Lord Turner chairs the Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of companies, NGOs and experts working to achieve a net zero economy by 2040.

He is an independent member of the House of Lords and an honorary fellow of the Royal Society . Lord Turner advises regularly climate and government bodies – including the COP Presidency and ministers in the EU, UK, China and Australia, and is often featured in global media as an expert on the energy transition.

In addition, he is Chairman of insurer group Chubb Europe; Chairman of UK bank Oaknorth; adviser to Watershed Technologies, and on the Board of AESC Japan, the manufacturers of batteries for electric vehicles.

During his public policy career, Lord Turner chaired the Financial Services Authority (2008-2013); the Climate Change Committee (2008-2012); the UK Pensions Commission and the Low Pay Commission (2002-2006), and was Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (1995-2000).

Adrian Lasimbang is an Indigenous rights advocate, renewable energy expert, He co-founded TONIBUNG, a social enterprise focused on developing community-based renewable energy systems, particularly micro-hydro and solar mini-grids, to electrify remote Indigenous villages in Malaysia. With over 20 years of experience, Adrian has led projects advancing sustainable community development, energy access, and capacity building among Indigenous communities. A former Malaysian Senator (2018–2021), advocates for environmental sustainability and youth empowerment.

Aishah Hatta is the Senior Storage Lead at the Global CCS Institute, bringing deep expertise across the energy sector with a strong focus on carbon capture and storage (CCS). She specialises in developing and delivering geological storage strategies, with particular strength in integrating surface and subsurface considerations to ensure safe, efficient, and effective CO₂ storage. Her work also encompasses well completion design and end-to-end storage development within the CCS value chain.

Alaina Bookstein has 20 years of experience in the energy and power industry and has been with Amazon Web Services since 2021 where she leads global strategic partnerships for energy. Previously, Alaina was the Vice President of Technology partnerships at Icertis where she was responsible for partner sales, strategic partnership development, and go-to-market strategy focused on building AI and contract intelligence for energy companies.

Before that, Alaina was the Managing Director at Bridge Strategy where she ran the global energy practice focused on building partnerships to accelerate emerging clean technologies such as grid modernization, renewable and DER integration, and hydrogen strategy. Her clients included the leading oil majors and the largest investor-owned utilities in North America.

She started her career at McKinsey & Company and holds an MBA from the Wharton School.

With over 15 years of experience in the energy industry, Alex leads OPITO’s global operations, driving the delivery of skills, safety, and workforce development solutions for safety-critical sectors around the world. He oversees key business functions including quality assurance, skills policy, stakeholder engagement, product development and communications, ensuring OPITO’s strategic direction remains aligned with the evolving needs of industry.

Passionate about shaping a safer, more sustainable energy workforce, Alex plays a pivotal role in strengthening international partnerships and advancing the adoption of globally recognised standards and qualifications.

He also serves as a Non-Executive Director at Aberdeen Science Centre and the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR).

Anthony Raja Devadoss is the Country Managing Director, Korn Ferry Malaysia and leads the Board & CEO Practice in Malaysia, supporting the rest of the Organization & Talent Strategy practices and part of the Global Technology Markets team for the region.

Anthony Raja brings over 25 years of experience in cross spectrum of Board & CEO practice, HR Business Transformation Consulting, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Leadership Talent development and Assessment within the region and globally spanning across industries. His areas of expertise in Digital Technology, Energy, Financial, Healthcare and Global Business Services & Telecommunications.

He brings depth of experience in managing board & leadership search assignments, end to end talent acquisition, talent development and transition projects across Asia Pacific, EMEA and Americas. This includes organizations in growth and transformation stages with local large conglomerates, multinational firms and government investment organizations in public and private sectors.

Assaad is Chief Executive Officer of Gurīn Energy, a Singapore-headquartered renewable energy developer focused on the development, ownership and operation of solar, wind and energy storage assets.

At Gurīn Energy, Assaad translates Board strategy into the business plan, directs and oversees execution of the plan through the selection, motivation and performance management of a high-performing team, leads on origination, commercial negotiation and investment decision making for development opportunities, and maintains relationships with Board, partners and commercial advisors.

Assaad has over 30 years of business experience. He has been working in Asia for nearly 20 years, including leadership roles in renewables and climate mitigation for over 15 years.

Dr. Avishek is the CEO and co-founder of VFlowTech Pte Ltd, a pioneering Singaporean company that emerged from over a decade of research in flow battery technology and advanced energy storage systems. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Science in Microelectronics from the Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Dr. Avishek played a key role in developing high-efficiency half-cut PERC Mono solar modules, which reduced the cost of solar PV modules by 30%. His extensive experience in the production and manufacturing of energy storage technologies has contributed to the successful deployment of over 1GW of solar and energy storage projects globally.

He has also co-founded three deep tech companies focused on IoT, solar energy, and energy storage, successfully scaling them into impactful ventures. Additionally, Dr. Avishek sits on the board of Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility Limited, an electric bike manufacturing company.

At VFlowTech, Dr. Avishek is driving innovation in the energy storage space, playing a crucial role in the global transition towards sustainable and renewable energy solutions.

Azhar Ahmad is currently the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager, Learning Academy for Institut Teknologi Petroleum PETRONAS (INSTEP) located in Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia.

He has more than 25 years of working experience in PETRONAS holding various roles in Plant Management such as Asset Manager for Sour Hydroskimming and Sour Conversion in Melaka Refinery Complex and Commissioning Manager in charge of Pre-Commissioning, and Commissioning and Start-Up for Pengerang Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Complex in Johor, Malaysia.

Prior to INSTEP, he was the Plant Head for PRefChem Refinery, and subsequently became the Plant Head for Steam Cracker Complex. Areas of expertise include operation management, strategic initiatives and optimisation, process safety management and people development. INSTEP is currently embarking on Energy Transition capability development within PETRONAS, as well as energy industry, in collaboration with various stakeholders, i.e. Energy Commission (EC), Sustainable Energy Development Authority of Malaysia (SEDA), Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization (OPITO), Energy Institute (EI) and Japan Organization for Metals and Energy Security (JOGMEC).

Dr. Azliyana Azhari is a lecturer in Climate, Society, and Policy in School of Arts and Social Science and Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub (MCCCRH Malaysia) at Monash University Malaysia with a PhD in Environment and Development from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), her current research is centred on communication of climate change. She specializes in analysing how climate information is shared with the public and developing effective strategies to convey climate science and solutions to diverse audiences. Azliyana’s extensive experience in climate-related atmospheric hazards, air dispersion modeling, and emission management allows her to translate complex scientific data into actionable environmental policies, bridging the gap between research and practical implementation. Her work is driven by a deep commitment to fostering resilient communities, particularly in regions vulnerable to climate change impacts, highlighting a unique integration of atmospheric science, policy development, and public engagement.

Appointed as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad (PDB) in January 2020. In June 2022, he assumed the title of Vice President while maintaining his leadership in PDB.

A PETRONAS scholar, he holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a double major in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania, United States of America (USA). He completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School in 2019.​

With a career spanning 28 years, Azrul has held various key positions in PETRONAS, predominantly within the Downstream Business. These include MITCO’s first Indonesia Country Manager, Senior Manager for Business Development (Oil Portfolio) in PETRONAS’ Business Development Unit (BDU) and Business Director of Uzbekistan Gas to Liquid (GTL) LLC. Prior to his current role, Azrul was appointed as Head (Commercial Development & JV Formation) of PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation (PRPC) and took on an additional role as the MD/CEO of PRPC Utilities and Facilities Sdn. Bhd.​

Currently, Azrul serves as a Board of Director for PETRONAS Dagangan Berhad and Chairman of PETRONAS Lubricants Marketing (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, roles he has held since January 2020. In 2021, he was appointed as Chairman of Setel Group of Companies and Mesra Retail & Café Sdn Bhd.​

Carlos Aggio leads AI and Data for Accenture’s Resources practice in Southeast Asia, where he drives enterprise scale reinvention across energy, utilities, and asset-intensive industries. Based in Singapore, he works directly with C suite leaders to design and execute AI-driven programs transforming core operations, unlocking new growth, and enabling future-ready digital capabilities across cloud, GenAI, and emerging Agentic AI.

With over 20 years of global experience, Carlos previously held Partner roles at PwC and Deloitte, where he led more than 100 large-scale digital, cloud, and AI programs generating over $500 million in measurable value. His work spans Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments, always grounded in pragmatic execution and sharp commercial outcomes.

Chris is an experience global industrial business leader with experience across multiple geographies (Asia Pacific) and industries.

Starting out as an engineer in the process industries and over the subsequent 24 years accumulated a wide breadth of experience across multiple industries, including oil & gas, marine, life sciences, power generation, water/wastewater and consumer goods. He have moved from instrumentation, valves to control system (ICSS – DCS, ESD/FGS) and finally with Schneider which include electrical (MV/LV/Transformer/E-House), digitalisation, sustainability (ESG, Hydrogen, Solar, Wind) and cybersecurity (OT).

Before joining Schneider, he was with Singapore Power (Power Quality division), Honeywell, Emerson, and Rockwell. With his 20+ years experience in O&G, he have great knowledge in upstream, midstream and downstream. He was instrumental in winning some key projects in these companies. He have led and grew his team in knowledge together.

Chris graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Electronic from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST). He continued to get his Master of Science Degree in Advance Control Engineering in the same University.

Currently: with the World Economic Forum since 2010; Head of Asia Pacific Business Engagement, in charge of the overall strategic collaboration with businesses from the region. Most recently, drives the Forum’s energy agenda in ASEAN in collaboration with the Centre for Energy and Materials, curating the community of ASEAN Leaders for Just Energy Transition.

Dr. Claus Reimers, CPTO at Akselos, has over 20 years of experience in asset performance management and engineering simulation.

Holding a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Hamburg University of Technology, Claus leads Akselos’ product strategy and technological innovation, advancing its Structural Performance Management solution.

