Amy Lo is Chairman, Global Wealth Management Asia, Co-Head of Wealth Management Asia Pacific, Head and Chief Executive of UBS Hong Kong, and a Managing Director at UBS. Amy has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Since joining UBS in 1995, she has held a number of senior management positions including Regional Head of Ultra High Net Worth and Global Family Office in Asia. Today, the ultra-high net worth business is the leading wealth manager for ultra-high net worth individuals in the region.

Actively involved in the development of the private banking industry in Hong Kong, Amy chairs the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Private Wealth Management Association (PWMA), and is a Board Member of the Hong Kong Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) and the Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy. She is also a member of the Banking Industry Training Advisory Committee of the Hong Kong Education Bureau and an advisor of Our Hong Kong Foundation.

A passionate supporter of youth education and technological innovation in Greater China, Amy is a member of The Court and the MBA Advisory Board at The University of Hong Kong, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Department of Social Work at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is also a Board Member of the UBS Optimus Foundation, the independent grant-making foundation that helps UBS clients improve the education and welfare of children globally.

In recognition of her contribution to the wealth management industry, Amy was named Private Banker of the Year in the Asian Private Banker Awards for Distinction 2020 and 2023. She alsoreceived the Executive Award at the DHL/SCMP Business Awards 2018 for her efforts in building UBS as a corporate citizen in Hong Kong. She was also named by a top-tier Chinese media, China Business News, as one of the "Hong Kong Top 20 in the next 20 years" for her contribution to innovation developments in 2017.

Arthur Yuen is in charge of the full range of banking policy, supervision, conduct, and enforcement issues. He joined the HKMA in 1996 as Head of Administration and has since taken up different responsibilities including research and liaison on China economic and market development issues before being appointed Head of Banking Supervision in 2000.  He took up the position as Executive Director (Banking Development) in July 2004, Executive Director (Banking Supervision) in June 2005 and Executive Director (External) in July 2008.  He was appointed to his present position on 1 January 2010.  

He has been playing an active role as member of the FSB Standing Committee on Supervisory and Regulatory Cooperation. He has also been a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision since March 2010, and was appointed as Chairman of the Committee’s Policy and Standards Group (“PSG”) since January 2021. He also chaired the Committee’s Supervision and Implementation Group(“SIG”) from September 2018 to December 2020.

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Dr. Arun Majumdar is the Chester Naramore Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, Jay Precourt Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Energy Science and Engineering, and Senior Fellow and former Director of the Precourt Institute for Energy. He is also a faculty member in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy) and Photon Science at SLAC. He served in the Obama administration as the Founding Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) and as the Acting Under Secretary of Energy. He served as a Science Envoy for the US Department of State and currently serves as the Chair of the US Secretary of Energy Advisory Board.  Dr. Majumdar was also the Vice President for Energy at Google and advises numerous businesses in the energy innovation ecosystem. He is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences, US National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 1985 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989.

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National University of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Benjamin Cashore holds the Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. He is also director of LKYSPP’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability (PPIES). He specialises in global and multi-level environmental governance, comparative public policy, and transnational business regulation/corporate environmental social governance (ESG) innovations. His substantive research interests include climate policy, biodiversity conservation/land use change, and sustainable environmental management of forests and related agricultural sectors. His geographic focus includes Southeast Asia, North America, Latin America and Europe. Cashore’s theoretical interests include the potential of anticipatory policy design for identifying path dependent policy mixes capable of ameliorating “super wicked” environmental problems; the legitimacy and authority requirements of non-state market driven (NSMD) global governance; and the influence of economic globalisation on domestic environmental policies.

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Boon Heong is the CEO of Temasek Foundation, a non-profit organisation within the philanthropic arm of Temasek.

Prior to joining the foundation in 2020, he was Managing Director of Sustainability and Head of Community Stewardship at Temasek. He also held a concurrent role as Deputy CEO of Temasek Trust in 2022.

Catherine Zhu based in Toronto, is a Partner at Egon Zehnder and the Global Head of Sustainability Practice. She is a trusted advisor to boards, entrepreneurial CEOs and family business owners on their critical leadership decisions. Catherine brings deep multi-regional business expertise to her clients, providing talent and governance advice to firms operating on the global stage. She is the former Co-Head of Egon Zehnder’s Greater China Practice and was Managing Partner in Hong Kong until 2019.

