Argus Asia Carbon Conference

The Rt. Hon. Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri (Dr) Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari bin Tun Abang Haji Openg has been in office as Premier of Sarawak since 13th January 2017. In all, the Premier has been in public for more than 40 years, holding various portfolios including industrialisation, tourism and housing. The thrust of his administration as Sarawak’s sixth chief executive is to ensure that the State is able to embark on a full-pledged transformation capitalising on mega-trends around the world primarily globalisation, supply chain resilience, digitalisation, Industrial Revolution 4.0, circular and low-carbon economy as spelled out in the State’s Post-COVID-19 Development Strategy 2030 (PCDS 2030). Under his bold and forward-looking leadership this transformation process is an embodiment of Sarawak’s aspiration to be a developed State by 2030 where data and innovation are the primary drivers of the economy. As a strong proponent of sustainable development and actions against climate change, the Premier has put Sarawak at the forefront of the pursuit towards a green economy and net-zero emission by 2050. He has been invited to share Sarawak’s experience at international and regional forums in the effort towards decarbonisation, energy transition and developing a hydrogen economy. Read less

Seasoned sustainability, ESG, carbon & energy management professional with over 10 years’ supply chain experience across Europe, APAC & Africa having undertaken senior global & regional roles within some of the world's largest technology, beverage, renewable energy, paper & pulp and natural rubber companies. Read less

Naixiang Wang served as the chairman of China Beijing Green Exchange (CBGEX) in March 2022. He is committed to building CBGEX into a global oriented national green exchange and building a “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" management public platform and green financial infrastructure. He will lead the team to support the construction of Beijing's global green finance and sustainable financial center in the direction of financialization, ecology, digitization and internationalization, serve the implementation of the national "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals", and promote the development of a green, low-carbon and high-quality economy and society. In May 2010, as a core member, he participated in the establishment of Beijing Financial Assets Exchange and served as vice president and executive vice president. And he has been a member of the Party committee and chairman since March 2015. At present, Beijing Financial Assets Exchange has developed into a comprehensive financial assets trading and information service platform with an annual trading scale of nearly 10 trillion Yuan. In October 2004, he joined the China Beijing Equity Exchange and innovated the disposal of non-performing financial assets. He has successively served China Beijing Equity Exchange as the general manager of the financial assets department, the director of the financial assets trading center, the business director and the member of the party Committee. Previously, he also worked in the Bank of China for more than ten years. Read less

Wan Sayuti is the Head (Strategy & Policy), Corporate Sustainability, PETRONAS. His portfolio includes Group strategy and positioning on ESG and Sustainability Agenda, as well as managing key stakeholders on sustainability-related policies and regulations. He has 20-year working experience in PETRONAS. Started his career in 2002 in operations management, technical services, production planning and project management in PETRONAS Kertih Refinery and PETRONAS Chemical Olefins, Glycols and Derivatives. In 2011, he moved to commercial roles in business planning and sales & marketing in PETRONAS Chemical Group. Wan Sayuti joined Corporate Strategic Planning (CSP) in 2015, and subsequently in 2020, seconded to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva, Switzerland as a Project Fellow in Shaping the Future of Energy and Materials. Wan Sayuti holds BSc in Chemical Engineering and BA in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He graduated with MBA from the Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK. Read less

James is the Head of Carbon Trading for Vitol Asia, covering the Asia Pacific region. Vitol are the world’s largest independent Energy Trader, active in global Energy markets for over 55 years - a business built on long-term partnerships, a focus on delivering solutions and prudent financial management. James has more than 10 years’ experience in international carbon markets. Prior to Vitol, James ran Shell’s Environmental Products Trading Business covering South East Asia and Oceania. He has extensive experience of compliance carbon markets in Europe and Asia Pacific, including the structuring of innovative products to meet customers’ carbon requirements across both Voluntary and Regulated markets. Read less

I have started my career in origination working for Société General CIB in Houston in 2008, I have been looking after their producer finance and risk management business with independent E&P companies in the US. I moved to BP in 2012 to help them grow their “Structured Products Business” with European companies, focusing again on risk management for transport and O&G producers. I became director in 2016, focusing on risk management for the airline sector, managing our financial products activity with airlines globally and supported the growth of our producer financing business. I moved to Carbon as of January 2022 to be the Low Carbon Trading team global sales coordinator and I focus on establishing and implementing our global sales strategy. Read less

