ACEF 2025 Speakers

Bishal Thaps brings 25 years of global experience working with a wide range of public and private sector partners across energy, climate, energy efficiency, environment, and sustainability. He brings expertise in designing, developing, and implementing multi-dimensional energy sector projects with g

Blair is a management consultant who works primarily with clients in the energy and asset-intensive industries to identify and realise opportunities linked to the energy transition. Based in Southeast Asia since 2013, Blair has worked with clients across Asia-Pacific on topics including strategy an

Hu Bo is a Technical Manager for CLASP China Program, responsible for providing comprehensive technical support in MEPS research, emission reduction modeling, data analysis, and network building. His professional career began in 2007 and focuses on energy using product MEPS and labelling research, p

Ambassador Shin is a seasoned diplomat and climate leader, currently serving as Executive Director of Climate Action at the Korea Energy Agency since January 2024. He has held several high-profile roles in international climate diplomacy, including Vice President of the United Nations Association of

Bruce Dunn is the Director for Policy and a Technical Services in ADB’s Office of Safeguards. In this role, he leads a team focused on policy, knowledge and capacity support for ADB’s environmental and social standards. He previously served as ADB’s Chief of Environment, developing a range of

Prof. Cate Brown is a freshwater ecologist with 30 years of experience, with the bulk of these in Asia and Africa. She specialises in understanding the links between aquatic ecosystem functioning and flows of water, sediments and biota. She has been closely involved in EFlows assessments for, inter

Cathy Marsh, a British national, is Deputy Director General of the Private SectorOperations Department at Asian Development Bank (ADB),and joined ADB in August2018. Prior to joining ADB, Cathy spent 25 years in private practice (including as aPartner of the US law firm Milbank from 2004 to 2013), fo

Ceejay has been working within the ESG and sustainability space for over 6 years. He currently works at HSBC Philippines as the country Corporate Sustainability lead. The role entails him to work across key departments and help strategize and implement the sustainability and climate strategy. Closel

Charles, CEO of Mingyang Smart Energy Philippine Corporation, PMP. With over 15 years of overseas work experience, specializes in the Southeast Asian power market. Has delivered numerous successful projects in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Israel, and other cou

Chintan has nearly two decades of experience in the investment, development and financing of clean technology and decarbonization projects across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region including solar, onshore wind, bioenergy, energy storage, waste to energy and green hydrogen/ammonia. Over the years, Chin

Chris Fruean is the Chief Engineer and Manager of the Quality Assurance and Development Division at the Electric Power Corporation (EPC) of Samoa, where he has served for over nine years. He leads EPC’s energy transition efforts, overseeing renewable energy integration, battery storage projects, a

Solomon Islander aged 45 and currently the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Mines and Energy in the Solomon Islands Government. Attained a PhD at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) (Geology) degree from Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan. Bachelo