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.

Camille Barré is an Impact & ESG Specialist on listed assets at Mirova. Mirova is a conviction-based, B Corp certified management company that offers its clients investment solutions combining the search for financial performance with environmental and social impact, across listed and private asset classes. In Singapore Mirova is set up as a Business division within Natixis Investment Managers Singapore.

Camille joined Mirova in 2021 as a ESG specialist for the Buildings, Construction materials, and Real Estate sectors, as well as Mobility and Mining. She is also the referent for Mirova Women Leaders and Diversity Equity Fund, with a strong expertise on diversities and part of Mirova’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee.

Camille relocated from Paris to Singapore in 2024 to grow Mirova’s ESG presence and expertise in Asia Pacific.

She has worked in sustainable development for over eight years, first at Bouygues Construction as an Innovation and Sustainability Officer, working on green building certifications such as LEED and BREEAM and then at KPMG France, where she was a Sustainability Consultant and Auditor for SBF 120/CAC 40 French companies such as Renault, Vinci, Eiffage, Elior, Ubisoft.

She graduated from University College of London (UCL) with Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering, and holds a Master’s degree in Material Science for Sustainable Construction from Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC).

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.

Lucy Carmody is a senior sustainability executive with over 20 years’ leadership experience across investment management, investment banking, climate finance and nature-based solutions. She currently serves as Senior Specialist, Sustainability Initiatives at the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), where she leads global initiatives on nature and biodiversity, helping institutional investors integrate nature-related risks and opportunities into investment decision-making. Lucy holds an MA from St John’s College, Cambridge and an MSc in Climate Change Management and Finance from Imperial. She has contributed to many publications on sustainability issues, including Water in China (2010), Sustainable Stock Exchanges (2010), The Future of Fish (2011), Feeding Asia (2011), Evolutions in Sustainable Investing (2011), Risk and Resilience (2021), ESG Investing and Analysis (2022) to Navigating Sustainable Growth (2025).
Contact lucy.carmody@unpri.org for more information on the Nature Reporting Preparer Forum

Sylviane is Head of Asia, Institutional Investor Solutions at Morningstar Sustainalytics, where she leads the firm’s sustainability and climate strategy for institutional investors across Asia-Pacific. She partners with sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, and insurers to advance their ESG integration, climate risk management, and stewardship practices, aligning portfolios with evolving regulatory frameworks and net-zero commitments. Under her leadership, Morningstar Sustainalytics supports clients in adopting ESG Risk Ratings, Climate Solutions, and Stewardship frameworks, enabling them to quantify sustainability risks, strengthen governance standards, and enhance long-term value creation.

With over 23 years of experience in financial markets, she previously spent 13 years at MSCI, where she served as Executive Director and Head of Asset Owners, Buy-side, and Insurance Clients for Southeast Asia, driving the adoption of MSCI’s ESG, Climate, and Index Solutions among leading institutional investors. Earlier in her career, she led MSCI’s Index business for Southern Europe and held institutional sales roles at ICE and SIX. She started her career as a Country Risk analyst at BNP Paribas bank.
She holds a Master’s Degree in International Economics from the University of Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris.

Tim Chan is the Head of Sustainability Research (Asia Pacific ex Japan) at Morgan Stanley. He joined the firm in 2020 and is a member of the global sustainability research team. His team ranked #1 in ESG Research in the 2021 Institutional Investor All-Asia Research Poll. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Tim was a senior ESG analyst at Manulife Investment Management where he led the ESG integration, research and engagement efforts in North Asia. Previously, he worked as an advisory manager at Ernst & Young within their climate change and sustainability services team. Tim holds a bachelor of science in molecular biotechnology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a master of science in environmental management from the University of Hong Kong. He is also a CFA charterholder, a chartered environmentalist and an EFFAS certified ESG analyst. Tim currently is a board of director for the CFA Society Hong Kong and is a Visiting Scholar for the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Sylvia Chen is the Head of ESG Research, Asia at Amundi, based in Singapore, reporting to Caroline Le Meaux, the Global Head of ESG Research, Engagement, and Voting. She contributes to ESG research and engagement on topics such as energy transition, physical risk and resilience, and impact investing, including green bonds. Sylvia leads regional investor engagement initiatives, facilitating the transfer of responsible investment knowledge and its integration into investment frameworks. Actively participating in industry efforts, she plays a key role in developing green and transition taxonomies for Singapore.