Before joining Akselos, he held leadership roles at Lloyd’s Register as Deputy Chief Technology & Innovation Officer and at Aspen Technology, where he drove product strategy and market expansion. He began his career as the founder of SolidSim Engineering, which was later acquired by Aspen Technology.

Daniel Carrera, Director of ESG at Dorna Group. He joined Dorna in 2000 as part of the MotoGP Events Department and has since held several leadership positions within the company, including serving as Executive Director of the World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) from 2012 to 2019. In 2021, he was appointed Director of Dorna’s newly established ESG Department. With a background in business management, Carrera currently oversees the implementation of the company’s Environmental, Social, and Governance strategy. 

Daniel Zimmerle is the Director of the Methane Emissions Program in the Energy Institute @ Colorado State University. Zimmerle was a principal investigator on seven major studies of methane emissions in the natural gas supply chain, including studies of upstream, midstream, and distribution systems at a national and/or regional scale, and leads the Methane Emissions Technology Evaluation Center, one of the largest test facilities for natural gas leak detection solutions.  Zimmerle’s group conducts research on natural gas emissions including studies of equipment and pipeline emissions, field studies, and fundamental investigations of commonly utilized methods.  Recent work has branched into agricultural and waste emissions area.

Additionally, Zimmerle also works on energy access and development in rural communities in the developing world and the integration of distributed generation into power systems.

An ‘accidental academic,’ Zimmerle’s pre-CSU experience is all industrial.  He served as the Chief Operating Officer at Spirae, Inc. and 20 years at Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies including experience as both a division general manager and R&D manager, leading organizations in multiple businesses and organizations that included personnel in the US, Ireland, Singapore and other countries.

He holds a BSME and MSME from North Dakota State University.

Dannis Poon has almost 30 years of experience in the energy industry including Upstream E&P Operations, Project & Facility Management, Supply Chain Management and Commercial Operation.

Dannis joined Towngas in 1997 and ECO New Energy Business in 2008. He possesses extensive knowledge in the Renewable Energy sector, especially business development and value chain building in Greater China and South-East Asia region. 

He served as the Co-Chair (Asia) of the ISCC Technical Stakeholder Committee “Waste, Residues and Advanced Low Carbon Fuels” from 2019 to 2021. He is also a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in Hong Kong. 

At Koloma, David Guro serves as the VP of Product Management.  Prior to Koloma, Dave served as the COO and CPO for an electrolyzer startup company, where he was responsible for setting the product strategy, defining the go-to-market approach, owning the company’s continuous improvement roadmap, ensuring engineering excellence, and running the day-to-day operations of the company.

Prior to that, Dave worked at Air Products for 38 years, most recently as the Global Director for Product Management. In that role, Dave was responsible for the strategic direction and profitability of Air Products’ generated gases, hydrogen, and cryogenic air separation product lines.  Additionally, Dave worked in various positions within engineering, operations, and R&D, and additionally led strategic M&A efforts in support of the products.

Dave has participated in industry standards committees and has served on the Board of Directors of the National Hydrogen Association. He is an active Board member, including the BOD of an industrial gases separations company and the Villanova University Engineering Advisory Board.

Emry Hisham Yusoff is the appointed Head of Carbon Management, PETRONAS effective 1st May 2022. Part of his roles is to build and grow the Carbon Management in enabling PETRONAS to achieve its 2050 net zero ambition, and all interim sustainability targets, leveraging the natural geological advantages of Malaysia to build a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) business that will help PETRONAS become a regional CCS hub, and a global leader in CCS.

Emry’s career in PETRONAS started in 1993 as a Petroleum Engineer where he was involved in reservoir surveillance and management of fields in Peninsular Malaysia Operation in Kertih, Terengganu, Malaysia. In the ensuing years, he worked in other areas such as workover and drilling, reservoir engineering, and project management, and held various leadership roles including Head of Small Field and Acid Gas Management, Head of Petroleum Resources Development, and Head of Petroleum Engineering. Emry has also served as Executive Assistant to the President and Chief Executive Officer of PETRONAS.

In 2017, he was appointed Country Head of Myanmar prior to his last position as Head of PETRONAS Mexico. Having spent more than 32 years in the company, he gained in-depth techno-commercial knowledge and skillsets covering Exploration, Development and Production, and a full spectrum of Upstream business.

Emry holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from University of Oklahoma, USA. In 2019, he completed the Advanced Management Program at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Eric Brown is the CEO of Planted Solar, where he’s leading a smarter approach to ground-mount solar deployment. Planted’s integrated hardware and software platform pairs high-density, terrain-following arrays with automated installation—helping developers, EPCs, and IPPs unlock more land, lower costs, and build projects in half the time. By simplifying every step from planning to power, Planted delivers stronger project outcomes and accelerates the deployment of abundant energy.

Prior to Planted, Eric served as EVP of Commercial at Carbon Lighthouse, where he led business strategy, project development, and national expansion to help real estate owners improve energy performance in commercial and industrial assets. Earlier, he led development at Cogenra Solar (acquired by SunPower), helping bring innovative PV technology to market. His engineering background spans solar, aerospace, and oil & gas, and he holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Dr Faye joined the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) in November 2023 and is the Energy Transition and Americas Director. Faye is seconded from bp and based at IOGP’s Houston office. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration, Master of Business Administration, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Tuskegee University.

She has worked in the oil and gas industry for 33 years, and at bp for the last seventeen. Her previous roles at bp include Senior Federal Government Affairs Director, Vice President of Low Carbon and Sustainability at bpX Energy (an onshore oil and gas production subsidiary of bp), Upstream Environmental and Social Technical Authority and other leadership roles in environmental engineering, projects, HSE, regulatory, and safety and operational risk management. Faye began her career at Marathon Oil Company, where she held process engineering and leadership roles in HSE, diversity, and public/community affairs over sixteen years.

She serves on several University advisory boards and as a board member of various community and civic organizations. In her free time, she enjoys writing and giving presentations on leadership and STEM.

Ferran Juncar, Global Sponsoring Director at Dorna Sports. He is focused on the organisation of the MotoGP World Championships – Dorna’s main commercial property. Juncar has extensive experience in the sports sector, first working for IMG Spain on their tennis, golf and alpine skiing sports division, then as a sales manager for the Motocross World Championship and Supercross World Championship at Dorna Sports before being promoted to his current role. Ferran joined Dorna in 2001.

Flora Ji leads Shell’s global Nature Based Solutions (NBS) business. She and the team focus on the development of high-quality natural carbon sinks with environmental and social co-benefits, as well as nature-based market and customer solutions that can contribute to climate change mitigation.

Shell’s NBS business invests in activities that protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural ecosystems, including forest, agriculture, wetland, grassland, and coastal ecosystems. The business takes on long-term commitments in NBS projects, working closely with local communities, governments, NGOs, and other experts to ensure that the projects invested in make a demonstrable difference.

Flora joined Shell in 2006, and has worked across Downstream and Upstream in operational, commercial, and business management roles in China, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan, and Singapore. She holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland.

Haikal Zubir leads the operations units at Gentari Green Mobility Sdn Bhd. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Calgary, Canada in December 2000. Haikal completed International Management Programme with University of Melbourne Australia in 2014.

With over 20 years of experience, Haikal has led several portfolios relating to alternative fuel, digitalization and innovation.

He joined PETRONAS in March 2001 as an Automotive Engineer for PETRONAS NGV Sdn Bhd where he was involved in the introduction of CNG vehicles in Malaysia. Since then, he has held various roles in planning, marketing and project management including being appointed as a board member of the Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Association (ANGVA).

In 2007, Haikal moved to PETRONAS’ marketing arm overseeing the business planning and development for the company’s retail segment. During his tenure there, he focused on developing ground-breaking solutions for new and untapped market segments which saw the introduction of portable stations, EV charging facilities and on-demand solutions for B2C and B2B customers.

His current role is primarily focusing on enabling the adoption of green mobility through innovative solutions and fostering collaborations to advance towards PETRONAS’ net zero carbon emission aim.

Harman Faiz bin Habib Muhamad is the Chief Executive Officer of UEM Lestra Berhad since 2024. UEM Lestra is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UEM Group Berhad  and he has been with UEM Group since 2009.

UEM Lestra’s mandate is to be the investment vehicle for sustainability businesses under UEM Group which targets the decarbonisation of industries and growing the renewable energy infrastructure of the country.

UEM Lestra has various assets under its subsidiaries such as NUR Power Sdn Bhd, the private utility for KHTP, and Cenergi SEA Berhad which is a major player in the biogas electricity generation sector.

Harman holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the International Islamic University Malaysia.

He practised law at Mohd Khamil & Co and Zaid Ibrahim & Co before joining Malakoff Berhad. His core experience is in project development and mergers and acquisitions.

Hyunseok Jeong works for Samsung E&A as the head of Green H2 Business Team. His work involves end-to-end ownership of strategy, market entry, global partnership development and commercialization planning for green hydrogen production.

With a comprehensive understanding of the energy industry’s evolving landscape, He actively scouts for cutting-edge technologies, facilitates commercialization efforts, and drives overseas business development for sustainable energy solutions. His expertise spans critical areas such as Hydrogen, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage as well as advanced grid solutions like Renewable Power Plants and Energy Storage Systems.

He is a professional specializing in business development and the energy transition sector, with a particular focus on Green Hydrogen. Holding a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Seoul National University in 2012, after attaining his undergraduate degree at the same university. Dr. Jeong has an extensive background in process system engineering, venture investment, M&A and commercial contract negotiations.

Dr. Issam Dairanieh brings 40 years of experience in technology development, commercialization and investment. Issam is currently a Venture Partner at Piva Capital and serves as an operating partner for a private equity advising on investing in the circular economy, decarbonization and waste to value technologies. Prior to that, he served as a CEO of CO2 Sciences which sought to commercialize CCU technologies. Prior to that, Issam spent 18 years at BP across multiple roles culminating in leading the BP corporate venture capital team and managing over $250mm in related assets. While at BP, Issam created and led the first New Energy Technology Incubator the Middle East.

