Speakers & Participants 2022

Michael Salvatico leads environmental, social and governance (ESG) business development in Asia, Pacific, Middle East & Africa for S&P Global Sustainable1, based in Sydney. For more than a decade Michael has been providing sustainable solutions to investors, banks, corporates, regulators, governments and academics. Michael works with these organisations to understand and better Benchmark, Report, Engage, Analyse and Model ESG risks and opportunities across their organisations. Over this time, a key focus has been climate change impacts on global economies, corporates and financial institutions, with deep experience in de-risking portfolios, identifying opportunities and reporting on baseline footprinting and scenario analysis.
Michael regularly presents at events and has been and continues to be involved in ESG initiatives including, ASFI Technical Working Group – Enhancing sustainability/resilience/stability of the financial system, PRI Fixed Income Working Group, Willoughby Council Sustainability Reference Group, IGCC - Policy Advocacy Working Group, AIGCC - Physical Risks & Resilience Working Group, HKGFA - ESG Disclosure and Integration Working Group.
Prior to joining S&P Global Sustainable1, Michael led Asia Pacific ESG Business Development for Trucost, part of S&P Global. Michael was an Executive Director at MSCI Inc. and oversaw the company’s ESG Research in Australia and New Zealand. His career experience involves working in portfolio analytics, quantitative investment analysis and ESG research. Before MSCI Inc., he was part of the highly rated research team at Bank of America - Merrill Lynch where he was head of Emerging Markets quantitative analysis.
Michael received a Master of Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia, and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales.

Manish Pant is the Zone President for East Asia and Japan at Schneider Electric based in Singapore. He is responsible for the commercial operations across 14 markets including South-East Asia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Mongolia, driving business performance and transformation.
Manish has been with Schneider Electric for more than 23 years and has worked in both operations and strategic roles. Prior to his current role, he was Executive Vice-President, Home and Distribution Division in Schneider Electric. This Division is focused on bringing solutions to the Residential and Small Business customers from Schneider Electric, through its network of Channel Partners namely Distributors and Electricians. He was also leading the company’s E-Commerce channel.
Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Manish served as Managing Director of Luminous , a subsidiary of Schneider Electric in India, as Managing Director. He also assumed the Country President position in Thailand and took on the responsibility as General Manager of JV companies in the energy management sector in China. Manish started his career in Larsen & Toubro Ltd India, spending six years leading Sales and Marketing

Kamran Khan is Deutsche Bank’s Head of ESG for Asia Pacific. In this newly established client-facing role, he is responsible for defining and executing the bank’s ESG strategy across all business divisions in Asia. He is a member of the Global Sustainability Council of Deutsche Bank.
Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Khan established Infra-Tech Capital, an impact fund investing in companies utilizing technology to provide infrastructure services and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals. He was also appointed by the Obama White House to serve as the head of global investments and operations at the US Millennium Challenge Corporation, where he managed a USD 10bn portfolio and led a USD 1.5-2bn annual investment program globally.
Previously, Mr. Khan held senior executive roles at the World Bank and helped establish the World Bank Group regional hub in Singapore, comprising the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Insurance & Guarantee Agency (MIGA). Prior to his time at the World Bank, Mr. Khan worked on M&A transactions and advisory mandates at JP Morgan and LEK. He also served as a US Foreign Service Officer with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), where he led operations for the project finance and guarantees facility.
Mr. Khan served as an Advisor on Infrastructure Finance to APEC, ASEAN, and the G-20. He is a member of the Senior Advisory Board at Fudan University Fintech Centre in Shanghai with a mandate to advise on Belt and Road Initiative projects. He has also served on the Board of Advisors at a variety of market-leading companies using technology to achieve ESG goals. He is a frequent speaker at events such as World Economic Forum, ASEAN Summit, APEC Summit, and in major international media.
Mr. Khan holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business at University of Chicago, and an MS in Applied Economics and Master of Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his BS in Economics from George Mason University.

