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Gala Dinner Ticket to Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards which recognises outstanding CSR Programmes across Asia on the evening of Day 1 Summit
APAC Regional Director, Strategy Execution Consulting Palladium Group
Joan is the Regional Director of APAC for the Strategy Execution Consulting Business. He is a world recognized trainer and consultant on Strategy Design and Execution, Shared Value and Change Management. He has collaborated with hundreds of public and private organizations to help them achieve positive impact. He has led Palladium’s operations in Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Asia-Pacific. He has an in-depth understanding of many sectors and practice areas, with great focus in delivering complex solutions that require the alignment of Private Sector and Governments.
Chief Development Officer, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Vice Chairman, Association for Persons with Special Needs, Singapore
Victor champions Sustainability Development. He chaired the Singapore Sustainability Alliance, a national initiative supported by EDB comprising of business, research and government. He was the Vice Chairman of United Nations Global Compact for CSR. He established the Sustainability Development Business Group at Singapore Business Federation. He represented Singapore at the Copenhagen International Cleantech Network. He is a regular guest at Mediacorp business programmes like Money-mind, Focal Point, Hello Singapore, 938Live and 958Live interviews.
Founder and CEO, Response Ability, Inc. and Executive Director, Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity, Japan
Dr Naoki Adachi is the founder and CEO of Response Ability, Inc., and Executive Director of Japan Business Initiative for Biodiversity (JBIB). He has been working as a consultant on environmental management and CSR since 2002 after working as a researcher at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and at FRIM (Forest Research Institute Malaysia). He has been involved in many projects for Japanese corporations and ministries to develop sustainability policies and implement them in their daily business.
Director (Southeast Asia), Corporate Citizenship
Junice is Director for Southeast Asia at Corporate Citizenship, the London-based business consultancy specialised in advising companies on sustainability matters. Junice manages the Asian client portfolio. She is also a certified GRI G4 specialist, and trains companies and individuals on Sustainability Reporting in Singapore. Junice spent a large part of her career in China - with Danone (Asia) responsible for the fresh dairy category, and later on with the large-scale government project Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City, where she played an active role in engaging with partners such as Siemens and General Motors in their green initiatives.
Executive Director, Business Council for Sustainable Development Singapore
Mr Van Aerschot set up the BCSD Singapore as a business platform for collaboration and advocacy in South East Asia. The aim is to improve the environmental, social and the environmental, social and economic sustainability of companies in the region. He initiated the recently launched report “Sustainable Agriculture in ASEAN - Private Sector Perspective for Policy Makers”. Constant is a guest faculty at INSEAD and Senior Advisor to several organisations. He is a green building expert. Previously, he was VP Sustainable Development & Public Affairs at LafargeHolcim and held corporate strategy responsibility at Alcatel-Lucent. He holds a Masters in Civil Engineering, MBA and a Diploma in Directorship from SMU.
Secretary General, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)
Eduardo is responsible for the management of PECC International Secretariat and represents PECC at international meetings. He joined PECC as a Director (Policy Program) in 2001 where he oversees and managed the Council’s research program including areas of trade policy; financial and monetary cooperation; and corporate governance. He was the coordinator of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung’s Southeast Asia cooperation program in Manila and also the co-editor of its journal on regional economics and politics, ‘Panorama’. He was a co-editor of the book “An APEC Trade Agenda: The Political Economy of a Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific” and contributed to “The ASEAN Community: Unblocking the Roadblocks” and “ASEAN: Life after the Charter”.
Executive Vice President, Universal Harvester, Inc., Philippines
Dr Milagros O. How is the Executive Vice President of Universal Harvester, Incorporated, a leading exporter, manufacturer and distributor of organic and inorganic fertilizer in the Philippines. As a business woman, she has remarkable accomplishments in chemical, fertilizer, shipping, food and travel industries. She has initiated several notable Corporate Social Responsibility projects and advocacies on education and empowerment. She was named “Woman Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2013 and “Woman Starpreneur” in 2014. She is also a recipient of the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards in 2014, under the Outstanding Category.
Commercial Counselor, Philippine Trade and Investment Center, Embassy of the Philippines
CC Penaranda, is Commercial Counsellor of the Philippine Trade & Investment Center (PTIC) in the Embassy of the Philippines in Singapore. He represents the Philippine Department of Trade & Industry and leads the promotion of Philippine exports to and foreign investments from Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. He also acts as ASEAN Team Coordinator working with PTIC-Indonesia and PTIC-Thailand.
President, Hoi Ping Ventures
Alexandra Boakes Tracy is President of Hoi Ping Ventures in Hong Kong. Alexandra was previously Vice President - Strategy at First Eastern Investment Group. Since 2009, Alexandra has been non-executive Chairman of the Association for Sustainable & Responsible Investment in Asia (ASrIA) and is Senior Advisor to the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change and an Active Private Sector Observer to the United Nations Green Climate Fund. Alexandra speaks and writes regularly on sustainable finance issues.
