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Mr Bakker has led WBCSD since 2012. WBCSD is a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable world. WBCSD member companies come from all business sectors and all major economies, representing a combined revenue of more than USD $8.5 trillion and with 19 million employees.

Mr. Bakker is a distinguished business leader who, until June 2011, served as CFO and then CEO of TNT NV, the global transport and logistics company. He has been recipient of the Clinton Global Citizen Award (2009) and the Sustainability Leadership Award (2010). Mr. Bakker is Chairman of War Child in the Netherlands and serves as a member of corporate sustainability advisory boards. 

He is an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau since 2018, in recognition of his long-lasting commitment to engaging business in tackling global sustainability issues.

Ephyro Luis B. Amatong was appointed a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 2014, and is currently the supervising commissioner for the Markets and Securities Regulation Department and the Economic Research and Training Department.

Before joining the SEC, Mr. Amatong was an Assistant Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF) where he had an active role in the privatization of 74 hectares of the Food Terminal, Inc. (P24 billion). He was also involved in a number of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects such as the PPP for School Infrastructure Project Phase I (US$397 million), the NAIA Expressway Project (US$345 million), and the Automated Fare Collection System (US$38 million).

He also served in various capacities in the government, namely as Vice President of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (2012-2013), Corporate Staff Officer of the National Power Corporation (2010-2012), Acting Chairman of the Local Water Utilities Administration (2011), Corporate Legal Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary of PNOC Exploration Corporation (2008-2010), Adviser to Amb. Hilario G. Davide, Jr. of the Permanent Mission of the Philippines to the United Nations (2007-2008), and Senior Law Clerk to then Justice Conchita Carpio Morales of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (2003-2005).

Before joining the government, Mr. Amatong was an associate with the Villaraza & Angangco Law Offices (2002-2003), where he dealt with high-profile litigation cases.

Mr. Amatong was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2002 and the New York Bar in 2007. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M., 2006) degree, International Finance Concentration, from Harvard Law School. He also holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B., 2001) degree from the U.P. College of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics (B.S.B.E., 1997) degree, cum laude, from the U.P. School of Economics.

Miho leads analysis and research on energy in Japan and Korea. The team covers topics including impact of energy market liberalization, new downstream business models and the future of electrified transport. She served as a committee member of climate change advisory panel for Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to joining BNEF, she has developed Bloomberg’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) analytics platform as senior ESG analyst. She has also worked for a London based environmental research firm as an analyst covering environmental risks in portfolio management. Miho holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BA in Economics from Keio University. 

Ben Ridley is a Director and Deputy Global Head of Sustainability Affairs at Credit Suisse. With 25 years of experience as a sustainability practitioner, Ben has primary responsibility for managing sustainability issues for the Bank in the Asia Pacific region, including technical and reputational assessments of environmental and social matters associated with business transactions and relationships, for related business and client advisory services, and for the management of relationships with key stakeholders including within the NGO community. 

Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Ben worked in environmental consulting, latterly as Director of the environmental business stream for the East Asia operations of an international consultancy business where he managed or oversaw some 300 projects in support of a broad range of customers primarily involved with manufacturing, waste management, construction and real estate, and investment. 

Ben has a Bachelor degree in Ecology and a Master degree in Environmental Management. He is inter alia an advisor to the Asian Impact Investing Fund, the Zoological Society of London, and WWF-Hong Kong. Ben lives in Hong Kong with his wife and their three children. 

Dominic Thurbon is a Partner in the EY Climate Change & Sustainability Services team and an internationally engaged keynote speaker and thought leader in the fields of innovation, behaviour change, community investment and the future of work. At EY, he leads a team specialising in the design, implementation and delivery of large-scale behaviour change programs on behalf of companies in the community that reach over 500,000 people each year. Dom has specialised in strategic community investment, shared value and sustainability for over 10 years, working across Australasia, North America and Europe with diverse clients across financial services, telco, retail, media, FMCG and technology. 

He has led research and authored best-sellers published in over 15 countries including Flip, Making It Happen, and Matter. He is co-author of the white papers Talent Magnets: Attracting and Engaging Top Talent, Game On: How Video Games Are Changing Work and Education, Purpose-Aligned Leadership: From Purpose-Driven to Driving Purpose, and Strategy and Measurement: Towards a More Strategic Approach to Community Investment. 

