H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein is the Chairman and CEO of LGT Group since 2020 and he has been CEO of LGT Group since 2006. Prince Max holds a  master’s degree from Harvard Business School. 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 approximately CHF 70 billion to CHF 386 billion. LGT is fully controlled by the Liechtenstein Princely Family and employs over 6000 people in more than 40 locations worldwide. He is also Founder and Chairman of Lightrock and a member of the Foundation Board of LGT Venture Philanthropy.

Mr Chee Hong Tat is currently the Minister for National Development. He also serves as Deputy Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Board of Directors, Chairman of the Chinese Community Liaison Group and an Adviser to the Board of Directors of Business China.

Mr Chee was first elected as a Member of Parliament for the Bishan-Toa Payoh Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in 2015 and was re-elected during the 2020 and 2025 General Elections. Before joining politics, he spent 17 years in the Public Service, and had served as the Principal Private Secretary to Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew, Chief Executive of the Energy Market Authority and Second Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

Before taking on his current role, Mr Chee had served as Minister for Transport, Second Minister for Finance, and Senior Minister of State for Health, Communications & Information, Education, Trade & Industry and Foreign Affairs. He was also Deputy Secretary of the National Trades Union Congress from May 2021 to June 2022.

Mr Chee was born in 1973 and is married with four children. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science (Highest Honours) in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts (Highest Honours) in Economics. He obtained his Masters of Business Administration from Adelaide University in 2006. He received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Trades Union Congress in April 2021 and was conferred an Honorary Fellow by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore in January 2023.

Dr Steve Howard is Vice Chairman, Sustainability, Temasek. He first joined Temasek as Chief Sustainability Officer in January 2021. Steve is a leading authority on climate change, sustainable business, and sustainable investment. He is a serial social entrepreneur and has led or co-led the establishment of many high-impact organisations and initiatives over three decades. Steve is passionate about tackling climate change and inequality and using business and finance as a force for good. He is a sought-after speaker and has given two TED Talks. He has advised leaders across international business, government and intergovernmental organisations.

Steve is a board member of GenZero, which he helped establish, and chairs the Investment Committee. He is also a founding board and investment committee member of the Temasek-BlackRock joint venture, Decarbonization Partners. In addition, Steve is Founding Chair of the We Mean Business Coalition which he co-founded in 2015, a leading climate change and business coalition which helped secure the Paris Climate Agreement.  He is a member of LeapFrog’s Global Leadership Council and chair of their climate advisory board. He is also chair of Tilt Collective, a global initiative promoting plant-rich food systems which he established in 2023.   

Before joining Temasek, Steve was Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA Group and served on IKEA’s Executive Group Management from 2011 to 2017 where he launched their agenda-setting People and Planet Positive strategy.  Prior to IKEA, Steve was Founder and CEO of The Climate Group, a global NGO where he launched Climate Week NYC and established networks of cities, states, regions, and businesses committed to a net-zero carbon world. Before the Climate Group, Steve consulted on sustainability working as a partner at ERM and a Director at URS. He was, until recently, on the Administrative Board of SEforALL. He previously co-chaired the WEF Global Future Council on Environmental Security and chaired the Global Agenda Council on climate change.

Earlier in his career, Steve worked in WWF, where he established the Global Forest and Trade Network, chaired the UK Forest Stewardship Council and helped launch and chair The Forest Trust. Steve is trained as an ecologist and has a PhD in Ecophysiology and Environmental Physics based on research on agroforestry systems in Kenya. He is a keen runner and recently ran a marathon a day for six days.

Dr. Sarah B. Kapnick is the Global Head of Climate Advisory in the Commercial and Investment Bank at J.P. Morgan. She oversees the Firm’s climate through leadership strategy and advises the bank's clients on intersecting topics around finance, climate science, and national security. She has received several recognitions for her work at J.P. Morgan and her Climate Intuition series, including being named to the 2025 TIME100 Climate, Bloomberg Green “Ones to Watch” and Fin-Erth lists. She was previously with the bank’s Asset and Wealth Management division.

Prior to her current role, Dr. Kapnick was Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She previously spent a decade at NOAA leading climate risk research and development.

Dr. Kapnick earned a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an A.B. in Mathematics from Princeton University.