Chandran Nair has a very diverse professional career that spans over 30 years of work across the world, from Europe to Africa and throughout Asia including China and India.  During this time he has developed a unique set of skills and experiences that covers business, development issues, environmental and sustainability challenges, teaching (MBA), leadership development and becoming an author.

Mr Nair is the Founder and CEO of the Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), an independent pan-Asian think tank.  He was Chairman of Environmental Resources Management (ERM) in Asia Pacific for over a decade until 2004, establishing the company as Asia’s leading environmental consultancy.

He is a member of WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Governance for Sustainability and Experts Forum. He sits on the Executive Committee of the Club of Rome, the world’s premier scientific think tank and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.  He is also a member of CISL’s Business Sustainability Programme Global Steering Committee (Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership).

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Professor Charles W. W. Ng is a Vice-President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in Guangzhou campus. He is also the Dean of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, and the CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability at HKUST. Professor Ng is Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Overseas Fellow of Churchill College, the University of Cambridge, UK.

Chavalit Frederick Tsao is the fourth-generation steward of a 120-year-old family business. He believes the new era is here, and business must reform with the market economy to serve the flourishing of Life.

Mr Chiang is CEO of CLP Holdings, responsible for the overall performance of the CLP Group, one of the largest investor-owned power businesses in Asia Pacific with investments in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Australia, India, Taiwan Region and Thailand. Mr Chiang is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, and Honorary Fellow of the Vocational Training Council and the Hong Kong Management Association.

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Christina is the Managing Principal, Global Head of Capital Markets and Co-Chair of Alternative Investments at Gaw Capital Partners. She works closely with limited partners relating to capital raising and new product developments. Gaw Capital is a real estate private equity firm and has raised seven commingled funds targeting the APAC region since 2005. The firm also manages value-add/opportunistic funds in the US, a Pan-Asia hospitality fund, a European hospitality fund, a growth equity fund and it also provides services for credit investments and separate account direct investments globally. The firm has over US$33.7 billion in AUMas of Q3 2023. She also serves as Executive Director of Pioneer Global Group(0224.HK) and Independent Non-Executive Director and Member of the Finance and General Committee and the Sustainability Committee of CLP Holdings Limited (0002.HK). She was also appointed as the member of the Main Board and GEM Listing Committees of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in 2022.

Ms. Gaw was named Global PERE’s Rainmaker 30 and one of the Top 10 PERE’s Women of Influence in 2021.

Prior to joining Gaw Capital, Christina had an investment banking career with Goldman Sachs and UBS as Managing Director for over 15 years, with responsibilities as Head of Asia Equities Distribution and as Head of APAC Capital Introduction team within Prime Brokerage. She has deep experience in covering the largest institutional investors globally.

Christina is also active in community and educational sector capacity work in Hong Kong. She is currently an honorary advisor of Hong Kong PropTech Association, a board member of Inspiring HK Sports Foundation and an advisor of Teach for Hong Kong, Time Auction, finance committee member and board member of Hong Kong International School, board chair of Stellart International School of Arts, executive committee vice chairwoman of St. Paul’s Co-educational College Alumni Association, corporate member of the Cheltenham Ladies College UK, school supervisor for TWGHs S. C. Gaw Memorial College and the council member of Lingnan University, Hong Kong. She has also served as the board member of The Women’s Foundation for over 10 years from 2009 to 2019 and the board treasurer of The Hong Kong Ballet Group from 2010 to 2017.

Christina received her B.S in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco, California.

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Professor Christine Loh is the Chief Development Strategist, Institute for the Environment at HKUST. She is a former government minister and legislator. Trained as a lawyer, she was a commodities trader by profession.

David Yeung, co-founder of Green Monday Group, is an acclaimed environmentalist and entrepreneur. He received prestigious recognitions, including "EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award(HK/Macau)" and "Social Entrepreneur of the Year" by the World Economic Forum. He has spoken at the World Economic Forum, TEDx, and institutions like Goldman Sachs. Columbia University graduate and Ashoka Fellow.

As the Head of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Asia Regional Office, Deepali Khanna oversees efforts to amplify the Foundation’s impact and initiatives to make opportunities universal and sustainable. She leads the efforts for building and sustaining networks with different institutions, leveraging financing and collaborations, pioneering innovative grants, and driving thought leadership on trends driving climate action in Asia. She also serves on Digital Green Foundation board, and was the Co-chair of G20 India’s Business 20 task force on Financing For Global Economic Recovery and Co-chair of G7 Japan’s Think 7 task force on Development and Economic Prosperity.