Dr. Dairanieh has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and obtained executive training at Imperial College, Berkeley and Harvard. Dr. Dairanieh served as an advisor the governments of Japan, South Korea and Canada on decarbonization through CCU.

Issam is married, has three children and three grandchildren.

Ivy is currently the CEO of Malaysia for Permian Global, a conservation business that is tackling the climate crisis by protecting forests and halting emissions caused by deforestation and forest degradation. She was the former Head of Environment Impact Area at Yayasan Hasanah, the CSR Foundation of Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia.  Ivy has over 30 years of work experience from academia, local to international conservation NGO, state to regional governments, private sector and philanthropic organisation in Malaysia on topics of biodiversity and forestry, conservation, Environmental Policy, Climate Change and sustainability.

Ivy is part of the 2020 AVPN Impact Investing Fellows and currently serving as AVPN Community of Experts. Ivy is also a 2016 Asia Fellow of Low Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS) Global Partnership Program and a 2016 Alumni of Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) on Climate and Energy.

Izwan Ismail is the Vice President of Group Technology & Commercialisation at PETRONAS since October 2024. He is responsible for steering the development of technology and digital initiatives, including the safeguarding and solutioning activities for the PETRONAS Group, while pursuing commercialisation opportunities.

Izwan has developed an extensive portfolio of international working experience, having held positions in Sydney, Singapore, London and Calgary. He also served as Chairman and Director of Petronas subsidiaries and joint ventures.

Izwan holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in Accounting and Information Systems from the University of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia) and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, Boston (USA). He is a Fellow of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and is a member of both the Malaysian Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Professor James Carroll is co-director of the Wind Energy and Control Group at the University of Strathclyde. He is also Director and Principal Investigator of the Wind and Marine Energy Systems and Structures Centre for Doctoral Training and the EnerHy Wind and Hydrogen Centre for Doctoral Training. He leads one of the UK’s largest wind energy research groups, with 8 academics and over 35 researchers. Joining Strathclyde in 2012 as a PhD student, he became a Chancellor’s Fellow in 2018 and was promoted to Professor in 2023.

His research focuses on novel wind turbine development, wind turbine reliability, maintenance modelling and data-driven failure prediction of wind turbine components using machine learning techniques. Professor Carroll is a member of a number of European committees with the European Academy of Wind Energy, he is a member of the WindEurope Scientific Track Committee and an Editorial Board Member of the Wiley Wind Energy journal. 

Datuk Jamzidi Khalid (DJK) spearheads AmBank Group’s Wholesale Banking (WB) division, encompassing Group Treasury and Markets, Group Transaction Banking, Wholesale Banking Client Coverage, Corporate Banking, Economics Research and Credit Portfolio Management.

He has over 23 years of experience in financial markets, covering Fund Management, Debt Capital Markets and Treasury Management. He spent his early years at Petroliam Nasional Berhad, before transitioning to the banking and finance industry at Standard Chartered Bank, followed by ABN Amro Bank. He was also the Head of FICC & Treasury at BNP Paribas Malaysia, and held several key roles locally as well as regionally at Deutsche Bank. Prior to his current role, DJK was the Deputy Managing Director of WB and Head of Group Treasury & Markets (GTM).

DJK is also a member of the Financial Markets Committee, established by Bank Negara Malaysia with a focus of reviewing and formulating comprehensive strategies for the wholesale financial markets.

Dr Jay Desan has over 18 years experience in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) advisory and a PhD in standards of sustainability from Queen Mary, University of London.

Passionate about the intersection of sustainability and technology, she co-founded BoomGrow, a fast growing tech farming company on a mission to transform farming by producing 100% clean and nutritious greens. BoomGrow is introducing trust and traceability back into the food system through patent pending Machine Farms and has operations in four countries currently.​

A regular speaker and commentator at conferences, she has also served as board advisor and mentor at start-up accelerators and academic institutions. She is an Independent Non-Executive Director at a diversified listed conglomerate in Malaysia.​

Jeevan Rajoo leads Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in Malaysia, bringing over 28 years of global experience in technology, consulting, and executive leadership. He is responsible for driving the company’s strategic vision, market growth, and customer success across multiple sectors including financial services, energy, telecom, and utilities.

Under his leadership, TCS Malaysia has emerged as one of the country’s top five consulting firms, with nearly 1,500 consultants delivering large-scale transformation programs. Jeevan is known for building high-performance teams, championing agile culture, and fostering deep client relationships rooted in trust, innovation, and impact.

A strong advocate of purpose-driven growth, Jeevan is passionate about solving complex business challenges through outcome-focused, impact-based solutions. He partners with clients to co-create scalable models that deliver business value while addressing broader socio-economic goals — a hallmark of his leadership philosophy.

He is a trusted advisor to boards of Government-Linked Companies (GLCs), particularly in digital economy, sustainability, and SDG transformation. He serves on the UN Global Compact Network Malaysia & Brunei National Advisory Panel, shaping sustainability ambition within the national agenda.

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren is Chair & CEO of LanzaTech. Under Jennifer’s guidance, LanzaTech is developing a variety of platform chemicals and fuels, including the world’s first alternative jet fuel derived from industrial waste gases.  She is also Chair of the LanzaJet Board of Directors.  Prior to LanzaTech, Jennifer was the founding VP and General Manager of the Renewable Energy and Chemicals business unit at UOP, a Honeywell Company.

Jennifer is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).  She sits on the Board of Directors of Nature’s Fynd and the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF), the Advisory Council for the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment at Princeton University, the National Academies’ Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES), the Halliburton Labs Advisory Board, and the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS International Advisory Council.

Jennifer holds a B.Sc. degree from Harvey Mudd College, a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a MBA from the University of Chicago. 

Jennifer Snowball is VP of Global Offshore Wind Development at Northland Power. With over 18 years in the energy sector, she has led renewable, storage, and gas projects across Europe, Southeast Asia, and Africa. Starting her career in ocean research after earning a marine biology degree from Newcastle University, Jen moved into consultancy and later joined Centrica, managing offshore wind development in the UK. She then focused on energy transition and grid resiliency at Aggreko, working across emerging markets. Since joining Northland in 2023, Jen has overseen offshore wind development across Europe and APAC and briefly served as Interim CEO of the Offshore Business Unit. She is passionate about mentoring the next generation of climate leaders.

Jennifer Turner serves as Energy Director for Equitable Origin, a charity dedicated to protecting people and the environment by ensuring energy development adheres to the highest social and environmental standards. About 15% of North American gas production is certified under their EO100 standard, which has recently launched frameworks for wind and solar energy.

Jennifer’s experience ranges from work as an exploration geoscientist to over a decade of experience of geological drilling supervision on drilling rigs, as one of the first women to fill the role. Today, she is a subject matter expert in operational health and safety and gender-based impacts of resource development.

Jennifer’s career has focused heavily on alternative approaches in energy development, including LNG, CCUS, biofuels, and hydrogen, as well as work to deliver Canada’s first Indigenous-led intercultural solar training program and installation. Her leadership in major projects includes work to support Indigenous ownership of the Trans Mountain Pipeline and work to advance the creation of a fleet of low noise, low emissions (electric/LNG powered) tankers in Canada.

Jennifer is also a board director and Vice President of the Canadian Heavy Oil Association. She holds science degrees in biology and earth sciences from Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada.

Jochen Lorenz is the Head of Team & Culture Development at Bosch Business Innovations and its Innovation Hub in Southeast Asia. With a background in Engineering Physics and a Master’s in International Business, Jochen brings over a decade of experience in leadership, business development, and strategy.

A certified professional coach, Jochen has facilitated and mentored more than 150 teams globally—including at Bosch, Google, and leading accelerators—accumulating over 750 coaching hours. He is also a board member of a Series A startup, a former founder, and an active executive and team coach.

Jochen is certified by institutions such as the Collective Change Institute (ICF-accredited), Harvard’s 6 Team Conditions, and The Fearless Organization. He is currently pursuing a Mastery Certification in Executive Coaching at the Tony Robbins Madanes School and holds a certification in Improv from the founder of Improv@Google.

Fluent in five languages, Jochen has lived and worked in Germany, the UK, Spain, France, Italy, and Singapore. He serves on the coach panel of the Collective Change Institute and is a resident mentor at Singapore-based accelerator Wavespark, where he was also named a “Top Mentor.” Jochen’s mission is to empower leaders and teams to become extraordinary by unlocking their full potential. 

Mr. John Ahn is the senior business development officer for Asia and the Pacific from the Office of Global Business Development (GBD) of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). John primarily engages with foreign buyers, financial institutions and local trade associations to raise EXIM’s brand awareness and develop international relationships that could potentially advance U.S. business interest abroad through EXIM’s support.

Prior to this role, Mr. Ahn was a loan officer for the Export Credit Insurance division at EXIM. In this capacity he underwrote short-term credit facilities for U.S. exporters ranging from small to medium-sized enterprises to large corporations. Companies vary across industries including energy, transportation, agribusiness and environmental sectors.

Mr. Ahn holds a Master’s degree in International Relations & International Economics from School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from George Mason University. He speaks fluent Korean.

Johnnie Yuen obtained a BSc degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and an MBA degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Johnnie Yuen joined Econic Technologies Ltd as the Business Lead, Asia Pacific in May 2024. Prior to that, he was a Senior Consultant, Investments at MTR Lab, the corporate venturing arm of Mass Transit Railway Corp (MTR) in Hong Kong, and a consultant for an HKUST spinoff. From Nov 2017 till May 2023, he was with the Hong Kong University of Science Technology (HKUST) as the Head (Start-up Incubation and Investment). Before that, he was in charge of the corporate venturing activities in Asia Pacific at BASF Venture Capital since 2011. He also worked in the business unit of BASF, responsible for regional sales & marketing in Asia. In addition, he acquired experience as an equity analyst for the petrochemical sector at CITIC Capital. Prior to the initial joining of BASF in 2000, he worked for two major oil companies, namely ARCO and Esso, focusing on sales & marketing and business development in China.

