Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Robert Rubinstein is Founder and CEO of TBLI. His motto is: "The World will benefit when economy supports well being." TBLI GROUP™ is a knowledge broker, specializing in Triple Bottom Line Investment and ESG (Environmental and Social Governance). TBLI GROUP™ makes connections for companies and individuals from the old to the new economy, by expanding, updating and utilizing its extensive global network. The focus is finance. Robert has been active in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fo...

Rob Lake

Netherlands

Senior Portfolio Manager - Environment, Social And Governance Issues, APG - All Pensions Group

Rob Lake is Head of Sustainability ABP Investments.  ABP is the ca. €217 billion pension fund for public sector employees.  Rob is responsible for integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into ABP’s investment process.  From 2000 to 2006 he was Head of Corporate Engagement at Henderson Global Investors, again working on the incorporation of ESG factors into investment decision-making.  From 1990 to 2000 he was a policy analyst for various environmental and internati...

Giulio Franzinetti

Italy (Milano)

Member of the Advisory Board, TBLI GROUP™

Director of two charitable foundations and actively involved in Fair Trade projects in Africa. Giulio was formerly in banking and fund management and is now focussed on the activities of not for profit institutions and in particular religious institutions. He is a member of the Advisory Board of 3iG (The International Interfaith Investment Group) and a Director of a European Executive Search Company specializing in the financial field.

Carl Middleton

Vietnam

Mekong Program Coordinator, International Rivers

Carl Middleton is Mekong Program Coordinator with the NGO International Rivers. His work focuses on the equitable and sustainable development of water and energy resources in the Mekong Region, in particular on large water infrastructure projects with transboundary impacts. Prior to joining International Rivers, Mr. Middleton spent three years working in Cambodia with local NGOs on a variety of environmental and natural resource management issues. He graduated from the University of Manchester, ...

Luc Jacquet

Thailand

Director, Edf South East Asia Ltd

Luc Jacquet is 51 years old and got a Ecole Centrale de Lille Engineer French School degree in 1978.He joined Electricite de France, the French Power Utility, late 1979 and first worked in one of the Regional HV Transmission Dispatching Center as dispatcher until 1982.He then joined the Engineering and Construction Division of EDF where he mainly dealt with several positions in the sector of thermal Power Plants, especially in the field of Environment & Clean Coal Techniques.He was assigned in C...

Ian Porter

Thailand

Country Head, World Bank

Mr. Porter, an Australian national, presently serves as Country Director for Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand and administers these country programs from the World Bank’s office in Bangkok.   Previously, Mr. Porter served as Acting Director, Strategy and Operations in the East Asia and Pacific Region and was a director in the Bank’s Strategy and Resource Management Group, where he worked on institutional strategy and finance issues.  Mr. Porter also served for four years...

Andreas Knörzer

Switzerland (Basel)

Head Of Sustainable Investment Group, Bank Sarasin & Cie Ag

Andreas Knörzer, 1960, Senior Vice President, is Head ofSarasinSustainable Investment and member of the board of the InstitutionalBanking Division and the investment management committee of the SarasinGroup. He is with the bank for 16 years in various functions.He graduated from the University of Applied Science, School ofEconomics, in Berne and earned in addition a diploma from the SwissBanking School. He has 18 years capital market experience thereof 10years as fund manager. He is the founder...

Richard Newell

New Zealand (Auckland)

Managing Editor, Investment & Pensions Asia

Richard is a professional writer and researcher, a specialist in investment funds having spent much of his career covering emerging markets. He is a former director of the UK fund of funds manager, Forsyth Partners.

Mom R. Disnadda Diskul

Thailand

Secretary General, Mae Fah Luang Foundation

Pisit Charnsnoh

Thailand

Yadfon Raindrop Association

Started working with various NGOs in rural development in the central, North and Northeast region since 1969.  In 1985, went back to the South, the birth-place, and established Yadfon Association, a local NGO, working with small scale fisherfolk and farmers in Trang province.

Katie Matlack

Thailand

Analyst, International Consultancy Europe BV

Katie Matlack joined International Consultancy Europe BV in July 2007 as an analyst for ICE’s conservation and ecotourism projects in Cambodia, China, Thailand and Bolivia.  Katie is a 2006 graduate of Yale University.  Prior to joining ICE Katie worked in Hanoi, Vietnam for the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as a Princeton-in-Asia fellow.  

Sailendra Dev Appanah

Thailand

Principal, TRN Institute

S. Dev Appanah is a Principal at TRN Institute in Bangkok, Thailand. Dev brings extensive functional experience in social innovation and social venture capital. Under this position he co-founded and still manages the regional fund - Youth Social Enterprise Initiative (YSEI). By working collaboratively with various partners in the region and the Swiss Government (SDC), YSEI finances and supports 7 early stage social enterprises from developing countries in the South and East Asia-region.  In add...

Eric Usher

France

Head, Renewable Energy and Finance Unit, Energy Branch, UNEP

Within UNEPs Paris-based Division of Technology, Industry andEconomics, Eric Usher is responsible for renewable energy andsustainable energy finance programme activities. This work focuses onnew approaches to delivering cleaner energy services in regions withoutaccess and new means for financing cleaner energy infrastructure.Through various programmes UNEP has implemented a variety of marketsupport instruments - including seed financing and enterprisedevelopment, financing subsidies, risk guara...

