Mr. Boonrod Yaowapruek is a climate finance specialist with over 20 years of professional experience serving in various technical and managerial capacities in the clean energy and environmental sectors.

King Vai has over 20 years of corporate experience in areas such as corporate insolvency and turnaround, corporate finance advisory, and corporate and commercial banking.

Mr. Jens Radschinski has taken on the role of the Regional Lead at UNFCCC’s Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC) for Asia Pacific, situated in Bangkok in the beginning of 2017.

Ts. Shamsul Bahar Mohd Noris the Chief Executive Officer of Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation(MGTC), the primary driver for Green Technology and Climate Change Development under the purview of the Ministry of Environment & Water, Malaysia.

Dr. Rezal Khairi Ahmad was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in January 2013 under asecondment from Khazanah Nasional started in June 2012.

Prof Dato’ Ir Dr A. Bakar Jaafar, PEng, FIEM, FASc,  a Malaysian, is Research Fellow and Founding Director of UTM Ocean Thermal Energy Centre, and Professor at Perdana Centre, UTM Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics since 2013.

Ts. Dr. Sathiabama T. Thirugnana is currently the Director of UTM Ocean Thermal Energy Centre and a Senior Lecturer in Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and she is registered with Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM), MBOT, IEM, IEEE, IET and Energy Institute of UK and Malaysia. Currently, she is focused on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) and its efficient technology to tackle Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 2050 decarbonization action plans with O&G industries. In addition, she is the Project Manager for SATREPS OTEC project (2019 - 2024). She received her Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering, focused on thin-film solar cells from Waseda University of Japan in 2015. She possesses vast experience in the development and/or applications of efficient materials for solar cell, photo voltaic (PV) systems. Upon joining UTM, she has been actively involved in the STEM education initiatives and programs as part of her University Social Responsibilities (USR). Above all, for the past 18 years Dr. Sathia has involved herself in design, development, analysis, lead trainer and managing of various electrical & electronics testers, telecommunication and renewable energy (RE) industries in and out of Malaysia.

Nah-yoon is Private Sector Specialist of the WBG’s Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice. She is the lead author of Circular Economy in Industrial Parks: Technologies for Competitiveness (2021), and Resilient Industries: Competitiveness in Face of Disasters (2020). She was also one of the main contributing authors to A Practitioner’s Handbook for Eco- Industrial Parks (2018) jointly published by the WBG, UNIDO and GIZ. Nah-yoon has more than 10 years of research and operational experience in the area of sustainable and resilient urban industrial development. With the Green Competitiveness Team at the World Bank, she provides support to client countries including Bangladesh, China, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam to enhance competitiveness of their manufacturing industries through eco-industrial park projects, circular economy solutions, and measures to improve industrial resilience. Originally from the Republic of Korea, Nah-yoon has a Master of Science in Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). Before joining the Bank, she worked as a researcher at MIT on the Clean Energy City project in China and at Korea Environment Institute where she supported the Korean Ministry of Environment to implement the Seoul Initiative Network on Green Growth jointly with the UNESCAP.

Professor Ir. Ts. Dr. Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi is a Professor in the School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She is an expert resource minimisation consultant for multiple industries and is among the leading researchers in resource integration technique development. Prof Sharifah is also the co-founder and Director of Optimal Systems Engineering Sdn Bhd, a UTM Spin-off company.

I, Faizal Mohd Yusof, 53, am a civil servant and very proud to be one, a leader who is inspired by great leaders, a sporting and committed team player, a husband to one wife, a father blessed with 4 children and an avid gardener. I graduated with LLB (Hons) from the University of Northumbria, New Castle Upon Tyne in 1993 and after short stints in a few establishments, I joined the Civil Service in January 1996. My first and only posting was to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). My 1st task was as an Assistant Director of the Machinery and Equipment desk, Industry Development Division. I left MITI to undergo the Diploma in Public Administration in 1998 and upon completion of the course, I was re-posted to MITI, joining the Automotive Unit, under the same Division. Since then, I have served in various Units under Industry Development Divisions, Restructuring of Companies and Industry Services. I was the recipient for the Ministry’s Anugerah Perkhidmatan Cemerlang twice, in 2002 and 2008. Commencing May 2018 until now, I have been assigned as the Senior Director of the Investment Policy and Trade Facilitation Division (ITFD or Division).