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	Adrian Hodges specializes in issues of corporate responsibility as they relate to international business strategy and practice. He has managerial experience in business, local government and non-governmental organizations. He is currently Managing Director of The Prince of Wales International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), a not-for-profit business association working to promote business benefit and development gain through responsible business practices and partnerships. Adrian is co-author of ‘Everybody’s Business: Managing Risks and Opportunities in Today’s Global and ‘Corporate Social Opportunity: 7 Steps To Make CSR Work For Your Business.

	Alois Platz In his professional carrier, Alois Flatz has focused exclusively on the interface of investing and sustainable development including the establishment of private equity and financial advisory businesses. Alois Flatz is a managing partner of zouk ventures an independent London-based private equity firm focused on cleantechnology investing. Zouk manages over €150m in two technology venture funds. He was a managing partner with BTS Investment Advisors, a specialised boutique focused on investing in the Indian private equity sector. He now serves as a board member to BTS IA. Before working in above mentioned positions he served as partner of SAM Group Ltd., an asset management company focused on sustainability investments. As head of research, he was responsible for all research activities of the group - which was independently rated No #1 in the World - as well as for the product development and SAM Indexes. Alois Flatz is the co-founder of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), the world’s first and most recognized financial sustainability index. He also developed the SAM Sustainable Water Fund with now more than € 1.2 bn under management. Alois Flatz serves as a board member of SiC Processing AG a global leader in the management and recycling of used slurry from the solar and semiconductor wafer in-dustry, Germany and of Forma Futura, an independent Zurich based asset management company taking a sustainability-orientated approach to financial investments focused on private clients. Alois holds a PhD from University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and an MBA from Vienna University of Economics, Austria. He obtained his post-master diploma from Ecole des Haute Commerciale (HEC) in Paris, France. zouk ventures limited www.zouk.com 140 Brompton Road London SW3 1HY UK T +44 7920 848 574 M +423 (79) 22 22 0 aflatz@zouk.com

	Ang Kian Seng is currently the Deputy Director in Building and Construction Authority's Technology Development Division in charge of Technology and Innovation development. His portfolio includes policies on building energy, the development of BCA's showcase project, Zero Energy Building@BCA Acaqdemy and the administration of various incentive schemes such as the $50mil MND Research Fund for the Built Environment and the $20 mill Green Mark Scheme.

	Arab Hoballah is the Chief of the Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch in the Division of Technology, Industry and Economics of UNEP, since October 2005. Previously, he spent 14 years working in the UNEP Regional Seas programme, as the Deputy Coordinator of the Mediterranean Action Plan since 1998. He was also responsible for the Secretariat of the Mediterranean Commission on Sustainable Development. Between 1991 and 1998, he was the Deputy Director of the Blue Plan, one of MAP's Regional Activity Centres. Before 1991, he worked for several institutions, including several years with World Bank projects in developing countries. Sustainable development and environment protection depend on production and consumption patterns through individual and collective decision and behaviour. These require the promotion of a culture of change and adequate policy reforms; cross-cutting by nature, production and consumption patterns can only be changed through a multi-stakeholders approach building on improving knowledge, raising awareness, promoting participation, strengthening capacity and using relevant tools such as lifecycle assessment, circular economy, green and sustainable procurement, clean technology, all contributing to resource efficiency and decoupling. Educated and trained in a multicultural environment in various continents, he qualified in Paris in 1978-79 in Economic Tools and Prospective Analysis (MSc), in 1981 in International Relations (MSc) and in Economic Development (PhD).

	Aron Cramer President and CEO Business for Social Responsibility Aron works closely with BSR's 250 member companies, providing advice and counsel on the full spectrum of social and environmental issues. Under his leadership, BSR has grown its staff by 50 percent and significantly expanded its global presence. Aron joined BSR in 1995 as the founding director of its Business and Human Rights Program, and later opened BSR's Paris office in 2002, where he worked until becoming President and CEO in 2004. A recognized expert in the field of CSR, Aron speaks frequently at business forums such as the World Economic Forum and UN meetings, and is widely quoted in media such as The New York Times, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, La Tribune (France), and The Financial Express (India). He serves on the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Future, Forum EMPRESA and the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining BSR, Aron practiced law in San Francisco, and worked as a journalist at ABC News in New York. Expertise Integrating CSR into business strategy, human rights policies and practices, stakeholder engagement. Insight "Upon being hired by BSR, I was reading The New York Times, and realized that virtually every story had some connection to our work. It is a great gift to be able to spend every day so fully engaged in the world, and our collective future." Notable Achievement It has been a privilege to be a part of several "firsts" linking business and human rights. Personal Passion Someday I will channel my curiosity about the world by traveling for the sole purpose of experiencing new places with my family.

	Ashok Khosla is chairman of Development Alternatives, an organization that champions sustainable development through the innovation and delivery of technologies for creating rural livelihoods, of methodologies for managing the natural resource base and of designs for effective institutions. In 1972, Khosla established and headed the Indian Government’s Office of Environment and was later Director, Infoterra in the United Nations Environment Programme. He has been advisor to government and international agencies and board member of IUCN, WWF, IISD and other bodies. He is President of the Club of Rome and was awarded the United Nations Sasakawa Environment Prize in 2002.