Dom was a founding member of the Shared Value Project in Australia, sat on the education advisory panel of Child and Youth Finance International, and was founder of Educator Impact™, an organisation specialising in data-driven, 360o-feedback driven approaches to teacher and school leader development. 

Jessica is the founder and Managing Editor of Eco-Business; an award-winning journalist, TV presenter, director, producer, and a social entrepreneur. 

She has more than a decade of experience in media, journalism and sustainable development and is a columnist for national newspapers. 

She is on the Board of Directors for Singapore-listed ComfortDelGro, one of the world's largest land transport companies, and is an independent, non-executive director.  

She serves as Strategic Advisor to Blue Planet Environmental Solutions, and is founding Director of Embodhi (Singapore), a non-profit for women empowerment in Asia as well as founding Director of EB Impact, a non-profit dedicated to positive sustainable development impact in Asia.  

She is a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, and currently chairs the Climate Action SG Alliance – an initiative supported by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to advocate climate action and raise public awareness on climate issues. 

A Singapore Press Holdings scholar, she has won many journalism awards, including the Earth Journalism Awards in 2009, Young Journalist of the Year by Singapore Press Holdings in 2010, the ASEAN Green Technology Journalism Award in 2011, and the Sustained Environmental Reporting by a Journalist Award in 2015 for her efforts in contributing to environmental journalism over the last decade. 

She is the published author of ‘Forging a Greener Tomorrow: Singapore’s journey from slum to eco-city’ and is also an adjunct research associate for the Centre for Liveable Cities.  

In March 2018, she was announced the winner of the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Awards for the media and communications category. She was also named as one of LinkedIn's Power Profiles for Singapore for 2018. 

She holds a Film and Literature degree (First Class Honours) from University of Warwick and a MA Distinction in Journalism from University of London’s Goldsmiths College. 

Boon is responsible for the Talent, Rewards and Performance business in Singapore, and client development in Southeast Asia.

His areas of expertise range from corporate governance and executive compensation, organization transformation and post merger integration, to talent management; enterprise performance management and other major critical HR policies and practices. He has extensive consulting experience in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines and Myanmar as well as Greater China.

He spent three years with Aon Consulting starting up its human capital consulting business in Southeast Asia before the Aon Hewitt’s merger. Prior to Aon Consulting, he spent a long career with Hewitt as head of its Singapore consulting operations and Asia Pacific practice leader in Corporate Restructuring and Change.

His clients include major organizations in both the private and public sectors, in industries such as financial services, technology, healthcare, energy, professional services, etc.

Boon graduated from the University of Minnesota and Rutgers University with a B.Sc. And M.Sc. respectively. He is accredited by the WorldatWork as a Certified Compensation Professional. He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Directors and frequently contributes professional views in board management issues such as board/executive performance, compensation, leadership and succession.

Derek Taylor is the Business Operations Director for the Crisis and Security Consulting practice in Asia Pacific. He coordinates client engagement across Australia, China, India, Japan and Southeast Asia. Derek helps clients resolve complex challenges involving security threats and become more resilient in the face of uncertain operating environments. He has 20 years of experience in security and risk management consulting, predominantly in the Asia Pacific region.  

 Derek earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, a Master’s in International Relations from University of California-San Diego and a Master’s in Strategic Security from USAF’s Air Command and Staff College. He is a Distinguished Graduate of the US Department of Defence Language Institute and is fluent in Thai.  

Elaine Ng, CFA joined the MSCI ESG Research team in Sept 2015 as Executive Director, Client Coverage for Asia. Based in Hong Kong, she is responsible for promoting MSCI’s ESG Research suite of investment solutions to clients in the region. Elaine was form erly a member of MSCI’s Risk Analytics Consulting team since joini ng in June 2011. She has over 17 years of experience in the financial sector and has spent 14 years specializing in investment analytics. In her previous role, she was responsible for the re tention of the risk management analytics book of clients across Asia. Over the span of her career, she has been involved in product development and delivery of analytical solutions to institutional clients, investment managers and hedge funds.

Elaine has a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from National University of Singapore and a Masters of Applied Finance from Singapore Management University. She is also a CFA Charterholder.

Deborah is a partner in our Australian/APAC Governance, Regulation and Conduct Practice and is co-lead partner of our Corporate Governance and Compliance Specialist Advisory Teams.

