Speakers

Our Speakers

Tharman Shanmugaratnam

Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies & Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
Republic of Singapore

Grace Fu

Minister for Sustainability and the Environment
Republic of Singapore

Desmond Lee

Minister for National Development & Minister-in-Charge of Social Services Integration
Republic of Singapore

H.E. Ir. H. Joko Widodo

President
Republic of Indonesia

Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs
Republic of Indonesia

Vishal Agarwal

Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company

Haslinda Amin

Anchor and Chief International Correspondent for Southeast Asia
Bloomberg

Prof Patrick Bellew

Founding Director
Atelier Ten

Sharan Burrow

Former General Secretary
International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)

Dr Mark Carney

Co-Chair, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance

Prof Benjamin Cashore

Director, Institute for Environment and Sustainability
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy

Isabel Chatterton

Regional Head of Industry, Infrastructure and Natural Resources, Asia and Pacific
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Jessica Cheam

Founder & Managing Director
Eco-Business

Tom Chi

Managing Partner
At One Ventures

Dr Winston Chow

Associate Professor of Urban Climate
Singapore Management University

Aron Cramer

President & CEO
BSR

Michael Dennis

Managing Director & Head of Alternatives Strategy & Capital Markets, Asia Pacific
BlackRock

Dirk Forrister

President & CEO
International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

Dr Allister Furey

Co-founder & CEO
Sylvera

Dr Arunabha Ghosh

CEO
Council on Energy, Environment and Water

Pedro Gomez

Head of Climate & Member of the Executive Committee
World Economic Forum

Tim Gould

Chief Energy Economist
International Energy Agency

Rodi Guidero

Executive Director
Breakthrough Energy

Piyush Gupta

CEO
DBS Group

Dale Hardcastle

Global Head, Carbon Markets & Director, Global Sustainability Innovation Center
Bain & Company

Kim Hedegaard

CEO, Power-to-X
Topsoe

Philipp Hildebrand

Vice Chairman
BlackRock

Dr Steve Howard

Vice Chairman, Sustainability
Temasek

Jeff Johnson

Managing Director, Investment (North America), Sustainable Investing
Temasek

Hannah Jones

CEO
The Earthshot Prize

Angela Churie Kallhauge

Executive Vice President for Impact
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Deepali Khanna

Vice President, Asia Regional Office
The Rockefeller Foundation

Zoë Knight

Group Head, Centre of Sustainable Finance & Head, Climate Change MENAT
HSBC

Mikkel Larsen

CEO
Climate Impact X

Helene Li

Co-Founder & CEO
GoImpact Capital Partners

Lim Boon Heng

Chairman
Temasek Holdings

Lim Seok Hui

CEO
Philanthropy Asia Alliance

Tiza Mafira

Director
Climate Policy Initiative

William McGoldrick

Co-Chair, Southeast Asia Climate & Nature-based Solutions (SCeNe) Coalition
Regional Managing Director, Asia Pacific, The Nature Conservancy

Catherine McKenna

Chair, UN High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities
Former Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Infrastructure, Canada

Vidyut Mohan

Co-founder & CEO, Takachar
2021 Earthshot Prize Winner

Dr John Murton

Senior Sustainability Advisor, Standard Chartered
Former COP26 Envoy, United Kingdom

Dr Richard Newell

President & CEO
Resources for the Future

Brandon Ng

CEO & Co-Founder, Ampd Energy
2022 Earthshot Prize Finalist

Sandeep Nijhawan

Co-Founder & CEO
Electra

Kyung-Ah Park

Head, ESG Investment Management & Managing Director, Sustainability
Temasek

Claire Perry O’Neill

Former UK Minister for Energy and Clean Growth; Sustainability Advisor, Terrascope;
Co-Chair, World Business Council for Sustainable Development Imperatives Advisory Board