	Bill Harnett Innovest’s Managing Director Australasia, Mr Bill Harnett, joined the company in 2005 after having gained extensive experience in sustainable investment related research and product development as part of a 14 year career in the finance and investment industry. From 1994 to 2000 Bill worked at Westpac Banking Corporation in corporate banking, strategy and funds management roles including from 1999-2000 where he worked on the product management and communication for the Westpac (now BT) Australian Eco Share Fund – the first ‘best of sector’ SRI fund offered to Australian superannuation funds. From 2000 to 2003 Bill developed and was the Manager of the Challenger Socially Responsive Investment Fund (SRI Fund). This was the first mainstream Australian share SRI fund in Australia to incorporate both negative and positive screening criteria within the stock selection and portfolio construction process, which has proved a popular approach for SRI funds established over the last 3-5 years. The fund won the inaugural “Ethical Fund of the Year 2001” from Ethical Investor Magazine. Bill’s qualifications include a Masters of Environmental Management from University of NSW (2004 for which he was awarded the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand Prize) and a Bachelor of Economic Degree (with double major in economics and sociology) from Macquarie University (1992). Bill has gained a high profile in the sustainable investment industry in Australia and has been invited to present at several conferences and seminars including Clean Tech Forum 2005 and 2006, CPA National Congress 2006, Climate Change and Business 2006; Environment Business Australia 2006 forum.

	Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a renowned civil rights activist and journalist. Born in South Carolina in the United States, she rose to national attention in 1961 when she became one of two first African-American students to attend the University of Georgia, ending racial segregation in that institution. She currently works as a free-lancer for television and magazines and is currently special Africa correspondent with National Public Radio. An author, her book is “New News Out. of Africa:Uncovering the African Renaissance.” She served as the Johannesburg bureau chief for CNN from 1999 to 2005 and was a former chief national correspondent for The NewsHour on PBS up to 1997. Charlayne was also the first African-American reporter for The New Yorker in 1963 and an investigative reporter and an anchorwoman for the NBC affiliate in the nation’s capitol. In addition, she was a reporter for the New York Times for 10 years, during which she won the distinguished New York Times’ Publisher Award. Among her many other accolades, Charlayne has won two Peabody Awards and two Emmy Awards , and was enlisted into the National Association of Black Journalist Hall of Fame in 2005. She also holds more than three dozen honorary degrees and serves on numerous boards, including the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Carter Center.

	Claude Fussler is the newly appointed Programme Director for the Caring For Climate initiative launched in 2007 by the UN Global Compact. He is an expert in business innovation and issue management with a focus on sustainable development and corporate social responsibility. In June 2006 he received the Cleantech Pioneer Award for his groundbreaking work and experience in business processes for eco-efficiency and innovation. He is the editor of the business book Raising the Bar published in June 2004 at the occasion of Kofi Annan’s Leaders Summit in New York. The book is a guide to create value in implementing a corporate citizenship strategy based on the principles of the UN Global Compact. In 2002 he coordinated the business input to the World Summit on Sustainable development in Johannesburg and produced the business book Walking the Talk in which prominent business executives demonstrate the opportunities and responsibilities in globalisation. As a vice president of Dow Chemical in Europe, where he worked for more than 30 years, Claude managed a number of international business assignments. In 1996 he authored the business book Eco-Innovation. He also led the international work group on Eco-efficiency that was formed by the Business Council for Sustainable Development following the Rio 92 Summit. For a number of years he was vice chairman of the Stockholm Environment Institute (until 2003) and chaired the European faculty of the International Business Leaders Forum seminars in Salzburg (until 1998). In 1994 he was the recipient of Tomorrow’s magazine first Environmental Leadership Award. www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/rtbar.htm www.greenleaf-publishing.com/catalogue/walk.htm

	Conor McCoole Managing Director Head of Project Finance, Asia Project & Export Finance Wholesale Banking Standard Chartered Bank Conor McCoole is Managing Director and head of Standard Chartered’s award-winning project finance team in Asia. His primary responsibility is to originate and oversee financial advisory and lead arranging mandates for projects across Asia. Standard Chartered has project and export finance teams in Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Mumbai, Seoul and Tokyo and completed transactions in the power, infrastructure, oil and gas and telecoms sectors in 2007. The team was recognised as the Best Project Finance House in Asia by Project Finance International, Euromoney, The Asset and Finance Asia. Conor has extensive finance experience gained over 15 years at Standard Chartered Bank, Barclays Bank and UFJ Bank with a focus on energy and power sector. He has completed numerous advisory and lead arranging assignments in the oil and gas, power and infrastructure sectors. Conor has an M.A in Economics from University College Dublin in Ireland.

