Robert Rubinstein

Chairman & Founder - TBLI Group - The Netherlands Linkedin

Rob Garret (Moderator)

Managing Partner - Hezar Ventures - Singapore Linkedin 

Luca Rancilio

Owner - Rancilio Cube - Italy LinkedIn

Leonie Kelly 

Project Director - Sustainable Finance Initiative - Hong Kong LinkedIn 

Gaetan Japy 

Adviser - Antler - Singapore Linkedin 

Donna NguyenPhuoc

Partner - SPARQ Capital - Hong Kong Linkedin

Arvind Narula

Chairman - Urmatt Group - Thailand - Linkedin

Tracy Wong Harris (Moderator)

Deputy Secretary General - Hong Kong Green Finance Association - Hong Kong LinkedIn

Gerald Prolman

President -  Everland -USA - Linkedin

Fung Wing Ah

Founder - Porproise Holdings - Hong Kong 

Chaoni Huang 

Head of Sustainable Capital Markets - BNP Paribas - Hong Kong Linkedin

Workshops & Seminars moderators briefly introduce their sessions and speakers 

At the most basic level, women are the main providers and users of household energy. At the same time, they are disproportionately affected by the lack of energy and tend to be overlooked as key stakeholders of energy initiatives. Why is women's empowernment essential for sustainable development and what can be done to achieve this empowerment? 

Dr. Margaret Burnett (Moderator)

Program Director - Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong - Hong Kong Linkedin

Rochus Mommartz 

CEO - ResponsAbility Investments AG - Switzerland Linkedin 

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established in 2015 as a global framework for addressing the world’s most urgent social and environmental challenges. In reaching the SDGs, the increased flow of private capital into emerging markets has become crucial. The rapid growth of number of impact investors has also become key in addressing the world’s most urgent social and environmental changes. Our industry-leading speakers, experienced in the field of ESG and impact investing in emerging markets will identify the ongoing challenges and hurdles that presented itself in this area, as well as outline solutions to these challenges.

Joanne Murphy(Moderator)

Director, Asia Pacific programme - CAIA - Hong Kong Linkedin

Melissa Kang

Founder and Managing Partner - Jupiter Impact Partners - Singapore Linkedin 

Maggie Loo

Partner, Client & Strategy Development - Bridges Fund Management - USA - Linkedin

Unmesh Sheth

CEO - SoPact - United States Linkedin

For a series of complex reasons, the field of Social Finance often faces critical limitations and heightened barriers to bringing crucially-needed resources to target beneficiaries at the last-mile. This session will investigate how “last-mile-first” solutions can be enabled through decentralization, with both digital and analogue components, and how advancements in blockchain enables these solutions to scale. Panelists will discuss their own real-world projects which will include such strategies as: time banking, cooperative finance, community currencies, and microfinance.

- A workshop session in collaboration with Shanzhai City

Tat Lam (Moderator)

CEO - Shanzhai City - Hong Kong Linkedin 

Will Ruddick

Director of Community Currencies - Bancor - Kenya Linkedin

 Taeyeon Kim

Ethereum

Sam Say

CEO - Bolaven Farms - Laos Linkedin

Pitch session for Impact Funds in front of asset owners

Wendy Marston (Moderator)

 Partner - WMNexus -  United Kingdom Linkedin

Alina Legendi (Moderator)

 Partner - WMNexus -  United Kingdom Linkedin

Shaway Yeh (Moderator)

Group Style Editorial Director - Modern Media Group - China Linkedin

Alvin Yip

Board member - Fashion farm foundation - China - Linkedin

Sally Yau(TBC)

The Lane Crawford Joyce Group- China - Linkedin 

Samuel Goldstein

Asia Business Development - Circular Systems - USA - Linkedin

Aline Reichenberg Gustafsson (Moderator)

Editor In Chief -  NordSIP.com - Sweden Linkedin 

Christine Chow

Director - Hermes Equity Ownership Services Limited - Hong Kong Linkedin

Katie Schmitz Eulitt

Director - Investor Outreach - SASB(Sustainability Accounting Standards Board) - Linkedin

Green bonds can mobilize resources from domestic and international captial markets for climate change adaption, renewables and other environment-friendly projects. How effective are green bonds in addressing the issue of climate change and what can be done to make green bonds more mainstream?