Dr Dimitrios Tsivrikos is a leading London - based consumer and business psychologist of global renown. Implementing his trusted expertise in the fields of academia, and consultancy, he uses science to provide solutions for business challenges, helping understand how people connect with certain brands and services - and, crucially, why.

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Dominic O'Neill is the Executive Director of the UN's Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF) since its inception. Dominic worked for the UK Government as a senior civil servant in the Department for International Development as Country Director in Yemen (2003-06), Sierra Leone (2008-11), Nepal (2011-13) and as Head of the UN Department. He then served as the UK’s Executive Director to the African Development Bank (2013-2016) under Dr Kaberuka and then Dr Adesina. He was also the Global COO of WWF International from 2017-2020.

En Lee is Managing Director, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investments in Asia at LGT where he manages the regional impact investment portfolio in Southeast Asia and China. He is appointed to the Board of Directors of LGT Bank (Singapore) Ltd. and the Investment Committee of LGT Venture Philanthropy Foundation. En was a Partner and is currently a Senior Advisor of Lightrock, a global private equity impact investment firm. Prior to LGT, he was an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong advising investment funds and previously a Corporate Solicitor at Freshfields in London specialising in private equity, M&A, and capital market transactions.

A recognised industry leader, En has served on the World Economic Forum ESG Advisory Group, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, and the Monetary Authority of Singapore Sustainable Finance Steering Committee. He serves on the Advisory Committee of Triple P Financial Inclusion Fund and the Boards of UN Global Compact Singapore, Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, and the Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association where he co-chairs the ESG Committee. En graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School and is a CAIA charter holder. He was named an inaugural Sustainable Finance Fellow by the Institute of Banking & Finance Singapore and a Finance Leaders Fellow of the Aspen Institute.

Mr Eric Lim is Managing Director and the Chief Sustainability Officer at United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB). His role is to drive UOB’s sustainability strategy and objectives of helping businesses and individuals transition to a sustainable future and fostering social and environmental well-being among colleagues and communities.

Eric was also the Head of Group Finance from 2013 to 2022, where he was responsible for the Bank’s core finance functions spanning financial strategy, capital management, regulatory and financial reporting, tax management, business finance and performance management.

Eric holds positions in key UOB management committees, including Chairperson of the Group Sustainability Committee. He is also a member of the Management Committee and the Asset and Liability Committee, and holds directorships in UOB affiliated companies.

Prior to joining UOB, Eric was Managing Director and Head of Wholesale Banking Finance, Singapore and Southeast Asia for Standard Chartered Bank, responsible for driving the strategic partnership between the wholesale business and finance teams. During this time, Eric led the finance functions covering commercial banking, financial markets and investment banking.

Eric began his career with GE Capital where he took on various executive positions in the areas of financial planning and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, audit and controllership. He lived and worked in more than 20 countries, with particular focus in the USA and Japan during that time.

Eric holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Nanyang Technological University and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Gill Meller is MTR Corporation Limited’s Legal and Governance Director.  She oversees the Company’s legal, company secretarial, risk management and assurance and central procurement and supply chain functions and is also responsible for driving the Company’s ESG strategy.

Ms. Neo Gim Huay is Managing Director, World Economic Forum(WEF) and Head, Centre for Nature and Climate. Gim Huay was formerly Managing Director, Temasek International. She has also worked at McKinsey and served in the Singapore government. She was selected as a TIME 100 Climate Leader in 2023.

Gregor Paterson-Jones is a distinguished leader in the fields of sustainable investment and green infrastructure development. He has been CIO of the National Infrastructure Fund, the Managing Director of The UK Green Investment Bank and is currently Chairman of the IC for the South East Asian Clean Energy Facility and Chairman of a new initiative- Electric Vehicle Africa Fund, as well as the Infra impact Fund. He was previously IC member for the EIB’s EFSI, Mergence, FITR, UN Capital Development Fund and CEO of SW Securities.

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Henry is the Deputy Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of the Green Climate Fund. He is also a member of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Future Council on the Future of Philanthropy for Climate and Nature. Previously, he held senior roles for the Government of Costa Rica, UNDP, World Bank, Morgan Stanley, and responsAbility Investments; among others. Henry holds an MBA from Oxford University (Skoll Scholar), an MPA from Harvard University (Fulbright Scholar) and a BA in Political Science from the University of Costa Rica.

