Nathaniel Keohane is President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), a widely respected, nonpartisan non-profit organisation that works with policy makers and leading businesses to accelerate the transition to a thriving, just, and resilient net-zero-emissions economy.

Dr. Keohane is a globally recognised expert on climate policy, carbon markets, and the economics of climate change. He has more than 20 years of energy and environmental policy experience in academia, government, and the non-profit sector, including at Environmental Defense Fund, where he held a range of roles including Chief Economist and most recently Senior Vice President for Climate; in the White House, as Special Assistant to President Obama for Energy and Environment in the National Economic Council (2011-2012); and, earlier in his career, as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard and a B.A. from Yale.

Daniel is Associate Professor (Practice) in Carbon Markets at the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Before transitioning to academia full-time, he spent close to 18 years in industry where he undertook a variety of roles across the Energy and Decarbonization value chains, including Commodity Trading, Acquisitions & Divestments, and Capital Project Delivery.

Within the context of Carbon Markets, he first began work in 2009 by establishing Shell’s Carbon Trading desk in Singapore for compliance markets in Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, he moved upstream and led several initiatives to establish nature-based carbon projects in South-East Asia, primarily focused on forest conservation. Subsequently in 2021, as part of the management team, he helped to setup Climate Impact X, a Singapore-based carbon markets exchange focused on serving corporate clients globally, where he led the successful delivery of a landmark auction programme for blue carbon.

His focus areas include both the topics of Climate Risk and Carbon Markets; and he is also concurrently the Director for the Carbon Markets Academy of Singapore (CMAS), a collaboration between NTU, EnterpriseSG and the Singapore Economic Development Board to develop the talent pipeline for the Carbon Services and Trading sector in the region.

Amy Merrill is the Chief Executive Officer of the ICVCM, the independent global governance body that sets and enforces threshold quality standards for the voluntary carbon market.

Between 2011 and 2021, Amy led the UNFCCC support to the development of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, leading negotiations and drafting that resulted in adoption of the Article 6 implementing rules at COP26 (2021). Amy was also the senior lawyer at UNFCCC for the Kyoto carbon mechanisms and the Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement compliance committees. Before UNFCCC, Amy was a leading carbon and climate finance lawyer in the City of London, working with MDBs and investment banks. After UNFCCC, Amy was senior legal counsel at a natural capital asset manager and then worked as interim COO at ICVCM on secondment from the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). Amy is a qualified UK lawyer with more than 20 years of experience.

Anshari is a Director in the Strategy and Development Group (Policy & Analytics) at GenZero, and he is responsible for providing thought leadership on policy, regulations and standards in support of GenZero’s investment activities.

Before GenZero, he was a climate change negotiator with the National Climate Change Secretariat under the Prime Minister’s Office. He had represented the Singapore Government at various multilateral fora such as the UNFCCC, UNCBD, IPCC and ASEAN. In total, Anshari has accumulated over 10 years of experience in multilateral negotiations and policymaking.

Anshari has coordinated whole-of-government initiatives such as Singapore’s updated Nationally Determined Contribution and carbon markets strategy. He was also the lead carbon markets negotiator for Singapore, and has co-chaired expert level negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement (international market and non-market based cooperation).

In terms of external appointments, Anshari currently sits on the Board of Verra. He graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Science (Life Sciences).

Kimberly is Managing Director and Head of Investments at GenZero. She oversees GenZero’s investments, and leads the firm’s portfolio construction and investment strategy to achieve its dual goals of positive climate impact and long-term sustainable financial returns. She is also a member of GenZero’s Investment Committee.Prior to her appointment at GenZero, Kimberly spent twelve years at Temasek International, focusing on investments in the transportation and logistics sector where she helped to build a multi-billion global logistics portfolio. With a particular focus on China and Southeast Asia, she led deal origination and execution resulting in notable investments including LF Logistics and ZTO Express, market leaders in various parts of the e-commerce logistics value chain. She also played a key role in landmark transactions involving core Singapore transportation assets which required complex technical execution and broad-based stakeholder management.

Kimberly also developed and led a new mobility strategy to build exposure to the electrification and digitalisation of transportation, the enabling supply chain and supporting infrastructure.

In terms of external appointments, Kimberly currently sits on the Board of South Pole and Velocys. She holds a MA in International and Development Economics from Yale University, and a BA and MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Lincoln College, Oxford University.

Frederick is the CEO of GenZero. He oversees the strategic direction of the company to achieve both climate impact and sustainable long-term financial returns.

Prior to his appointment at GenZero, Frederick held various leadership positions in Sustainability, Portfolio Management and Business Continuity Management in his 12 years at Temasek International. As Managing Director of Sustainable Solutions, he established the team and conceived capability programmes in clean energy, urban, and climate and nature solutions. He led key initiatives such as the establishment of Climate Impact X, a global marketplace and exchange for carbon credits, as well as Singapore’s first brownfield distributed district cooling retrofit project in partnership with SP Group. He also worked on value creation projects with some of Temasek’s large portfolio companies like SingTel and Mediacorp, and led corporate governance and stewardship initiatives within the Portfolio Management team. Frederick also took the lead in several community programmes. In 2014, he partnered Temasek Foundation to execute a nationwide delivery of mask kits during a severe haze episode and worked with ST Engineering on the development of the world’s first N95 masks specifically designed for young children.

Frederick holds several sustainability advisory positions, including being a Member of the SEforALL Governance Board and World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Climate and Nature Governance. He is also a member on the Advisory Panel of the Centre for Liveable Cities which was established by Singapore’s Ministry of National Development and Ministry of Sustainability and Environment to create and share knowledge on sustainable cities.

Frederick holds a MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and a BA and MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Lincoln College, Oxford University.