Sector Manager, Sustainalytics
Yumi oversees Sustainalytics’ ESG research of companies in the transportation and industrials sectors. She speaks at conferences / seminars in Singapore and in Japan on topics such as corporate ESG disclosure and how ESG information is used by investors. She contributes articles on ESG to a Japanese online platform, Governance Forum, which supports executives of listed Japanese companies on corporate governance issues. She formerly worked for Deloitte Singapore’s Financial Advisory Services team, and Citibank in Hong Kong and Tokyo. She holds an MBA, with focus on sustainability and impact investment, from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and a bachelor’s degree in Law and International Politics from Hokkaido University, Japan.
Senior Consultant (Southeast Asia), Corporate Citizenship
Thomas has 6 years of sustainability experience advising and working with large global companies across industry sectors. He began his career at Business in the Community in UK, where he supported the delivery of CR Index, helping companies to benchmark and improve their sustainability performance. While at Corporate Citizenship, Thomas has worked with a range of global clients on projects which have included developing sustainability strategy, measuring the impact of sustainability and CSR programs and upporting companies to produce and evolve their sustainability reporting. He holds an MSc in Corporate Governance and Business Ethics from Birkbeck College, University of London.
President, The Bangchak Petroleum Public Company Limited, Thailand
Serving as the President of The Bangchak Petroleum Plc since 2015, Chaiwat has more than 25 years’ experience in engineering, investment banking and senior executive management. Chaiwat earned two Master’s degrees in Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) and Business Administration from Thammasat University and honors Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL). In 2002 Chaiwat founded TURNAROUND Company Ltd, a boutique financial advisory / investment banking company in Thailand. He has served as a Non-Executive Director of the Bangchak Petroleum Plc between 2012-2014. He is currently also a Director of the Board of the Government of Thailand’s Pension Fund.
Managing Director, British American Tobacco, Bangladesh
Shehzad Munim is the first ever Bangladeshi Managing Director of BAT Bangladesh of its 106 years’ history. He graduated from the reputed Institute of Business Administration of University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Then he joined British American Tobacco Bangladesh in 1997 and he performed exceptionally well in different challenging marketing roles within & outside the country as in New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan and became the Managing Director of BAT Bangladesh. Shehzad is also an integral member of BAT Bangladesh’s Board of Directors and Board CSR Committee.
Director of Finance and Sponsorship, Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition
Wei-Lun Cheng currently serves as the Director of Finance and Sponsorship at the Taiwan Youth Climate Coalition (TWYCC). He wants to help change the world, and improve the condition of under-privileged minority groups. He wants everyone to have an equal opportunity to strive for the best. One long-held notion that he has learned since he was little is that we should always think from other people’s point of view and learn to understand the values and behavior that they are accustomed to. He hopes that one day, he would be able to raise people’s awareness about climate change by connecting the different values that he has learnt.
Advisor, Enterprise Asia / former Quartermaster General, Indian Army, India
Lt. General Sharma retired from the Indian Army in 2008, after four decades of a career of selfless service to the nation. The General holds an M. Phil. in Defence and International Security and often lectures on leadership and national security at various forums. A strong votary of sustainable and responsible development he has developed expertise in areas of environment, renewable energy and ecology. Gen. Sharma now writes on national strategy and security issues and lectures business leaders on decision-making, motivation and positivity.
Advisor, Enterprise Asia, Malaysia
Datuk Seri Dr Victor Wee was the Chairman of Tourism Malaysia, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Tourism, the Programme Chairman of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and Senior Director of Macroeconomics, Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department and he was also the Deputy Head of the National Economic Action Council Secretariat during the Asian Financial crisis where he was involved in the drafting of the National Economic Recovery Plan. As a member of the World Bank, he helped review the planning and implementation methodology of Saudi Arabia and assisted in a UNDP mission on the formulation of Saudi’s long-term economic strategy in 2004.
General Manager, KPMG Sustainability Consulting Co., Ltd, Taiwan
Dr Niven Huang is the General Manager of KPMG Sustainability Consulting Co., Ltd and was the Chairman of the Advisory Board of ASrIA. Dr Huang is a pioneer in Taiwan for promoting CSR, sustainability reporting, SRI, corporate sustainability strategy and carbon management. He was previously Secretary General of the BCSD-Taiwan for 16 years. He sits on the judging panels of several public and private Awards of CSR, Excellence in Environment, and Sustainability in Taiwan and Asia.
Gala Dinner Ticket to Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards which recognises outstanding CSR Programmes across Asia on the evening of Day 1 Summit
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