Eric Francia is the President and CEO of ACEN Corporation and serves on its board of directors. He is also a Senior Managing Director and member of the Management Committee of Ayala Corporation.

Under his leadership, Ayala established its energy platform from a standing start in 2011, to become one of the largest renewable energy platforms in the region, with ~4,800 MW of attributable renewables capacity across Asia Pacific.

Eric has also led pioneering initiatives in early coal retirement, including the successful completion of the world’s first market-based Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM).

Eric earned a Master’s Degree in Management Studies at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, graduating with First Class Honors. He received his undergraduate degree in Humanities and Political Economy from the University of Asia & the Pacific, graduating magna cum laude.

Lit Ping Low leads PwC’s Asia Pacific Climate Change practice. She is an experienced climate policy and finance economist with over 20 years of experience providing advisory services to public and private sector clients on climate change, environmental and social issues. She has worked with governments, businesses and NGOs in over 20 countries, and in many sectors including real estate, infrastructure, financial services, food and beverages, retail, hospitality and conglomerates.

She has a track record of collaboration with international organisations including World Economic Forum, World Bank/IFC, UNFCCC, the Climate Development Knowledge Network (CDKN), New Climate Economy (NCE), Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEPFI). She was also a Senior Specialist to the World Bank’s Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Practice, advising governments on climate and disaster risk financing, from 2020 to early 2022.

Don Stokes is a partner in Latham & Watkins’ project development and finance team. He started his career in Dublin, London and New York over 23 years ago and has been working in Asia since 2010, having been based in Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh City, and Singapore.

Don advises on ESG matters and complex energy and infrastructure project development, investment, and finance transactions across Asia, particularly in energy transition and energy efficiency sectors. He has worked on renewable energy development projects and investments across the region and advised the Asian Development Bank and other lenders on the project bond financing of Tiwi-Makban geothermal power plant in the Philippines, which was Asia’s first certified climate bond.

Jennifer Tay leads the PwC Singapore Infrastructure Advisory Practice and is a Partner in the firm’s Deals Advisory Practice. She has close to 20 years of experience in infrastructure – particularly in large scale financial transactions and strategic advisory, supporting both public and private sectors across Asia. Jennifer’s sectors expertise includes transportation, power & energy, and telecommunications. ​

Jennifer has worked in large infrastructure companies in Singapore (in power, transport and telecommunications sectors) where she focused on strategic and financial planning, acquisitions, divestment, bond issues and IPO. ​More recently, Jennifer has advised on the development of the 60MWp floating solar project in Singapore and an M&A transaction involving regional renewable platforms and greenfield renewable transactions in the region. ​

Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (First Class Honours) from the National University of Singapore. ​

Ryan supports the Alternative Clean Energy pillar as part of Temasek's Sustainable Solutions team. He works with the Temasek ecosystem to catalyse the development and implementation of alternative clean energy solutions such as hydrogen, advanced geothermal systems and nuclear.

Prior to joining Temasek, Ryan was working as a management consultant, and strategy and transaction consultant in the natural resources and power sectors. His work experience ranges from developing novel financial assurance schemes to better mining rehabilitation outcomes, to developing sustainable energy strategies for government entities and industry clients. He has also worked on multiple regional and global renewable energy transactions, as well as bankability/feasibility studies for novel technologies like hydrogen and zero-liquid discharge desalination.

Ryan holds a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering (First Class Hons.) from the University of Queensland, Australia.