Ashutosh is the CEO of GroupM Asia Pacific where he leads more than 12,000 employees passionate about making advertising work better for people. Responsible for more than $60 billion in annual media investment, GroupM is the world’s largest media investment company responsible for placing 1 in 3 ads around the world.
A member of GroupM’s Global Leadership Team, Ashutosh leads the business in a dynamic and diverse region, coaching high performance executive leadership teams to deliver exceptional results.
Ashutosh was previously Chairman and CEO of Mindshare AMEA & Russia/CIS, where he built Mindshare APAC into a market leader, leveraging its Good Growth proposition to capture a slew of awards in the region such as Spikes, Tangrams, Festival of Media APAC and MMA Smarties APAC.
Under his leadership, Mindshare was named Campaign’s Media Agency Network of the Year in APAC for five consecutive years. Mindshare APAC’s success also contributed toward Mindshare being named the Cannes Lions Media Network of the Year in 2019 and the MMA Global Mobile Agency of the Year for two years.
Ashutosh joined WPP in 1997 in India with J. Walter Thompson, leading the Unilever relationship until 2001. In that role, he helped consolidate the business across South Asia and MENA, culminating in the launch of Mindshare in that part of the world.

Mattie Yeta was appointed as Chief Sustainability Officer for CGI in the UK in March 2022. A member of CGI’s UK Executive, she is responsible for working with members across the organisation to achieve common sustainability goals. Mattie provides key support to CGI’s external facing engagements in this area, continuing to develop a strong relationship with the United Nations and COP summits, and providing actionable insights for clients. Her appointment further confirmed CGI’s commitment to not only reach Net-Zero in the UK by 2026, but to bring sustainable products and solutions to our clients.
Mattie has substantial experience and expertise in sustainable development at strategic and delivery levels across the public and private sectors. She has led substantive change in the sustainable development arena through various boards she sits on. She has obtained significant experience in stakeholder engagement through her career, including at senior executive levels, strategy development, influencing and drafting industry policy, project and programme management, people management and development experience.
Mattie led the creation of the e-Sustainability Alliance, a network of 300 private sector organisations she chaired, working in partnership with the United Nations and other stakeholders. She also led the creation of the Cabinet Office One Government Cloud Strategy Sustainability Workstream, the UK Government’s Sustainable Technology Report 2017 and the Sustainability Industry Guide to help businesses achieve sustainable outcomes. Mattie has extensive experience of working with the United Nations (UNFCCC, UNEP, UNGC, UNICEF, UNDP). She received the “industry sustainability leader of the year” award, “digital leader impact award” the Civil Service award as “highly commended”, Defra’s corporate services award for “leading through change,” and was a nominee for “the most influential women in UK tech.” She has received her Majesty’s Royal Honour for her contribution to sustainability in the UK and globally and was recently announced in the top 100 sustainability power leaders.
The former Head of Sustainability for Defra IT/UK Government, and a PhD researcher specialising in corporate sustainability, green economics, and national recovery, she is also a tutor on the University of Oxford Climate Change Programme.

Miguel Naranjo is Programme Officer with the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat in Bonn, Germany.   He worked as process engineer and environmental supervisor for a transnational corporation and later joined the United Nations Environment Programme in the climate change team.   He joined the UN Climate Change Secretariat in 2011, where he has focused in capacity building for mitigation and carbon market mechanisms, promotion of climate action among the private sector and other stakeholders, and development of tools to implement climate action.