	David Suzuki, Co-Founder of the David Suzuki Foundation, is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. He is renowned for his radio and television programs that explain the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling, easily understood way. Dr. Suzuki is a geneticist. He graduated from Amherst College (Massachusetts) in 1958 with an Honours BA in Biology, followed by a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Chicago. He held a research associateship in the Biology Division of Tennessee’s Oak Ridge National Lab (1961 – 62), was an Assistant Professor in Genetics at the University of Alberta (1962 – 63), and since then has been a faculty member of the University of British Columbia. He is now Professor Emeritus of The University of British Columbia, Sustainable Development Research Institute. In 1972, he was awarded the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship for the outstanding research scientist in Canada under the age of 35. He has won numerous academic awards and holds 22 honourary degrees in Canada, the U.S. and Australia. A member of the Royal Society of Canada and a Companion to the Order of Canada, Dr. Suzuki has written 43 books, including 17 for children. His 1976 textbook An Introduction to Genetic Analysis (with A.J.F. Griffiths), remains the most widely used genetics text book in the U.S. and has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Indonesian, Arabic, French and German. Dr. Suzuki has received consistently high acclaim for his thirty years of award-winning work in broadcasting. In 1974 he developed and hosted the long running popular science program *Quirks and Quarks* on CBC Radio. He has since presented two influential documentary CBC radio series on the environment, *It’s a Matter of Survival* and *From Naked Ape to Superspecies. His television career began with CBC in 1971 when he wrote and hosted Suzuki on Science. He then created and hosted a number of television specials, and in 1979 became the host of the award-winning The Nature of Things with David Suzuki.* He has won four Gemini Awards as best host of a Canadian television series for The Nature of Things, which he has been with for 26 of the 46 seasons they have been on air. His eight part television series, *A Planet for the Taking, won an award from the United Nations. His eight part PBS series, The Secret of Life, was praised internationally, as was his five part series The Brain* for the Discovery Channel. On June 10, 2002 he received the John Drainie Award for broadcasting excellence. Dr. Suzuki is also recognized as a world leader in sustainable ecology. He is the recipient of UNESCO’s Kalinga Prize for Science, the United Nations Environment Program Medal and the Global 500. He is a fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science. More info: www.davidsuzuki.org

	David Williams Founder & CEO, Impact International David Williams founded Impact in 1980 with nothing more than an idea and a passion for people development. His vision and leadership have established Impact as a values-driven organisation and global market leader, creating innovative approaches to leadership and organisational development, community action learning and creating sustainable enterprise. Impact is both a Sunday Times and FT top company to work for, employing over 200 people from 17 bases worldwide and owning three stunning country house hotels in the Lake District. When he gets time David enjoys travelling the world, scuba diving and sheep farming!

	David Wong Managing Director and Country Executive, SE Asia, ABN AMRO Mr David Wong is Managing Director and Country Executive of ABN AMRO, SE Asia. He is responsible for the bank's overall operations which include consumer and commercial banking, investment banking and global markets activities He joined the bank in 1995 where his key responsibilities included the treasury, financial futures, debt capital markets and treasury and securities operations and Private Banking. Mr. Wong’s career spans over 25 years in various locations including New York, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong, with a strong focus on treasury, fixed income and securities. He is appointed by and currently serves as: Deputy Chairman of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Markets Committee. Monetary Authority of Singapore Vice Chairman, Financial Institutions Competency Standards, Institute of Banking & Finance Council Member of the Association of Banks and Singapore Institute of Directors, Singapore Board Member of Energy Market Authority, Ministry of Trade and Industry Board Member of Civil Service College He possesses a degree in Business Administration from the University of Singapore and a Master of Science degree in Investment Management from the HK University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong.

	Doug Miller President, GlobeScan Incorporated, London Doug Miller is President of GlobeScan, a global public opinion and stakeholder research company with offices in Toronto, London and Washington. The company’s major practice is tracking issues and reputation for corporate, government, NGO and multilateral clients. It also has industry-leading expertise in sustainable development, corporate social responsibility and the ‘conscience consumer.’ GlobeScan is mainly known for conducting global public opinion polls, including the regular 20-nation BBC World Service Poll, the GlobeScan Report on Issues and Reputation, the Corporate Social Responsibility Monitor and the Climate Change Monitor. However, much of GlobeScan’s work involves executive interviews with influential stakeholders of leading global companies and organizations. Since founding GlobeScan as Environics International in 1987, Mr. Miller has led its expansive growth and has become one of the most respected global pollsters, now based in London. Mr. Miller regularly presents the findings and strategic implications of GlobeScan’s research to clients on three continents, as well as at major conferences and through the media. GlobeScan Incorporated 6 Union Wharf, 23 Wenlock Road London N1 7SB United Kingdom www.GlobeScan.com

	Ernst Ligteringen is the Chief Executive of GRI. He has held this position since 2002, when GRI was established as an independent organization with an international Secretariat in Amsterdam. Ernst holds overall responsibility for GRI, including secretariat operations and the coordination of the worldwide GRI network of active stakeholders who participate in the GRI’s governance, working groups, reviews, and consultation processes. Ernst is a member of GRI’s multi-stakeholder Board of Directors, which has charged the GRI with the mission of making sustainability reporting as relevant and mainstream as financial reporting. Before joining GRI, Ernst had a 23-year career in various non-governmental and international organizations, including postings and missions in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, Asia, Middle East and Europe. His posts included: Executive Director of Oxfam International; Director of Programme Coordination of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; and Consultant to the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization at the ILO. Mr Ligteringen is a Dutch national, married and has two daughters.