Currently serves as Special Adviser to CEO of MSCI, Inc., Independent Board Member of LiveWire Group, Inc. and Mission Committee Member of Danone S.A.Previously served as Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan (GPIF), the largest pension fund in the world with AUM$1.5 trillion.

Professor Hongbin Cai is the Dean of the HKU Business School and Chair of Economics.  He received prestigious awards, including National Chang Jiang Scholar, National Outstanding Young Researcher and Fellow of the Econometric Society.  ProfessorCai’s work focuses on game theory, Chinese economy, industrial organization and corporate finance.

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Jean Todt was born in 1946 in Pierrefort, France. He is married to Michelle Yeoh and has one son, Nicolas and one grandson, Maxime. He studied economics, business and marketing at the Ecole des Cadres in Paris.

Mr. Todt is the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety since April 2015 and the International Peace Institute Directors Board’s Chair.

He is a Member of the FIFA Foundation Board since 2023.

Mr. Todt is also the International Olympic Committee President’s Advisor on Safety and Mobility and the Chairman of the Suu Foundation Board.

He started his career in 1966 as a rally co-driver and participated in the World Rally Championship until 1981. He won the World Rally Championship for Manufacturers with Talbot Lotus in 1981. Between 1981 and 1990, he was Director of Racing and Founder of Peugeot Talbot Sport. Between 1990 and 1993, he was Director of Sporting Activities of PSA Peugeot Citroën. Between 1993 and 2006, he was Team Principal of Formula 1, Ferrari.Between 2006 and 2009, he was Chief Executive Officer of Ferrari.

Mr. Todt is the former President of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) (2009-2021).

He also devotes his time to several charitable causes. He is one of the Founders and Vice-President of the Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Epinière (ICM), an institute focused on medical research for brain and spinal cord disorders.

Mr. Todt was awarded the Humanitarian of the Year Award by the United Nations Association of New York in 2016 and the Lifetime Achievement for Contribution to Road Safety by the European Commission in 2022.

Since 2021, Mr. Todt is Colonel in the citizen’s reserve of the French Gendarmerie Nationale.

Mr. Todt received the prestigious Republic of France Légion d’honneur’s Grand Croix in 2011.

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Jim Coulter is the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of TPG, Managing Partner of TPG Rise Climate. Throughout Mr. Coulter’s 35 year investing career, he has served on more than 40 public, private, advisory, academic and charitable boards.

Mr. Hua was appointed as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in August 2022, effective 1 October 2022. In this role, he oversees development and implementation of ISSB strategies to support and include stakeholders in emerging and developing economies.

Mr. Hua brings to the ISSB a wealth of international finance and development expertise. As Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank, he was responsible for green bond and sustainable finance capacity-building initiatives. As Vice President and Treasurer of the International Finance Corporation, he led innovative bond issuances in emerging markets.

Mr. Hua has also held leadership positions at the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the African Development Bank.

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Joe Ngai is Senior Partner and Chairman of McKinsey’s Greater China offices, overseeing a team of more than 800 partners and consultants across Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Taipei.

With prior leadership roles in McKinsey’s Financial Services and Private Equity & Principal Investors Practices in Greater China, Joe has led numerous large-scale transformations for Chinese and multinational organizations, advising on strategy, M&A, and operational changes.

Joe is frequently quoted in top-tier international media including CNBC, The Economist, Financial Times, and The Wall Street Journal, along with major local outlets in the region. He has authored reports and articles onChina’s financial institutions and coauthored the book “Life Insurance in Asia:Sustaining Growth in the Next Decade.”

As a prominent speaker, Joe covers diverse subjects such as financial services, leadership, management, and social enterprises at global forums. He actively contributes to government advisory committees and serves on the board of the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence Scheme.

Recognized for his influence, Joe was named one of the “2023 Forbes China 100 Most Influential Chinese” and honored as one of the “2022 CEOs of the Year for Multinational Corporations in China” by Jiemian News.

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Joey Wat is CEO of Yum China (NYSE: YUMC & HKEX: 9987), a Fortune 500 Company, and has been a member of Yum China’s board of directors since 2017. Yum China separated from Yum! Brands, Inc. and became an independently listed company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2016. The Company was secondary-listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) in 2020 and became dual primary-listed on both the NYSE and the HKEX in 2022. Ms. Wat served as the President and COO of Yum China from 2017 – 2018, and as CEO of KFC China from 2015 – 2017. Before joining YUM China Division in 2014, Ms. Wat served in both management and strategy positions at A.S. Watson of Hutchison Whampoa in the U.K. from 2004. Her last position at Watson was as Managing Director of Watson U.K. Before joining Watson, Ms. Wat spent seven years in management consulting including with McKinsey & Company in Hong Kong from 2000 to 2003. Wat holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor’s degree from Hong Kong University. Wat was included in the Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women list from 2020 to 2022, and Fortune’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in International Business from 2018 to 2021 & 2023.