Jaeho is a Senior Analyst in the Client Delivery team at S&P Sustainable 1. Jaeho has over 8 years of experience in investment management, where he has managed multi-asset portfolios with a focus on equity. From his tenure spanning both public and private sectors, Jaeho brings firsthand experience in global (public and private) investment, impact investment, impact assessment, and green financing to provide clients with valuable insights. Prior to joining S&P, he worked for the World Bank Treasury, where he provided a range of financing solutions to countries. Jaeho started his career as an equity analyst at KTB Asset Management in Korea. Since then, he has worked for Government Employees Pension in Korea and Applied Derivative Research in the US. Jaeho earned an MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, an MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, and a BS in Business Administration from Babson College

Kyung-Rog KIM, appointed country president of Schneider Electric Korea in April 2013, has been recognized as a global leader with rich experience in multi-nations within He holds master degree of Business Administration from Yonsei Univ. His role as Country President of Schneider Electric Korea enables him to apply his longstanding experience of sales and deep understanding of industry to the end-to-end conception and delivery of Schneider Electric’s offerings. • 2020 - Current Cluster President at Schneider Electric Korea, Taiwan, and Mongolia
• 2013.04 – 2020 Cluster President at Schneider Electric Korea and Mongolia
• 2012 – 2013 Schneider Electric Senior Vice President of Global Operations, Customer Satisfaction Excellence
• 2010 - 2012 Schneider Electric Senior Vice President of Customer Satisfaction & Quality in Asia Pacific region
• 2008 - 2010 Schneider Electric Korea Vice President of Building Business
• 2004 - 2008 Schneider Electric Korea Marine and Oil & Gas Sales manager
• 2000 - 2004 Schneider Electric Korea Sales engineer
• 1995 – 2000 ABB Field Service Engineer & Project manager

YoungJin Lee is responsible for environmental, social and governance (ESG) business development in Korea for S&P Global Sustainable1, based in Seoul. In this role, she provides ESG and climate change solutions to investors, banks, corporates, regulators, governments and academics. Prior to joining S&P Global Sustainable1, YoungJin was a Senior Manager at Samil Pricewaterhouse Coopers. She was a project manager and involved in numerous projects establishing ESG & Net zero strategy and responding to ESG Initiatives. YoungJin received a Master in Green Business and Policy from Graduate School of Green Growth, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology.

As the Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs in Asia, Jim leads the execution of many corporate priorities in Asia, including corporate brand and communications, government affairs, ethics and compliance, ESG efforts, and crisis management. Jim has the opportunity for hands on local execution of these priorities in his dual role as Managing Director of 3M Korea.
Prior to his appointment as the Senior VP of Corporate Affairs for 3M Asia, he was the Global Vice President of Commercialization for the Consumer Business Group at 3M headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jim started his career at 3M as an engineer 34 years ago and through his career has served various roles in R&D, sales, marketing and business management. He was also the Managing Director of 3M Greece in early 2000s. Through his abundant global experience in many different roles across the company, he has become well versed in addressing multicultural, complex issues.
Jim actively leads Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives at 3M. Jim is a steadfast champion of the 3M Women’s Leadership Forum, including “Men as Advocates.” Jim is a visible and active supporter of 3M efforts to improve STEM education diversity, and 3M Korea has launched a series of initiatives to support Women in STEM under his leadership. Most recently he took on the role as global executive sponsor of 3M PRIDE employee resource network, whose mission is to ensure every 3Mer feels confident to bring their complete self to work, regardless of what gender they express themselves as, identify with or who they are attracted to. 

Junghun Choi is the founder and CEO of Yido Co., Ltd., an eco-friendly “Value-Up Platform” company established in June 2014. He is also the founder and Chairman of the board of directors of Hangang Asset Management, a leading asset management company established in July 2015, specializing in alternative investments.
Junghun recognized the importance of waste disposal and recycling early on. He is a firm believer that his business should operate in a manner of contributing to net-zero and anti-global warming. This belief led him to practice ESG management. His active participation in resolving the trash crisis in Uiseong - a South Korean farming county known as trash mountains for years - in 2019 is an example of such a business philosophy.
Under his leadership, Yido has established a waste disposal value chain in the southwestern part of the Republic of Korea - including Jeju Island, a clean, picturesque island– which processes everything from interim disposal and recycling, incineration, and to the reclamation of waste. In addition, the company is actively pursuing eco-friendly businesses by not only carrying out solar power and offshore wind power business but also participating in developing CCU (Carbon Capture and Utilization) technology for producing blue hydrogen to achieve carbon neutrality.
Meanwhile, as Chairman of the board of Hangang Asset Management, Junghun has increased the volume of investments in the area of environmental sustainability. The company’s assets under management are about 4.3 trillion KRW, of which 20 funds amounting to 1.64 trillion KRW are set up for renewable energy and environmental sustainability. The company also created the first investment fund for installing hydrogen fusion complex charging stations in Korea.
Junghun holds a Master of Science degree in Real Estate Development from MIT. After graduation, he developed all the skills necessary for management at several major companies in Korea including Hyundai Engineering & Construction, KTB Private Equity, and Daebo Group. Now, as a young entrepreneur, he applies an ESG approach to the overall business operation, which has drawn the attention of the major media. Forbes was one of them, and it recently referred to him as an insightful young entrepreneur practicing management from an ESG perspective.