Dr June Rubis is a Macquarie University Research Fellow whose work bridges Indigenous environmental governance, biodiversity policy, and data sovereignty. As a conservation scientist and Indigenous advocate from Malaysian Borneo, she examines how large-scale conservation and development initiatives—including energy and carbon projects—reshape Indigenous territories and governance. June serves on the Global Council of the ICCA Consortium and co-leads Building Initiatives in Indigenous Heritage (BIIH), a Bidayuh-led initiative supporting ritual revitalisation and community-led custodianship in Sarawak. Her work supports Indigenous-led custodianship and grounded governance, working with partners across sectors to reimagine extractive and conservation models toward more just and inclusive ecological futures. 

Kaisa, the CEO of ROTOBOOST, is a dynamic leader with a deep passion for technology and sustainability. After earning her Master’s degree in Chemistry Technology from Aalto University, she began her career at Wärtsilä, where she accumulated nearly 20 years of technical and leadership expertise across the marine, oil & gas, and energy sectors. During this time, she spearheaded groundbreaking multinational projects, demonstrating her ability to drive innovation on a global scale.

Driven by her ambition to contribute to the clean energy transition, Kaisa took on the role of CEO at ROTOBOOST in 2021. The startup specializes in cutting-edge technology that converts waste gas and natural gas into valuable clean energy and hydrogen solutions for industrial applications. Her dedication to the company’s mission led her to settle in China, where she has been instrumental in ROTOBOOST’s rapid growth.

With her strong technical acumen and exceptional leadership, Kaisa and her team have positioned ROTOBOOST as a global leader in clean energy, forging partnerships with multinational energy and steelmaking giants. Under her guidance, the company continues to push the boundaries of sustainable technology, making a lasting impact on the industry.

Kam Ho is the Managing Director – APAC at TE H2, a joint-venture established in 2023 between TotalEnergies (80%) and Eren Groupe (20%) focused on multi-energy hubs which benefits from exceptional renewable resources to deliver competitive renewable power and green molecules. TE H2 is actively developing across 6 countries in Latin America, Northern Europe, Africa and Australia with over 30 GW of renewable capacity planned in Australia.

Kam has 20 years’ experience in the renewable energy sector including prior roles with Total Eren (now known as TotalEnergies Renewables) across the Asia-Pacific region, CWP Renewables and Wind Prospect in Australia to deliver over 2 GW of onshore wind and solar capacity from origination and development across to operations. Kam holds a Masters degree from the University of Melbourne and an Honours degree from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland.

Jen Wee is Founder and CEO of REDEX, the developer and operator of Asia’s leading trading platform for Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).

Guided by his vision, REDEX built a one-stop ecosystem for RECs, enabling organisations to conveniently adopt renewable energy and meet their sustainability goals. Its innovative technological solutions are accelerating the growth of the RECs industry and supporting clients through the full RECs lifecycle – asset registration, verification, trading and retirement.

An early player in distributed rooftop solar investment in Singapore, Jen Wee pioneered green electricity programmes with energy retailers. He has 20 years of experience across the solar supply chain, from solar panel manufacturing to project development.

Regularly contributing insights on renewable energy and sustainability topics at various forums to key opinion and business leaders, Jen Wee also worked with Singapore government agencies to develop Singapore RECs Standard SS 673:2021.

Kash Burchett is an energy economist with over 18 years’ experience in the energy-climate space. In his current role at HSBC, he is responsible for scaling up investment into carbon management solutions including CO2 capture, removal, transportation, utilization and storage. Prior to joining HSBC, Kash worked at Systemiq where he led the Energy Transition Commission’s research into the role of CCUS in reaching Net Zero. Before that he worked at BP in Group Economics and French utility EDF, in corporate strategy. Kash has spoken at numerous public events and appeared in multiple media outlets, commenting on carbon markets and financing the wider energy transition. He was a guest lecturer at UCL and SOAS on energy economics and policy. He has an MSc in Energy Economics and an MA in International Relations.​

Kelvin brings with him more than 27 years of experience with various leadership roles such as VP OT Cybersecurity Honeywell Industrial Cybersecurity, Regional Asean Head for Forescout Technologies, Palo Alto Networks, IBM, Dimension Data, NTT, DaimlerChrysler.

Kelvin holds a Diploma in Electronics Engineering, bachelor’s degree business information technologies from the University of Central England and completed leadership program at Nanyang Business School. He had also served as mentor for various venture capital firms and startups.

• Xage Certified Architect.  DevSecOps Certified, Advanced Google Analytics Certified, AWS Cloud Certified, Amazon AI/ML, EdX Bitcoins & Cryptocurrency.  Fortinet NSA3 
• Opswat Certified, ITIL, IOT FCSP, MCSE, CCDA, CCNA, Citrix CSP, Checkpoint NGF, Microsoft Exchange 12’ Audiocodes Unified Messaging
• Data Solutions Privacy Engineer CDPSE, CISSP, CITPM completion
• BS7799 Lead Auditor, Microsoft Certified Application Specialist, Nokia Voice Certified Professional, Microsoft LCS2005/2007 Certified, ICS. Cybersecurity Analysis and Evaluation 401V
• Certified Ethical Hacker CEH v1.2 EC Council
• SANS ICS 515 Active Cyber Response and Detection
• Sport Climbing Level 1 – Mountaineering Federation, SFIA
• American College of Sports Medicine ACSM certified
• Certified Forest Therapy Guide (Association of Forest and Nature Therapy) 

Khailee Ng is an owner, board member and managing partner at 500 Global, a multi-stage venture capital firm with over $2.3B in AUM. 500 Global has backed over 5,000 founders representing more than 3,000 companies operating in 80+ countries, with 35+ companies valued at over $1 billion and 160+ companies valued at over $100 million.

He oversees investment strategy, international expansion, and has launched the Southeast Asia practice, the Venture Education business with Stanford, and the private equity practice, amongst other initiatives. He has also led early-stage investments in companies valued at over US$1 billion such as Grab, Carsome, Carousell, Bukalapak, and FinAccel.

As Group CEO and co-founder, Ko Chuan Zhen sets the business’s direction and strategy, ensuring that they are executed with focus on satisfactory results. Combined with leadership, passion and in-depth knowledge in clean energy, his contributions have driven Plus Xnergy to become an industry leader and motivate a passionate and reliable team determined to achieve the company’s mission and vision. Ko was awarded Ernst and Young’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2019, recognised in 2021 Prestige Malaysia’s 40 Under 40 and listed in 2021 Asia’s Most Influential and Gen. T List 2020 for the category of “Engineering, Manufacturing and Energy,” both lists by Tatler Asia that recognises 400 young entrepreneur leaders who are shaping Asia’s future.

Kurtis Barrett is the Director of Sustainability at PETRONAS Canada. Kurtis joined PETRONAS in 2012 and has held the Sustainability portfolio since 2022. Kurtis developed PETRONAS Canada’s inaugural sustainability strategy and leads PETRONAS’ carbon abatement project in Canada. Kurtis’ background is in Finance and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. Prior to Sustainability, Kurtis held roles in joint venture, strategy, planning, economics and business development. 

Ir Dr Lau Kok Keong, is currently holding the position of Associate Professor at Chemical Engineering Department and Head for Centre of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, UTP. He has joined UTP since 2007. He is a Chartered Marine Engineer (UK) and Professional Engineer in Malaysia.

His expertise covers the Carbon Capture & Utilization include membrane separation, absorption, simulation and process scale-up. Dr Lau has published more than 130 high-impact journals and have been participating in various consultancy and research projects with the total value > USD 5 millions. He also actively collaborates with various research institutions and companies from different countries include Thailand, Netherland, Denmark, UK, etc. In term of innovation, he has filed more than 10 patents/copyrights and commercialized 1 software product.

He has been invited as speaker in various conferences, short courses and seminars locally and internationally.​

Ir. Lee Yuen How received his Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from Multimedia University (MMU). He is a Professional Engineer registered to Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM).

In addition, he is a member of the working group for the Malaysian Standards in Electric Vehicle (EV) charging system. He is currently the Managing Director of EV Connection. EVC has over 1000+ EV charging points in Malaysia currently. He is also the President of Persatuan Industry Pengecas EV (PIPEV) and represented PIPEV in the National EV Task Force and Steering Committee.

Lily Azura is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ENOKU, a Malaysian social enterprise that champions inclusive employment for Persons with Disabilities (PwD). With a background in corporate innovation and social entrepreneurship, Lily has led ENOKU’s transformation from a financial literacy initiative into a purpose-driven venture that creates meaningful job opportunities for underserved communities.

A graduate of SEEd.Lab, social enterprise incubator programme—powered by PETRONAS and TCS—Lily brings a unique perspective on how innovation, empathy, and strategic partnerships can be harnessed to build a more inclusive economy. Under her leadership, ENOKU has forged impactful collaborations with educational institutions and corporate partners to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workforce.

Mahua Acharya has spent 20+ years in green finance, electric mobility, renewable energy, and carbon markets having worked internationally as well as in the Government of India. She was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of state-owned Convergence Energy Services Limited, Government of India, where she designed and led a nation-wide programme that led to the contracting of nearly 20,000 fully electric buses on Indian roads, with 9000+ currently deployed. She is recognised as one of the main architects behind this massive transformation. The Indian eBus program has drawn international attention, been documented and being replicated in or has informed multiple countries.

Since then, Mahua has embarked on building a new development platform dedicated to taking the energy transition journey at scale in India.