Johan Rockström is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the University of Potsdam. He is an internationally recognized scientist on global sustainability issues and led the development of the Planetary Boundaries framework for human development in the current era of rapid global change. Professor Rockström is a leading scientist on global water resources, with more than 25 years experience in applied water research in tropical regions, and more than 150 research publications in fields ranging from applied land and water management to global sustainability. He is i.a. member of European Commission expert group: Mission Board for adaptation to climate change including societal transformation, chair of the Earth Commission, Chief Scientist of Conservation International, and elected member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

John Haffner is Deputy Director - Sustainability, Hang Lung Properties Ltd., where he is responsible for formulating the Group-wide sustainability strategy and driving its execution. He has more than two decades of experience in sustainability. John was a World Fellow at Yale University, and is proficient in Mandarin.

John C. Lee is Vice Chairman and Co-Head of Asia Country Coverage, Global Banking for UBS AG. Mr. Lee joined UBS AG in March 2017 and is currently responsible for senior client coverage and origination efforts for M&A, capital markets and financing. He has close to 30 years of investment banking experience with transactions across Asia in a wide range of product areas.

Mr. Lee is also currently a Member of the Listing Review Committee of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as well as Council Member of The Better Hong Kong Foundation and Advisory Council on Career Development for The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

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Justin Yifu LIN is Dean of Institute of New Structural Economics,Dean of Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development and Professor and Honorary Dean of National School of Development at Peking University. He wast he Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank, 2008-2012. Prior to this, Mr. Lin served for 15 years as Founding Director and Professor of the China Centre for Economic Research (CCER) at Peking University. He is Councilor of the State Council and a member of the Standing Committee, Chinese People’s Political Consultation Conference. He is the author of more than 20 books including Justin Yifu Lin on China's Economy, Beating the Odd: Jump-starting Developing Countries; Going Beyond Aid: Development Cooperation for Structural Transformation, the Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off, New Structural Economics: A Framework for Rethinking Development and Policy, Against the Consensus:Reflections on the Great Recession, and Demystifying the Chinese Economy. He is a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for Developing World.

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Mr. Seah joined UOBVM in 1997 and is responsible for the overall investment and fund management activities. He has served on the board of portfolio companies such as Wuxi Pharmatech (NYSE), Ningbo Sunrise Elc Technology (SZSE), among others.

Prior to joining UOBVM, Mr. Seah has held positions in engineering, marketing and general management and has been based in Malaysia, USA and China, in addition to Singapore.

Mr. Seah holds an EMBA from Tsinghua University, MS (EE) from UCLA, and a B.Eng (Hons) from National University of Singapore. He is a CFA charterholder and a registered member of Asset Manager Association of China (AMAC).

Lesly Goh is a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Resident, former Chief Technology Officer at the World Bank Group. At the nexus of technology and policy, she connects public and private sectors to form strategic partnership in support of Sustainable Development Goals, leveraging data and technology innovations for emerging markets in FinTech, AgTech, and Climate agenda.

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Marco Lambertini is the Convener of theNature Positive Initiative

Marco was WWF International Director General (2014-2022) and Special Envoy (2023). Before joining WWF he was Global Director of Network and Programme and subsequently CEO of Bird LIfe International.

Marco’s experience and career ranges from ecological field research to high level advocacy and international policy, nature reserve management, integrated conservation and development projects, environmental education, NGO development, communications and campaigning, in many countries all over the world.

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Mark Cheng is a impact investor who has raised over $500M for sustainability enterprises worldwide, including in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He founded and runs Social Innovation Circle and is amember of the Global Leadership Group of Ashoka, the network of impact entrepreneurs, where he manages the East Asia team.

Dr Mark Konyn is the Group Chief Investment Officer responsible for providing oversight of the management of the investment portfolios of the Group as well as supervising and supporting the many investment professionals throughout the Group. He is a director of various companies within the Group including Chairman of AIA Investment Management Private Limited and AIA Investment Management HK Limited. He joined the Group in September 2015.