In his role, Markus is driving the sustainability agenda of Borealis including Project STOP, a pioneering programme initiated by Borealis to create more circular waste management systems in emerging and developing regions to stop ocean plastics at source.
As enthusiastic strategist and transformational leader, Markus has been driving change in a wide portfolio of roles. After completing his PhD in Genetics, he worked as Consultant at McKinsey, and subsequently as Strategy Manager at the headquarters of Sandoz (a division of Novartis).
At Borealis, he entered as Strategy & Group Development Manager, worked as Application Marketing Manager in the Consumer Products area, lead the Group Quality & Project Office, and acted as Chief Transformation Officer for the nitrogen-based business, before he started his current position to drive the transformation of the company towards climate neutrality and a plastics circular economy.
Borealis is one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in the mechanical recycling of plastics. The company leverages its polymers expertise and decades of experience to offer value adding, innovative and circular material solutions for key industries, including Energy, Automotive, Consumer Products, Healthcare, as well as Water & Sanitation Infrastructure.

Heenam Choi is a Board member of Standard Chartered Bank Korea and a visiting fellow at the Korea Capital Market Institute. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) since March of 2018. He was also Chairman of the Board.
Prior to joining KIC, Mr. Choi served as Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund, representing 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. He was previously the Executive Director of the Asian Pacific Constituency at the World Bank Group (WBG).
Mr. Choi brings more than 30 years of experience at Korea’s Ministry of Strategy and Finance, where he has served as Deputy Minister for International Affairs, Director General of International Finance, Director General of International Financial Cooperation, Director of the International Financial Policy Division and Director of the Foreign Exchange Market Division.
He also played a pivotal role as the Director General of the Policy Strategy Bureau on the Presidential Committee of the G20 Summit, assisting the chairman at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting and addressing global issues, including IMF reforms.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Choi was Assistant Secretary to the President for Finance and Economic Affairs at the President’s Office. He has worked at the IMF as an Alternate Executive Director (2011) and at the World Bank as an Advisor (1999-2003).
Mr. Choi earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pittsburgh. He has an MBA in finance and a BA in economics from Hanyang University in Korea.

Alex Reyes has been with Cebu Pacific Air (PSE: CEB) since 2008 first as the Vice President for Commercial Planning. He was responsible for route planning, airline business strategy, and revenue management then.
In 2012, he led CEB in the expansion of its long haul operations when he was appointed as its General Manager. Under his leadership, Cebu Pacific launched its inaugural long haul flight from Manila to Dubai in October 2013, operating a brand new fleet of Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
In 2016, Mr. Reyes spearheaded the growth of CEB’s cargo division both in and out of the Philippines as its vice president. Come 2019, he was appointed President and CEO of Cebgo, CEB’s wholly owned subsidiary.
Currently, Alex is the Chief Strategy Officer of Cebu Pacific, and is in-charge of the airline’s corporate strategy, which includes sustainability initiatives.
Prior to joining the airline industry, Mr. Reyes held various positions with one of the Philippines' largest media publishers, The Inquirer Group. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Inquirer Publications. He was also previously a correspondent for Bloomberg in Manila and editor at Nomura Research Institute in Tokyo. In the early 1990s, he studied in Japan under a Monbusho Scholarship.
Mr. Reyes graduated Summa Cum Laude from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Economics. He received his Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Married with four children, Mr. Reyes is a certified diver, and a member of Polo Tri, a Manila-based triathlon team.
Cebu Air Inc. is the largest carrier in the Philippine air transportation industry, offering its low-cost services to more destinations and routes with higher flight frequency within the Philippines than any other airline.
Its wholly owned subsidiary, Cebgo, currently offers flights to 29 Philippine destinations utilizing an exclusive fleet of eight ATR 72-500 aircraft, and nine ATR 72-600 aircraft. Cebgo has two strategic hubs in the Philippines namely, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 4 in Manila and Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) in Cebu.