Somak Ghosh

India (Mumbai)

President - Corporate Finance, Yes Bank Ltd.

Somak Ghosh is the President, Corporate Finance and DevelopmentBanking at YES BANK. As the spearhead of the Corporate Financepractice, he is responsible for four distinct Product Groups –Infrastructure Banking, Structured and Project Finance, Realty Bankingand Financial Restructurings. As the head of Development and KnowledgeBanking he provides leadership to Food and Agri Strategic Advisory andResearch (FASAR), Agri, Micro & Rural Banking, Corporate and SocialResponsibility (Responsible Bankin...

Gavin Smith

Vietnam

Director of Renewable Energy, Dragon Capital Management

Mr. Smith joined Dragon Capital in 2008 to launch the Clean Development Fund deploying capital to renewable energy and low carbon business in 8 key fast-developing countries in Asia. As Chief Investment Officer of the Fund he is responsible for the efficiency of the proposal process and the management of risk.For the previous 5 years at Triodos Bank NV, Mr. Smith was Head of Business Banking, making the bank and its renewable energy fund the leading financier of small renewable energy projects i...

T. David Hodgkinson

Thailand

Director, Emerald Capital Asia Ltd.

Mu-Shin (Shin) Kim

South Korea

Investment Specialist, ADB - Asian Development Bank

 Mr. Mu Shin Kim is an investment officer of Asian Development Bank (ADB) where he has been working for private equity funds investment since mid 2006. He leads new funds investment by originating new funds and conducting due diligence, and monitor the funds portfolio of ADB. Mr. Kim designed a clean energy call for proposals in 2007 for clean energy funds creation, and finally invested 0 million in five funds through the call process. With UNEP, he manages the SCAF (Seed Capital Assistance Fac...

Alex Mavro

Thailand

CSR Manager, TNT Thailand

Alex Mavro has owned two companies and run three (all in the servicesector) during his 30-year business career in Thailand. When hislast company was swallowed up by a competitor in 2002, he begandevoting more time and effort to matters close to his heart  thoseconcerning socially responsible business practices. Today he is CSRguru to TNT Worldwide Express Thailand, among others, through hisspecialized business consultancy, Social Impact Ventures Asia (SIVA).SIVA's mission is to help corporates...

Odilon Audouin

Monaco

Co-founder and CEO, Intelleval Monaco

In his professional carrier, Odilon Audouin has focused exclusively on compliancerisks (anti-money laudering and terrorism financing). Odilon Audouin is the co-founder and the CEO of IntellEval www.intelleval.com anindependent Monaco-based firm focused on anti-money laundering and corruption.IntellEval has a strong list of clients across many geographies (Monaco, France,Luxembourg and Swizterland...).He was a manager with CapGemini in the private banking / asset management division.Before workin...

Yoshio Ogino

Japan

General Manager, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Yoshio joined former Mitsui Bank in 1985, and has been activelyinvolved in project finance and international finance in New York andTokyo since 1995. As Head of Oil & Gas in New York project financegroup, his focus was oil & gas E&P companies in the US and hehas succeeded to develop new businesses with new clients. In Tokyo, hecovered such sectors as power generation, oil & gas, telecom,infrastructure and pulp and paper and others.In addition to the activity in the bank, he was seconded to twoag...

WooJoung Chun

South Korea

Senior Analyst, Eco-Frontier Co.

Woojoung Chun joined Eco-Frontier's Sustainable Finance Center as an analyst in March 2006. Since its foundation in 1995, Eco-Frontier Co. has been a leading sustainability solution provider in Korea, specialized in research and consulting services as well as business development.Woojoung conducts ESG research for Korean companies and provides the result to several responsible investment funds. He also participated in projects for the government and state-owned companies, developing sustainabili...

Tara Kimbrell Cole

Singapore

Managing Director, Synovations® Pte. Ltd

Tara Kimbrell Cole, Managing director of SYNOVATIONS® Pte. Ltd., assists clients through coaching and consultative methodologies in maximizing business opportunities through the development of authentic leadership, innovation and Sustainability.  She is a consultant member, accepted by the Board of Trustees of the Society of Organizational Learning, Cambridge, MA, USA (Chairman, Peter Senge) www.SoLonline.org.With a background as a niche financial market innovator, Ms. Cole has solved complex ...

Bart Lucarelli

Thailand (Bangkok)

Energy Advisor To Governments And Companies, LP Power Consultants

Dr. Bart Lucarelli is the President of LP Power Consultants, Ltd, aBangkok based consultancy firm that assists private power producers,lenders and banks with commercial & financial assessment of privatepower projects and programs. Dr. Lucarelli also advises governmentsconcerning the design and implementation of IPP Bid Solicitationprograms and energy sector deregulation policies.Dr. Lucarelli has had over 25 years of international energy projectexperience with seventeen of those years spent in A...

Thawat Watanatada

Thailand

Founder And Managing Director, A.t. Tri Co., Ltd.

Dr. Thawat Watanatada has more than 30 years of experience in theinternationalinfrastructure and energy sectors, including 18 years with the WorldBank. He is currentlyFounder and Managing Director of A.T. Tri Co. Ltd., a green energy andinfrastructureproject development company based in Bangkok. A.T. Tri's mission is togenerate triple bottom linefinancial, social, and environmentalreturns in Asian emerging markets.His areas of specialization include large-scale project development,finance an...