He previously worked at Engineering company for Gas to Liquid project and LNG project (2009 – 2019). From 2019, He play a leading role developing and executing projects of Methane Emission management, Hydrogen, Ammonia, and E-fuels/E methane at JOGMEC. He is leading CLEAN (Coalition for LNG Emission Abatement toward Net-zero) initiative which is public and private program together with LNG buyer, producers, governments and global initiatives. He is the principal author for “Recommended guideline for greenhouse gas and carbon intensity accounting framework for LNG／Hydrogen／Ammonia/ E-fuel (*JOGMEC CI guideline)” first version in 2022 and 2nd version in 2023 which is written the importance of carbon intensity calculation methods with primary data and data align with methane management.

Marie-France Bénassy is a chemical engineering engineer from France. She has been working with TotalEnergies since 1991, starting as Research analytical engineer. She moved as head of the R&D Air Quality Laboratory, specialized in emissions and impacts monitoring and modelling. The laboratory, at disposal of the TotalEnergies sites, gathers competencies for understanding air quality issues. In 2010, she experienced an operational job at a production site as head of Methods and Laboratory department, in charge of fuels and additives formulation and the site control laboratory. In 2016, One R&D direction was put in place at TotalEnergies and she became in charge of transverse R&D program specifically on Environment and more globally HSE issues. The program evolved as a Sustainability platform, gathering more than 50 people dedicated to Safety, Air, Water, Soils, Biodiversity, Circularity, Societal and Integrated assessment. A specific effort covers the monitoring and modeling of methane emissions, that was initiated through the Air Quality laboratory, with the development of AUSEA technology, in collaboration with the French Research National Laboratory (CNRS).

Maria is the Senior General Manager of Global Human Resource Partners for Projects, Technology & Health, Safety, Security & Environment (PT&HSSE) PETRONAS. She works closely with business leaders to provide strategic guidance on human capital and organizational matters.

Leading up to her appointment, she was Head of Organisation Development & Design. She also served as Executive Assistant to the Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Senior Vice President of Development & Production, Upstream Business.

Previously, Maria was a Senior Manager in Upstream Business responsible to facilitate business improvement and change management for the international operations. She also had an earlier stint in human resource management in developing people policies and structuring compensation & benefits for international operations. She also contributed to national economic planning during her secondment to the East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC).

Maria holds a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP) and a Master of Business Administration (Finance) from International Islamic University Malaysia. She is active in contributing to her alma mater and currently sits in UTP’s Student Development Advisory Council as a Council member.

As Stakeholder Engagement Director at WPC Energy (formerly World Petroleum Council), Marta works across the energy sector to build partnerships and strengthen collaboration in advancing decarbonisation, energy access and energy security.

She previously spent over 20 years at the Energy Institute, where she held senior leadership and business development roles. Her work focused on promoting skills development, good practice, and knowledge sharing to accelerate the energy transition.

Before joining WPC Energy, Marta led the international team at the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry. There, she championed international trade, multilateral cooperation, professional development, as well as capacity building for women-led businesses.

Marta is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.  

Masanori Ijichi serves over 30 years in nuclear industry. IHI is a Japanese conglomerate of heavy industry, and has expertise in engineering, fabrication & installation of nuclear power plant components, High level waste treatment facility and Decommissioning.

He has experiences of plant engineering, R&D for Radioactive Waste treatment and Project/Program Management for EPC & nuclear components supply.

He is now leading NPP business in IHI, such as for “Restart of Japanese reactors”, and business & technology development, project planning for “engineering & component supply for both Large Reactors and SMRs” for overseas (US, Europe and Asia).

He is a bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, and Master of Technology Management.

Dr Matthew Priestley is an electrical engineer who is passionate about revolutionising the way universities provide value to industry. He specialises in lithium-ion battery safety, green hydrogen power systems, power converters and power electronics, grid-tied inverters, drone propulsion and electric vehicle motor drive systems, electric motor control and fault-tolerance and health-monitoring of electric motor drives. A former academic and start-up founder, Matthew has numerous publications and patents and has a media presence including interviews on ABC and SBS.

Ir. Ts. Mazri Mohd Ali currently serves as the Head of Group Technical Solutions (GTS) at PETRONAS, a role he assumed in January 2024. With over 25 years of experience in the Upstream sector and two years in PETRONAS Corporate, his career spans offshore and onshore operations, project management, asset management, strategic planning, and operational excellence. He has held key leadership roles in Malaysia Petroleum Management, Sabah Operations, and Operational Excellence for Upstream Business. His global experience includes international assignments in Sudan and Iraq.

Under his leadership, GTS focuses on delivering Technical Excellence and Enterprise Engineering solutions and stewardship, to collectively gravitate GTS’ deliveries of flawless engineering, solutioning, safeguarding and shaping for asset operational excellence. He holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Leeds and is a Chartered Engineer with the Engineering Council UK.

Muhammad Huzaini Ghazali brings over two decades of multidisciplinary experience spanning engineering, strategy, commercial development and portfolio management across the global energy landscape. Since joining Gentari in 2023, he has played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s long-term strategic direction, helping to establish Gentari as a credible and purpose-driven clean energy solutions partner in Asia Pacific.

Appointed Chief Strategy and Portfolio Officer in November 2022, Huzaini oversees the company’s enterprise-wide strategic and portfolio planning, investment governance and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A).

His remit also includes leading Gentari’s strategic communications and advocacy efforts, managing key partnerships to strengthen influence and stakeholder alignment and advancing strategic integration across the company’s three business pillars: Renewable Energy, Hydrogen and Green Mobility.

A founding member of the PETRONAS Clean Energy Solutions Transition team, Huzaini was instrumental in conceptualising and driving the integrated value capture plans that laid the foundation for Gentari’s establishment. His appointment to the leadership team marked a natural continuation of his contributions to Malaysia’s clean energy ambitions.

Prior to Gentari, Huzaini held a diverse range of roles across the PETRONAS Group, including in corporate and upstream strategy, LNG optimisation, business transformation and M&A – each reflecting his versatility, commercial acumen and ability to drive results across highly complex environments. His international experience includes a leadership role with PETRONAS Energy Canada, where he managed upstream partner engagements and strategic commercial interests in North America.

Prof. Michael Short is an Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, MA, USA, an Adjunct Senior Principal Scientist II in IMRE at A*STAR in Singapore, and the Distinguished Professor of Fusion Technology at ST Engineering in Singapore. His group has spent over a decade investigating coupled materials effects impeding the rapid expansion of carbon-free baseload energy, with an emphasis on materials for nuclear power. Of particular interest to Prof. Short’s group are the simultaneous effects of irradiation and corrosion present in nuclear plants, materials to enable the first fleet of commercial fusion reactors, and stopping corrosion in nuclear and geothermal energy systems. Prof. Short holds four degrees from MIT in Nuclear Science & Engineering and Materials Science & Engineering.

Responsible for TotalEnergies’ Data & AI transformation, Michel Lutz is in charge of transmitting data/AI culture and skills throughout the Company, transforming technological systems and continuously improving Data Management practices. He is also Head of Data & AI at TotalEnergies Digital Factory, leading a team of around 40 specialists in data science/AI, data management, MLOps and MLEngineering.

Midori Moriwaki has motorsport in her blood. Granddaughter of the legendary Hideo “Pops” Yoshimura and daughter of racer Mamoru Moriwaki, she soon absorbed the values of passion, hard work, team spirit and, above all, resilience. These values continue to drive Midori as she carves a successful path in the international motorsport business community and the world of motorcycle engineering and sports.

Having worked for Moriwaki Engineering Co. Ltd. and guided company racing activity for many years, in 2020 Midori entered the FIM Superbike World Championship with a satellite team and Honda machinery, a project she continues to develop today in her role as Team Principal. Now partnered with Malaysian energy company PETRONAS, the PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda Team currently competes in both WorldSBK and WorldSSP. Central to this commitment is the establishment of an innovative academy program, with which Midori aims to foster and elevate the skills of emerging riders.

Miguel Fonseca is the Chief Executive Officer of EDP Renewables APAC.

He joined EDP in 2020 as the Executive Board Member of EDP Client Solutions with executive oversight of businesses in Europe spanning across Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland, Belgium, France and Germany.

Prior to EDP, Miguel was a Partner at McKinsey & Company for 18 years, with international experience in business development, marketing and sales across industries including renewables, telecommunications, media and finance.

He has a MSc in Business and Economics from Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics and an MBA (Dean’s List) from INSEAD, Singapore/France.

Datuk Md Arif is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director of HSBC Amanah Malaysia Berhad and Non-Executive Director of Gultech (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. He was previously Chairman of KPJ Healthcare Berhad and board director of Boustead Technology Sdn Bhd.

Datuk Md Arif had spent 37 years of his career in PETRONAS and retired as the EVP & CEO of PETRONAS Global Downstream Business end 2021. Prior to that, he was the SVP of PETRONAS Corporate Strategy Division. He was also a member of PETRONAS leadership team, Chairmen and Directors of several PETRONAS listed entities, subsidiaries and JV companies.

In 2020, together with TCS, he established SEEd.Lab to nurture young talents in setting up Social Enterprises. To date 14 Social Enterprises have been launched from 3 Cohorts.

Datuk Md Arif holds an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and graduated with First Class Honours in Electrical Engineering from Boston University.

Nazli serves as Senior General Manager of Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Ventures at PETRONAS, where he oversees strategic acquisitions, divestments, IPOs and privatisation exercises, while driving value creation through innovation-focused partnerships.

Since joining PETRONAS in 2004 following his tenure at PwC Malaysia, Nazli has played a key role in several significant milestones for the Group, including the successful listing of PETRONAS Chemicals Group on Bursa Malaysia, participation in LNG Canada, and upstream expansion into Oman, Mexico and Brazil. He has also contributed to corporate initiatives such as the establishment of the Gas & New Energy division, entry into the India market, and the transformation of the Finance Centre of Excellence.