Dr Konyn joined AIA from Cathay Conning Asset Management, where he was Chief Executive Officer responsible for the company’s investment business and strategic expansion in the region. He had held senior positions at Allianz Global Investors (where he was Asia-Pacific CEO for RCM Global Investors), Fidelity Investments and Prudential UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, and holds a Diploma from the London Business School in Investment Management, having previously completed his Ph.D. in Operational Research sponsored by the UK Government.

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Dr Michaela Kendall is CEO and co-founder of fuel cell pioneers Adelan (Birmingham, UK), one of the world’s first dedicated hydrogen businesses.  Over a 35-year career, she has secured significant international funding, strategic allies and commercial partners to build the global hydrogen economy to meet Net Zero targets.

Ms. Nan Li Collins has 25 years’ experiences in both private and public sector across Asia, Africa, North America and Europe, with solid expertise in sustainable investment and promoting innovations in emerging and frontier markets.  

She has served as Director of Sustainable Investments and Innovation at UNOPS from 2020 to 2023, leading a global team, based in Finland as the head of the mission.

Previously, she was the head of UNDP SDG Innovative Finance, based in Bangkok, UNDP’s Asia Pacific Center, focusing on Investing for SDGs in emerging and frontier markets.  She led a global team to engage public and private investors and developed a range of SDG aligned funds, bonds and projects in multiple countries from 2015-2020. She helped to position UNDP as a pioneer in the UN on impact investing, SDG bonds and the innovative finance agenda.

Prior to that, she worked in the UNDP Executive Office in NY from 2013-2014, supporting the top leadership in strategic planning and the annual reporting to the Executive Board.  Before New York, she worked in UNDP Africa from 2009-2013, overseeing a regional portfolio in Eastern and Southern Africa,and focusing on Public-Private Partnerships and capacity building.  

Prior to joining UNDP, she spent 10 years in a few global institutions in China and the USA, covering investment strategy, Merger and Acquisition, business development and project management, including RR Donnelley, Bechtel, and the World Bank. She holds MBA from HKUST,and participated in Executive Leadership and Innovation program at IESE, and Finance Executive program at Tsinghua University.

Nan Li Collins has 25 years’ experiences in sustainable investment and international cooperation in emerging and frontier markets globally. She has served as the Senior Advisor to the Executive Director of UN's Sanitation and Hygiene Fund; as Director of Sustainable Investments at UNOPS, leading a global investment team with renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure portfolio; and was the head of UNDP SDG Innovative Finance, and led a global team to develope SDG aligned funds, bonds and projects in multiple countries.  Before joining UN, she spent 10 years in a few multi-national corporations in China and the USA, covering investment strategy, Merger and Acquisition, and sustainability.

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NancyIp is the President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST) and the Morningside Professor of Life Science. Taking office in October2022, she is the first female president of a publicly funded university in HongKong.

Ip is world-renowned for her significant contributions to the field of neuroscience. Her outstanding research has resulted in over 330 scientific papers and holds 70 patents. As a distinguished neuroscientist, Ip was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among other academies, and is a recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the National Natural Science Awards and the L’OREAL-UNESCO for Women in Science Award.

In addition to conducting pioneering neuroscience research, Ip helps shape research policy on a global level. She is a member of various strategic initiatives such as the Leadership Group of the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative. She also actively serves on local committees, such as the Chief Executive’s Council of Advisers, to help steer the strategic development of Hong Kong.

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Dr Peter Lee Ka-kit is Chairman of Henderson Land Group, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited and Towngas Smart Energy Company Limited. He is also a committed philanthropist, environmentalist and champion of causes to spur positive change and enrich the broader community. In 2010, he founded Full Vision Capital, an incubation platform dedicated to nurturing smart energy solutions to steer humanity towards a more sustainable future.

Peter has a degree of Master of Science in Material Science and Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

He has an extensive track record of positioning companies for successful market share growth in various international industrial markets, such as the global HVAC industry.

Peter has extensive experience with several CEOs roles in different industries and executive positions in sales and marketing, R&D and manufacturing at global companies such as Alfa Laval and SWEP International.

He has significant expertise in successfully navigating long sales cycles for industrial component for various global industry sectors and implemented heat transfer products with an exponential growth resulting in world-wide and dominating market shares.