Om Narayan

India

Director, Indo Greenfuel Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Om is a Director of Indo Green-Fuel Consultants based in Delhi that is responsible mainly for the investment activities of India Green-Fuel Fund in India. Om serves as the Technical Advisor to the Dhampur Sugar Mills Ltd.(with largest unit crashing capacity in India) that overlooks the capacity addition activities for the Company. He is also a Director of Dhampur Sugar Distillery Pvt. Ltd and Kashipur Sugar Mills Ltd.Om has accumulated over 40 years of experience in the sugar, paper and petroleu...

Anant Pande

India

CEO, Indo Greenfuel Consultants Pvt. Ltd.

Anant serves as Chief Operating Officer for Indo Green-Fuel Consultants that is responsible mainly for the investment activities of India Green-Fuel Fund in India. Anant has accumulated rich and insightful experience of over 20 years in developing projects in chemical, biofuels and petroleum related industries in India and overseas including Egypt, Malaysia and China. Apart from practicing his technical competence, he was in charge of economic analysis for projects assessment and implementation....

Erlangga Rismantojo

Indonesia

Technology Analyst, Khaula Karya Foundation

Erlangga Rismantojo works as a Technology Analyst for the Khaula Karya Foundation in Indonesia.He earned his Master's Degree in Environmentally Sustainable Process Technology at Göteborg, Sweden and at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich.   Prior to that he did his undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia.

Eric Usher

France

Head, Renewable Energy and Finance Unit, Energy Branch, UNEP

Within UNEPs Paris-based Division of Technology, Industry andEconomics, Eric Usher is responsible for renewable energy andsustainable energy finance programme activities. This work focuses onnew approaches to delivering cleaner energy services in regions withoutaccess and new means for financing cleaner energy infrastructure.Through various programmes UNEP has implemented a variety of marketsupport instruments - including seed financing and enterprisedevelopment, financing subsidies, risk guara...

Armin Sandhövel

Germany (Frankfurt)

Head Allianz Climate Core Group, Allianz Climate Solutions GmbH

Dr. Armin Sandhövel is Head CorporateSustainability/Reputational Risk at Dresdner Bank AG in Frankfurt a.M.and Head of the Allianz Climate Core Group.His unit is part of the Office of the Chief Risk Officer of DresdnerManagement BoardHe is furthermore focused on Emissions Trading, Carbon Risk Managementand Climate Change trends in particular and sustainable banking ingeneral.He chairs the Climate Change Group of UNEP FIHe is advisor of national and international institutions, e.g. EuropeanCommi...

Architrandi Priambodo

Indonesia

Country Director, PT. Asia Carbon Indonesia

Architrandi Priambodo (Chitra) has extensive experience in energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions issues and specialized in greenhouse gas reduction projects, particularly in energy sector. She is currently the Country Director of PT. Asia Carbon Indonesia, the Asia Carbon Office in Indonesia where she is actively involved in development of CDM projects and climate change issues in the country, as well as supporting the Asia Carbon Group in Greenhouse Gas projects in the South East Asia ...

Sachiko Ai

Japan

Deputy General Manager, Frontier Strategy Planning and Support Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Sachiko Ai is a Senior Manager, Frontier Business Development at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation. She is currently responsible for developing new initiatives in the emission credit business.  She has developed “Emission Trust” instrument for Japanese companies interested in purchasing CERs to supplement their voluntary CO2 emission reduction efforts and in outsourcing administrative elements.   She joined the firm in 1989 and has named as the Senior Manager of its R & D specia...

Eric Govers

Netherlands

Investment Manager, Arch Hill Capital NV

Eric Govers is an independent asset and investment manager from the Netherlands.He has and is doing projects for amongst others  Arch Hill Capital NV  MeerPlus Participaties bvthe MultiQuest group Hydroring Capital bvProjects are geared towards innovation, sustainability and/or real estate in Europe and America.He can be reached trough his personal holding:Govers Holdings bvObrechstraat 462517VV The HagueThe NetherlandsE: govers.holdings@dataweb.nl

Hugh Wheelan

France

Journalist, Financial News

Hugh was Paris Correspondent and Fund Management Editor at Financial News. Formerly he was Deputy Editor of Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) magazine and Editor of IPE Real Estate. He won the respected Aon Consulting award for European Pensions and Investment Journalist of the Year in 2006. Hugh was also a political and economic advisor to Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International.

Helene Regnell

Sweden

Research Director, GES Investment Services

GES Investment Services - founded in 1992 - is Northern Europe’s leading provider of analysis for responsible investments. Helene Regnell leads teams of analysts in Sweden, Denmark and Poland. The analysis covers Environmental, Social and Governance criteria on listed companies globally and provides a foundation for active engagement on behalf of institutional investors.Prior to joining GES Investment Services, Helene Regnell worked with GE Money Bank as Compliance Program Leader in Asia - sta...

Hugh Wheelan

France

Journalist, Financial News

Hugh was Paris Correspondent and Fund Management Editor at Financial News. Formerly he was Deputy Editor of Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) magazine and Editor of IPE Real Estate. He won the respected Aon Consulting award for European Pensions and Investment Journalist of the Year in 2006. Hugh was also a political and economic advisor to Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International.