In his previous role as Executive Assistant to the President and Group CEO, Nazli supported management in steering enterprise-wide strategies during a period of industry volatility marked by the pandemic – helping to strengthen stakeholder trust and position PETRONAS for sustained growth and resilience.

Nazli holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne and is a Chartered Accountant of Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).

Nat has over 25 years’ experience in working together with leading local and multinational corporations and public sector clients, advising on strategies for ESG/Sustainability risks and opportunities and business value creation, and transition to net zero economy.

Utilising his hands-on experience assisting clients in managing their operational environmental and social aspects, Nat leads the development and implementation of Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change services, including Policy, Strategy and Program development for various industry sectors.

Natalia Rialucky Marsudi, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Fairatmos, is a seasoned entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in strategic management and impact investing. Driven by her passion to combat global climate change, she started Fairatmos in 2022, a new generation technology driven high-integrity carbon project developer.

Natalia’s career has been marked by significant roles at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR&Co.L.P) and series of tech start-ups in Indonesia.

With her robust background, including the 10+ years’ experience in Boston Consulting Group as the Project Leader in Southeast Asia in BCG and past record work together with partners such as WWF. Natalia brings extensive expertise in sustainability, smallholder community management, and technology, particularly in remote sensing and analytics. Notably, in BCG she has advised and led digital transformation initiatives for Fortune 500 companies and State-Owned Enterprises across various sectors, including sustainability, financial services, telecommunications, and industrial goods.

Nick Wayth has held a broad career at the forefront of change in the energy industry as it adapts ever faster to tackling climate change. Since May 2021, Nick has been chief executive of the Energy Institute.

Prior to this he spent nearly 22 years at BP plc in a broad variety of executive and management roles. Latterly Nick held the post of Chief Development Officer of Alternative Energy, where he led BP’s strategy and business development in a broad range of renewable technologies.

Nick holds a PhD in Mechanical / Electrical Engineering and a degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from the University of Southampton.  Nick is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and a Fellow of both the Energy Institute and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Nick is passionate about creating an inclusive and supportive environment for everyone.

Nina Marie Hernandez is the Chief Executive Officer of Iraya Energies, a software development and Petronas Technology Ventures investee company with proven track record in combining upstream and engineering expertise, with the latest machine learning and artificial intelligence techniques, to make the valuable information from unstructured data accessible, usable and actionable.

Nina founded Iraya Energies to push the boundaries of how machines can help humans in Reading the Earth better, and support balanced industry decision-making across energy transition-critical industries: Earth, Energy, Environment and Engineering. With the fast-paced development in artificial intelligence, particularly in Generative AI, she is an advocate of ecosystem sustainability and governance in AI and its ethical use.

21+ years of operational experience across IT, Manufacturing, Energy, Logistics, Property, Consumer Retail, and F&B.

Former Director at Kejora Capital; established a US$193M with a Sovereign Wealth Fund as cornerstone investor and US$170M Series B for a last mile logistics company.

Former CEO of Indo F&B Conglomerate CRP Group; multiplied revenue by 100x and exited to one of the largest conglomerates in the region.

My deep knowledge and expertise in restructuring operations, scaling businesses, and securing paths to profitability have been instrumental in my professional journey, and I am confident in my ability to apply these skills to future endeavours.

Pavina Adunratanasee’s work has been focused at the intersection of clean energy financing and technology innovation. Pavina is the Founder and CEO of Recalibrate Climate, an innovation platform focused on bridging emerging climate tech solutions and industries to accelerate global decarbonization. Additionally, she serves as the Founding Member of Catalyze Climate; a first-of-a-kind Climate Finance Lab that aims to mobilize innovative financing mechanisms, accelerate technology deployment, and scale climate infrastructure via fostering cross-sector collaboration across finance, policy, and industries.

Prior to founding her own venture, Pavina served as Emerging Technology Manager at Iberdrola where she led the commercialization of new technologies to drive decarbonization of the commercial and industrial sectors in Australia. Her work has been focused on bringing decarbonization products to market across distributed energy, energy storage, and electric mobility. Before joining Iberdrola, Pavina achieved significant strides in the realm of renewables development with Siemens Financial Services, Neoen and GE Capital, where she worked on mobilizing project financing for utility-scale power and renewable energy across the APAC markets.

Peter is Shell’s Chief Energy Advisor. His team is responsible for worldwide energy analysis and long-term global energy scenarios, and advises Shell companies on issues such as pricing, global supply and demand, regulations, energy policy, markets and industry structure.

He joined Shell in 1997 and has held various positions in petroleum engineering and commercial and strategy functions in the Netherlands, Syria, Saudi Arabia, France and the USA. He has also been seconded to the International Energy Agency in Paris. Peter’s education started on a farm in the north of England and he later earned an MSci in physics from Durham University, UK, and an MBA from the Institute of Management Development, Switzerland.

As Director of the Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter, Pietro oversees implementation of OGDC’s goals, working with signatories and external partners to encourage collaboration to promote and enable net zero solutions.

Pietro joined OGCI in 2018, leading member companies’ efforts to reduce methane emissions and managing the Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative. In his role he also engaged with key stakeholders and oil and gas companies across the methane space.

Prior to joining OGCI, Pietro worked for Italian utility Edison on their renewable and energy transition strategy. Pietro holds an MSc in Climate Change & Finance from Imperial College London Business School and an MSc in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London.

Raja Amir is the CEO of HSBC Amanah and Chief Sustainability Officer of HSBC Bank Malaysia. Raja Amir serves as counsel member of the Association of Islamic Banks Malaysia and Chairman of SC4, Joint Committee on Climate Change. Raja Amir is also a member of the Joint Sustainable Finance Working Group Industry Advisory (ASEAN Working Committee on Capital Market Development and ASEAN Capital Markets Forum), member of the Board of Trustees for the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance and appointed to the Policy, Assumptions, Calculators, Education working group chaired by the SC Chairman under the Advisory Committee on Sustainability Reporting.

Rangu Salgame is a visionary leader with a proven track record of driving market-changing impact across global technology giants and new ventures. His strategic leadership has consistently turned business portfolios into high-value outcomes at companies such as Tata Communications, Cisco Systems, and Verizon Communications.

Rangu’s unique ability to operate seamlessly across diverse environments, from Silicon Valley to capital markets, industry ecosystems, and policy makers, has enabled him to forge deep partnerships with both government and business leaders. His extensive global experience spans over 30 countries, including the US, China, India, Japan, Brazil, the Middle East, and Europe.

In addition to his leadership at PDG, Rangu serves on the Foreign Policy Leadership Council at The Brookings Institution and is a board director at BCIU, further enhancing his global perspective and influence.

Ricardo is the Founder and Managing Partner of Piva Capital. He leverages over 25 years of experience investing in the industrial and energy sectors to find and back visionary entrepreneurs, solving the world’s greatest challenges through breakthrough technologies and innovative business models.

Before starting Piva in 2019, Ricardo was a founding Managing Director of GE Ventures. He led origination and investments and served on dozens of company Boards, providing leadership and guidance to management teams to drive operational and financial value. He also led Energy Technology Ventures (ETV), a $300 million joint venture formed by GE, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhillips. Previously, Ricardo worked at Chevron’s Venture Capital group, in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, and as a consultant at the CNA Corporation.

Ritu Bhandari is the sustainability lead for Asia at Economist Impact where she manages large scale research programmes focused on sustainability and climate change. She is responsible for providing editorial direction to climate and sustainability projects in the region, working with cross-functional teams on the editorial strategy. In her role as the team lead for Singapore, she guides a team of analysts and researchers to adopt rigorous research methodologies to achieve excellence in research programmes. A big part of Ritu’s role is working with senior clients from the private and government sector to achieve strong research and thought leadership outcomes. Ritu holds a master’s degree in public policy from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, where she specialised in economic policy analysis.

Robert Siegel is a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he has taught nine different courses: Systems Leadership; Financial Management for Entrepreneurs; Corporations, Finance and Governance in the Global Economy; The Industrialist’s Dilemma; Strategies of Effective Product Management; Business and Government; Formation of New Ventures; Entrepreneurial Finance; and Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation. He has authored or co-authored over 115 business cases and led primary research on Google, Charles Schwab, Daimler, AB InBev, Box, Stripe, Roblox, Target, AngelList, 23andMe, C3.ai, Majid Al Futtaim, Softbank, Tableau, PayPal, Medium, Autodesk, Minted, Zuora, Axel Springer and Michelin, amongst others.

Robert received the Case Centre Award in the Entrepreneurship Category for co-authoring AB InBev: Brewing an Innovation Strategy (2019), the Case Centre Award in the Entrepreneurship Category Winner for co-authoring Axel Springer in 2014: Strategic Leadership of the Digital Media Transformation (2017), and he was the recipient of the MBA Class of 1973 Lecturer award for the 2016-2017 academic year.

He is also a Venture Partner at Piva Capital and a General Partner at XSeed Capital. He sits on the Board of Directors of Avochato and Findmine, and he led investments in Zooz (acquired by PayU of Naspers – NPN), Hive, Lex Machina (acquired by LexisNexis of the RELX Group – RELX), CirroSecure (acquired by Palo Alto Networks – PANW), The League (acquired by Match Group), Teapot (acquired by Stripe), Pixlee Turnto (acquired by Emplifi), and SIPX (acquired by ProQuest).

Robert is a Member of the Supervisory Board of HERE Technologies, and was a member of the company’s Industry Advisory Board from 2017-2022. He is the Chairman of the Strategic Advisory Board for TTTech Computertechnik AG in Vienna, Austria. He is a Member of the Industry Advisory Board for Tulco, and was on the Board of SmartDrive Systems (acquired by Omnitracs) for over 14 years. He is the Co-President Emeritus of Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, an alumni association that fosters relationships to strengthen the Stanford startup community, and has co-authored several articles for the Harvard Business Review and California Management Review. He is a frequent contributor to Fortune, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Forbes.