Peter Nobel has also co-founded and run start-ups companies in the clean-tech sector to develop and market a compact and efficient heat cell for applications in the heating industry and developed new methods in water purification technology. He holds patents as well as international pending patent applications for water purification technology and listed patents in heat exchanger technology.

Peter works actively as advisory consultant to company boards in e.g. Japan and Hong Kong.

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Ms. Poman Lo is the Vice Chairman of Century City International Holdings Limited and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Regal Hotels Group. Century City Group comprises a total of five listed entities in Hong Kong, including Century City International Holdings Limited (investment holding), Paliburg Holdings Limited (property development and investment), Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited (hotel operation and management), Regal Real Estate Investment Trust (first hotel REIT in Hong Kong), and Cosmopolitan International Holdings Limited (China real estate and investments).

Poman is the Founding Managing Partner of AlphaTrio Capital, an Asia-focused sustainable technology fund empowering the next wave of green tech unicorns to provide disruptive solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.

Poman serves as an Adjunct Professor teaching sustainable business management and impact investing at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and The University of Hong Kong. She founded the non-profit Institute of Sustainability and Technology with a mission to nurture the next generation of ESG talent through executive education and advance the sustainability agenda through interdisciplinary research and international conferences. To foster holistic well-being and positive values in children and youths, Poman established Bodhi Love Foundation to provide mindfulness-based training to educators and parents through its SEED (social emotional ethical development) program.

Poman has been officially appointed as Member of Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group, Member of the Green Technology and Finance Development Committee, Council Member of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Foundation Member of Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Member of the Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy, Memberof the Curriculum Development Council Standing Committee on Values Education, and also serves as the Honorary President of Hong Kong Federation of Women. As a global champion of sustainable development, Poman takes an active leadership role at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP). She was appointed Co-Chair of the ESBN Finance Task Forcea nd member of the Executive Committee of ESBN, and serves as Chair of the Asia Pacific Business Forum Organizing Committee and Chair of Asia Pacific Green Deal for Business Committee.

Poman was awarded the Angier B. Duke Scholarship at 15 and graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Psychology from Duke University at 19. She is the only person in Hong Kong history to receive both the “Outstanding Young Person of the World Award” and the “Hong Kong Outstanding Students Award”. She is also the first and only female Asian recipient of the “Oslo Business for Peace Award” by the Business for Peace Foundation in Norway, selected by an independent committee of Nobel Prize Laureates in Peace and Economics. In 2023, she was awarded the “Business Person of the Year Award” at the DHL/SCMP HongKong Business Awards.

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H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein has been the CEO of LGT Group since 2006 and was appointed to the role of Chairman of LGT Group in 2021. Since the beginning of his tenure at LGT in 2006, the international Private Banking and Asset Management Group has increased its assets under management from USD 57 billion to more than USD 350 billion. LGT is fully controlled by the Liechtenstein Princely Family and employs over 5000 people in more than 20 locations worldwide.

H.S.H. Prince Max is the founder of Lightrock and LGT Venture Philanthropy as well as Chairman of Lightrock and a member of the Foundation Board of LGT Venture Philanthropy. Lightrock is a leading impact investing firm with over USD 3 billion in client assets under management. LGT Venture Philanthropy focuses on education, healthcare and ecosystem preservation and has invested over USD 100 million in selected organizations in its strategic target areas.

H.S.H. Prince Max started his professional career in the private equity industry in 1993 as an investment analyst at JP Morgan Partners in New York. After five years in the United States, he returned to Europe in 1998 to work for the private equity group Industri Kapital as an Associate and Associate Director in London and Hamburg. In 2000, he rejoined JP Morgan Partners as a Director in London before becoming the head of JP Morgan Partners’ German office in 2003.

H.S.H. Prince Max holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in Business Economics from the European Business School.

Rahul Chaudhary is the Managing Director of CG Corp. Global and the CG Corp. Global (CG) is the only truly Nepalese Multinational Conglomerate with a history of over 140 years spanning 4 generations. Having 261 brands, 202 companies and over 20,000 employees, under its umbrella, CG is Nepal's first and only Multi - Billion Dollar Conglomerate listed in the coveted Forbes Global List since 2013. CG’s empire encompasses a diverse set of business verticals and industries ranging from Fast Moving Consumer Goods(FMCG), Hospitality, Real Estate, Hydropower, Telecom, Banking and Financial Services, Education amongst many others.

Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee took office as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in China on16 January 2021 and is the designated representative of - and reports to - the UN Secretary General. He presented his letter of credence to the President of China on 14 April 2021.

