President
Centre for a Responsible Future

Navigating 20 years of banking and business, Desmond has gathered wisdom (i.e. made many regrettable mistakes) and cultivated strength to evangelise on what he terms 'Compassion Capital' – where every individual has the opportunity to positively impact people and planet, simply by making mindful compassionate decisions with ‘Capital', where capital refers not only to ‘financial' capital (i.e. investments, businesses, and consumption/spending), but also to "physical, mental and emotional" capital (i.e. time and energy, thoughts and emotions).

Desmond represented Singapore in Swimming over a period of 13 years years and 5 years as Captain. A 3x Olympian, wellness enthusiast, and sustainability advocate, Desmond stopped consuming living beings as food in 2006 and now serves as the President of The Centre for Responsible Future.  He is a Managing Director at an international private bank and is focused on inspiring more capital towards sustainable and impact investments.