Shahriman Yusri brings over two decades of human capital leadership to Energy Asia 2025, with a career rooted in transformation, inclusion, and global impact. A steadfast advocate for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Shahriman embeds inclusive values into every facet of workforce strategy. As former CHRO of PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLISB), he led the global operating model transformation that optimized resources and enhanced collaboration across regions. He also helmed major workforce transitions, including Project EXCEL and ELSO, managing divestment with empathy while creating over 2,000 mobility opportunities across the PETRONAS Group. His early international assignments in Uzbekistan and Iraq shaped his global HR perspective, aligning people practices with diverse labor landscapes.

Today, as Senior GM for the Gas and Maritime Business, he continues to champion talent development and organizational renewal. Shahriman’s voice at Energy Asia 2025 reflects a people-first approach to navigating the energy sector’s evolving future.

Professor Ts. Dr Shahrina binti Md Nordin is the Director of Smart and Sustainable Living at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, where she leads strategic initiatives on renewable energy, zero waste, and resilience- building projects. Her works consistently bridge the gap between technology, sustainability, and community development, earning her recognition as a Fellow of Energy Institute (EI), Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) and a certified Professional Technologist by the Malaysia Board of Technologists (MBOT).

Professor Shahrina leads significant sustainability projects, with a focus on renewable energy and fostering community resilience. She is also the Project Overseer for the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Green Hydrogen Advocacy, which involves 11 economies, demonstrating her international influence in clean energy development. She was the Lead Facilitator of the Energy Transition Malaysian Alliance (ET-MAce) that provides high-level insights into technology, investment, and policy frameworks that support Malaysia’s sustainable energy future. Her leadership in the Professional Alliance of Circular Economy (PACE) further underscores her commitment to promoting sustainable business practices and circular economy models in Malaysia.

Her career is marked by several leadership positions in both academia and the corporate sector. Her contributions to the energy sector include impactful research on the socioeconomic effects of the oil and gas industry in Malaysia, focusing on sustainability and community development. Through her academic leadership, she has secured international research funding from institutions such as the British Council, MURATA and Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Corporation. She is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences, including the Digitalisation for Future Sustainability Forum in Indonesia, Energy Transition in Istanbul, and the British Council’s Going Global event. Her international recognition extends to her appointment as a peer reviewer for the UK Research Innovation (UKRI). Professor Shahrina was awarded the prestigious Ahli Cura SiManja Kini (ACM) by HRH Sultan Nazrin Shah of Perak. This honour reflects her longstanding commitment to sustainability and community upliftment.

Shah is purpose-driven and passionate about capturing opportunities in the current energy transition landscape. He thrives when navigating in new and uncharted paths, bringing together diverse but similarly passionate individuals to create high performing teams.

He previously served PETRONAS for 25 years, starting as a Process & Operations Engineer with PETRONAS Ammonia Sdn Bhd. Shah has held various corporate portfolios within the Petrochemical Business Unit including business strategy, planning, and development.

Shah also served tenures in PETRONAS Australia Pty Ltd in Australia and Pacific Northwest LNG in Canada where he gained extensive international experience leading commercial, joint venture management and project integration functions.

Sharon is a curious, purpose-driven leader with over 25 years of global experience across business, operations, and entrepreneurship. Known for acting on emerging macro trends and real-world outcomes, she has a knack for cutting through complexity and turning bold ideas into action. Sharon is passionate about empowering the next generation of innovators and change-makers.

Sharon’s current interest is helping to solve one of the energy sector’s most pressing challenges: accessing the scale of skilled workforce required to deliver the energy transition. At the UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute, she is focused on developing career pathways and lifelong learning frameworks that support workforce mobility, upskilling and reskilling across the spectrum of decarbonisation. 

Sheemi Mayanti is a communications and stakeholder engagement specialist with over 20 years of experience across corporate, regulatory, and nonprofit sectors. She currently leads strategic communications and programme delivery at Axiata Foundation, overseeing initiatives under the Community Investments and Environment pillars that support underserved communities, youth, and indigenous groups across Malaysia.

Earlier in her career, Sheemi held senior roles in the regulatory and corporate landscape, where she managed high-level engagements with government stakeholders, C-suite leaders, and regional regulators. Her time in these roles shaped her strategic thinking and deepened her understanding of cross-sector collaboration.

In recent years, she made a conscious shift toward purpose-driven work, first through employee engagement and now in the nonprofit space, motivated by a desire to contribute more directly to community development. Passionate about shaping narratives that make a difference, Sheemi blends communications expertise with on-ground insights, ensuring that the stories we tell are not only powerful but also deeply rooted in equity, agency, and long-term impact.

Shrikumar Suryanarayan is the Co-founder Chairman & Managing Director of Sea6 Energy Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, India since 2010.

He has also held   honorary positions   as the   President of the Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises of India (ABLE) and as an honorary Adjunct Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, at the Indian Institute of technology (IIT) Madras.

Shrikumar has served as the Chief Executive officer for the Translational Health Sciences Institute (www.thsti.res.in), at the National Capital Region Biosciences Cluster, Government of India from 2009-2010. He was one of the early team members at Biocon Limited, Bangalore (www.biocon.com) and served as their President of Research and Development and Chief Scientific Advisor for 25 years until 2009.

Shrikumar has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the IIT Madras and a post-graduate degree in Biotechnology from the IIT, Delhi, He was conferred the “Distinguished Alumnus Award” of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Sea6Energy is headquartered in Bangalore, was founded in 2010. Sea6 is a pioneer of innovative technologies for sustainable, large-scale offshore mechanized farming for tropical sea-plants and the conversion of this blue biomass to various products.  These include  biostimulant  for agriculture, that improve crop yield and tolerance to stress, animal health supplements, novel food ingredients, bio-degradable plastics and renewable chemicals.

Siti is leading PETRONAS’ Group sustainability capability development and embedment efforts in translating net zero carbon emissions into systems and processes in accordance with corporate commitments, international frameworks and standards, and industry best practices.

A chemical engineer by trade and an energy professional with over two decades of experience stretching from Liquefied Natural Gas and Upstream technical and operations, operational excellence, governance, and assurance to corporate strategy and sustainability.

Siti is a recipient of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)’s Leading Women Leading Women Awards for 2022.

Siti has 24 years of Energy industry experience with PETRONAS, the custodian of Malaysia’s hydrocarbon resources and an international energy company with fortune 500 status. In her current role in Corporate Sustainability, she drives and champions PETRONAS’s sustainability capabilities and embedment efforts in translating the company’s commitment to net zero carbon emissions to actions in realising long-term value for business and society.

Terada is the Senior Regional General Manager, Business Development in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. Under his portfolio, Terada oversees the management, implementation, and development of business projects to support energy transition in the Asia Pacific region.

Based in Singapore, Terada has over 20 years of engineering and business development experience for MHI’s project, especially through the employment of coal-fired power generation in plant process engineering.

Terada joined MHI in 2004, where he started his career at Nagasaki. Between 2012 – 2015, Terada was the Coal Fired Power Plant Residential Project Engineer based in Taiwan. From 2015 – 2020, Terada returned to Nagasaki and assumed the positions of Team Manager and subsequently, Section Manager responsible for the operations of the Plant Process Engineering team. In 2020, Terada assumed the position of Section Manager, Plant Machinery & Package Unit Engineering which serves to oversee the procurement and operations of the power plant to achieve maximum operation efficiency.

In 2024, Terada was appointed as Regional General Manager for Business Development Group in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. In this role, Terada leveraged on his technical experience and played a key role in the development of energy transition in Australia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand to drive the company’s commitment towards achieving carbon neutral solutions.

Terada graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 2002 and subsequently, completed his Master of Science and Engineering degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2004.

Srikant has served the Energy industry for over 25 years in his career spanning 36 years. During this time he has been witness to 5 different distinct transitions in the compute and application landscape & how in the past few years AI coming of age to really make a difference. Having served the Energy industry for as long as he has, he finds the impending energy transition BOTH exciting and sobering at the same time. He is currently the managing director of the Energy & Resources business unit at Microsoft, Asia.

Steve Foster brings over 35 years of technology and energy experience including 20 years in private equity and venture capital.  He has been working with Piva Capital as a venture partner since inception in 2019.

He was most recently a Managing Partner at ClearSky Power and Technology Fund, a $275m fund focused on energy technology.  Prior to ClearSky, Steve was a partner with AltiraGroup, an energy focused venture capital fund based in Denver, CO.  Steve also spent ten years with TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group) helping to start their venture capital and growth equity funds.  Prior to TPG, Steve was a partner with Crosspoint Venture Partners.  Prior to joining Crosspoint, Steve led business development at 3Com and held several roles at Hewlett Packard.

Notable recent investments include Greensmith Energy Management Systems (sold to Wartsila). FusionIO (IPO then acquired by SanDisk) and LineRate (acquired by F5).  Prior investments include Optium (IPO then acquired by Finisar), Cloudshield Technologies (acquired by SAIC), Sierra Logic (acquired by Emulex), Aristos Logic (acquired by Adaptec), Chromatis (acquired by Lucent), Juniper Networks (NASDAQ: JNPR), and Xtreme Networks (NASDAQ: EXTR).

Steve is Chairman of the Advisory board of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University and serves on the Technical Advisory Board of CalSeed.  In addition, Steve mentors social entrepreneurs through the Miller Center at SCU and teaches courses on venture capital and entrepreneurship at SCU and Northwestern University.

Ts. Syed Saggaf bin Syed Ahmad is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Shapadu Oil and Gas Division, leading and managing the Group’s interest in Oil, Gas and Energy industry for both upstream and downstream services segments including management of group’s marine assets. He is also the Executive Director for one of the Oil and Gas division’s subsidiary, Shapadu CR Asia Sdn Bhd, focusing on downstream maintenance and turnaround works.

