Dr. Shiqiu ZHANG is a Professor of Environmental Economics at Peking University. She has been teaching and conducting research on environmental economics, environmental policy and governance. Dr. Zhang is currently a Senior expert member of UNEP Technology and Economic Assessment Panel for implementing Montreal Protocol, Board member of Clean Air Asia. She also served as President of Asian Association on Environment and Resource Economics from 2017-2019.

Dr Finarya Legoh is the Head of International Relations of the Indonesian Academy of Sciences (AIPI), and Senior Program Officer of the Indonesian Science Fund (DIPI). She is also a lecturer at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Indonesia, specialised in room acoustics and sustainable green building.

Zaharin is an avid adventurer, international speaker, author, social entrepreneur, environmentalist and wealth adventure coach. Using her principles called Summits of Sustainability that she discovered throughout her journeys to the cold summits in the Himalayas and the Russian Federation, combined with her knowledge and experience in leading eco social business, she has designed her speeches and created a life-changing awareness programs.

Nguyen has 10 years of experience in business accelerator and private equity/impact investment with Inclusive Business Accelerator (Viet Nam), Impact Venture Accelerator (Viet Nam, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines), and Indochina Capital. He was part of the consultant team drafting a World Bank-funded legal framework for public-private partnerships in Vietnam that formed the basis for a new PPP law. He obtained certificates in Climate Change and Environmental Analysis from the UNEP Finance Initiative and in Incubation Manager training by AsiaSEED.

Fores is known for fusing her Italian background with Filipino cooking and ingredients, and uses organic ingredients to help the farmers who produce these. She prepared the welcome dinner for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit for APEC leaders, together with Glenda Barretto, founder of Via Mare, in Manila in November 2015. She is Asia’s Best Female Chef for 2016, according to Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants’ Awards. Fores is also the first Filipino chef to win the award. She is a Certified Public Accountant graduate of Assumption College.

Dharmakirti serves on the Investment Committee of this green and impact investment space venture capital company, a regionally focused fund targeting investments in emerging economies in Asia, Middle East and Africa. From 2012 to 2016, he was Chairman of the National Ocean Affairs Committee (NOAC).