Turan Caglayan

Thailand

First Vice Prisdent and Head, DEG - New Business for Asia

Turan Caglayan is First Vice President and Head of Asia Department of DEG – German Investment and Development Company and as such based in Bangkok. His company belongs to the KfW banking group and is one of the leading European development finance institutions. Prior to his current position Turan held various positions within DEG enabling him accumulating a vast experience in different sectors in emerging markets with a focus on East/South-East Europe and Asia. Before joining DEG in 1992 he wa...

Robert Earhart

France (Paris)

Consulting Director, TBLI GROUP™

Robert Earhart has been working in sustainability and CSR for the past fourteen years in a variety of different capacities in the private, NGO and political sector. From 1994 – 1995 he worked at the State of Oregon Legislative Assembly, where he provided policy and budget analysis, specializing in social and environmental legislation.  He has also served as the Treasurer and political finance consultant for several statewide political action committees.  In 1998 he became the founding financ...

Pran Siamwalla

Thailand

Risk Mgt. Specialist, Bank of Ayudhaya

Pran Siamwalla currently holds a title as an Industry Specialist in Renewable Energy under the Risk Policy & Planning Department of the Bank of Ayudhya (a subsidiary of GE Capital).  With his extensive background in Securitization, having launched AAA rated note in the international investment community, he capitalizes on such knowledge to finance the expansion of CNG industry in Thailand.He has been in financial arena more than twenty years starting from the Wall Street career in New York duri...

Dato' Mohamed Iqbal

Malaysia (Petaling Jaya)

Trustee, Taqwa Foundation

Dato’ Mohamed Iqbal, aged 63, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London. He obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree with Honours in 1971 and a Masters Degree in Business Administration in 1973, both from the University of Malaya. In addition, he holds a Certificate in Education from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, obtained in 1964; the International Management Teacher’s Programme (ITP) certificate from the joint programme organized by the Harvard Graduate Scho...

Sumeet Nihalani

USA

Senior Director Sales Asia Pacific And Middle East, Dow Jones Indexes

Sumeet Nihalani is Senior Director Sales, Asia Pacific & Middle East of Dow Jones Indexes, a division of Dow Jones & Co., publishers of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s Magazine and other periodicals. His responsibilities include business development, promotion and sales of the Dow Jones and Dow Jones STOXX Index families to the investment community in Asia Pacific and the Middle East. His focus is on the sales and development of new index ideas to be used as the basis of exchange-traded fund...

Jonathan Wootliff

Belgium Brussels

Director, Jonathan Wootliff Consulting

JONATHAN WOOTLIFF is an independent corporate responsibilityconsultant who specializes in helping multinational corporations tobuild productive relationships with NGOs, advocacy and activist groupsthrough effective engagement.He was formerly the Communications Director for GreenpeaceInternational, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he was a memberof the organizations Senior Management team. With overallresponsibility for a department of 40 professionals, Jonathan managedthe organization's...

Joëlle Brohier-Meuter

Singapore (Singapore)

Editor, French-language resource portal on CSR in developing countries

Joelle Brohier is the Director of Anakout, a Singapore-based business offering consultancy, research and training services in the field of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). She has co- founded the French-language CSR portal www.RSE-et-PED.info, which is a leading source for CSR information. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Environment al Decision Making (Open University UK). She has been involved in the field of CSR since 2002, in Hong-Kong, England, Thailand, before moving to Singapore...

Pipat Yodprudtikan

Thailand

Director, Thaipat Institute

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Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah

Hong Kong

East Asia Researcher & Coordinator, Business And Human Rights Resource Centre

Roddy Shaw Kwok-wah is an anti-discrimination advocate on race, gender and sexuality in Hong Kong, China.  Roddy participated in working groups for Amnesty International Hong Kong and Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor.  He was a working group member for the Equal Opportunities Bill before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997.  He currently teaches part-time at University of Hong Kong on diversity issues.  He is also a trainer and consultant to many NGOs on human rights advocacy and has run worksho...

Trini Wing Yue Leung

Hong Kong

Executive Director, Responsible Competitiveness Roundtable

Dr Trini Wing Yue Leung is the executive director of RCR. She has worked in senior leadership positions in several civil society organizations in Hongkong which were engaged in human and labour rights, multinational corporations and global supply chains, development and equity, environmental and sustainability issues in HK, China and Asia. She has recently worked with an international development NGO in the UK on policies in global trade and development, labour rights and Multi-stakeholders Init...

Ravi Fernando

Sri Lanka

Director Corporate Branding & Strategic CSR, MAS Holdings (Pvt) ltd.

Mr. Ravi Fernando holds a MBA from University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, holds an INSEAD Diploma in International Management 1999 and attended the INSEAD (France) Advanced Management Program in 2001.He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing(UK) -FCIM. He is a guest lecturer at the INSEAD (France) Advanced management program since March 2005 th...

Paul Wedel

Thailand

Executive Director And Acting President, Kenan Institute Asia

Mr. Paul Wedel is Executive Director of the Kenan Institute Asia basedin Bangkok. He has spent more than 32 years in Asia as a businessconsultant, manager, educator, and journalist. Mr. Wedel heads all operations of the Kenan Institute of PrivateEnterprise in Asia and serves as the executive director of the KenanInstitute Asia which he helped found. He led the design and developmentof the Institute’s activities under USAID’s “Accelerating EconomicRecovery in Asia” program that began in...