Kim-See LIM is Chief Investment Officer at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Ms. Lim, is a global investment professional who has been responsible for originating, executing, and managing multibillion-dollar equity and debt portfolios in emerging markets across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

With a global career spanning more than 30 years, Ms. Lim has held senior leadership positions as well as corporate board positions at private companies in emerging markets. She has successfully led multi-cultural teams to formulate and execute investment strategies across the consumer services, infrastructure, and financial.

As Chief Investment Officer, Ms. Lim oversees AIIB’s investment operations with public sector clients in South Asia (except Afghanistan and Pakistan), South East Asia, the Pacific Islands, and Sub-Saharan Africa; and financial institutions and funds clients in all AIIB Members.

Before joining AIIB in July 2025, Ms. Lim was Regional Director for East Asia and the Pacific at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), where she oversaw the formulation and implementation of IFC’s investment strategy and advisory business in East Asia and the Pacific.

Ms. Lim is passionate about sustainable finance, inclusive growth, and innovation. She is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Bahasa. Ms. Lim has an MBA from University of Maryland, USA and undergraduate degree in Economics and Finance from Flinders University, South Australia, Australia.

Dr. Ma Jun is a prominent advocate for sustainable development and green finance, with significant influence both domestically and internationally. In mainland China, he serves as Chairman of the Green Finance Committee and President of the Institute of Finance and Sustainability.

In Hong Kong, he leads the Hong Kong Green Finance Association (HKGFA) and contributes to various committees focused on green finance and sustainable development. Internationally, he chairs the Capacity-building Alliance of Sustainable Investment (CASI) and co-chairs several global green finance initiatives. With over three decades of experience, Dr. Ma has held key roles, including Co-Chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group, Chief Economist at the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), and positions with Deutsche Bank, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund (IMF).

As a pioneering leader in green finance, Dr. Ma has played a ground-breaking role in advancing China’s green finance ecosystem. He organized the country’s first green finance guidelines and bond taxonomy and initiated regional pilot programs. Globally, he has been instrumental in shaping the G20 Green Finance Framework, the Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road Initiative, and the International Platform on Sustainable Finance (IPSF) Common Ground Taxonomy. His contributions to initiatives such as the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) on biodiversity and the CASI platform have further solidified his reputation. Under his leadership, his teams have supported over 20 governments and financial institutions in developing green finance strategies, earning him numerous international accolades.

Dr. Ma earned his Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University in 1994 and a master’s degree in Management Science from Fudan University in 1988.

Chikako serves as Board Director as well as Executive Committee Member of SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST GROUP (SMTG). She oversees corporate sustainability and commitment to carbon neutrality by SMTG. She is also responsible for integrating sustainability business across SMTG. She has 20-years experience in international development finance and sustainability at the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, being involved in the development of the World Bank’s first green bond and climate products. Before joining SMTB, Chikako led advisory services on sustainability at one of the Big Four companies.

Mr. Mizuno is a globally recognized financial executive and a leading advocate for sustainable investment. As Founder and CEO of Good Steward Partners, LLC, he continues to promote responsible financial practices and long-term value creation across markets and sectors. He currently serves as Special Advisor to Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Independent Board Member of LiveWire Group Inc., and Mission Committee Member at Danone S.A. 

Previously, Hiro served as Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investment, Special Advisor to CEO of MSCI Inc., Board Member of Tesla, Inc., Executive Managing Director and CIO of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). 

Earlier in his career, Hiro held leadership roles in private equity and banking, including as Partner at Coller Capital in London and in various international positions at Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., working across Japan, Silicon Valley, and New York.

Beyond his executive roles, Hiro remains deeply engaged in global initiatives focused on climate change, biodiversity, and financial innovation working closely with leading institutions to drive systemic change in capital markets and advance sustainability goals.

Hiro also contributes actively to academia as Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School, Executive in Residence at Oxford Saïd Business School etc.

Scott Morris joined ADB on 1 November 2023 and has significant prior leadership experience in both government and the non-profit sector. He is currently  responsible for overseeing ADB’s operations in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific.

Mr. Morris is an expert on development finance and debt policy with more than 30 years of experience in international economic policymaking and research. Prior to joining ADB, Mr. Morris was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Development (CGD) in Washington, DC. At CGD, he led work on multilateral and bilateral development finance, including the role of concessional finance in supporting low-income and climate-vulnerable countries.

