Ms Grace Fu graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours), and subsequently obtained a Masters of Business Administration from the National University of Singapore. She spent the early part of her career in the private sector. She last held the position of Chief Executive Officer, PSA Southeast Asia and Japan, overseeing the business performance of PSA’s port terminals in Singapore, Thailand, Brunei and Japan.

Ms Fu joined politics in 2006 and is an elected Member of Parliament representing Yuhua Constituency. She held appointments in various Ministries including National Development, Education, Information, Communications and the Arts, Environment and Water Resources, and Foreign Affairs. In 2015, Ms Fu was appointed Minister for Culture, Community and Youth. In July 2020, Ms Fu was appointed Minister for Sustainability and the Environment. In January 2024, Ms Fu concurrently assumed the responsibility as Minister-in-charge of Trade Relations. 

Mr Lim Boon Heng was appointed Chairman of Temasek Holdings on 1 August 2013, after having served as its Director since 1 June 2012.

Mr Lim is the Chairman of NTUC Enterprise Co-operative Ltd. He was previously a Cabinet Minister within the Prime Minister's Office. Mr Lim’s career spans the private and public sectors, having led Singapore’s National Trade Union Congress, and having served as a Member of Parliament (1980 to 2011) and Cabinet Minister for Trade and Industry. Before entering the public sector, Mr Lim spent a decade at NOL (Neptune Orient Lines).

Mr Lim holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) degree in Naval Architecture from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

Catherine McKenna is Canada's former Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister of Infrastructure. She is Principal of Climate and Nature Solutions, chaired the UN Secretary General’s Expert Group on Net-Zero, is a Distinguished Fellow at Columbia University and launched Women Leading on Climate.

As Minister of Environment and Climate Change, she was a lead negotiator of the Paris Agreement, negotiated Canada’s climate change plan including a coal phase out and price on carbon, brought in a new Impact Assessment Act for major projects and doubled the amount of nature protected in Canada.
Internationally she co-founded the Powering Past Coal Coalition and the Ministerial on Climate Action. As Minister of Infrastructure, she made historic investments in sustainable infrastructure including leveraging private sector investment through the Canada Infrastructure Bank.

Prior to entering politics, Catherine practiced law in Canada and Indonesia, was a lead negotiator with the UN Peacekeeping Mission to East Timor and founded Level Justice. 

Luhut is Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs. He previously served as the President's Chief of Staff and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs.

Luhut was born on September 28, 1947, in Simargala, North Sumatera. After graduating as the best cadet from the National Military Academy in 1970, Luhut spent most of his military career in the Army Special Force. He received various military trainings both in Indonesia and abroad, including in the United Kingdom, West Germany and the United States during the 1970s and 80s. He also studied Public Administration at George Washington University, in which he got a Master's Degree in Public Administration.

In 2021, Luhut and his wife established the DEL Institute of Technology and DEL High School in a remote village, Sitoluama, Laguboti District, Toba Regency, North Sumatra, which are both highly ranked nationally and provide quality education to the next generation of Indonesians.

In 2004, he co-founded a listed company called PT Toba Bara Sejahtera, which has diverse business activities. 

Benjamin Cashore holds the Li Ka Shing Chair in Public Management at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore and is director of LKYSPP’s Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES).

He specialises in global and multi-level environmental governance, comparative public policy, and transnational business regulation/corporate environmental social governance (ESG) innovations. His substantive research interests include climate policy, biodiversity conservation/land use change, and sustainable environmental management of forests and related agricultural sectors. His geographic focus includes Southeast Asia, North America, Latin America and Europe.

Cashore’s theoretical interests include the potential of anticipatory policy design for identifying path dependent policy mixes capable of ameliorating “super wicked” environmental problems; the legitimacy and authority requirements of non-state market driven (NSMD) global governance; and the influence of economic globalisation on domestic environmental policies.

Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. He has held posts at other UK and overseas universities, and as Chief Economist at both the EBRD and the World Bank.

He was Head, UK Government Economic Service 2003-2007, and produced the Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was President of the Royal Economic Society (2018-2019).  He was President of the British Academy (July 2013-2017) and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (June 2014). He was knighted for services to economics (2004), made a life peer (2007), and appointed Companion of Honour for services to economics, international relations and tackling climate change in 2017.  

He has published more than 15 books and 100 articles.  