Prior to joining Amundi in 2021, she worked at BNP Paribas and OCBC in fixed income capital markets, where she helped establish OCBC’s sustainability bond framework. Sylvia holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting and Finance from the University of British Columbia.

Based in Singapore, Trista Chen is the Head of Investment Stewardship Asia (ex-Japan) at the Asset Management division of Legal and General, LGIM. She spearheads the firm’s global investment stewardship strategy with a localized approach tailored to the region. As part of LGIM’s global award-winning investment stewardship team, Trista engages in firm-wide thematic and sectoral initiatives, leading activities related to human rights and contributing significantly to climate, people, corporate governance, and nature engagements.

With nearly 20 years of experience, Trista is a seasoned sustainability professional with a deep understanding of the rapidly evolving ESG and climate change landscapes globally. She has provided strategic advice to investors and companies at both corporate and project levels across more than 30 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe, North America, Latin America, and Africa. Before joining LGIM, Trista was a Partner at the global sustainability consultancy firm ERM, where she was responsible for the financial services industry and M&A service strategy in the APAC region. Her expertise spans public markets, private equity, private debt, and infrastructure. Trista worked and lived in Greater China and Canada before relocating to Singapore in 2021. She’s fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

Sandra Chow joined Singlife’s Investment Office in 2024 and is responsible for managing the firm’s global credit investments and integrating sustainability into its investment process. Before joining Singlife she was Co-Head of Asia-Pacific Research at CreditSights, a unit of Fitch Group. Sandra started her career in JPMorgan’s European real estate investment banking division and has worked in credit research, trading and portfolio management at Credit Suisse, UBS Principal Finance and Barclays Capital in London and Singapore.

Sandra graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Italian and French and holds a diploma in Modern Chinese from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. She is a CFA Charterholder and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing and a Certificate in Sustainability & Resilience from the National University of Singapore.

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.

Simon is Head of Impact Debt at Ashmore. Ashmore is a specialist Emerging Markets (EM) asset manager, with over thirty years’ experience investing in EM, across asset classes and geographies. Simon joined Ashmore in October 2024 to build out Ashmore’s dedicated impact team, which aims to mainstream EM impact investing, by developing scalable strategies that target market rate risk-adjusted returns alongside tangible, measurable environmental and social impact. Prior to Ashmore, Simon spent 13 years at Insight Investment, most recently as the Lead Portfolio Manager on EM sustainable and impact strategies. Simon holds a BA in History from Durham University, is a Chartered Accountant and CFA charterholder.

Sumi Dhanarajan is the Managing Director (Southeast Asia) at Forum for the Future, an international sustainability organisation with a mission to accelerate the shift towards a just and regenerative future.

Sumi is an experienced social impact practitioner with over 30 years experience in the field, with particular expertise in the private sector’s impacts upon poverty, human rights and the environment. Her previous roles include establishing the human rights desk for the Malaysian Bar Council, serving as legal adviser to the Hong Kong Democratic Party's Secretariat for Legislative Councillors, co-founding Oxfam GB's private sector advocacy team, leading the ‘Public Roles of the Private Sector’ programme at the Centre for Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and serving as an adjunct on the Singapore Management University’s Masters in Trisector Collaboration and at NUS Law.

Sumi has held various trustee, board director and advisory positions, including to the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, Inclusive Development International, the Ethical Trading Initiative, the UK Social Investment Forum, the Worker Disclosure Initiative, and SustainAbility; and editorial board memberships of Development in Practice and the Journal for Human Rights Practice. She has also served two separate terms as a member of WEF’s Global Futures Council on Human Rights.

