Henrik Fleischer is a founder and Executive Chairman of Karbon CCS Ltd, and co-inventor of certain of its carbon capture patents. Henrik has been working to commercialise carbon capture since 2006, upon successfully selling the ship-owning company that he had founded in 1997. While a shipowner, he also led a maritime agency and advisory company as exclusive agent for Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding and Sembcorp Industries.

Diana co-led ADB’s first climate change policy based loan this year in the Philippines and previously led ADB’s first gender mainstreamed energy sector results based lending program. Diana is ADB’s focal for energy operations in the Philippines.

She has worked in energy and climate change across Southeast Asian countries for the past 6 years and previously worked in corporate and operational management in a private sector energy company with international operations, as well as in CSOs and international institutions.

Sithisakdi Apichatthanapath (“Seng”) is the Deputy Regional Manager for Asia at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA), based in Bangkok, Thailand. There, he is responsible for managing USTDA’s activities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, directing business development efforts, coordinating with relevant Asian and U.S. government agencies, and marketing USTDA services to potential partners throughout the region.

Nisha Menon, Chief Consultant, DESL, has over 26 years of experience in sustainable energy and climate action. She is a mechanical engineer with a masters degree in energy conservation and management. She has worked in energy management (buildings, industries and urban (municipal) infrastructure and renewable energy (biomass, small hydro power generation and municipal solid waste to energy).

Dana Kenney is an energy and climate change expert with more than 30 years of professional experience, including over 20 years in developing countries. She is currently working at Abt Associates’ headquarters, focused on business development and marketing of Abt innovations in the energy and environment sectors. She served as Chief of Party of the recent 5-year USAID Clean Power Asia program, focused on scaling up investment in renewable energy in Southeast Asia.

Muhammad Ery Wijaya is a Senior Analyst in Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) Indonesia Office where he leads work on the energy sector, particularly to support innovative financing instruments and scaling up finance for renewable energy and energy efficiency. At CPI, Ery’s roles on clean energy portfolios has been central. He has helped Indonesian ministries to develop, the first of its kind assessments, viable business models, and enabling policies for energy efficiency programs.

Swasti Raizada is a Policy Advisor at IISD with experience in policy studies and financial modeling for energy transition. She has advised national and state utilities, multilateral donors and electricity regulators on business planning, impact assessment studies and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining IISD, she was a Deputy Manager at Deloitte Consulting’s Energy and Resources practice where she led engagements on a range of technologies like battery storage, hydropower and solar PV.