After joining Mitsubishi Corporation in 2010, he was in charge of mineral resource business for 8 years, and now leading Carbon Removal business development. He is a steering committee member of CCS+ Initiative which is a global, multi-stakeholder alliance to develop carbon credit methodology for CCUS and Carbon Removal projects. He is also a member of “Study Group on Preparation of Operational Environment to Ensure Proper Use of Carbon Credits toward Realizing Carbon Neutrality” hosted by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japanese Government. Read less

Dafei has 20 years of experience in sustainable development. She has worked extensively in carbon finance and advisory in renewable energy, industrial energy efficiency, agriculture, manufacturing and waste management. Dafei joined CICC in 2021 and is responsible for carbon and green finance in FICC. Prior to joining CICC, she worked at the International Finance Corporation and World Bank for 10 years focusing on decarbonization and green investment. She has been actively engaged in ESG policy dialogues in Asia and China. Read less

Andrea Bonzanni is International Policy Director at International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). Andrea joined IETA in October 2021, where he leads activities on international carbon markets and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. He is also a Visiting Professor at Sciences Po in Paris and the College of Europe in Natolin. Prior to joining IETA, Andrea has worked at EDF Trading in London, Statoil (now Equinor) in Brussels and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) in Geneva. Read less

Colin is the Regional Carbon Advisor - Mekong for the Wildlife Conservation Society overseeing the management and buildout of the organization’s NbS projects in the Mekong region and wider South-East Asia. Over the last 15 years, Colin has engaged at multiple levels in the carbon markets and REDD+ space: policy advice to governments, consulting on early-stage projects, project development, securing project investment, and sales and marketing. Colin is currently deeply involved in channelling the increasing interest of private capital in NbS to high-quality NbS projects with multiple climate, biodiversity and community benefits. Colin received his MSc in Environmental Technology: Business & Environment from Imperial College London Read less

Mr Sadanand Tewari is a climate change enthusiast and currently leading the South East Asia business development team for EKI at all fronts. He is a professional carrying dual post graduate degree in the domain of Oil and Gas management and Business Strategy and innovation from the United Kingdom. He has been handling responsibilities like selling Carbon Advisory services, carbon offsetting, developing IRECs, and also assisting in carbon financing across South East Asia Region for EKI. Read less

Jefferson's work focuses on climate and sustainable finance as well as commodities and derivatives. He has advised on the legal and commercial issues relating to the development, structuring and financing of voluntary carbon projects (including nature-based and cookstove projects), e.g., carbon offtake and carbon project services agreements. He has also been involved in projects relating to futures products for voluntary carbon credits, documentation for trading UK ETS allowances, security documentation relating to environmental products (e.g., ACCUs and NZUs) as well other advisory and regulatory matters. He is also an experienced banking and finance lawyer, leading high-value multi-jurisdictional transactions, especially in the asset finance space. His clients included financial institutions as financiers in syndicated and bilateral lending, as well as sale and lease-back transactions in the transportation finance sphere. Jefferson is admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor in Singapore and a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales Read less

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Dr. Wei-nee Chen holds a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from the University of Canterbury, a Master of Business Administration from University of Tun Abdul Razak, and a Doctor of Business Administration from University Kebangsaan Malaysia. She was formerly the Chief Strategic Officer of the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) of Malaysia from October 11 until September 2020. From September 2020 to August 2022, she joined Hibiscus Petroleum Berhad, Malaysia's first publicly listed independent oil and gas exploration and production compnay, to pursue her passion in energy transition under the capacity of the Vice President of New Energy Ventures. Prior to SEDA, from December 2005 to mid-2011, Dr. Wei-nee served in the capacity of a Technical Advisor in the Malaysia Building Integrated Photovoltaic (MBIPV) Project; a project by the United Nations Development Program and administered by the Malaysian Government. In her earlier career days, she worked in New Zealand for 10 years in various industries within the IT sector. Today Dr. Wei-nee is known for her deep passion for climate change and energy transition. In August 2022, she became the Executive VP and Head of Carbon Markets of Bursa Malaysia Berhad to implement the country's first exchange for the voluntary carbon market. Dr. Wei-nee is also a member of the Industry Advisory Panel for the Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corporation and the Malaysian Photovoltaic Industry Association. Read less

Juan Chang is currently the Head of Technical Operations of Permian Global, a private sector company dedicated to investing in in tropical forest conservation in Colombia, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia and expanding to other regions. Previously he led the forest and land use sector at the Green Climate Fund (GCF) promoting and overseeing a portfolio of forest conservation and restoration projects in more than 30 countries. Before that, he was the Forests and Climate Change Senior Specialist of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) based in Washington DC. Before joining IDB he worked as Forestry Greenhouse Gas Auditor accredited by the UNFCCC and the voluntary carbon standards, responsible for assessing projects in more than 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. He started working for several years in biodiversity conservation and protected areas management in the Peruvian Amazon, accumulating more than 20 years of vast experience across the globe. Read less