Dr Richard G. Newell is the President and CEO of Resources for the Future (RFF), an independent non-profit focused on climate economics research and policy engagement. He has held senior government appointments as Administrator of the US Energy Information Administration and as Senior Economist for energy and environment on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Dr Newell was previously a professor at Duke University and Director of its Energy Initiative. He has published widely on the economics of markets and policies for energy and the environment, particularly issues surrounding climate change policy and energy innovation. He is a board member or advisor at the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Climate Security Roundtable, the National Petroleum Council, and several other institutions and co-chaired a formative NAS study on the social cost of greenhouse gases.

Newell holds a PhD from Harvard, MPA from Princeton, and a BS and BA from Rutgers.

H.E. Mr. XIE Zhenhua has been China Special Envoy for Climate Change since February 2021. He has been Special Advisor for Climate Change Affairs of China, Ministry of Environment and Ecology (MEE) since April 2020. He was Special Representative for Climate Change Affairs of China from 2015 to 2019. In the past decades, he served as Head of the former National Environmental Protection Agency, Minister of the former State Environmental Protection Administration, and Vice Chairman (Minister for Climate Change, Resource Conservation, Environment Protection, Energy Saving, Emission Reduction and Circular Economy) of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), as well as Vice Chairman for the Committee on Population, Resources and Environment of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at its 12th session. He was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) at its 16th and 18th sessions, and a member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC at its 15th and 17th sessions.

Minister XIE Zhenhua has long overseen environmental protection, resource conservation, energy saving and pollution reductions and climate change in China, and has thus made outstanding contributions to the green, low-carbon, circular and sustainable development and ecological civilisation progress in China, as well as to the multilateral process on environment and climate. Since 2007, Minister XIE Zhenhua has been leading the Chinese negotiation team to make unremitting efforts for more than ten consecutive years, and played a prominent role in the adoption, signing, entry into force and implementation of the Paris Agreement, as well as in the development of the implementation arrangements for the Paris Agreement. He also promoted concrete cooperation in energy conservation, emission reductions and green and low-carbon development between China and more than 30 countries, regions, and international organisations, released joint statements and other outcomes, and helped train over one thousand officials and technicians in the field of climate change for more than 100 developing countries. In November 2020, Minister XIE Zhenhua joined as a member of the UN High-level Advisory Group on Climate Action, initiated and led by the UN Secretary-General Guterres, to provide strategic advice and policy recommendations to his agenda on combating global climate change.

Minister XIE Zhenhua won GEF Global Leadership Award in 2002, UNEP Sasakawa Environment Prize (the highest prize on environment protection in the UN system) and World Bank Special Green Award in 2003, Alliance to Save Energy- Energy Efficiency Visionary Award in 2009, WWF Liveable Planet Leadership Award in 2015. Minister XIE Zhenhua won Lui Che Woo Prize for Sustainability in 2017. Thereafter, he donated 20 million Hong Kong Dollars money award from Lui Che Woo Prize to Tsinghua University and established the Special Foundation for Global Climate Change and Green Development as well as the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, serving as its first President.

Dale Hardcastle leads Bain’s regional efforts in decarbonisation, climate investing and carbon markets across Southeast Asia.

Dale is co-director of Bain’s Global Sustainability Innovation Center (GSIC) in Singapore, a sustainability-focused center established to help companies accelerate the time to impact in their sustainability strategies and profitable path to a low-carbon economy.

He also leads Bain’s efforts to connect capital and scale carbon markets through innovative approaches for corporates, investors and resource holders and work with leading conservation organisations and sovereign and institutional investors.

This work to enable corporate climate action is backstopped by two decades of experience working across leading global energy and natural resource companies, food systems, mobility, private equity and technology players.  He has led scale transformation efforts – including those to address the energy transition, corporate venturing, de-carbonisation, sustainability, and the venture innovation.

Dale has worked on multiple strategic associations in APAC and globally with the World Economic Forum and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development on sustainability efforts.

Rodi Guidero is the Executive Director of Breakthrough Energy, a global platform to accelerate energy innovation and build the industries of the future, without emissions. Rodi also serves as a Managing Partner of Breakthrough Energy’s venture capital arm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

As Breakthrough Energy’s leader, Rodi oversees the strategic vision for the organisation’s work to deploy over $5 billion in committed capital, support over 160+ leading companies, and collaborate with public and private sector leaders to build a clean energy economy. Breakthrough’s programs include frontier science, pre-venture nondilutive funding, venture capital company-building, project funding, and policy, partnership, and strategic communications work. Breakthrough Energy companies are positioned to transform every sector of the global economy to be more affordable, more reliable, more secure — and emissions-free.