Priyaka Dhingra leads the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment's (UNPRI) Nature Stewardship Initiative ' Spring' in the Asia-Pacific region, as a Senior Specialist. In this role, she engages with investors companies to drive long-term value creation through integration of nature and climate related risks and opportunities.

Prior to joining UNPRI, Priyaka served as a Director at EY’s Climate Change & Sustainability Services. She has actively contributed to Singapore Sustainable Finance Association's Singapore-Asia Taxonomy workstream and Natural Capital workstream.

With nearly two decades of experience in sustainability and financial services across Singapore, Hong Kong, and India, Priyaka began her career in banking with BNP Paribas before transitioning to sustainable finance a decade ago. She has strong expertise in sustainable investing, nature-based solutions, and stewardship, engaging with companies across various sectors to tackle nature and climate-related challenges. Her efforts aim to create a financial system that benefits both the environment and society. Priyaka holds an MBA, and an Executive Education in Sustainable Finance from the University of Oxford.

Rapheal has over 20 years’ financing and advisory experience at Citi across infrastructure, renewables, energy, real assets and structured finance. Prior to joining Pentagreen, Rapheal built and led Citi’s sustainability advisory platform in Asia-Pacific to advise corporates and sovereigns on their transition strategies and sustainable finance solutions. Prior to that, Rapheal was Managing Director in Citi’s EMEA Project and Infrastructure Finance team, where she led European infrastructure and renewables financing and was responsible for numerous landmark transactions, including the first ever holdco, greenfield offshore wind project bond.

Rapheal will lead capital raise, investor relations and management, as well as ongoing strategy formulation.

Mr. Nicholas Gandolfo joined MUFG as Director, ESG Finance in November 2023. Based in Singapore, he oversees the development and delivery of blended and transition finance solutions for MUFG’s corporate client portfolio across Asia Pacific excluding Japan.

Mr. Gandolfo brings over 25 years of financial services and ESG advisory experience to MUFG, having worked in the private and public sectors across countries such as Australia, Cambodia, China and Indonesia.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Gandolfo has worked with HSBC, BlueOrchard/ Schroders and Sustainalytics, where he was actively involved in areas from impact Investing to second party opinions for sustainable finance transactions as well as ESG ratings, amongst other corporate services.

Mr. Gandolfo holds a double degree in Arts and Commerce from Australia’s Deakin University and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia. He also holds various certifications related to ESG and sustainability, such as GARP (Sustainability and Climate Risk), CFA (Investing in ESG) and SASB level 1.

Cristina is Chief Engagement Officer at GRI, where she leads commercial operations, marketing, communications and stakeholder relations. Cristina began as GRI Chief Operational Officer in September 2023, before stepping up to be interim CEO between September 2024 and February 2025, with a mandate to finalize and implement the organizational strategy.
Previously, Cristina served for almost three years on the GRI Supervisory Board, was Chief Sustainability & Communications Officer at Suzano, and Vice-President of Sustainability at Orbia. 
 Alongside her extensive sustainability and corporate leadership experience, Cristina has held several senior positions in the non-profit world, in sectors ranging from environmental conservation and education to poverty alleviation. This included roles with The Nature Conservancy, Rare Conservation, Fundacion EDUCA and Pronatura Noreste. 
Cristina is trained as a chemist and holds a MSc in Environmental Science.  A board member of the World Environment Center, Cristina has previously held non-executive positions with publicly listed companies and NGOs. She has worked in Mexico, the U.S. and Brazil and is now based in Spain. 

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.

Karthik is Director for Market Engagement & Partnerships at the Blue Bond Incubator. He also acts as a Senior Advisor with ADB as well as Climate Bonds Initiative where he was an erstwhile Director.  
Across his various assignments and roles, he has advised private, public sector, and civil society partners as well as development finance institutions on climate finance and sustainable finance strategy, strategy planning & implementation, and technical assistance. 
He has deep knowledge and expertise of best practices and finance access models for environmental and sustainable solutions and has worked with several sovereigns and sub-sovereigns as well as private sector players in Asia/Asia-Pacific, Europe, Australia, and Latin America.