Andrew Cullen, VP of Institutional Sales at ACX, has spent over 14 years in the Finance and Commodities industry. Andrew previously worked in ferrous metals, where he was part of the evolution of the iron ore market from one built on long-term offtake agreements to having an active spot market where companies could hedge their physical and financial exposure. Prior to joining ACX, Andrew was the Director of APAC Licensing & Exchange Relationships at S&P Global where he was responsible for establishing Platts’ Asian Exchange strategy as well as directing Platts’ business development and licensing activities with existing and new exchange partners. Andrew has brought this wealth of experience on how exchanges operate and understanding of the complexity of commodities markets to ACX where he is raising awareness of voluntary carbon markets as a key part of the solution to reaching Net-Zero. Read less

Philip See is the Chief Sustainability Officer and the CEO of Loyalty & Travel Solutions for the Malaysia Aviation Group. Prior to this he was the CEO of Firefly and was a management consultant, investment banker as well as worked in government. He is also a part time radio presenter at BFM in KL and is also a Sunday School teacher in his local church . His passion is network planning for commercial aviation but graduated with a degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College. Read less

Geoffrey Seeto oversees New Forests’ forestry investment program in Southeast Asia and Africa, with 20 years’ experience in financial services, principally in private equity in the infrastructure, natural resources, and energy sectors. He is an experienced investor in the Asian region, having led, originated, and executed a wide range of transactions in various regulatory regimes. He has completed deals in Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and China. Outside of Asia, he has worked in North America, Europe, and Australia. Geoffrey was previously at KPMG, where he was Partner, Asia Infrastructure Markets. Geoffrey was also formerly Managing Director and Head of Investments for the China-ASEAN Investments Fund from 2009-2014 and has held senior positions investing in infrastructure for Babcock & Brown and ABN AMRO. Geoffrey has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a Master of Laws from the University of Sydney. Read less

Iain Henderson is the Singapore based Co-Head of DRW’s voluntary carbon market desk. Iain has spent over 25 years in the finance sector across a variety of roles. After a decade focused on derivative structuring for investment banks, he switched to focus on carbon/sustainable finance in 2009. He has since worked on carbon/sustainable finance for WWF, the United Nations Environment Programme, Liquid Capital and for ADM Capital. Iain is an Oxford University Geography graduate and has postgraduate qualifications in Management, Economics & Politics and Agricultural Economics. He became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 2002 and a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst in 2018. He was elected to the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Forests in 2014, is a Senior Advisor to United Nations Development Programme’s Finance Sector Hub, and sits on the Advisory Board of The Rocket Foundation. Read less

Federico is currently the Managing Director for Asia Pacific of ACT Group and holds a seat in the board of IETA (International Emission Trading Association). In ACT, he initially led the activities in Southern Europe and then expanded his responsibility to all the new business development of the Group. In March 2017 he became the Managing Director of ACT Financial Solutions, directing all the trading activities of carbon certificates, obtaining the license of Investment Firm by the Dutch financial authority. During Federico’s employment at ACT, the company evolved in line with the diversity of environmental products available. To aid the growth of the company, Federico moved to Singapore to manage ACT’s overall activities in the APAC region, where ACT’s growing presence has been established to guide new and existing clients to meet their sustainability targets. Read less

Cheryl has over 20 years’ experience in energy and environmental markets with a focus on Asia-Pacific region. She traded electricity for a mixed portfolio of generation in Australia and established the environmental products trading business at Westpac Institutional Bank. Cheryl subsequently went into consulting in the climate change and sustainability industry with a focus on decarbonisation strategies and carbon markets. At Vertree she is helping companies achieve their net-zero goals through the development of high quality nature based projects in the APAC region, ensuring they that have a long lasting positive impact on the environment, communities and biodiversity. Cheryl has a BE in electrical engineering and an MBA in technology management. Read less

Adam joined the Argus Media business development team in April 2022 to lead the development of a pricing & reporting product for the voluntary carbon markets. After spending the earlier part of his career with Enron and Williams Energy in physical oil trading & distribution, Adam spent 10 years in the commodities group at Morgan Stanley working with corporate clients in the energy derivatives space. Helping clients navigate the early years of the ETS started his journey in carbon and later, as Head of EMEA Energy Origination at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, he worked with clients wanting to start to engage with the voluntary carbon markets. Adam has an academic background as a chemist having completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology and has a bilingual MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona. Read less