David Fisher

Italy

Chairman, Rotating Tower Technology Int. Ltd

Dr. Fisher started his career in Florence, Italy. Over the last three decades, he has been redefining the technological extremes of buildings in urban centres around the world. In the mid-eighties, Dr. Fisher launched Fiteco Ltd in New York, and became involved in the business of prefabrication and construction technologies as well as in the building and development of hotel projects.  Dr. Fisher developed technologies such as the “Smart Bathroom by Leonardo da Vinci”, a pre-assemble...

Maria Fatima Reyes

Philippines

CSR Performance Measurement and Reporting Advisor, Ayala Land Inc.

Maria Fatima Reyes is an accountant and holds an MBA degree. She is an expert in the following fields: Environmental Management Accounting, Environmental Investments and Finance, Triple Bottom Line Reporting, and Corporate Sustainability Information Systems. Fatima has worked for international organizations such as USAID, UNEP, UNDP, UNIDO, and APO where she served as an expert in projects involving the development and delivery of sustainability tools for businesses and governments. Fatima is a ...

Peter Duxson

Australia

Business Development Manager, Zeobond

Zeobond Pty Ltd is an innovative Research & Development and IntellectualProperty provider and manufacturer, committed to the globalcommercialisation of geopolymer technology. Zeobond is a vehicle used to notonly bring innovative new products to market but also substitute superiorgeopolymer products into a diverse range of global industries, includingbuilding and construction, mining, waste, nuclear, protective coatings, andenvironmental. Peter is a Chemical Engineer by trade, earning a PhD fromM...

Suneel Parasnis

Thailand (Bangkok)

Team Leader Clean Energy Finance, USAID Eco-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program

Suneel Parasnis works with International Resources Group, Bangkok as the Team Leader for USAID ECO-Asia CDCP’s “Regional clean energy Finance” initiative. USAID ECO-Asia has been engaged in addressing the climate change issues in China, India, and the ASEAN. Prior to the current assignment he served as the Country Director of New Ventures India, a “Global Development Alliance” (GDA) between WRI & CII-Sohrabjee Grren Business Centre, supported by USAID, as the Country Director sin...

Anandakrishnan Vaidyanathan

India (Bangalore)

Managing Director, Sumaya HMX Systems Ltd.

Mr.A.Vaidyanathan is the Entrepreneur/ Promoter of Sumaya HMX Systems Ltd., a company committed to innovative energy efficient and eco friendly products. HMX has several high profile clients such as Wipro, MICO, ABB, Digital, Sun Pharma, Taj West End, Sanmar, DNA, Glenmark Pharma, Ford, Impetus Software and IMTMA and was declared a winner at the “Investor Forum” held in November 2006, by New Ventures India. Mr.Vaidyanathan has over two decades of experience in Industrial Marketing & ...

Abhay Shendye

India

CEO, ABT Bioproducts

Dr. Abhay Shendye is the founder of a proprietary firm Agrobiotech, which is engaged in the development of meaningful technologies in the field of agriculture and biotechnology. The firm has developed six types of biotechnology based sustainable products which reduce GHG emissions and improve soil fertility and yield. These products have been sold in India, UAE and Oman for over 5 years and the technology received recognition from New Ventures India in 2006 as ‘Best Sustainable Technology Deve...

Yixin Qian

China

CEO, Beijing Kingbo Biotech Co.,Ltd

Qian Yixin is chairman of the board of the Beijing Kingbo Biotech, an environmentally-safe pesticide and fungicide manufacturer.   He is an expert in pesticide science and was previously a professor at the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science’s Institute of Plant Protection.   He holds a doctorate from the China Agricultural University.

Min Nie

China

Chairman, Zhuhai Huisheng Energy Technology Development Co., Ltd

Jeffrey Castellas

Australia

Chief Executive Officer, Clean Technology Australasia Pty Ltd

Jeffrey is the Chief Executive Officer of Clean Technology AustralasiaPty Ltd. He has worked at the leading edge of finance andsustainability for 15 years and has developed a global network ofleading Cleantech investors and companies.He introduced Cleantech to Australia and is leading the growth ofCleantech investing across the full range of asset classes and industrysectors. He is presently organising the 2nd AustralAsian CleantechFinance and Investment Forum scheduled for 22 August 2006 in Mel...

Eric Berkowitz

Switzerland

Investment Executive, Bamboo Finance

Eric is currently an investment executive for Bamboo Finance, where he focuses on developing their portfolio strategy and building their investment pipeline in Asia.  Prior to Bamboo Finance, he was an Acumen Fund Fellow in Shanghai, where he assisted two health care portfolio companies to launch social enterprises into the China market.  Before Acumen he consulted with multinationals and SMEs in Asia and the United States in microfinance, financial services and business development.  In addi...

Zaid Ashai

United States

Senior Associate, Good Energies

Zaid Ashai is a Senior Associate at Good Energies. Good Energies is a leading global investor in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industry, focusing on investments in solar, wind, project finance and development as well as energy efficiency and green building. The company also makes investments in the developing world and in other renewable energy breakthrough technologies. Good Energies is a member of COFRA Group, a privately owned group of companies.  At Good Energies, Zaid focuses ...

Robert Earhart

France (Paris)

Consulting Director, TBLI GROUP™

Robert Earhart has been working in sustainability and CSR for the past fourteen years in a variety of different capacities in the private, NGO and political sector. From 1994 – 1995 he worked at the State of Oregon Legislative Assembly, where he provided policy and budget analysis, specializing in social and environmental legislation.  He has also served as the Treasurer and political finance consultant for several statewide political action committees.  In 1998 he became the founding financ...

