Mandy is the Chief Executive Officer of Verra, the world’s leading voluntary carbon market standard. With over two decades of experience in the energy and climate sectors, Mandy is a recognised leader in global climate cooperation and just energy transitions.

Before joining Verra, Mandy served as Vice President for Global Climate Cooperation at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), where she directed multilateral climate engagements and led initiatives, including working on the Energy Transition Accelerator, to advance carbon markets and carbon pricing strategies that promote low-emissions futures while supporting marginalised communities. Her work at the global level was pivotal in shaping global climate policies under the Paris Agreement, working closely with international bodies such as the United Nations, G20, Business and multilateral organisations.

Mandy’s career also includes a significant tenure at South Africa’s Eskom Holdings, the largest electric utility on the African continent. As General Manager for Just Energy Transition, she was instrumental in developing Eskom’s strategy to transition from a coal-dominated utility to a renewable energy player. Mandy’s expertise in the energy industry, mitigation, climate financing, and global climate negotiations was crucial in establishing the Just Energy Transition Partnership at COP26, a landmark agreement between South Africa and major international partners including Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union. A former negotiator for South Africa and Africa, at the United Nations climate talks, Mandy co-chaired the successful outcome of Article 6 at COP26, which governs international carbon markets under the Paris Agreement.

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 serves in multiple sustainability advisory roles, including on the SEforALL Governance Board, the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Climate and Nature Governance, and the IETA Council. He also sits on the Advisory Panel of Singapore’s Centre for Liveable Cities, established by the Ministry of National Development and the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment to advance knowledge on sustainable urban development.

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.

Oi-Yee is the Chief Executive Officer of Climate Impact X (CIX), a global environmental markets exchange headquartered in Singapore. She is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of CIX, as well as developing and executing the company’s vision and mission to accelerate environmental impact at scale.

Oi-Yee is a seasoned, visionary leader with a background spanning 25 years in financial markets. She brings a wealth of experience in building and leading high-performing businesses across sectors, with a proven track record in fintech, innovation and capital markets.

Oi-Yee was most recently CEO of ADDX, a digital private capital markets exchange in Singapore that leverages blockchain to tokenise and trade private market assets, and which is licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Under her leadership since 2020, ADDX strengthened its partnerships with regional and global blue-chip fund managers and grew its platform to surpass US$1 billion in tokenised securities, one of the largest globally. ADDX is also a member of Project Guardian, an MAS-led initiative to enhance financial market liquidity and efficiency through asset tokenisation.

Prior to ADDX, Oi-Yee spent over 20 years in investment banking, leading major capital markets transactions for clients across Asia, Europe and the US. She spent six years as Head of Singapore Investment Banking at UBS, and also held leadership positions at Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Nomura and Parkway Holdings. Oi-Yee is currently a Board Member for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA), Capitaland Ascendas REIT and Singapore’s National Kidney Foundation.

Oi-Yee is passionate about leveraging technological innovation to advance financial inclusion and create meaningful impact. She has presented and spoken at numerous conferences including Point Zero, Money 2020, Asian Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and Digital Asset Week.

Oi-Yee graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a Bachelor of Accountancy. She also holds a Master of Business Administration from Manchester Business School.

Lisa is a Senior Partner and CEO of Resilient. She is called to the bar in Canada and England and repeatedly recognized as a global expert in climate and energy law with three decades of experience in the sectors. She assists financial institutions, energy companies, innovators, governments, non-governmental organizations, and Indigenous business organizations on domestic and overseas renewable power and energy transition projects, sustainable and climate finance transactions, carbon dioxide removals and carbon capture use and storage, projects and transactions, climate and nature related financial disclosure, corporate climate risk, environmental and social governance (ESG), green bonds, claims , the Paris Agreement, carbon trading (domestic, international, voluntary, and compliance), climate-related compliance and litigation, and sustainable business strategy. She also represents several governments and leading energy companies in a wide variety of international dispute resolution proceedings, and energy regulatory proceedings.

Lisa is a director of the boards at the Toronto Hydro Corporation, the International Emissions Trading Association, Minus Global Holdings Inc., and the MaRS Cleantech Innovation Board, and a member of the expert advisory boards of Patch Technologies Inc., Sylvera Ltd., Planetary Technologies Inc. and the Voluntary Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). Lisa is ranked by Chambers Global as one of the world’s leading climate change lawyers and regularly attends the United Nations climate negotiations.

Jamie is the World Bank Group’s Director for Climate. He leads the Group’s climate strategy, innovation and delivery to support public and private sector clients in achieving their smart development goals. Jamie’s group-wide climate department works with operational teams across all regions and sectors of operation in IBRD/IDA, IFC and MIGA.

Jamie joined IFC in 2005 and has led and contributed to a range of innovation and new business growth across IFC’s investment, advisory, and support operations. Prior roles at IFC include Global Director for Climate Business, Director of Strategic Business Development, Director of Environmental and Social Risk and Policy and Chief Investment Officer for Renewable Energy.

Jamie has a BA and MA in Zoology from Cambridge University, UK, and both a Master’s in Environmental Economics & Policy and an MBA from Yale University, USA.

Meizani is a visionary leader with over 18 years of experience in driving positive impact in the environmental, social, and business sectors in Indonesia and the Asia Pacific region. As Senior Vice President and Executive Chair at Konservasi Indonesia, she leads strategic initiatives to protect biodiversity, promote sustainable development, and improve community well-being.

Her expertise is also recognized by the Indonesian Government, where she is trusted as Special Staff to the Coordinating Minister for Food. In addition, Meizani is an Impact Advisor for the Asia Climate-smart Landscape Facility (ACLF), a Member of the Expert Council of the Indonesian Oceanology Scholars Association (ISOI) for the period 2025–2027 and the Advisory Board for the BEKAL Pemimpin Program.

She was also previously active as Co-Lead Asia Pacific for Conservation International and led in the private sector, including the issuance of the first corporate Sustainable Bond in Asia in 2018. Meizani holds a degree in Global Studies and Political Science from the University of Minnesota and is an alumna of the United in Diversity/MIT Sloan School of Management IDEAS 2012 program.

Bing Yuan is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Rockets Capital, a China-based private equity firm with a focus on venture and growth stage investments in Smart Electric Vehicle industry value chain, clean energy and frontier technology areas, with XPeng Inc. as its anchor investor.

Prior to co-founding Rockets Capital, Bing Yuan worked at Hony Capital for over 12 years, where he was responsible for all of Hony’s equity investment operations, including private equity, venture capital, Goldstream hedge fund, and Horizon mutual fund, with a total AUM of over US$10 billion. Prior to Hony, he spent over 12 years in investment banking with Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse in both New York and Hong Kong, and assisted numerous prominent Chinese companies in completing their IPO, corporate finance and M&A transactions.

Bing Yuan holds a Juris Doctorate’s degree from Yale Law School, a Master’s degree in International Relations from Yale University, and a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Nanjing University in China.