In addition to his work at Breakthrough Energy, Rodi remains part of Bill Gates’ private office, managing strategic investments and fostering key business relationships that align with Bill’s vision for a cleaner and more resilient future.

Previously, Rodi worked at BMGI (now Cascade Investment), where he managed Bill’s investments in early-stage technology companies and venture capital funds. Before joining BMGI, he served as general counsel for two Silicon Valley-based venture capital firms, gaining deep experience in technology and investment strategy.

Dr Meghan Sharp is Global Head of Decarbonization Partners, a BlackRock and Temasek joint venture (JV) that invests in the next generation of innovative decarbonisation solutions and businesses to accelerate global efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. In this role, Dr Sharp is responsible for leading the overall vision and investment strategy for the venture and its funds. Dr Sharp also oversees deal origination, investment execution, and value creation for Decarbonization Partners' portfolio companies, and leads the global team to further develop its capabilities and global partnership network.

Previously, Dr Sharp was the Global Head of BP Ventures, BP's global corporate venture arm. During her leadership, the team made over 50 investments across the decarbonisation sector including advanced mobility, bio and low carbon products, power and storage, and carbon management. Dr Sharp has significant experience in venture capital investing and in the technology industry, including COO of Beyond Limits, a pioneering artificial intelligence company.

Dr Sharp holds a PhD in microbial genetics from the University of California, San Francisco, an MBA from Columbia University, and post-doctoral experience from the University of Chicago and the Carnegie Institute, Stanford.

Frederick is the CEO of GenZero. He oversees the strategic direction of the company to achieve both climate impact and sustainable long-term financial returns.

Prior to his appointment at GenZero, Frederick held various leadership positions in Sustainability, Portfolio Management and Business Continuity Management in his 12 years at Temasek International. As Managing Director of Sustainable Solutions, he established the team and conceived capability programmes in clean energy, urban, and climate and nature solutions. He led key initiatives such as the establishment of Climate Impact X, a global marketplace and exchange for carbon credits, as well as Singapore’s first brownfield distributed district cooling retrofit project in partnership with SP Group. He also worked on value creation projects with some of Temasek’s large portfolio companies like SingTel and Mediacorp, and led corporate governance and stewardship initiatives within the Portfolio Management team. Frederick also took the lead in several community programmes. In 2014, he partnered Temasek Foundation to execute a nationwide delivery of mask kits during a severe haze episode and worked with ST Engineering on the development of the world’s first N95 masks specifically designed for young children.

Frederick holds several sustainability advisory positions, including being a Member of the SEforALL Governance Board and World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Climate and Nature Governance. He is also a member on the Advisory Panel of the Centre for Liveable Cities which was established by Singapore’s Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Sustainability and Environment to create and share knowledge on sustainable cities.

Frederick holds a MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a BA and MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Lincoln College, Oxford University.

Mr Russell Tham is Head of Strategic Development, and Joint Head of Enterprise Development Group, focusing on building new businesses and investing globally in early-stage high potential Science & Technology ventures respectively. He joined Temasek in May 2020 after 2 years at ST Engineering where he was President of New Enterprises and Ventures.

Previously, he worked at Applied Materials, a Silicon Valley headquartered technology MNC, from 1994 to 2018 where he last held the position of President, Applied Materials Southeast Asia and concurrently held global corporate level business development responsibilities for new markets. He led the regional business and oversaw the company’s Singapore infrastructure expansion into manufacturing, supply chain, R&D and product development for global markets. Having joined Applied Materials in 1994, he assumed the position of Regional General Manager, Southeast Asia from 2004 to 2009 after serving in various positions between 1994 to 2003. He went on to concurrently hold various global leadership roles.

Mr Tham serves on the board of AEM and Nanofilm Technologies, both SGX listed companies, Xora Innovation and Surbana Jurong Private Limited. He is a board member of Infocomm Media Development Authority, IMDA and a member of the Singapore Government’s Future Economy Council, FEC.

Mr Tham holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Kim Hedegaard is Chief Executive Officer of Power-to-X at Topsoe. Previously, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Topsoe.

He joined Topsoe in 1999 and has since held various leadership positions in the company within engineering, technology, and sales. He has been globally responsible for Catalyst Production and Technology since 2017.

Mr Hedegaard serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Process Industry and Board Member in Production Industry – member organisation under the Confederation of Danish Industries. Furthermore, Mr Hedegaard serves as Board Member at U/NORD and is Co-Founder and Owner of FlexHospital.