Ian Crosby

Vietnam

Senior Avisor, Sustainable Energy and Cleaner Production

Ian Crosby, a UK national, joined the Environmental and Social Development Department of IFC in December 2002. Ian has been instrumental in designing and managing IFC’s portfolio of sustainable energy finance programs starting with the Commercializing Energy Efficiency Finance program in 2002 then developing IFCs Sustainable Energy Finance Program in Russia and subsequently the CHUEE program, IFC’s most successful energy efficiency finance program to date.From October 2006 until February of ...

Roger Moore

Singapore

Owner and Principal Consultant, Global Strategy Associates

Roger Moore is the owner and principal consultant of “Global Strategy Associates” headquartered in Singapore with offices in Tokyo and Las Vegas, Nevada. Roger set up “Global Strategy Associates” in 2002 at the time of his retirement from DuPont. He continued his association with DuPont, through “Global Strategy Associates,” as President, DuPont Safety Resources – Asia Pacific until 2006.  At the time of his retirement, Roger was Vice President & Managing Director for DuPont Packa...

Peter du Pont

Thailand (Bangkok)

Chief of Party, USAID Eco-Asia C.D.C.P.

Anat Prapasawad

Thailand

Managing Director, Advance Energy Plus Co., Ltd.

Currently: Managing Director, Advanced Energy Plus Co.,Ltd.Experience- Cleaner Production Committee- Management of The Ozone Project Trust Fund (OTF),The World Bank- Management of Thailand Building Chiller ReplacementProject, The world Bank- Management of Energy Conservation Loan, Ministry ofEnergy- Management of FE Clean Fund- Development of Energy Efficiency and RenewableEnergy projects- Development of CDM projectsTraining- Renewable Energy Finance Asia & Carbon Mar...

Clive Mason

United States

Program Manager, IFC

Clive Mason is an independent consultant and former Head of theInternational Finance Corporations (IFC) Sustainable Financial MarketsFacility in Washington DC. Prior to joining IFC, Clive was based in SEAsia and China where he ran a number of organizations in theenvironment industry, involving cleaner production, renewable energyand energy efficiency, and environmental technology transfer. Hiscareer record includes working in over fifty countries with long-termresidency in five. He established,...

Robert Oberndorf

Thailand

Asia - Pacific Regional Project Coordinator, Recoftc

Robert Burton Oberndorf, J.D., graduated from the University of Colorado with a BA in Communication in 1989, and from Case Western Reserve University School of Law with a Juris Doctorate degree in 1993.  He is currently admitted to the Ohio Bar and has been practicing law for over fourteen years.Robert practiced environmental, construction, contract and real estate law, including litigation, for a regional water pollution control district in the United States for eight years before moving to So...

Vengeta Rao

Malaysia

Secretary-General, Malaysian Palm Oil Association

V. Rao (PhD in Genetics, University of Birmingham) started as plant breeder with the Malaysian government at MARDI followed by a decade at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB). This was followed by six years in a large Malaysian palm oil company and seven years in Unilever in their oil palm research  programmes world wide. He was also the  Malaysian focal point for Unilever's sustainable agriculture initiative. He has published widely in oil palm research and sustainability issues. He ch...

Arief Wicaksono

Indonesia (Jakarta)

Forest Governance Advisor, Partnerships for Governance Reform in Indonesia

Specialist in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for natural resources related policy, plan and programmes in Indonesia. * Political works on reduced emission from deforestation through moratorium of carbon-rich forest areas in Indonesia towards Bali Climate Conference, December 2007 and beyond. * Sustainable environmental strategy for capacity strengthening of local government in the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia. * Strategic environmental assessment of Aceh rebuild...

David Glenister

UK

International Sales Manager, Systems & Services Certificatio

David Glenister was appointed International Sales Manager for SGS Systems & Services Certification during January 2007. In this capacity, David Glenister has responsibilities for the development of major international Certification (3rd Party) and Customised Audit Solutions (2nd Party) Audit Programmes.Previously David Glenister was appointed in January 1999 as Client manager/ Lead Auditor for SGS United Kingdom Ltd . David Glenister was responsible for development of 3rd and 2nd Party UK based ...

Alex Mavro

Thailand

CSR Manager, TNT Thailand

Alex Mavro has owned two companies and run three (all in the servicesector) during his 30-year business career in Thailand. When hislast company was swallowed up by a competitor in 2002, he begandevoting more time and effort to matters close to his heart  thoseconcerning socially responsible business practices. Today he is CSRguru to TNT Worldwide Express Thailand, among others, through hisspecialized business consultancy, Social Impact Ventures Asia (SIVA).SIVA's mission is to help corporates...

John Gaddala

India

Founder - Secretary, Pragathi Seva Samithi

Mr. John Gaddala has been in the Development Sector for over Three (3) decades dedicated to improve the living conditions and standards of poor and marginalized communities of the society.He hailing from a poor dalit family of Andhra Pradesh, India has focussed on building capacities of individuals and communities and simultaneously promoting community based institutions – 2 farmer’s societies, over 3000 women SHGs, over 250 SHGs with Persons with Disabilities, and several Rights Based Organ...

Abhilash Mudaliar

Australia

Associate, Unitus Equity Fund

Abhilash Mudaliar is an Associate with the Unitus Equity Fund (“UEF”). The UEF is a social venture capital fund dedicated to supporting the growth of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and related social enterprises worldwide. To date, the UEF has made six investments in three countries in leading entities such as SKS Microfinance, Finsol Brazil and Ujjivan.  Prior to joining the microfinance sector, Abhilash was first an entrepreneur. He established and ran a multi-state direct marketing fra...

Ellie Skeele

Nepal

CEO & Founder, HimalayanTechies

Ellie Skeele is a social entrepreneur strongly committed to private sector practices for public good. Eight years ago Ellie founded HimalayanTechies to create jobs for educated but less privileged Nepalis who would otherwise have to leave their country, culture and families in order to achieve meaningful employment. In addition to providing great service and software to its clients, HimalayanTechies has been intimately involved with with the One Laptop per Child program and its Open Learning Exc...

Robert Earhart

France (Paris)

Consulting Director, TBLI GROUP™

Robert Earhart has been working in sustainability and CSR for the past fourteen years in a variety of different capacities in the private, NGO and political sector. From 1994 – 1995 he worked at the State of Oregon Legislative Assembly, where he provided policy and budget analysis, specializing in social and environmental legislation.  He has also served as the Treasurer and political finance consultant for several statewide political action committees.  In 1998 he became the founding financ...

Eric Govers

Netherlands

Investment Manager, Arch Hill Capital NV

Eric Govers is an independent asset and investment manager from the Netherlands.He has and is doing projects for amongst others  Arch Hill Capital NV  MeerPlus Participaties bvthe MultiQuest group Hydroring Capital bvProjects are geared towards innovation, sustainability and/or real estate in Europe and America.He can be reached trough his personal holding:Govers Holdings bvObrechstraat 462517VV The HagueThe NetherlandsE: govers.holdings@dataweb.nl

Steve Anderson

USA

CEO, Surfect Technologies Holdings, Inc.

Steve joined Surfect in 2004 and became CEO, President, and a director of Surfect Holdings in September 2006. A 28 year packaging industry veteran, his marketing and technical development activities have focused on electronics manufacturing and bringing innovative interconnect technology to the semiconductor industry. He was formerly CEO of Silicon Bandwidth and SVP of Corporate Marketing and Business Development at Amkor Technology, Inc. and also spent several years at Texas Instruments.  Stev...

Sanjith Shetty

India (Bangalore )

Vice Chairman, Ambuthirtha Power Private Limited

Heads this renewable energy company with the goal of making it among the Top 3 in this space in India. Have built the team and successfully raised 2 rounds of funding from Global funds, this company is in various stages of implementing the below mentioned 11 independent hydro power projects: Manapitlu Hydro Electric ProjectMulibettu Hydro Electric ProjectPhalguni Hydro Electric Project- IPhalguni Hydro Electric Project- IIMt. Kailash Hydro Electric Project...

Jose Maria T. Zabaleta

Philippines

President and Chief Operating Officer, Bronzeoak Philippines Inc.

Mr. Jose Maria T. Zabaleta is Chairman of San Carlos Bioenergy, Inc. the first cane-to ethanol//power plant to be established in the Philippines.  He is also President of Bronzeoak Clean Energy, a development and investment company dedicated to seeking clean energy opportunities in the Philippines and other locations similarly situated.Mr. Zabaleta is a founding member of Genesys Foundation, a non-profit institution dedicated to environmental renewal thru agro-forestry and coastal resource mana...

Richard Newell

New Zealand (Auckland)

Managing Editor, Investment & Pensions Asia

Richard is a professional writer and researcher, a specialist in investment funds having spent much of his career covering emerging markets. He is a former director of the UK fund of funds manager, Forsyth Partners.

Andreas Knörzer

Switzerland (Basel)

Head Of Sustainable Investment Group, Bank Sarasin & Cie Ag

Andreas Knörzer, 1960, Senior Vice President, is Head ofSarasinSustainable Investment and member of the board of the InstitutionalBanking Division and the investment management committee of the SarasinGroup. He is with the bank for 16 years in various functions.He graduated from the University of Applied Science, School ofEconomics, in Berne and earned in addition a diploma from the SwissBanking School. He has 18 years capital market experience thereof 10years as fund manager. He is the founder...

Pierre Guiot

Netherlands

Director R&D, Tevan B.V.

Pierre Guiot, Chem. Eng., M. Sc. Phys., PhD Biophys. Holder of academic awards including from the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences in recognition of works performed under the authority of two Nobel Laureates. Academic and Private experiences acquired in life sciences having led to about forty publications and book edition.

Hideaki Oda

Japan

Councillor to the President, Japan Water Forum

Mr. Hideaki ODA has been dedicated to river management and natural risk management through his career in MOC and NLA. He directed as Director General of River Bureau full-scale revision of River Act. The act was revised in such ways as “ improvement and protection of River Environment” was added to main objectives of the act” and “related habitant’s participation in formulating river improvement master plan was articulated in the act”. He also promoted policies reviving inland naviga...

Frederik Claasen

Netherlands

Senior Consultant, AIDEnvironment

Frederik Claasen graduated in 1991 with a MA in Business Economics from the University of Amsterdam, where he specialised in management and financial accounting. After military service, he joined the ABN AMRO Bank as a management trainee. During his career with the bank Frederik was responsible for setting up a new management accounting system. He gained commercial and financial experience as a Senior Account Manager within the Corporate Clients Segment. In addition, he assumed several (senior) ...

