Ecosperity Week 2025

Momentum for the energy transition remains strong in Asia, but innovative mechanisms are needed to overcome financial hurdles along the pathway to a clean energy future. From blended finance structures to new risk mitigation solutions and regulatory pilots, the clean energy ecosystem is evolving to unlock investment and accelerate deployment.

Panellists will explore how financial and regulatory stakeholders are trialling and scaling new approaches to derisk clean energy projects, mobilise capital at scale, and accelerate the transition. Beyond current initiatives, panellists will also address how systemic changes can be unlocked with accompanying regulatory and ecosystem shifts to foster stronger, more impactful collaboration across the value chain.

Speakers

Sir Danny Alexander

CEO

Infrastructure Finance and Sustainability, CIB, HSBC

Sir Danny Alexander

CEO

Infrastructure Finance and Sustainability, CIB, HSBC

Sir Danny Alexander joined HSBC in November 2024 and is CEO of HSBC Infrastructure Finance and Sustainability, CIB. In this role, Danny leads on infrastructure finance and project finance advisory opportunities associated with the transition to net zero in HSBC’s strategic markets. Danny also leads on sustainable finance and clean tech initiatives and oversees partnerships such as Pentagreen Capital, HSBC’s joint venture with Temasek that targets marginally bankable clean energy and adaptation projects in Southeast Asia.

Previously Sir Danny was Vice President, Policy and Strategy, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). He joined the AIIB – the first new multilateral development bank of the 21st century and the first to be headquartered in Beijing - at its inception in 2016 and led the Bank through its start-up and growth phases. Sir Danny was responsible for AIIB’s strategic direction, including its thematic sectoral and country priorities. He led the Bank’s ambitious climate agenda and oversaw AIIB’s environmental and social and other operational policies. He represented AIIB at the G20 Finance Ministers meetings, climate COPs, and other international meetings. He led the Bank’s partnership with the World Bank and other multilateral, bilateral, and private sector partners.

From 2010-2015, Sir Danny was Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the United Kingdom Cabinet. He led the Liberal Democrat negotiating team that established the Coalition that governed in that period, and was one of the four member ‘Quad’ that provided the core political leadership of that government. In government, he was responsible for the UK’s deficit reduction, pension reform, and national infrastructure plan. He was a member of the National Security Council. He was MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey from 2005 to 2015. He was Knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2015 for his services to government.

He holds a BA in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford and is an honorary fellow of St Anne’s College, Oxford. He was born and brought up in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland.
Dr Joseph Curtin

Managing Director, Power & Climate

The Rockefeller Foundation

Dr Joseph Curtin

Managing Director, Power & Climate

The Rockefeller Foundation

Dr Joseph Curtin is a Managing Director on the Power & Climate team, which is aimed at scaling up energy access and accelerating an inclusive energy transition in emerging markets. Joe currently leads the Foundation’s coal to clean programme, including the Coal to Clean Crediting, Coal Pipeline, JET-P and the Energy Transition Accelerator initiatives. He also leads the Foundation’s programmes focused on human capital and institutional development for energy transition in Africa.

Prior to joining the Foundation, he was a member of the Irish Government’s Climate Change Advisory Council and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of International and European Affairs. He previously worked for the OECD evaluating the climate policy performance of countries across the world, for the National Economic and Social Council (an advisory body to the Irish Prime Minister) and at University College Cork. He has contributed on coal transition, climate mitigation, climate finance and international climate negotiations to the New York Times, BBC, Foreign Policy, the Financial Times, the Atlantic, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, and has published on these topics in leading academic journals.

He is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin, the London School of Economics, and he has a Ph.D. on climate finance from University College Cork.
Anthony Hobley

Deputy Chair, Climate Risk & Resilience

Howden Group

Anthony Hobley

Deputy Chair, Climate Risk & Resilience

Howden Group

Anthony is a well-known global leader in the fields of climate finance, law, international policy development, philanthropy and sustainability where he has worked since 1990. He speaks and write widely on these topics. In 2014 Anthony was invited by the then UN Secretary General to address the UN Climate Summit from the UN General Assembly Hall. In additional to his role at Howden he is currently the Chair at the Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), Adjunct Professor at the Singapore Institute for Technology, Chair of the Climate Action Advisory Board, Co-Chair of the Carbon Tracker Advisory Board, Member of the Climate Bonds Advisory Board and member of the Editorial Board of the journal Carbon & Climate Law Review (CCLR). He is a former Executive Fellow at the World Economic Forum's Centre for Nature and Climate, Executive Director at the Mission Possible Partnership, CEO at the Carbon Tracker Initiative, Global Head, Climate Finance and Sustainability & Partner at the Global Law Firm, Norton Rose Fulbright and General Counsel to the €1bn climate fund at Climate Change Capital.

