies, and proxy voting, ultimately encouraging companies to align with the low-carbon transition.

https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/

Dr. Kalpana Seethepalli is the Director of ESG for Asia Pacific at Deutsche Bank and leads the work on results frameworks, measurement, monitoring and sustainable finance taxonomies for ESG transactions. She brings over 21 years of sustainable finance experience across 15 countries, where she made $2 billion sustainable development investments over a long career with The World Bank Group (WBG) and private equity markets.

She is a global expert in design, measurement and reporting frameworks to achieve positive ESG impact through commercially viable investments. She has led complex WBG advisory mandates globally, and led the dialogue with APEC, ASEAN, G20 Finance Ministers, multilaterals and development partners. She has strengthened dialogue with NGOs and global civil society on ESG issues on live investments, and is a frequent speaker on sustainable financing at global fora, such as the World Economic Forum, convening private investors, advisors and thought leaders.

Dr. Seethepalli has a Ph.D. in Strategic Management & Public Policy focusing on infrastructure privatization in emerging markets from the George Washington University, USA.

Jenn-Hui Tan is Chief Sustainability Officer for Fidelity International.

Jenn is responsible for the firm’s approach to sustainability across corporate operations and client service areas, including investment management, advisory and personal investment platform services and retirement solutions. He leads the sustainable investing and corporate sustainability teams. He chairs the firm’s Global Sustainability Committee and is a member of its Senior Leadership Team. He is a member of the Board of Governors of the International Corporate Governance Network and the Advisory Board of the Finance for Biodiversity Foundation.

Jenn joined Fidelity International in 2007 from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he was a corporate finance lawyer advising on capital market and M&A transactions. He holds an LLB Law degree from the University of Durham.

Sue-Ern Tan is Head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Regional Cooperation Centre in Singapore, the IEA’s only office outside its Paris headquarters. She leads the Centre’s mission to support Southeast Asian governments in addressing energy challenges, including strengthening energy security, scaling clean energy deployment, expanding regional power system integration and facilitating access to sustainable finance. A key focus includes cooperating with government, industry and multilateral organisation stakeholders to collectively respond to the energy security challenges of today and tomorrow.

Sue-Ern brings deep international experience across both public and private sectors. Prior to joining the IEA, she held senior global climate and energy roles at Shell, served as a ministerial adviser on energy in Australia, was Deputy CEO at a minerals industry association, practiced as a lawyer and is an Eisenhower Fellow. She is committed to advancing pragmatic, collaborative solutions for a resilient and inclusive energy future in Southeast Asia.

Mr. von Eiff has a combined 15 years of experience in environmental compliance, research, and sustainability. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy at the City University of Hong Kong and his Master of Science in Environmental Economics and Public Policy at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. His main research areas address the economic, sustainability and climate change issues associated with water supply management decisions. He has conducted extensive research projects and authored several works including publications on a range of topics. Most recently, he authored a public-facing report which analysed and recommended potential changes for Hong Kong’s water management framework. His work has focused on the carbon footprint of the water supply, using a life-cycle analysis approach to analysis various public policy decisions and water mixes. He has also studied the importance of governance and the governance capacity of the Water supplies department on achieving long term sustainability.

De Rui is Senior Vice President of the Sustainability Office at GIC, a global long-term investor established in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves.

He leads research on sustainability-related themes such as climate change, nature, supply chains, and inequality that will have material impact on GIC’s investment portfolio. These issues are often overlooked by investors because they take time to manifest, and their impact is difficult to quantity. By collaborating with industry partners, peers, academic thought leaders, and GIC's investment teams, De Rui develops investment integration tools, analytics, and strategies for GIC to be future-ready for these long-term trends.

Effective communication is key in bringing investors on their sustainability journey. De Rui leverages his past experience as a macro strategist and equity analyst to translate complex sustainability concepts into insights that investors understand. He is a Board Committee Member of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and chairs its Paris-Aligned Investing working group that shares and advances emerging investor solutions for facilitating the transition to a net zero emissions economy.

In recognition of his passion and expertise in advocating for sustainable investing, he was awarded AsianInvestor's Top 10 Sovereign Wealth Fund Executives in Asia for 2024.

Outside of his day job, De Rui is passionate about empowering youths. He volunteers with youth mentorship non-profits like Advisory Singapore and The Astronauts Collective, and lectures at universities in Singapore and the US to share the practitioner perspectives on sustainable investing.

De Rui holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Northwestern University.

To find out more about what De Rui does in Sustainability, you can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/de-rui-wong/

He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Economics.

Ricco Zhang is Senior Director, Asia Pacific of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) based in Hong Kong. Mr. Zhang is responsible for ICMA’s development in Greater China and works very closely with regulators, financial institutions and other organizations who are active at the capital markets in the region to promote and maintain the best market practice. He has previously worked for international law firms, investment banks and other financial institutions engaged in capital market transactions and mergers & acquisitions in Asia and has extensive experience as a market practitioner. Mr. Zhang graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong.

Sophie supports Zurich Insurance APAC CIO and leads the execution of investment strategies across the APAC region, with coverage of the development and implementation of Zurich Insurance’s responsible investment strategy, as well as aiding distribution teams with product design.
Before joining Zurich, Sophie held senior roles within investment functions at Prudential; initially as Head of Investment Management at Prudential Hong Kong, and more recently, as Head of Investment at Prudential Wealth Management, a role aiding the development of an open-architecture wealth-tech startup. Sophie led the responsible investment initiatives during her time at Prudential Hong Kong, including the formation of long-term ESG integration and portfolio decarbonization strategies. She also represented Prudential Hong Kong in the Green Insurance Task Force organized by Hong Kong Insurance Authority and Hong Kong Federation of Insurers.
Further back in her career, Sophie’s experience included responsibilities for managing global multi-asset portfolio at E Fund Management and international asset allocation at Taikang Asset Management.
Sophie holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Hong Kong.