Zulkifli Zahari is the President of Malaysia Association of Energy Service Companies (MAESCO) a post he has held for the past 12 years. Zulkifli Zahari is an Architect by profession. He is also a practicing Green Building Facilitator and an Electrical Energy Manager registered with the Malaysian Energy Commission.

Vikas Gaba is the Partner, Power & Utilities, KPMG in India. He has over 14 years of experience working across the South Asia region with leading donor agencies and public sector institutes in designing power markets and policy & regulatory reforms. His expertise includes renewable energy, policy & regulatory reforms, energy efficiency, smart grid, corporate planning & governance processes, institutional capacity development, and people management as part of larger reform initiatives.

Verena has over 10 years of work and research experience in the field of policy advisory/project development especially on the topics of energy efficiency: policy & finance, energy/climate policy and urban governance in the South East Asian context. In her PhD research, she explored how far the public sector can assist to optimize energy efficiency finance initiatives by analyzing in-depth two energy efficiency finance programs, one focused on ESCOs and one on banks.

Tetsuya Maekawa served JAESCO, which just celebrated its 20th anniversary in May 2019, as one of the board members for several years, and now he is playing his role of the head of the International Affairs Committee of JAESCO. He joined TEPCO in 1979, since then he has been working in the demand side of electricity, or in the field of energy efficiency. Based on his technical background of building engineering, he joined various projects to promote the energy efficiency of buildings.

Suwon Rim completed her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Sydney, and received her Master’s degree in International Cooperation (Global Affairs & Policy) at the Yonsei Graduate School of International Studies. She is mainly engaged in the management of renewable energy and energy efficiency cooperation programs in Southeast Asia, supporting the implementation and organization of various demonstration projects, feasibility studies, energy audits and capacity building workshops.

Smita is working as General Manager in Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA). Smita is involved in the promotion of usage of Energy in efficient ways and formulation of schemes and policies to enhance the efficient usage of Energy in the state of Maharashtra, India.

Ms. Ruth Yu-Owen has almost 20 years of experience in the field of renewable energy, developing wind power, hydropower, and solar projects. Ms. Yu-Owen is the President of the Upgrade Energy Philippines, Inc., a joint venture between her own company PhilCarbon, Inc. and Upgrade Belgium. Together, they offer renewable energy and energy efficiency expertise from Engineering Procurement Construction (EPC) to owning a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar roof, waste heat recovery and other energy efficiency solutions.