	Gita Wirjawan Have been involved in advising key clients, including government and non-government agencies, in many parts of Asia with respect to corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic sales. Key transactions include: IPO of Bank Negara Indonesia ($800mn), sale of strategic stake in Excelcomindo ($438mn), acquisition of strategic state in Medco Energy ($350 million), a acquisition of strategic stake in Telkomsel by Singtel ($1.1bn), acquisition of strategic stake in Indosat by Singapore Technologies Telemedia ($650mn), stake sale of Telkom by the Government of Indonesia ($300mn), sale of strategic stake in Satelindo by Deutsche Telecom ($325mn), acquisition of Devon Energy’s assets in Indonesia by PetroChina ($250mn), sale ex-Salim Palm Oil Planations to Kumpulan Guthrie ($350mn), sale of corporate loans by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) ($200mn), acquisition of strategic stake in ICTSI by Hutchison Port Holdings ($600mn), Pre-IPO restructuring advisory of Mingshen Bank.

	Göran Persson Highlights: Prime Minister of Sweden 1996 - 2006 Minister for Finance 1994 - 1996 Minister for Education and Science 1989 - 1991 Prime Minister during the Swedish EU Presidency 2001 Member of Progressve Governanace Network - International think-tank initiated by Bill Clinton in 1999 with Tony Blair, Gerhard Schröder and Wim Kok Click here to view bio

	Habiba Al Marashi is the co-founder and Chairperson of Emirates Environmental Group, a pioneering non-government organisation based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. A UAE national, Habiba began her professional career in government service and was nominated to the Dubai Government Excellence Awards in 2000. She founded EEG in 1991 with 12 like minded people while she was still holding a seat in the government office. Under Mrs. Al Marashi’s leadership EEG bloomed from a small voluntary organisation to a large network both locally and globally. She has been instrumental in drawing up EEG’s framework of operations and management systems. EEG became the world’s first environmental NGO to be accredited with the ISO 14001 certification and is the only civil society organization in the region accredited by UNEP and UNCCD. She has earned EEG local and international recognition as an active, multi-sectoral organisation that has successfully brought the government, private sector and community under the same banner. Under her guidance EEG has launched several one of its kind initiatives in the field of environmental education and awareness, waste management and corporate social responsibility that have effectively mobilised the community to support environment protection measures and campaigns. She is involved in many leading government initiatives on environment at the national, regional and international levels, and is a recognised representative and spokesperson for West Asian Arab nations at high ranking international summits. Personally and at the organisational level, she has won several awards for contributing to environment, community and gender development issues and she was also the first recipient of the Emirates Businesswomen Award in the Professional Category. Recently she has been appointed to the board of UN Global Compact (UN GC), considered to be the world's largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative. Mrs. Al Marashi is also a member of the Women Leaders Intercultural Forum (WLIF). Apart from this she is one of the Founding Members at the Emirates Green Building Council (EGBC) which aims at advancing green building principles for protecting the environment and ensuring sustainability in the United Arab Emirates. Mrs. Al Marashi is very much involved in the sustainable development movement in the country and the region devoting its programs and campaigns to environmental protection, conservation and corporate social responsibility. Through her work with EEG, Mrs. Al Marashi is keen on campaigning on the adoption of sustainability measures to accompany fast paced growth which characterizes the emerging economies of the region.

	Hayden Turner is an experienced wildlife television presenter, now a global household name through his work for the National Geographic Channel and TV. He reports from some of the wildest and most scenic places on earth transmitting passion and expertise with each broadcast. Hayden combines an exceptional commitment to conservation with an understanding of his audiences’ interests. He works alongside experienced television crews, leading producers and directors and has co-produced several of his programmes. Over the past twelve years, the former zookeeper has travelled extensively throughout the African continent and to more than 35 other countries. He has worked with numerous species but specialises in the husbandry of African Mammals. When not adventuring in some remote corner of the globe, Hayden runs programmes and gives talks for zoos and schools, believing that the most effective approach to conservation is education.

	Hein van der Zeeuw is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations with NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips. In this role, Hein is responsible for integral supply chain management, purchasing, front- and back-end manufacturing, and business excellence. Hein is a member of the NXP Board of Management and executive management team (EMT) and acts the Chairman of the Business Renewal Council. Hein holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands.

	Dr Isabelle Louis Director Asia Pacific Programme WWF International 237, Cantonment Road Singapore 089767 ilouis@wwf.sg Dr Isabelle Louis is the Director of the Asia Pacific Programme at WWF International. In her current position, since 1999, she directly manages WWF International’s offices in China, Indochina, Thailand, Singapore and the South Pacific. She also facilitates programmatic support, as well as facilitates WWF's partnership engagements and dialogue in the region. With her team, they support the offices in their operations, programme implementation, partnerships and fundraising. The current programmatic focus of WWF's work in the AP region includes issues related to climate change, marine, forest, species and water conservation. Her background is in Botany and Plant Pathology, and received her BSc and Phd from Sheffield University in the UK. Before joining WWF Malaysia in 1990, she was actively involved in teaching and research. These included 4 years as a Teaching Fellow at the National University of Singapore and 2 years as a Postdoctorate Fellow at Harvard University.

	Iza Kruszewska has worked in the environmental movement for almost 20 years: in Central and Eastern Europe campaigning against waste trade, toxic chemicals and the use of genetically engineered organisms in food and agriculture; and campaigning for Clean Production, using strategies such as right to know and extended producer responsibility. She has worked with Greenpeace, Northern Alliance for Sustainability and other NGOs. In 2004, she led the Greenpeace campaign to reform EU chemicals policy (REACH) and since 2005, has been working to clean up the electronics sector through the Toxic Tech campaign. Iza is responsible for the Greenpeace Guide to Greener Electronics and leads on talks with the companies ranked in the Guide.