She is a lawyer and has over 25 years’ experience predominantly within the financial services sector in Australia including private legal practice, regulatory practice, industry (in-house) and consulting experience. Deborah originally entered private legal practice and became a Partner in law firm Laurence & Laurence in 1992. In 1995 Deborah joined national corporate regulator the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) responsible for corporations and financial services regulation. At ASIC Deborah held several roles including Consumer Protection Office and National Special Counsel for Financial Services Regulation. From 2003-4 Deborah held senior executive positions in regulatory affairs, risk management, governance, and compliance with two of the ‘big four’ Australian Banks being Westpac and NAB. For the eight years immediately prior to joining Deloitte in 2018, Deborah was the founding Director of Incorporated Legal Practice (ILP) and boutique Governance, Risk, and Compliance consultancy Sector Seven.

Deborah is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (FGIA) and of the GRC Institute (FGRCI), and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). She also holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Sydney.

At Deloitte Deborah’s key practice areas are corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and conduct. Deborah leads Board evaluations across the public, private, and Not-For-Profit (NFP) sectors and with a particular focus on the financial services sector as well as reviewing and advising on the design, adequacy, and implementation of corporate governance and regulatory compliance structures, frameworks, policies and procedures. Deborah has recently completed an engagement with ASIC in relation to the design of ASIC’s Corporate Governance Taskforce surveillance.

Deborah authored Deloitte’s Point of View on Corporate Governance in response to the Final Report of the Australian Government appointed Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking and Financial Services Industry in 2019 and has delivered numerous presentations on this subject.

Christopher Coe joined Aon Singapore in 2012 after 23 years working at Guy Carpenter. He is currently Head of the Agriculture and Global Clients divisions of Aon Reinsurance solutions in Singapore.  He spent 7 years in South Africa , where he first started working in Agriculture Insurance and has since gained broad experience and knowledge from working on Agriculture Insurance programmes throughout Asia. He was the first broker to place Indian crop business and has seen first hand the growth and development of parametric insurance products. He has been working closely with reinsurers in this field for over 10 years. He is a graduate of the University of Birmingham , in the UK, and is based in Singapore. 

Vadakepatth Nandkumar is an post graduate Industrial engineer, working with DNV GL Business Assurance since November 2007 and presently holds the position of  Head – Regional Sustainability Operations spearheading the cause of sustainable development; prior to joining DNV GL was working for 20 years as Senior consultant (Process Management) with National Productivity Council of India working towards improving Organisational productivity. 

Specialized in management systems (quality environment, social accountability, health and safety), sustainability including corporate responsibility and governance. He is an experienced principle assessor of sustainability and related services such risk assessment, sustainability reporting, providing strategic inputs/ advisory to organisation towards sustainable development and training on a range of topics related corporate responsibility and sustainable development, including materiality assessment, Stakeholder engagement, sustainability performance measurement, reporting and evaluation to compliance with guidelines, standards and principles; also an experienced trainer and facilitator of workshops. 

Worked with a diverse set of organisations, from multinationals to small companies, from mainstream to niche (Socially Responsible) investors, from research institutes and government bodies including financial institutions and service industry. 

He was part of Technical Advisory Committee and GRI’s Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) for last five years (from January 2014 till December 2018) and contributed to development of GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards 2016 followed by championing the revision of GRI Water Standard 2018. He is also member of Technical advisory committee of Social Value International since 2017. 

During last 12 years he has provided assurance to over 100+ reports ranging from conglomerates, Oil and Gas, Financial institutions, Hotels and resorts, Real estate and construction, Information technology, Shipping, Mining and metals, Power generation and distribution ….;  

He has also developed training modules based on GRI Standards, <IR> framework, Materiality assessment, Stakeholder engagement, SDG, ISO26000, Green House Gas – ISO14064, Water – ISO14046,  Circular Economy and delivered training/ workshops on various aspects of sustainability reporting including Materiality, Stakeholder engagement, sustainability awards etc.. 

Ann Marie Cunanan is the Founder and Chief Experience Designer of Meaningful Travels Ph, a travel company that merges adventure, cultural immersion and giving back to local communities. With 7 years of corporate experience in business development, she left the corporate world to study Master’s in Social Entrepreneurship in Melbourne Australia. Meaningful Travels is the merging of her business training and her love for communities and volunteering. Ann Marie is passionate about connecting and learning and she believes that we can learn so much about Sustainability from our very own indigenous people and communities. 

Ann Marie is also a proud Ayala Young Leader from Davao, batch 2004.