Mr. Morris previously served in senior roles in the US government, including as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Development Finance and Debt in the US Treasury. In this role, he oversaw the participation of the US in multilateral development banks, including ADB, as well as US participation in the Paris Club. Prior to his US Treasury appointment, he managed the international and monetary policy portfolio of the Committee on Financial Services, US House of Representatives.

Mr. Morris holds a master of public policy studies (international economics) from the University of Michigan, Institute for Public Policy Studies, in Michigan, US. He obtained his bachelor of arts degree in government from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, US.

Bob Mumgaard leads the strategic vision and direction of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, the world's leading, largest, and best capitalised fusion energy company. Under his leadership, Commonwealth Fusion Systems is paving the way for clean, abundant fusion energy to drive the energy transition. 

Since co-founding Commonwealth Fusion Systems with a mission to commercialise the high-field approach to fusion, Mumgaard has grown the company to 800 employees and raised more than $2 billion from the world’s leading climate investors including Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Khosla Ventures, The Engine, oil majors including Eni and Equinor, and long-term strategic investors including Temasek and Tiger Global, among others.

Mumgaard performed his PhD work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he contributed to the design of several small superconducting tokamaks for a variety of physics missions using high temperature superconductors (HTS). Prior to co-founding Commonwealth Fusion Systems, as an MIT fellow, Mumgaard focused on how entrepreneurship, risk-retirement strategies, and partnerships could increase the speed of fusion from laboratory to market. He organised and led a team identifying strategies to utilise private finance and traditional academic resources to speed the path to fusion energy resulting in a collaboration model with MIT and the launch of Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

Mumgaard holds a PhD in Applied Plasma Physics and a MS in Nuclear Engineering from MIT, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering and BS in Engineering Physics from the University of Nebraska.

Ms. Abigail Ng is Chief Sustainability Officer, where she oversees sustainability strategies and steers developmental and regulatory initiatives across MAS. Her work focuses on developing a vibrant sustainable and transition finance ecosystem, while driving collaborations with regional and international counterparts. She represents MAS on the ASEAN Taxonomy Board, and is an Advisory Board Member of the Singapore Green Finance Centre, and on the Management Advisory Board of the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute.

Prior to this appointment, Ms. Ng served as Executive Director and Head of the Markets Policy & Consumer Department, where she led the formulation of policies in the capital markets. Ms. Ng represented MAS at various international fora, including the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) where MAS chairs the Working Group on promoting corporate sustainability disclosures. She was also deeply involved in the work at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) dedicated to improving sustainability-related disclosures by securities issuers.

Before joining the MAS, Ms. Ng was with the Singapore Legal Service in the State Courts and the Attorney-General’s Chambers, and is admitted as Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Kyung-Ah is Chief Sustainability Officer at Temasek. She is responsible for advancing Temasek's sustainability strategy to climate resilient, net zero portfolio and to enable nature positive and inclusive growth. She also oversees the integration of ESG across Temasek's global portfolio, including new investments and engagements with portfolio companies to deliver long-term sustainable returns.

Kyung-Ah has over two decades of experience in the finance industry, the majority of which was dedicated to building and leading the global environmental markets initiatives at Goldman Sachs and advancing innovative finance solutions to address climate change. She was the head of Environmental Markets and Innovation and a member of the Sustainable Finance Steering Group. She joined Goldman Sachs in Mergers & Acquisitions and worked in Investment Banking in New York and Hong Kong. Prior to Goldman Sachs, she was at McKinsey in South Korea and South Africa.

Kyung-Ah has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yonsei University in Korea. She serves on the board of ClimateWorks Foundation and is a non-executive board director of Clifford Capital Holdings. She is a Fellow of the 2023 class of the Finance Leaders Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Amar Rahman, PhD, MBA is the global leader of Zurich Resilience Solutions’ specialist Climate and Sustainability team, focused on helping business and communities to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. 

Amar brings over three decades of expertise in civil engineering consultancy, academic research, and extreme weather resilience strategy to ZRS customers. He has built a diverse team of climate data scientists and climate risk consultants to help customers identify and quantify their exposure to evolving climate risks, and to implement adaptation measures that build long-term resilience.

Prior to joining Zurich Insurance, Amar held several roles in the civil engineering sector, specializing in large-scale infrastructure projects, including bridges, energy infrastructure and desalination plants. 

Salim Samaha is a Partner at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), a part of BlackRock. He leads the GIP Transition Fund and serves as Chair of the firm’s Midstream and LNG sectors. Mr. Samaha is a member of GIP’s Investment and Operating Committees and is based in New York.