Ivy Lau (Moderator)

China Program Manager - Climate Bonds Initiative - China Linkedin

Ricco Zhang (TBC) 

Director, Asia Pacific -  International Capital Market Association - Hong Kong Bio

Jean Marc Champagne

Head of Environmental Finance - WWF - France - Linkedin

Jonathan Drew

HSBC - Managing Director, Infrastructure and Real Estate Group - Hong Kong Linkedin

Pitch session for Impact Funds in front of asset owners

Wendy Marston (Moderator)

 Partner - WMNexus -  United Kingdom Linkedin

Alina Legendi (Moderator)

 Partner - WMNexus -  United Kingdom Linkedin

Scott Reinhart

Partner - Brawn Capital - Hong Kong Linkedin

Stratos Pourzitakis (Moderator)

Head of Research - Asian Private Banker - Hong Kong Linkedin

Alexandra Tracy

President - Hoi Ping Ventures - Hong Kong Linkedin

Ian Henderson

Managing Director - ADM Capital - Hong Kong Linkedin

Elsa Pau

Funder - WealthAsia Group - China Linkedin

Yong (Walter) Ge

Founding Partner & Managing Director - Green Startups - China Linkedin

Helene Li (Moderator)

CEO & Co-Founder - GoImpact Capital Partners -  Hong Kong LinkedIn

Daan Choon 

Managing Director - Cycle Group - Luxembourg  LinkedIn 

Céline Chi Hae Wong

Global group strategy operations (advisory) - Jinko - China Linkedin

Marie Rosencratz (Moderator)

Adjuct Associate Professor - HKUST - Hong Kong Linkedin

Adeline Tan

Mercer - Wealth Business Leader - Hong Kong LinkedIn

Albert Lai

CEO - Carbon Care Asia - Hong Kong LinkedIn

Yukiko Oishi (Moderator)

Founder - Gemstone Partners - Japan Linkedin

Masahiro Kato

 Head of ESG Research - Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking - Japan Bio

Shinya Tsujimoto

CEO - Nippon Life Global Investors Singapore  - Japan - Bio

Dharisha Mirando (Moderator)

Investor Engagement - China Water Risk - Hong Kong Linkedin

Emrah Ercan

Director of Digital Solutions - Suez, Water & Technologies  - United States Linkedin

Chen Zhu

Co-Founder - Mana Impact Partners - Hong Kong Linkedin

Slav W. Hermanowicz

Professor, Associate Co-Director - Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute - China Linkedin

Pitch session for Impact Funds in front of asset owners

Wendy Marston (Moderator)

 Partner - WMNexus -  United Kingdom Linkedin

Alina Legendi (Moderator)

 Partner - WMNexus -  United Kingdom Linkedin

Climate change is all around us – it is a key long-term, systemic and global risk. What can institutional investors do to integrate climate change-related investment risks into their portfolio strategies?

Julie Despraz (Moderator) 

Strategic Finance Advisor - Topan - Switzerland LinkedIn 

Karine Hirn

Partner - East Capital - Hong Kong Linkedin

Pierrick Balmain

Head of APAC Business Development - BlueOrchard Finance Ltd - Singapore Linkedin

The emerging uncertainties due to climate change and climate variability are likely to aggravate the problems of future food security by exerting pressure on agriculture. How can farming be adapted to take climate change into consideration. 

Brian Tang (Moderator)

Managing Director - Asia Capital Markets institute - Hong Kong Linkedin

Bertus Tulleners  

Partner - TheRockGroup - Amsterdam LinkedIn 

Tao Zhang

Founder & Managing Director - Dao Ventures - United States Linkedin

Julie Muraco (Moderator) 

Managing Partner - TBLI Group - US Linkedin

Bonnie Saynay

Global Head of Responsible Investment - Invesco Ltd. - US Linkedin

Nasrine Ghozali

Chief Risk Officer - Oasis - Hong Kong - Linkedin

Pru Bennet

Head of Asia Pacific Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment - Blackrock - Australia Linkedin 

Kim Neel Wyon (Moderator)

Senior Partner - Optiteam - Denmark Linkedin 

James Pearson

CEO - Pacific Risk Advisors - Hong Kong Linkedin

Genevieve Hilton

Head of Communications Asia Pacific - Lenovo - Linkedin

Daniela Herrmann (Moderator) 

Chairman & Founder - Topan - Switzerland LinkedIn 

Charles Yonts 

Head of Sustainable Research - CLSA - Taiwan LinkedIn 

Justin Reynolds

Founder - The Tashinga Partnership - Singapore Linkedin

Elaine Ng

Executive Director - MSCI Inc. (Hong Kong) - Hong Kong Linkedin