	James Gifford is Executive Director of the PRI and has been guiding the initiative since its inception in November 2003. He was also a member of the Global Reporting Initiative Working Group that developed the Environmental Sector Supplement for the finance sector. As well as leading the PRI, he is completing a PhD in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Sydney on the effectiveness of shareholder engagement in improving corporate environmental, social and corporate governance performance. He has a background in IT and environmental protection. He has degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Queensland, and a Master's of Environment Management from the University of New South Wales.

	Jeremy Goon is the Group Head of CSR at Wilmar International, where he is responsible for aligning the Group’s activities to global best practices in environmental, social and economic sustainability. Reporting to the Chairman and CEO, Jeremy spearheads Wilmar’s drive towards certification under the formalized Round Table for Sustainable Palm Oil Principles and Criteria. He is also responsible for the Group’s Plantation Biodiversity Technical Committee in addition to heading the Group’s division for Carbon Offset Credit Development, which includes Clean Development Mechanism projects as well as other Carbon Capture Initiatives. Prior to this appointment, Jeremy was Head of European Operations for Kuok Oils and Grains, based in Germany and the Netherlands for three years. He has also served as Head of Brand Management and Marketing for the Group’s Vietnam operations for two years. His responsibilities included overseeing Group Edible Oil Refining activities in Europe and marketing activities in Indo-China respectively.

	Jeremy Pink President and Managing Director CNBC Asia Pacific Jeremy Pink is the President and Managing Director of CNBC in Asia Pacific. He is responsible for managing and growing CNBC’s assets in Asia Pacific, and for spearheading CNBC’s regional integration within the global business, to help drive growth and reinforce CNBC’s position as the world’s leading business news network. His role includes collaborating across divisions to effectively utilize the worldwide resources of NBC Universal, and parent company GE. With two decades of media experience spanning three continents, Pink brings tremendous insights to the business in the Asia Pacific region. Pink actively contributed to the successful relaunch of CNBC Asia Pacific’s morning programming schedule at the beginning of 2007, where 5 new shows were created, Squawk Australia, CNBC’s Cash Flow, Trading Matters, Australia This Week and Capital Connection (broadcast simultaneously from Europe and Asia). CNBC’s signature programme, Squawk Box was also enhanced and the studio located in its Singapore Headquarters was revamped to better facilitate co-anchored shows like Squawk Box and Capital Connection. Under his leadership, CNBC added 2 million households to the Asia Pacific regional footprint. In addition, CNBC Asia Pacific also successfully launched a new suite of digital and mobile offerings and developed a strong partnership with Digital Chosun, an entity of Chosun Daily Group of Companies in Korea Previously, Pink was Vice President, International News and Programming based in the US, where he worked across each international network – CNBC in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific and CNBC World in the US - to identify global programming and content opportunities. One of the programs that he spearheaded is the Worldwide Exchange, the global business news program, simultaneously broadcast out of the US, Europe and Asia. Prior to that he was with CNBC in Europe, where he was Vice President of News and Programming, directing the network's daily content and coverage with oversight of the network's long-range programming as well. His work contributed to making CNBC in Europe the fastest growing pan-European TV channel. Prior to CNBC in Europe, Pink held positions at Asia Business Network LLP (now known as CNBC Asia Pacific), Worldly Information Network, and CNN's New York and Atlanta offices. Pink is a member of the International Academy of the Arts and Sciences, as well as a member of the Young President’s Club. He is also a member of the Cable and Satellite Association of Asia (CASBAA) Board of Governors. Pink holds an MBA from Duke University and a BA in Economics from Ohio State University. About CNBC Asia Pacific CNBC Asia Pacific is uniquely positioned to speak to viewers from across the region. Headquartered in Singapore, the network provides nine and a half hours of live Asia-produced programming, which is complemented with coverage of live market action from Europe and the US. CNBC Asia Pacific's channels, which include CNBC Asia, CNBC-TV18 (India), CNBC Pakistan, Nikkei-CNBC (Japan) are available in more than 21 countries across the Asia Pacific region. CNBC also has a strategic alliance with Shanghai Media Group, which wholly owns a subsidiary,China Business Network and a partnership with Digital Chosun, an entity of Chosun Daily Group of Companies, the premier multiplatform media conglomerate in Korea. The channels are distributed via satellite, cable and terrestrial broadcast networks, as well as broadband, on www.cnbc.com. CNBC content is also distributed on mobile platforms through selective markets. For more information, please visit us at www.asia.cnbc.com. CNBC is 100% owned and managed by NBC Universal, which is the broadcasting unit of GE, the ‘World’s Most Admired’ company in FORTUNE magazine's annual poll of executives (March 2007).

	Jim McIlvenny President of Asia Pacific & Greater China The Dow Chemical Company Jim McIlvenny has been serving as President of Dow Asia Pacific & Greater China since 2006. He moved to Shanghai, China, in 2004 after being named President of Dow Greater China. Since joining Dow in Australia in 1982, he has held a number of technical, sales, marketing and business leadership positions in various locations. McIlvenny is a chemical engineer by training.