Prior to joining GIP, Mr. Samaha was a senior banker in the Global Energy Group of Credit Suisse’s Investment Banking Division. He previously worked as an investment banker at Lehman Brothers in its Global Power and Project Finance Group.

He currently serves on the boards of Rio Grande LNG and Columbia Pipeline.

Mr. Samaha holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in finance and accounting from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is a guest lecturer and member of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management Expert Panel.

Connor Teskey is CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager, headquartered in New York, with over $1 trillion of assets under management across infrastructure, renewable power and transition, private equity, real estate and credit. He is also the head of Brookfield’s Renewable Power & Transition group, responsible for investments and operations across a range of energy infrastructure investments. He is a member of Brookfield’s Executive Committee. Mr. Teskey joined Brookfield in 2012 and has held a variety of investment and management roles. Prior to Brookfield, he worked in corporate debt origination at a Canadian bank. Mr. Teskey holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Western Ontario.

Lord Adair Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of companies and energy experts driving analysis and action toward net-zero emissions across all sectors. An independent member of the House of Lords, he is also an Honorary Fellow of both the Royal Society and the Energy Institute. He advises governments and climate bodies worldwide, including the COP Presidency and ministers across Europe, Asia, and Australia, and is a frequent media commentator on the energy transition.

Lord Turner holds several industry roles, including Chairman of Chubb Europe, OakNorth Bank, board member of AESC Japan, and advisor to Watershed. Previously, he chaired the Financial Services Authority, leading post-crisis regulatory reform, and the UK Climate Change Committee, whose recommendations shaped national decarbonisation policy. He also led the Pensions Commission and Low Pay Commission, and served as Director General of the CBI.

Lord Turner is the author of “Between Debt and the Devil” (Princeton 2015)

Shriti Vadera is the Chair of Prudential plc, the World Bank Private Sector Investment Lab, which advises on leveraging the World Bank’s interventions to scale up private finance mobilisation for development and climate change, and Chatham House’s Panel of Strategic Supporters and Advisers.  She is Chair of The Royal Shakespeare Company and Co-Chair of the UK’s Creative Industries Council.  She was previously the Chair of Santander UK, a director of AstraZeneca and senior independent director of BHP. 

Shriti has over 40 years of experience spanning public and private sectors, in the UK and internationally. She started her career as an investment banker for 15 years with a particular focus on emerging markets.  She joined the Council of Economic Advisers, HM Treasury in 1999, leading on policy areas for business, productivity, private finance, and international development issues.  From 2007-2009, she was a UK government minister in the Cabinet Office, Business Department and International Development Department.  She was best known for leading the UK government’s response to the financial crisis, as a key architect of its pioneering bank recapitalisation and funding plan in 2008, and helped design the outcomes of the G20 London Summit in 2009.

Jeb Victorino is an Investment Director with Climate Fund Managers, the leading blended finance climate-centric private equity fund manager with over US$ 2 billion dollars of AUM. At Climate Fund Managers, Jeb promoted blended finance investments in both climate mitigation and climate adaptation projects in Southeast Asia.

Jeb is also CEO of CFM Argos, which manages the Malaysian Climate Infrastructure Fund, a Shariah-compliant climate infrastructure private equity fund.

Originally from Manila, Jeb was primarily involved in major power asset privatizations in the Philippines. He has spent almost 20 years in infrastructure investing in emerging markets, pioneering private equity investment in some of the very first wind and solar energy projects in countries like Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.

Kohei Wada is a Partner in McKinsey & Company’s Tokyo office and a leader in the firm’s Sustainability and Public Sector Practice in Japan and across Asia. He advises governments, financial institutions, and energy companies on sustainability and energy transition topics, with particular expertise in climate adaptation, mitigation, and transition strategy. His recent work includes supporting governments on its nationally determined contribution (NDC), helping define targets and transformation roadmaps for both climate adaptation and mitigation. He also works closely with financial institutions to quantify climate risk, embed climate considerations into risk and credit processes, identify opportunities in climate adaptation, and shape climate finance and transition strategies across Asia-Pacific.

In addition to his consulting work, Kohei worked at Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), where he was responsible for policy design to support the energy transition and power market liberalization. His work included the design of key market mechanisms such as the capacity market and carbon trading market, contributing to the development of Japan’s evolving energy policy framework.