ACEF 2025 Speakers

Aaron Bouchane is the Country Director for People in Need in Cambodia and Laos, where he leads multidisciplinary teams delivering climate resilience and vocational training programs. His portfolio includes scaling clean energy technologies in the agri-fishery sector, deploying early warning systems

An international finance expert and senior management team member with extensive experience in strategy and planning, corporate and investment banking, project finance, and infrastructure investment. Skilled in balancing governance with P&L performance, business planning and execution, risk oversigh

Aditya leads Ember’s work in Asia. He is responsible for developing Ember’s strategy in Asia, building Ember’s data-led research portfolio on the region and leveraging it to empower organizations across the region to accelerate clean energy transition.He is incharge of building the research po

Dr. Adoracion M. Navarro is currently a Senior Fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), the Philippines' premier public policy think tank. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of the Philippines, an MA-Economics from the same university, and an MPA-Economic Po

Adritha is Senior Programme Manager at the Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership (ETP), where she leads a regional portfolio of technical assistance projects supporting just and inclusive energy transitions. With over 14 years of experience in climate change, energy access, and sustainable de

Aiming Zhou currently is the Deputy Country Director in ADB's PRC Resident mission since April 2023. He was the Senior Advisor to the Vice President (Operations 1) at Asian Development Bank (ADB) from January 2020 to April 2023．He supported VP for operations in the South Asia Department and the Ce

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Akilur Rahman is the Chief Technology Officer (India) and Market Innovation Lead (South Asia) at Hitachi Energy, where he drives technology, digitalization, and innovation strategies across the energy sector. With over 36 years of experience in research, R\&D, technology management, and product deve

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Professional experience in Sales and Marketing and Engineering with more than 25 years in the cable industry. Successful participation in projects for the utility interconnections as well as for the renewables energy or the Oil and Gas industry. Background in the Cable manufacturing (Prysmian), in t

Dr. Aldrin Calderon is a distinguished expert in Energy and Sustainability. He earned his Ph.D. in Energy Engineering from the University of the Philippines and completed a post-graduate in Sustainability under the United Nations University - Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-I

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