	Jo Appleby Jo is Head of Community Partnerships at Impact Development Training Group, a global training and development organisation that pioneers new approaches to people development, sustainable business practices and creating opportunities for corporate/community involvement. Jo joined Impact in 1996 and is currently responsible for the design, management and implementation of national and international Community Action Learning programmes, aligning businesses with Impact’s community partners. Jo has been instrumental in the creation and implementation of Impact’s UK strategy for CSR. She played a significant role in the design of the Zambia HIV/AIDS Leadership Forum, a partnership with the First Lady of Zambia and Zambia National Aids Network. The Forum is aimed at mobilising a global project team to develop the capacity of emerging leaders fighting HIV/AIDS. In 2007 Jo was accepted on the Partnership Brokers Accreditation Scheme (PBAS). Jo has travelled extensively and spent two years working in Tokyo while setting up one of Impact’s sister companies. She is driven and enthused by the massive potential individuals and organisations have for making great achievements by working collaboratively.

	Karl W Feilder CEO, DHL Neutral Services Karl W Feilder is CEO of DHL Neutral Services, the in house carbon consultancy established by DHL to assess, reduce, and replace the carbon footprint created by DHL and DHL customers. With a global scope and executive sponsorship of both DHL and DHL's customers' activities, Feilder has a unique perspective on the creation and execution of real world corporate carbon reduction strategies and the most recent data. An award winning public speaker, Feilder's career has spanned entrepreneurial start-ups to public companies, a role as government advisor to six different world governments, and recognition by the World Economic Forum as a technology pioneer. He has a first degree in Engineering, and an MBA from Henley Management College.

	Li Yue Vice President of China Mobile Communications Corporation and Executive Director and Vice President of China Mobile Limited. Mr. Li assists the President in relation to the company’s development strategy, planning, network and information systems. Mr. Li holds a Master's Degree and a Doctoral Degree in business administration. He is a professor-level senior engineer with over 31 years of management experience in the telecommunications industry.

	Mah Bow Tan, a Member of Parliament (MPs) for Tampines Group Representation Constituency, held various portfolios in the Government, including Trade and Industry, Communications and Information, and the Environment before he was appointed Minister for National Development in June 1999. Educated at St Joseph's Institution, Mr Mah was awarded the President's and Colombo Plan Scholarships to study at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He graduated with First Class Honours in Industrial Engineering in 1971 and received his Master of Engineering degree in Operations Research in 1973.

	Mark L. Clifford is the Executive Director of the Asia Business Council, a position he has held since May 2007. The Council is a Hong Kong-based organization whose membership is limited to Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers at leading companies with significant interests in Asia. The Council conducts research in areas such as energy, environment, education, corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, health and technology. Clifford previously was Editor-in-Chief of the South China Morning Post; prior to that he was Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Standard from 2004-06 and is the only person to have been the editor of Hong Kong’s two English-language dailies. From 1999-2003, he was the Hong Kong-based Asia Regional Editor for BusinessWeek, with overall responsibility for the magazine’s bureaus from Bombay to Tokyo. Clifford first came to Asia in 1987 as a Seoul, Korea-based correspondent with the Far Eastern Economic Review. He moved to Hong Kong in 1992 and became the Review’s Business Editor before joining BusinessWeek in 1995 as a regional correspondent. Clifford is the co-author, with former WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi, of China and the WTO: Changing China, Changing World Trade, which was published at the time of China’s WTO accession in December 2001. Clifford’s other books include Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats and Generals in South Korea and Meltdown: Asia's Boom, Bust and Beyond (co-authored with Pete Engardio). He was a contributor to two other books, China’s Century and Japan in Asia. He is the recipient of a number of prizes for his reporting, including the prestigious Overseas Press Club Award for best foreign business reporting for his coverage, as part of a BusinessWeek team, of the Asian financial crisis. Clifford most recently was one of the authors of the Asia Business Council’s book Building Energy Efficiency: Why Green Buildings Are Key to Asia’s Future. The study, the Asia Business Council’s first book, looks at the economic and environmental importance of greater energy efficiency in Asia’s buildings. Clifford is an honors graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and was a Walter Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University in 1986-87. MarkC@AsiaBusinessCouncil.org

	Mark Newton is responsible for Dell Environmental Policy. In this role he directs global policy development, stakeholder engagements and corporate accountability on environmental issues including material use, energy efficiency, product recycling and climate strategy. Mr. Newton joined Dell in 2003 as Manager of Dell Worldwide Environmental Affairs. Under his leadership, Dell integrated global environmental design requirements into the business as part of its ongoing commitment to environmental responsibility. His team established robust compliance assurance processes, introduced stakeholder concerns into the business and led policy and process development activities. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Newton also led product-focused environmental technology programs at Motorola and Apple. He received a Doctorate in Chemistry in 1993 from the University of Texas at Dallas.

	Michael Valocchi Global Leader for IBM Global Business Services IBM Global Energy & Utilities Michael is currently the Global Energy and Utility Industry Leader for IBM Global Business Services. In that role, he is responsible for the development and execution of the industry strategy to delivery consulting services as well as the development and direction of the Industry thought leadership. Prior to this position, Michael was a Business Strategy Partner with IBM Global Services and held a leadership position with another consulting firm. Michael has 21 years experience serving energy and utility clients,has proven leadership skills and expertise in financial, strategic, operational and regulatory issues, and has directed, managed and delivered solutions to complex business problems and issues. Michael is an accomplished business strategist with deep experience in leading complex client projects in the areas of financial, operational and regulatory strategy. He successfully delivered projects in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, trading and risk management, cost control, financial re-engineering, asset strategy, regulatory strategies and market entry studies. Michael has in-depth financial and accounting experience in areas of mergers and acquisitions, financial reporting, SEC filings, control structures, cost allocation and rate structures. He is recognized for deep industry knowledge, being responsible for the development of industry point of views and various thought leadership pieces. He is a frequent speaker and quoted in major publications on various aspects of the energy and utility industry. Michael holds a BS in Accounting from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, PA.