His experience, passion, consistent delivery and profile have helped him to develop a leading reputation in these fields. He brings a long-term, strategic perspective to all his roles. Combining this with his legal expertise, proven diplomacy skills, work in the energy, banking, finance and NGO sectors, scientific training and collaborative style he is a highly effective leader who has proven his ability to identify key new areas of relevance for the corporate sector and to grow multiple organisations and new business lines in response.
Moderator

Kavitha Menon

Director

Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA)

Kavitha Menon

Director

Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA)

Kavitha Menon joined SSFA in October 2023 as its Director. As the head of SSFA, she is responsible for ensuring that the association achieves its mission of building a vibrant and inclusive ecosystem for sustainable finance in Singapore. Apart from the day-to-day running of the association, Kavitha’s role involves stakeholder engagement, membership recruitment, thought leadership, and enabling collaborations across the financial sector, non-financial sector, and government organisations to advance sustainable finance in Singapore.

Prior to her current role, Kavitha was the Global Head of Equity Research team at Foord Asset Management in Singapore where she headed their ESG integration process. She has over 15 years of experience in equity investment management, specialising in Global Financials, based out of Singapore and India.

Kavitha has a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she was a John F. Kennedy Fellow and Edward S. Mason Fellow. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and has a Master’s in Business Administration (Finance) from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (India) and a Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communication) from Anna University (India).

Kavitha is passionate about sustainable finance. Having analysed investments using a risk-return framework for all these years, she is keen to delve into ‘impact’ to marry investor returns with social and environmental good and drive that change in the financial markets.

Event Details

Main Stage
7 May 2025
35 mins
11:15 AM - 11:50 AM
Sands Expo and Convention Center, Level 5 Singapore
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Registration

Breakfast networking

Tea Break

Closing Announcements

Lunch

Ecosperity Week 2025 Partner Events

Ecosperity Week 2025 Main Plenary

Registration

Breakfast networking

Tea Break

Lunch

Ecosperity Week 2025 Partner Events

Ecosperity Week 2025 Main Plenary

NextGen Ecosphere Leaders Network

Ecosperity Week 2025 Opening Dinner

GenZero Climate Summit Insights 2025

AIGCC Asset Owner Working Group: Developing an aggregated investment climate strategy on mitigation, adaptation and nature

Philanthropy Asia Summit (PAS)

ACCF Signatories 2nd Steering Committee Meeting

Carbon Markets Roundtable

Carbon Removal Leaders' Summit

NextGen Ecosphere Leaders Network

Registration

Breakfast networking

Ecosperity Week 2025 Opening Remarks

Keynote Address​

Freedom from Fossil without Pulling the Plug: Asia’s Decarbonisation Pathways

Address

Southeast Asia Green Economy 2025 Report Launch

Technologies for Today and Tomorrow

Special Address

Tea Break

Scaling Asia’s Renewables: A Value Chain Approach

Building Resilience for a New World

Designing Water's Future: Urgent Strategies for Strengthening Global Water Security

Solutions Showcase by Amogy

Solutions Showcase by Dehaat

Safeguarding Our Coastlines in an Era of Sea Level Rise​

The Business Case for Carbon Markets in Asia

Q&A

Closing Announcements

Lunch

Ecosperity Week 2025 Partner Events

Building for Climate Resilience

Ecosperity Week 2025 Main Plenary

Taking Scope 3 Action

The Rise of AI and Its Nexus with Energy

Innovative Market Approaches to Decarbonise the Hardest-to-Abate Sectors

The Business Case for Integrating Sustainability across Key Functions: Creating impact through Finance, IT, and Sustainability

VPP Readiness Index – Assessing a Country’s Readiness for Virtual Power Plants

Reimagining Refill: How Singapore Can Lead the Global Refill Revolution

Philanthropy Asia Summit (PAS)

WBCSD Connect

Building SME Resilience in a Transitioning World