He got his early education in English College, Johor Bahru and Sekolah Menengah Sains Muar, Johor. Subsequently, he graduated from Universiti Tenaga Nasional in 2002 with Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering (Hons). Upon graduation, he started his career as Mechanical / Piping Engineer with Haven Engineering and continued his career with stints at Ramunia Fabricators Sdn Bhd in 2004, and Coral Intoil Sdn Bhd in 2008.

Tara M Ruttley, PhD is currently Blue Origin’s Chief Scientist for the developing space station, Orbital Reef. Prior to joining Blue Origin, she spent 20 years at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) designing, managing, and communicating about science and exploration activities for the International Space Station (ISS).

Combining her love for Biology and human spaceflight, Dr. Ruttley completed her BS degree in Biology and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University before beginning her NASA career at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) in 2001. There, she joined as an engineer, designing the medical equipment and human research hardware used on the ISS. She concurrently pursued her PhD in Neuroscience and then joined the ISS Program Science Office, where she managed and communicated about ISS science activities as ISS Associate Program Scientist. After almost two decades at JSC, Dr. Ruttley and her family moved to Washington, DC, where she joined NASA’s Chief Scientist Office as NASA’s Associate Chief
Scientist for Microgravity Research. In 2022, she left NASA to join Blue Origin to lead the development of Orbital Reef’s science strategy.

Thomas Chhoa is a Senior Advisor for the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, an industry-founded and -funded non-governmental and global non-profit organization. Its mission is to help advance plastic circularity by ending plastic waste entering the environment and to create circular systems that keep materials and products in use for as long as possible.

Thomas joined Shell in the Netherlands back in early ‘80s after graduating as an
engineer in the UK. Since then, he has had a number of international assignments across the world including Al-Jubail in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Beijing in China, Sydney in Australia, Doha in Qatar and Singapore. He has worked in different fields including engineering, international project development, strategy and business development, project venture set-up, and large-scale business management in global leadership capacities.

Tim has extensive knowledge across the energy value chain. He leads the commercial and business development activities of SunGreenH2. SunGreenH2 was founded in Singapore and Australia in 2020 and established itself with international clients in the green hydrogen sector with world leading efficiency electrolysers.

He has a strong interest in urban infrastructure development, mobility and energy transition pathways. He joined SunGreenH2 in 2023 having closely followed the company’s development since inception.​

He has resided in Singapore for nearly 13 years and previously worked across the Middle East and in the United Kingdom. He has project experience in strategy, risk, M&A advisory and management consulting.

He spent over two decades in KPMG establishing and building its Energy & Natural Resources practice as Global Executive Director. He has relationships with international and national energy companies, government, regulators, industry bodies, academia and financial players.

Tom has over 20 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas industry both in Australia and overseas with technical, operational, commercial and management experience across Santos’ portfolio of Assets. In his role as Vice President Operations for Eastern Australia & PNG Tom has day to day accountability for ensuring safe and reliable supply of LNG from Santos’ assets into Asia.

Before joining Santos in 2008 Tom worked for SLB in their Wireline segment in North America.

Toto Wolff is Team Principal & CEO of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team. He is the managing partner of the team alongside wider responsibilities as Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport.

From humble surroundings in Vienna, Austria, Toto’s first taste of motorsport came when at 17, whilst watching a friend race at the Nürburgring. A short racing career of his own followed, competing in Austrian Formula Ford and scoring a class win at the 1994 Nürburgring 24 Hours.

Toto called time on his racing career just three years later, transferred his competitive ambitions to the business and investment world. After studying at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Toto founded his own investment company, Marchfifteen, in 1998, followed by Marchsixteen in 2004.

Initially focusing on internet and technology companies in the ‘tech boom’ era of the 90s, the business developed strategic investments in medium-size industrial companies and listed companies.

One of these investments included the initial public offering of HWA AG – the company responsible for developing and racing Mercedes-Benz cars for the DTM (German Touring Car Championship), as well as Mercedes-Benz’s successful Formula 3 engine programme. Toto divested his stake in HWA AG in 2015.

In 2002, Toto started a new venture, co-owning a racing driver management company alongside two-time Formula One World Champion Mika Häkkinen. The same year, Toto returned to racing, winning once on the way to sixth in the FIA GT World Championship. Further success followed in 2006, when Toto claimed top overall honours at the 24 Hours of Bahrain. 

Veronika – Human Resources Director for OFSE in Asia Pacific region, based in Malaysia, drives People strategy and Culture in multicultural and diverse environment where young and seasoned professionals & leaders can ensure we deliver high quality products and services, bring innovations in the industry and position for new frontiers in the energy transition.

Veronika has had 20 years in HR domain with experience in large global complex, engineering and project management organizations, including retail banking, manufacturing, supply chain, oilfield services. Prior to this role Veronika was HR Director for Baker Hughes Oilfield Services business in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, following merge and acquisition of Baker Hughes International and General Electric Oil&Gas. Veronika’s professional focus is in big scale organizational design & changes, talent management strategies, including Leadership development and coaching.

His formative years in the United Kingdom, where he earned his Master of Architecture (MArch) and RIBA Part II from Kingston University, sparked a lifelong commitment to creating impactful spaces and solutions that nurture generations to come. Under his leadership, W5 Architects has delivered a diverse portfolio of spatial planning and design strategies, with a thoughtful and creative approach to briefs being an instrumental aspect of the firm’s methodology. This, in turn, has granted him greater insight into understanding systemic problems rooted within the built environment and communities.

Driven by a deep sense of purpose and through his experiences in the architectural field, Wan Emir co-founded ReMeal, a transformative platform that tackles food waste by rescuing surplus edible food from businesses and giving it a renewed purpose in the secondary market. This digital marketplace not only prevents waste but also generates revenue for vendors and reaches new customer segments. ReMeal’s mission reflects a broader push towards a circular economy and environmental resilience, as demonstrated by its role in the MYSaveFood initiative, through which it has saved a total of 69,041 kg of food from 173 Ramadan bazaars. A recent milestone includes ReMeal’s pivotal role as a strategic partner to DBKL (Kuala Lumpur City Hall) in championing Kuala Lumpur’s Towards Zero Waste 2040 initiative, advancing a bold vision for sustainable urban living. Today, ReMeal is more than just a marketplace—it is a movement dedicated to rescuing surpluses and championing zero waste across all sectors.

Beyond architecture and sustainability, Wan Emir plays an active role in shaping social impact policies through his involvement with NGOs, grassroots community engagement, and his service as a member of the Malaysian National Youth Consultative Council. His holistic approach to bridging design, technology, and community-driven solutions is intended to harness collaborative platforms in the collective effort to drive Southeast Asia’s energy transition and environmental future.

Mr. Wing Law is the Chief Executive Officer for Asia at AtkinsRéalis, a post he has held since 2022. Prior to this, he served as the Managing Director of WSP Asia, specializing in transport and infrastructure. Wing has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry, with strong regional exposure and leadership roles in numerous multinational companies, including Arup, Gammon, and Jacobs.

In addition, Wing has extensive experience integrating diverse teams, across engineering services, digital solutions, and sustainability to provide world-leading solutions for clients.

Wing is a Registered Professional Engineer and Registered Geotechnical Engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a Master of Science in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong.

Wong Hoe Mun is the CEO of GoCar Mobility, Malaysia’s leading car-as-a-service (CaaS) provider, committed to redefining how Malaysians access and experience mobility. Initially launched as a car-sharing platform, GoCar has since transformed into a comprehensive digital mobility ecosystem, offering flexible, on-demand vehicle access through innovative, tech-driven solutions.

Under Wong’s leadership, GoCar has emerged as a trailblazer in electric vehicle (EV) mobility, operating one of Malaysia’s first and largest EV-sharing fleets. This initiative is part of GoCar’s broader mission to democratize EV adoption and promote greener, more sustainable transportation across the country.

With over 2 decades of experience in the automotive industry across Malaysia and selected ASEAN markets, Wong has worked with multiple OEM brands in both distributor and retail capacities. He has played a key role in launching and scaling the Renault Subscription program, which has achieved substantial fleet growth and strong market adoption since its inception in 2019.

His leadership in both the GoCar Sharing and Renault Subscription programs has been recognized with the Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award three times over the past five years.

Wong holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University.

For the last 6 years, Xavier has been in charge of developing ExxonMobil Advanced Recycling Business in Europe and Asia Pacific.

Prior to this, he has had an extensive global business career with ExxonMobil Chemical.

He is french, proud father of 4 children, and passionate about solving the world circularity challenge

Yuichiro Yoi is a Principal Investment Specialist leading a team covering SouthEast Asia infrastructure financing at the Private Sector Operations Department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Yoi joined ADB in 2014, and has built up the bank’s non-sovereign infrastructure financing operations mainly in Indonesia by closing a number of prominent deals in geothermal sector and wind/solar sector amongst others.  One of his most recent work includes closing of Muara Laboh Stage 2 geothermal IPP in January 2025.

Prior to ADB, Yoi worked at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) where he led his team on numerous IPP deals across all of SouthEast Asia and Latin America.

Yoi has a Master of Business Administration from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK. 

Yusof is the Founder and CEO of Tigasfera Greentech, a pioneering Decarbonisation-as-a-Service company delivering decentralised carbon removal and waste reutilisation solutions. Under his leadership, Tigasfera champions innovation in biomass carbon removal with CHP technology, carbon credits, and the sustainable circular economy. He was the pioneer participant of PETRONAS’ Intrapreneurship program, where he successfully pitched and spearheaded Tigasfera as a startup venture, transitioning from a corporate leader to a climate-focused entrepreneur.

Prior to founding Tigasfera, Yusof brings 20 years of techno-commercial experience in the Oil & Gas and Energy sectors, with deep expertise in Gas, LNG, and Renewables. He held various leadership roles at PETRONAS, ranging from engineering and project management to corporate strategy and business development, overseeing multibillion-dollar global portfolios. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from The University of Melbourne under a full PETRONAS scholarship.