	Neil C. Hawkins, Sc.D. Vice President, Sustainability The Dow Chemical Company Midland, Michigan U.S.A. Dr. Neil Hawkins currently serves as Vice President, Sustainability for The Dow Chemical Company. In this global role, he is responsible for driving Dow’s sustainability performance, including implementation of Dow’s landmark 2015 Sustainability Goals, including the transformational Sustainable Chemistry goal. He is also accountable for Product EH&S, Global Regulatory Affairs, Health Services, Remediation, and the regional EH&S implementation organizations. Hawkins has previously held a wide range of Environment, Health & Safety, and Public Affairs roles across Dow. Hawkins joined Dow in 1988, and is in his 20th year with the company. Hawkins holds masters and doctoral degrees from Harvard University, School of Public Health, and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech. Hawkins is an expert in environmental risk assessment and environmental policy.

	Olivier Luneau Senior Vice President, Sustainable Development and Public Affairs, Lafarge A graduate from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce d’Amiens (Amiens Business School), Olivier Luneau (born in 1948) holds a MBA from California University. He began his career at the Bank of America, within the French subsidiary, as Senior Banking Executive (1976-78), then Deputy Director (1978-82), Vice President in Paris (1982-84), Vice President in Hong Kong (1984-87), Vice Chairman of the Board and CEO (1987-89), and finally President of the Mutual Fund Bank of America Cashinvest (1988-90). He joined the Lafarge Group in 1990 as Managing Director of Transbanque, and then became in 1991 Group Treasurer. At the time of the acquisition of Redland, in 1998, he was based in the United Kingdom to ensure the integration. From 1999 to 2001, he was Group Controller. From 2001 to 2005, he was CEO of Lafarge Aso Cement in Japan, in which Lafarge holds 39% share. Olivier Luneau has occupied his current position since September 2005.

	Rafael Guevara Senga Asia-Pacific Energy Policy Coordinator WWF International As Asia-Pacific Energy Policy Coordinator, Mr. Senga is responsible for implementing WWF’s Climate Solutions: Vision 2050 Report through the Sustainable Energy Development in Asia strategy focusing on large emerging economies (e.g. China and India) and other fast-growing markets such as those in Southeast Asia. This includes initiatives to accelerate sustainable energy development, trade and cooperation amongst Asian countries, sustainable energy finance (e.g. ADB-HSBC-WWF Climate Solutions Partnership), Low Carbon Cities Initiative (China and India), National Energy Vision development in key Asia-Pacific countries (e.g. China, India), Smart Energy Network Initiative (i.e. Energy Efficiency), carbon market development through the Gold Standard, sustainable energy policy development and advocacy, Multi-Stakeholder Power Development Planning and the Climate Savers Programme. He is also the concurrent mitigation coordinator of HSBC-funded Climate Partnership Programme being implemented by WWF in China, India, Brazil and the UK. Previous to this post, Mr. Senga was head of the Climate and Energy Programme at WWF Philippines and coordinator of the Green and Renewable Independent Power Producers (GRIPP) project.

	Rod Parsley Mr. Parsley is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Perella Weinberg Partners, positions he has held since October 2006. Perella Weinberg Partners is a financial services firm which provides corporate advisory and asset management services to clients around the world. Mr. Parsley manages the Perella Weinberg Partners Oasis Fund, a portfolio of private and public investments in water, alternative energy and clean technology. From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Parsley was the portfolio manager of The Water Fund, LP, a New York-based hedge fund that invested globally in water-related companies, including utilities, infrastructure and technology companies. Mr. Parsley has extensive experience in securities valuation, risk management, private equity and capital structure analysis. He has created investment models and designed financial instruments for corporations in a variety of industries, and previously structured and traded derivative hedging products tied to commodity prices. Prior to this, Mr. Parsley was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company. Mr. Parsley serves on the Board of Directors of Underground Solutions Inc., a leader in trenchless water pipe technologies. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Parsley served on the Board of Advisors of eSecLending, a securities lending company owned jointly by Old Mutual Asset Management and CalPERS, which has auctioned over $400 billion in assets to many of the nation’s largest financial institutions. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Pomona College.