Mr Hedegaard holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark.

Tom Chi has worked in a wide range of roles from astrophysical researcher to Fortune 500 consultant, to corporate executive developing new hardware and software products and services. He has played a significant role in established projects with global reach – such as Microsoft Outlook and Yahoo Search – and scaled new projects from conception to significance. He is also a lifelong inventor, with 75 patents across hardware, software, design and mechanical systems.

Tom has pioneered and practiced a unique approach to rapid prototyping, visioning and leadership that can jumpstart innovative new ideas as well as move large organisations at unprecedented speeds. These approaches have benefitted over a dozen industry-leading companies. He was one of the founding members of Google X and served as Head of Product Experience, developing technology such as Google Glass and Google's self-driving cars.

His current focus is investing in disruptive deep tech to reinvent the industrial economy to help humanity become a net positive to nature. This involves finding, funding and mentoring social, environmental and climate entrepreneurs around the globe and coaching a limited number of values-aligned organisations and leaders.

Sharan Burrow is a global advocate for human rights, climate action and Just Transition. She is the Former General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation from 2010 to 2022. Previously, she was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 2000 to 2010.

Sharan is well known for her international advocacy on employment, human rights, industrial relations, corporate responsibility and climate action with green industrialisation and just transition solutions. 

Sharan is currently a Visiting Professor in Practice to the LSE-Grantham Institute and chair of its Just Transition Finance Lab’s Advisory Council, a Vice-Chair of the European Climate Foundation, a board member of the Green Hydrogen Association, Co-Chair of the IEA Labour Council, an adviser on Temasek’s Sustainability Advisory Panel, and Chair of the Curtain University’s Institute for Energy Transition Advisory Council.

Dr Arunabha Ghosh is an internationally recognised public policy expert, author, columnist, and institution builder. He is the founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, one of the world’s 20 best climate think-tanks.

Arunabha advises governments, industry, civil society, and international organisations around the world. He currently serves on Government of India’s G20 Finance Track Advisory Group and advises the Sherpa Track for India’s G20 Presidency in 2022-23. In 2022, the UN Secretary-General appointed him to the High-level Expert Group on the Credibility and Accountability of Net-Zero Announcements by Non-State Actors.

Dr Ghosh is currently Vice-Chair of the UN Committee for Development Policy, and is a member of several international expert advisory groups: Global Commission on the Economics of Water; High-Level Group of Economists, constituted by the French president for the One Planet Lab; and the High-Level Consultative Group for the U.S. Department of State’s Energy Transition Accelerator.

Dr John Murton joined Standard Chartered in January 2023 and is the bank’s Senior Sustainability Advisor.  Prior to joining Standard Chartered, John was the UK Government’s COP26 Envoy. In this role, he oversaw delivery of the World Leaders’ Summit portion of COP26 and led G7 negotiations on the Just Energy Transition Partnerships with South Africa and Vietnam.

Previously, John had served as the UK’s Permanent Representative to the UN Environment Programme and as the UK’s climate and energy attaché in Tokyo. John has also served as the UK’s Ambassador to six African nations and headed the FCDO’s East Asia and Pacific Department. He was awarded a CMG by King Charles III in the 2023 New Year’s Honours List for services to foreign policy and climate change.

Mr Wong has close to 30 years of leadership experience in the energy sector and in investment management. He has been instrumental in leading Sembcorp’s transformation of its portfolio from brown to green.

Mr Wong was the group chief executive officer of Singapore Power (SP Group) from 2012 to 2020. Prior to SP Group, he led investments and project development in his roles at Temasek International and The AES Corporation.

Mr Wong is the chairman of SkillsFuture Singapore and serves on the boards of the National Research Foundation, the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore and DSO National Laboratories. He is also a board member of China Venture Capital Fund Corporation and a Vice Chairman of the World Energy Council.

Mr Wong holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems from the National University of Singapore and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Angela Wilkinson is the 6th Secretary General and CEO of the World Energy Council, a diverse community network of over 3,000 member organisations that has been instrumental in promoting better energy developments in over 100 countries for nearly 100 years.

Dr Wilkinson has led the Council since 2019 as it defines, enables and accelerates successful energy transitions through its unique network, practical insights and leadership dialogues. She has over 35 years of experience in leading national and international multi-stakeholder transformation initiatives on a wide range of global energy, climate and sustainable development related challenges.

Previous roles include Board-level and senior executive responsibilities in the public-, private-, academic- and civic-sectors. She is also a published author.