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.

Nana joined Impax in 2022 and is responsible for leading Impax’s sustainability and stewardship-related research and advocacies in Asia-Pacific. Nana researches, prioritizes and organizes engagements with Impax’s investee companies and regulators, manages external sustainability and stewardship -related inquiries, and assists in the ongoing development of the Impax proprietary sustainability-analysis and methodologies.

Prior to joining Impax, Nana worked as the Research and Project Director at the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). At ACGA, Nana published five significant reports relating to corporate governance research in Asia. Whilst there, she also presented to the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and the Shenzhen Asset Management Association. Since 2018, Nana has been the Chair of ACGA’s China working group, a role she continues to fill today. Upon joining Impax, Nana remains a Specialist Consultant to ACGA.

Nana has spoken at international conferences hosted by a number of financial institutions and international organisations including ACGA, ADB, AmCham, AVCJ, BritCham, CDP, CFA, China SIF, CLSA, COP, Deutsche Bank, EMIA, Forbes, GFANZ, GRI, HSBC, ICGN, IEEFA, LSEG, Macquarie, Morgan Stanley, OECD, PRI, Responsible Investor, ReThink and WBA. She was also interviewed by international media including Bloomberg, CGTN (CCTV’s English Channel), Financial Times, Ignites Asia, The Asset and Wall Street Journal. She is a guest
speaker at several universities including CUHK, PKU, U of Edinburgh and U of Toronto. In 2024, Nana co-authored the book titled: Unlocking Corporate Success by the Power of Diversity, the first book to discuss diversity issue from investors’ perspective in Japan.

Nana sits on the Stakeholder Advisory Council of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants, the Global Policy Committee of the International Corporate Governance Network, the ESG Committee of the Women in Finance Asia and the Caixin China ESG30 Forum. She is a member of the IFRS Sustainability Reference Group and the Global Capacity Building Coalition Advisory Group. Nana is also an instructor of the Association of Stewardship Professionals.

Nana has an MBA from the University of Chicago (Honors), a Master of Finance from the University of Hong Kong (Dean’s List), and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales (Distinction). She is a CFA charterholder and has finished the HKICPA Qualification Program.

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Benjamin McCarron is the Founder and Managing Director of Singapore headquartered Asia Research & Engagement (ARE). ARE collaborates with global institutional investors representing $8 trillion AUM to raise ESG matters with Asian corporations. Thematic areas include Energy Transition and its Financing, Sustainable and Responsible Protein, and Sustainable Real Estate. ARE is also a partner of GRESB, the leading tool for rating ESG in real estate.

Benjamin has written extensively about sustainability across the region. He has published four blue books with CLSA covering cover animal proteins, palm oil, climate change in Malaysia, and how to create an ESG framework. He was also the Malaysia and Thailand chapter author of the Asian Corporate Governance Association’s (ACGA) biennial CG Watch publication. His 2011 Report the Future of Fish in Asia won the Farsight Award for best ESG research that year.

Benjamin is a regular speaker on sustainability and responsible investment in Asia and has been interviewed or quoted for major international and Asian publications including the Financial Times, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, SCMP, the Independent, the Observer, the Business Times, Investor Relations Magazine, and The Edge.

Benjamin started his career in investment becoming a fund manager at Gerrard, now part of Barclays Wealth. He graduated with joint honours in Maths and Philosophy from University College, Oxford.

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).

Greg Munford joined the sovereign New Zealand Superannuation (pension) Fund as a Senior Investment Strategist in 2020.

Greg has collaborated on dozens of successful sustainability-related strategies, policies, projects and investments with local, national and international partners - including local/national government agencies, corporations, the EU, World Bank/IFC, and Asian Development Bank.

With deep experience across the infrastructure, real estate and natural resources sectors spanning Asia, Pacific, UK and the Americas, Greg brings his expertise and cross-disciplinary training in physical and social/policy sciences to bear for the NZ Super Fund - addressing risks, opportunities and reporting requirements across the climate, nature and broader ESG spectrum.