	Sheri Liao got her Master Degree of Philosophy at the SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY in 1986. After that she worked as a researcher with the China Academy of Social Science for five years, and then became a visiting scholar on International Environmental Politics at the University of North Carolina in the United States. In 1996 she returned to Beijing to found the Global Village of Beijing, a non-governmental, non-profit environmental organization. In 2000，she was nominated as an environmental advisor of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Committed to develop environmental education, raise public awareness and promote public participation in China, so far she has filmed over 100 environmental protection documentaries, written relevant articles amounting to over one million characters, and organized more than 30 journalists’ forums. She even built up many experimental sites in local communities, successfully spreading the theory of “Green Communities”. In addition, for the purpose of promoting grassroots Chinese NGOs’ co-actions, she initiated many environmental protection programs and activities which involved many Chinese NGOs, such as “26 Degree Air Conditioning Campaign”, “Car Free Day”, ”Green Choice”,” Actions for Saving 20% Energy”. As a result, the NGOs’ co-actions influenced government’s policy making. Recognized internationally for her efforts, Ms. Liao was awarded the 2000 Sophie Prize in Norway. In 2005, Ms. Liao won the “Annual Economic Figure Social Commonweal Award” by China Central Television (CCTV). In 2006, she was honored one of eight Green Chinese Annual Figures. In 2007, she won Award for Eco-well-off Society.

	Dr Simon Zadek is Chief Executive of the non-profit organization, AccountAbility, the leading organisation internationally advancing accountability innovations that support sustainable development. He is currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Government and Business of Harvard University’s Kennedy School, and a ‘Professor Extraordinaire’ at the University of South Africa’s Centre for Corporate Citizenship. He sits on the International Advisory Board of Instituto Ethos, the Advisory Board of Generation Investment Management and is a Member of the Clinton-Dalberg Task Force programme. In 2003 he was named one of the World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Leaders for Tomorrow’ He has authored and co-authored numerous publications and has become a classic in the field, being recognised by the Academy of Management with the ‘Best Book Social Issues Award 2006’

	Tim Keenan is the Executive Officer at the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). From small beginnings CDP is now the primary global mechanism for measuring, managing and reporting carbon emissions, active in 23 countries. Prior to joining CDP Tim was the Environment Programme Director at the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, one of the largest charitable foundations in the UK where he focussed funding on supporting development of a low carbon economy, sustainable agriculture and fisheries. Tim also advises the Washington DC based marine conservation organisation Oceana.

	Tom Hicks Tom joined USGBC in November 2004 and currently serves as Vice President for International Programs and LEED for Neighborhood Development. Prior to serving in this role, Tom oversaw the implementation and development of all LEED rating systems as the Vice President for LEED. Prior to joining USGBC, Tom spent 9 years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as Senior Program Manager on the Energy Star for Buildings program.

	Uchita de Zoysa is a thinker, writer, speaker and civil society leader of the global sustainability movement. He has contributed to the UN Earth Summit (1992 in Rio de Janeiro), World Summit for Social Development (1995 in Copenhagen) and World Summit on Sustainable Development (2002 in Johannesburg) and over a hundred of other important international conferences. Uchita's international profile includes serving on the International NGO Forum for UNCED, International NGO Steering Committee for UNCSD, SC.Asia Advisory Board of UNEP, SPACES International Working Group, and the SCORE Scientific Advisory Board, etc. He is currently the Executive Director of the NGO Centre for Environment & Development and Managing Director of CSR agency: D&D Strategic Solutions and serves on the National Advisory Committee on Climate Change in Sri Lanka. He is the co-author of the Oslo Declaration on Sustainable Consumption and author of several books including the Asian Review on Sustainable Consumption.

	Vincent Chin Partner and Managing Director, BCG Kuala Lumpur Vincent Chin is a Partner and Managing Director of the Boston Consulting Group. He heads up BCG’s operations in Malaysia, and has over 18 years of experience in line management and consulting positions. A computer scientist by training, Vincent's core area of focus in consulting has been in Strategy Formulation, Corporate Development and Information Technology. He has worked primarily with clients in Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, and Healthcare. Recently, Vincent led a study to assist a client identify near and longer term investment opportunities in sustainable development ventures. The study entailed a global search for opportunities and assessment of maturity of technologies, as well as the emerging regulatory regimes. Vincent also sits on the board of various corporate institutes in Singapore and Malaysia.

	Wolfgang Bloch, PhD Vice President Corporate Environmental Affairs & Technical Safety of Siemens AG Wolfgang Bloch, born 1953 in Essen (Germany). He finalized his study on mineralogy/chemistry at the University at Erlangen with the degree “diplom- mineralogist” and graduated to a PhD in geochemistry. Work History 1986 - 1998 Vacuumschmelze GmbH (metal melting company) R&D department, production engineer, project on concurrent engineering and business development, environment safety and health manager focused on: environmental management system, waste management, chemical policy, plant authorization management 1998 – 2003 Infineon Technologies AG (semiconductor manufacturing) Corporate Department Environment, Safety and Health focused on: global environmental policy and governance, chemical policy, product policy (IPP, EuP, energy star) Chairman of EECA/ ESIA ESH Committee European Delegate to the WSC (World Semiconductor Council) ESH Committee and to IPPC since 2003 Siemens AG Corporate Department Environmental Affairs & Technical Safety focused on: product policy (EuP, IPP, WEEE/RoHS), implementation of environmental conscious product design (including energy efficiency), REACH, climate change, industrial environmental protection and global environmental policy.

	Wolfgang Gregor Formerly a Master Mariner, Gregor joined OSRAM in 1990. After overseas assignments in Taiwan and China as President of various subsidiaries he retuned to Munich where he was responsible for Overseas Sales. Since 2007 Gregor is responsible for one of the most important business priorities of OSRAM – Sustainability. This comprises corporate responsibility, sustainable processes as well as new sustainable business areas such as emission trade (CDM) and Off Grid lighting.