Ian has over 18 years of experience in both professional and commercial practice and leads the KPMG Singapore Sustainability Advisory and Assurance team. He is a member of ISCA Corporate Reporting Committee, which has been tasked to increase the awareness and quality of sustainability reporting in Singapore.

Ian has experience in the reporting and monitoring of controls and development of KPIs for his clients. He has been advising and supporting various companies across sectors in developing their sustainability governance structure, sustainability programs and sustainability report to achieve alignment with local stock exchange regulations and global frameworks.

Ian contributes to sustainability reporting thought leaderships and publications and has conducted sustainability workshops, briefings and roundtables. He participates actively in sustainability forums and panel sessions organised by regulators, professional bodies and industry associations, and sits on the judging panel for the ASEAN CSR Awards and the Singapore Environmental Achievement Award (SEAA) where he is involved in the development of the judging criteria to identify companies with good sustainability reporting practices in the region and their respective sectors.

Ms Herry Cho joined Singapore Exchange (SGX) as Managing Director, Head of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance on 8 February 2021. She drives SGX’s sustainability and sustainable finance strategic direction and implementation, with the aim of transforming SGX and its ecosystem into a world-class, trusted multi-asset sustainable exchange.

Ms Cho pioneered in the development of Asia Pacific’s sustainable finance markets, in her former role as the Head of Sustainable Finance APAC at ING Bank N.V. from 2017. There she led the origination and execution of sustainable finance transactions including green/social/sustainability bonds and loans, and delivered sustainability advisory to key clients. Furthermore, she shaped the international market standards having served on the Executive Committee Board of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)’s Green/Social/Sustainability Bond Principles, was the sustainability lead on ICMA’s APAC regional committee and on the Loan Market Association’s Green Finance Committee.

Ms Cho leverages on a broad financial background having previously worked for almost a decade in Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory, Capital Structuring and Advisory, and Equity & Debt Capital Markets.

Ms Cho holds a combined Bachelors and Masters (MBioch) Degree in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry from the University of Oxford, UK.

Mr Sim joined SNEF on 1 June 2020 as the Executive Director. He spent 23 years with the Republic of Singapore Navy, where he held various staff and operational appointments, and retired from the Singapore Armed Forces as Chief of Staff – Naval Staff, at the rank of Rear Admiral, in June 2006. He joined the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA) in August 2006 as Senior Director (Information and Corporate Management) and was appointed MICA’s Deputy Secretary (Information and Corporate Management) in February 2007, and subsequently, Deputy Secretary (Industry and Information) at the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) from 1 Nov 2012. He took on the role of Chief Executive Officer, National Council of Social Service from 1 Nov 2013 to 31 May 2020.

Mr Sim holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oxford, and a Master of Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through its Sloan Fellows Programme and attended the Executive MBA Programme at INSEAD. He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) (Military) in 2006 and the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2014.

Professor Annie Koh is Professor Emeritus of Finance (Practice) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU). She is a renowned conference speaker, panel moderator and commentator. In addition to being a member of the World Economic Forum Global Future Council on New Agenda for Work, Wages and Job Creation, Professor Koh also chairs the Asian Bond Fund 2 supervisory committee of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. She is currently a board member of Yoma Strategic Holdings Ltd, PBA Group, AMTD International Inc., Prime US REIT and Prudential Assurance Company Singapore Pte Ltd, and serves on the Customs Advisory Council and HR Transformation Advisory Panel. She previously served on GovTech, Singapore’s CPF, HMI and K1 Ventures boards.

Other than serving on boards of listed companies, Professor Koh also advises family enterprises such as TOP International and startups such as AvePoint EduTech, SWAT Mobility, Dedoco and StashAway. