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Kah Meng Wong

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Funding Societies Malaysia

Kah Meng pioneered SME digital financing in Malaysia by setting up and launching Funding Societies’ operations in Malaysia, being a pioneer SME digital financing platform to operate locally. Prior to Funding Societies, Kah Meng specialized in strategy and risk management and worked across Southeast…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Karen Sack

Executive Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

Karen is Executive Director of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), a multi-sector coalition of governments, finance, insurance companies, and civil society organizations. ORRAA pioneers innovative finance products that drive investment into marine and coastal natural capital,…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Kathleen O Leary

Client Director, Delio Ltd

Kathleen O'Leary is a Director at Delio, a digital solutions provider for private market investments. She works with clients to democratise access for investors, drive growth for entrepreneurs and empower asset managers in scaling their private markets propositions.  Based near Geneva,…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Kimarli Fernando

Chairperson, Sri Lanka Tourism

Kimarli is the Chairperson of Sri Lanka Tourism, heading the Government’s four main Tourism entities; Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority, Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau, Sri Lanka Conventions Bureau, and Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management. This is the first time that one…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance, Governance and Public Sector Management
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Laura Whitford

Director of Conservation Partnerships, The Nature Conservancy's Asia Pacific Program

Laura Whitford is the Director of Conservation Partnerships for The Nature Conservancy's Asia Pacific Program. She leads a regional team focused on public and corporate partnerships, as well as TNC’s engagement with the Asian Development Bank. She has worked in the Asia Pacific region for over 15…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Louise Heaps

Head of Sustainable Blue Economy, WWF Global

Louise Heaps is WWF’s global lead on sustainable blue economy, with a focus on influencing mainstream finance and policy enablers, as well as addressing the barriers to delivering an inclusive sustainable blue economy at coastal community levels. Louise has worked in ocean conservation and natural…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance, Water
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Margaret Kuhlow

Global Finance Practice Leader, WWF International

Margaret L. Kuhlow leads WWF’s Finance Practice, providing strategic direction and thought and content leadership to WWF’s global engagement with the finance sector. Before joining WWF, Ms. Kuhlow was Vice President of Investment Policy at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, where she also…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Marisa Drew

Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

Marisa Drew is responsible for setting the sustainable strategy and ambition for the bank and for creating and facilitating sustainable investments on behalf of Credit Suisse's wealth management, institutional and corporate clients. Marisa has been with Credit Suisse for 18 years and in the…

   Topic(s): Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water

Martha Rogers

Senior Economist, The Nature Conservancy

Martha Rogers is an economist in The Nature Conservancy’s Center for Sustainability Science. In this role, she serves as the technical lead for the Conservancy’s ongoing collaboration with Dow. She works closely with Dow staff to develop tools and processes to implement the company’s ten-year…

   Topic(s): Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Michael Adams

President, Oceans Assets Institute, Switzerland

Michael established Ocean Assets Institute (OAI) in 2015, leveraging his 35-year career in finance to speed the transition to sustainability in the maritime sectors. Achievements include helping launch the BlueInvest program for the European Commission, design maritime green bond standards for…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water