Ambassador Yang Goo Lee was born in 1959 on 11th of October. Graduated HanYang University with bachelor’s degree on political science.
Studied Russian Language at Defense Language Institute, USA. Has honorary professor by Kazakhstan National Economic University (2009) , honorary PHD by National Foreign Language, Ukraine(2018).
Joined Foreign Ministry of Korea in 1984, served in Russia, Kazakhstan, Los Angeles, France, Ukraine as Ambassador of Ukraine, consul-general of Vladivostok. After retirement from Foreign Ministry in 2019, working as professor for Kyungsang National University and president of Northeast Asian Culture Foundation. Has promoted cooperation between Korea and CIS countries, UN SDGs, Global leadership.
Is author of ”Challenge for Eurasian Dream(2014)”, co-author “New principle for Foreign Policy & National Security(2021)”

Shiyun leads the CSR & Sustainability strategies and programs for Illumina Inc. in APAC. Her role involves driving social impact in the community and steering the bio-tech business towards its net-zero commitments in the region. Prior to joining Illumina, Shiyun was with the National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre (NVPC) Singapore. During her time there, she headed up the development of Company of Good, a national initiative that built a community of more than 2,000 businesses to learn, exchange and collaborate for good.

Manish Pant is the Zone President for East Asia and Japan at Schneider Electric based in Singapore. He is responsible for the commercial operations across 14 markets including South-East Asia, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Mongolia, driving business performance and transformation. Manish has been with Schneider Electric for more than 24 years and has worked in both operations and strategic roles. Prior to his current role, he was Executive Vice-President, Home and Distribution Division in Schneider Electric. This Division is focused on bringing solutions to the Residential and Small Business customers from Schneider Electric, through its network of Channel Partners namely Distributors and Electricians. He was also leading the company’s E-Commerce channel. Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Manish served as Managing Director of Luminous , a subsidiary of Schneider Electric in India, as Managing Director. He also assumed the Country President position in Thailand and took on the responsibility as General Manager of JV companies in the energy management sector in China. Manish started his career in Larsen & Toubro Ltd India, spending six years leading Sales and Marketing.

W-Foundation (Official partner of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) is a non-profit organization founded in 2012. W-Foundation is committed to leading and enabling a broad-based public support for nature conservation, climate change mitigation and immediate relief for refugees impacted by climate change and natural disasters. W-Foundation partners with like-minded individuals, corporations and organizations around the world to build and sustain a broad-based movement to making a difference for our shared future.
'Hooxi' is a global nature conservation campaign of W-Foundation. W-Foundation is designated donation organization by the Ministry of Strategy and Finance of the Republic of Korea.

2020.02 VP of Procurement & Sustainability , AB InBev Korea
2017.01 Global Energy and Fluids Director, AB InBev
2012 01 Procurement Specialist, Ambev

Nataly Borges is AB InBev’s Head of Procurement & Sustainability for BU East Asia. Since 2020, she has been responsible for building and executing OBC’s sustainability strategy, in line with AB InBev’s global sustainability goals. She has led initiatives on renewable electricity, circular packaging and open innovation. Prior to her current role, Nataly was the global director of energy and fluids. By setting sustainability goals and leading the execution of sustainability projects, Nataly’s team is contributing to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.