Mr. Chatterjee has more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation, sustainable development, humanitarian coordination and peace and security in the United Nations and the Red Cross movement. He has served in many fragile and war-torn countries all over the world.

A 3 times TEDx speaker, he is a regular opinion contributor on humanitarian and development issues for a range journals which includes Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Huffington Post, Forbes, CNN, Al Jazeera, the Guardian as well as of late he has also published in mainstream Chinese journals.

Mr. Chatterjee holds a master’s degree in public policy from Princeton University in the United States of America.

Tasos, has over 18 years of experience in the financial services sector in UK and APAC.

He is the Co-Head of the APAC Sustainable Finance Office, part of UBS’s Group Chief Sustainability Office, and it’s objective is to enable business divisions ESG capabilities and responsible for client engagements in transition, decarbonization and impact of emerging ClimateTech.

He represents the firms Net Zero strategy with regulators in the region and Co-chairs the cross agency capacity building working group in developing Sustainable Finance talent in Hong Kong. He has been a contributing author of The Green Inflection Point – Driving decarbonization of the real economy, launched from the UBS Sustainability & Impact Institute.

Tasos leads UBS's global Carbon Markets taskforce and represents the firms initiative in Carbon forums including the Taskforce for Voluntary Carbon Offset Markets and UBS investment in Carbonplace, a carbon credit settlement infrastructure platform developed by a consortium of financial institutions.

Tasos has recently hosted UBS’s COP 28 industry summit and Institute of International Finance Transition workshop in Hong Kong with industry participants. He regularly speaks on challenges for scaling ClimateTechand the role of private and blended finance to mobilise capital.

Education / Qualifications

Tasos holds a Master in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Imperial College and an MBA in Entrepreneurship. He holds certificates in in Sustainable Investing from CSP University of Switzerland, CFA ESG Investing, Sustainability and Climate Risk from GARP and Circular Economy from Cambridge and is a Certified Al Gore Climate Reality Leader speaker. He has further advanced his knowledge in Alternative Investments from Harvard and Impact Investing from Columbia university.

Tomomi is responsible for leading the firm's sustainable investment strategy, solutions and integration in APAC by leveraging JPMAM’s data and research capabilities,proprietary technology and sustainability expertise. Prior to moving to Asia in 2021, she was a Sustainable Investing Strategist for EMEA based in London.

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Professor Chan assumed his role as the third president of KAUST in September 2018. He has led growing the faculty and students by close to 50%. He has expanded KAUST’s research emphasis from energy, water, food and environment to include digital and health, launching new initiatives in Artificial Intelligence and Smart Health. He is increasing investment and capacity in innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer to fulfill the second mission of the University. By positioning the University to leverage KSA’s ambitious Vision 2030 strategic plan, he is strengthening its engagement with the Nation. Finally, he is leading efforts to enhance the global and national visibility of KAUST.

He is on the Board of Trustees/ Directors of Hong Kong Academy of Science; IPAM, UCLA; KACST, Future Investment Initiative (FII Institute), Saudi Arabia; King Saud University, Saudi Arabia; Skolkovo, Russia and Yidan Prize Foundation, Hong Kong. He is also on the Advisory Board/Committee of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, China; KFUPM, Saudi Arabia; KAIST, Korea; KAPSARC, Saudi Arabia, NEOM, Saudi Arabia; Saudi Data and AI (SDAIA) Supervisory National Strategy Committee of Data and AI, Saudi Arabia, SDAIA National Center for Artificial Intelligence, Saudi Arabia, RIKEN, Japan; SUSTech, China.

He received his BS and MS degrees in Engineering from Caltech and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford. He is a member of US National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS and SIAM. He was awarded the 2020 SIAM Prize for Distinguished Service to the Profession. He has received Honorary Doctorates from University of Strathclyde and University of Waterloo.

President of the Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD), a global public policy think-tank and Editor-in-Chief of its flagship magazine Horizons. He is a Professor of Practice at the Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs. Previously, Mr. Jeremic served as President of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, and Serbia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (2007 to 2012).

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Yi Cui is the director of Sustainability Accelerator and Fortinet Founders Professor at Stanford University. He is a world leader on nano technologies for better batteries and other sustainability materials technologies. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has founded five companies to commercialize technologies from his lab: Amprius, 4C Air, EEnotech, LifeLabs Design and EnerVenue.

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