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.

Sheng Ou Yong is Client Portfolio Manager Sustainable Investing. Based in Singapore, Sheng represents Robeco’s sustainable investing capabilities and support clients in APAC to find relevant solutions for their sustainable investing objectives. Prior to joining Robeco in 2025, he was ESG Analyst and Sustainable Fixed Income Lead APAC at BNP Paribas Asset Management.  

Chad Ovel has lived and worked in Vietnam continuously since 1996.

Chad is a Partner at Mekong Capital, a Vietnam-focused Private Equity firm. Established in 2001, Mekong Capital has the most extensive private equity track record in Vietnam having completed 44 private equity investments, of which 29 have been fully exited. Chad has led Mekong Capital’s successful investments in various sectors including pharmaceuticals, real estate, logistics, healthcare and retail.

Chad is originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He holds a BA from Carleton College and an MBA from University of Chicago.

Mayuresh is a Climate Investment Manager in the Private Sector division of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Over the past three years, he has led GCF’s Resilience building investments in private equity funds and credit lines to financial institutions, driving climate-focused capital deployment across developing countries. Prior to this role, Mayuresh headed the Investment Risk Review team at GCF from 2017, where he played a pivotal role in evaluating and mitigating risks across a diverse portfolio.
His expertise spans development and climate finance, with hands-on experience in both debt and equity instruments.
Throughout his career, Mayuresh has worked on large-scale infrastructure projects, financial institution investments, and climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience-building initiatives. He has contributed as both a risk reviewer and a lead on origination, structuring, and deal execution.
He is a CFA Charterholder and holds an MBA in Finance.

Elena leads LSEG’s sustainable finance and investment data solutions and commercial strategy. She is responsible for driving the integration of ESG, green and sustainable data, insights and analytics into the different products, services and client propositions across LSEG’s Data & Analytics Division.
Elena has worked in sustainable finance for 20 years holding a variety of industry positions, including her current membership at the EFRAG SR TEG and she was ex-rapporteur of the European Commission Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Sustainable Finance. She was also a member of the ESG Working Group advising the CFA Institute on ESG standards for financial products.
Previously, Elena led the global ESG business at Refinitiv, the former Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters. Her career began at Morgan Stanley and then, ASSET4, where she worked as a Senior ESG Analyst and later Head of ESG Data Quality.
Elena holds an MBA and BA in Finance and International business from Stetson University, Florida.

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.

Will Relle is a Vice President, Sustainable Investing at HarbourVest Partners based in Boston. In his role, Will is focused on engaging with the firm’s investors to deliver solutions that support their sustainability objectives.

Will joined the firm in 2022 from Mercer Investments, where he advised asset owners on sustainability strategy and policy development, including the development of impact investing programs and portfolios. Most recently, he led the sustainable investing program for Mercer’s US and Canada OCIO businesses. He holds a BS from Boston College with concentrations in Finance and Philosophy.

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.

Tomomi Shimada, Executive Director, is responsible for leading and implementing the firm's sustainable investment strategy, solutions and product innovation in APAC. In partnership with our distribution and investment teams, she leverages our extensive data and research capabilities, proprietary technology and ESG expertise to deliver sustainable solutions to our clients. Prior to moving to Asia in 2021, she was a Sustainable Investing Specialist for EMEA, based in London.
An employee since 2010, she was previously an Investment Stewardship Specialist, engaging with European and Japanese companies we invest in and advising analysts and portfolio managers regarding the corporate governance and sustainability profiles of the companies. Prior to that, she worked as a Business Liaison Manager in J.P. Morgan Asset Management managing Japanese Institutional and Funds clients from London. She started her career as a Client Adviser at JPMorgan Asset Management Tokyo office, covering securities companies and major retail banks. Tomomi obtained a B.A. in Law from Keio University (Japan). Tomomi is a member of the International Corporate Governance Network.

Sandra Silea is a Director- ESG and Stewardship at AustralianSuper where she oversees the Fund’s ESG integration and stewardship activities in the Americas.