Stewart Armer

Germany (Frankfurt a.M.)

Head of SRI, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Stewart Armer is Head of SRI at BNP Paribas Investment Partners SA. He sees his role as driving innovation in SRI process and product in order to provide clients with funds that perform both from the sustainability and financial point of view.  Stewart leads a 10 person dedicated specialist SRI team based in Frankfurt, Germany. This highly international team manages a range of sustainable investment products including equity, bond, balanced and specialist global sustainability funds. An experie...

Christophe Churet

Switzerland (Zurich)

Analyst, SAM

Christophe Churet is an equity analyst in SAM’s research department covering the renewable energy sector. Before joining SAM, he worked as a researcher at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Christophe Churet holds a BA in development economics and political sciences from the University of London, as well as a MA in International Business from Grenoble Graduate School of Business. Joined SAM in 200...

Andy Gebhardt

South Korea (Seoul)

Director, Solability Ltd.

Andy is founder & director of SolAbility Ltd, a consultancy specialising in sustainable management advice and sustainable investment research provision for the Korean market, founded in 2005. Prior to moving to Korea, he worked as analyst for the DJSI at SAM Research in Zurich and held several assignments as researcher on energy technology and energy market developments. In his earlier career, Mr. Gebhardt was involved in humanitarian relief projects in the Balkans and Central America and served...

Nick Edgerton

Australia

Research Analyst, AMP Capital Investors

Nick is Research Analyst at AMP Capital's Sustainable Share Fund - Australia's largest sustainable investment fund, founded in 2000. Nick's primary role is to undertake the environmental, social and governance research of Australian listed companies and investigate the relationship between sustainability, corporate social responsibility and financial performance. Nick regularly engages with company CEOs and company stakeholders to explore the quality of ESG performance. Nick joined AMP Capital a...

Afshin Mehrpouya

France

Senior Analyst, Innovest

Afshin is a senior analyst at the Paris office of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors. He is in charge of analyzing the environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices of asset management and healthcare services sectors. Before joining Innovest, Afshin was the vice president of business strategy at a medium-sized consulting firm in Dubai. He holds a medical doctorate degree from Tehran University and an MBA from York University in Canada. In parallel to his professional activities, Afs...

Heather White

United States

President, New Standards Research

 Founder, and President New-Standards (2007);  a global network that works with pension funds, unions, pension funds, the SRI community and companies to foster a humane production workplace.  A team of 10 employees based in China, which conducts social monitoring and research regarding U.S. and European factories' compliance with local labor laws and international standards.  Offering programs in social monitoring, management and worker training. Heather has advised over 300 U.S. and Europea...

Rob Lake

Netherlands

Senior Portfolio Manager - Environment, Social And Governance Issues, APG - All Pensions Group

Rob Lake is Head of Sustainability ABP Investments.  ABP is the ca. €217 billion pension fund for public sector employees.  Rob is responsible for integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into ABP’s investment process.  From 2000 to 2006 he was Head of Corporate Engagement at Henderson Global Investors, again working on the incorporation of ESG factors into investment decision-making.  From 1990 to 2000 he was a policy analyst for various environmental and internati...

Kris Douma

The Netherlands (Rijswijk)

Head of Responsible Investment Support & Active Ownership, Mn Services

Kris Douma (1961) joined Mn Services as Head of Responsible Investment Support & Active Ownership in April 2007. Before that he worked 15 years at FNV Bondgenoten, the largest Dutch trade union. Between January 2002 and November 2006 he was a Member of Parliament for the Dutch Social Democratic Party (PvdA). Mn Services is the fiduciary manager for 15 Dutch pension funds and 2 insurance companies, with €61 AUM. The major clients of Mn Services are UN PRI signatories. At Mn Services Kris Douma ...

Chanchai Supasagee

Thailand

Head Of Corporate Governance, Government Pension Fund Thailand

Mr. Chanchai Supasagee has worked in financial industry for nineteenyears. His experience includes his works at The Industrial FinanceCorporation of Thailand, Thai Rating & Information Services ( acreditrating agency, now called TRIS Ratings), and Government Pension Fund.He is now in charge of corporate governance at the fund. During the Thai financial crisis, he was seconded to the FinancialRestructuring Authority for two years. Mr. Chanchai Supasagee also sits on several committees regarding g...

Somak Ghosh

India (Mumbai)

President - Corporate Finance, Yes Bank Ltd.

Somak Ghosh is the President, Corporate Finance and DevelopmentBanking at YES BANK. As the spearhead of the Corporate Financepractice, he is responsible for four distinct Product Groups –Infrastructure Banking, Structured and Project Finance, Realty Bankingand Financial Restructurings. As the head of Development and KnowledgeBanking he provides leadership to Food and Agri Strategic Advisory andResearch (FASAR), Agri, Micro & Rural Banking, Corporate and SocialResponsibility (Responsible Bankin...

Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Robert Rubinstein is Founder and CEO of TBLI. His motto is: "The World will benefit when economy supports well being." TBLI GROUP™ is a knowledge broker, specializing in Triple Bottom Line Investment and ESG (Environmental and Social Governance). TBLI GROUP™ makes connections for companies and individuals from the old to the new economy, by expanding, updating and utilizing its extensive global network. The focus is finance. Robert has been active in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fo...