Sandra has been key in evolving AustralianSuper’s approach to ESG integration and stewardship over her decade with the Fund. Most recently, she has led due diligence and integration activities for unlisted investments, including infrastructure, property and private credit opportunities. She also has deep experience in listed equities where she has engaged with listed company boards on ESG issues and actively voted at company AGMs.

Sandra has boundless passion and energy for ESG, is a respected speaker and is a recognized industry leader on issues including modern slavery, diversity and climate change. She is currently a member of the Council of Institutional Investors’ Corporate Governance Advisory Council and sits on the Board of the SDI Asset Owner Platform and the Cleaning Accountability Framework.

Sandra holds a BA of International Relations and a BA of Political Science from Southern Methodist University.

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.

Mervyn Tang is the Head of Sustainability APAC. Currently based in Singapore, Mervyn is responsible for Schroders’ Sustainability initiatives in the Asia Pacific. He works in partnership with client facing and product teams to build the firm’s sustainable investment propositions across the region, and leads the company’s Regional Centre of Excellence for Sustainability.

Prior to joining Schroders in July 2021, Mervyn was Global Head of ESG Research at Fitch Ratings, overseeing a research team of 4 analysts across London and Hong Kong which primarily focuses on thematic and cross sector ESG research. He also held roles at MSCI, the Bank of England, and Citigroup.

Mervyn is on the Executive committee of the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association and the co-chair of its Transition Finance workstream. He is also co-chair of the Investment Management Association of Singapore’s ESG working group.

Yinglun Teng is an Energy Analyst at the International Energy Agency’s Regional Cooperation Centre in Singapore, the IEA’s first office outside of its Paris headquarters. He works on topics including financing approaches for grids and interconnectors in the region, cost of capital for power generation, and scaling clean energy investment in ASEAN. Previously Yinglun worked in Singapore and London for a philanthropy focusing on clean energy, and in the UK Government on industrial decarbonisation and CCUS.

Yeni is an Executive Director at Affirma Capital based in Indonesia. Affirma Capital has recently launched the KINETIK Affirma Capital Climate Transition Fund I, a fund anchored by the Private Infrastructure Development Group (“PIDG”) and the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (“DFAT”) with a target size of USD 200 million, making private equity investments which facilitate Indonesia’s emissions reduction to achieve net zero by 2060.

She has close to two decades of professional experience in renewable energy and climate transition investments in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to joining Affirma, she was the investment director at New Energy Nexus Ventures in Singapore for its Indonesia 1 fund deployment and led investments into companies operating in climate transition sectors such as clean energy, e-mobility, energy efficiency and energy access in Indonesia, filling the missing capital gap and mobilizing other private capital as follow on or co-investments.

Earlier in her career, she was with ENGIE and AES in various roles from originating investment opportunities in innovative, clean and smart energy activities in Asia Pacific region, developing to Independent Power Producer (IPP) electricity projects in Indonesia as well as managing investments in climate change mitigation projects under UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and commercializing certified emission reduction certificates (CERs) in Southeast Asia.

Yeni has a MBA from National University of Singapore, a Bachelor of Business (Economics & Finance) from RMIT University and is a CFA Charterholder.

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.

Heidi Yip is BlackRock's Head of Sustainable and Transition Solutions for Southeast Asia (STS SEA). Based in Singapore, she is responsible for shaping BlackRock's sustainability and transition strategy for the region, including building up sustainability capabilities in the firm, and supporting product development to address client needs Heidi joined BlackRock from GIC Private Limited where she held multiple roles, shaping long-term strategy development for the enterprise, leading the Sustainability Office's integration pillar, and supporting sustainable investing via the multi-asset Sustainable Investment Fund and equities-focused Climate Change Opportunities Portfolio. She has over 15 years of functional expertise in sustainability, strategy and finance under her belt, built up from her professional experience in Standard Chartered Private Bank, McKinsey & Company, and Singapore's Ministry of Finance, in addition to GIC. Heidi holds a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and dual degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Biology from Cornell University.

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.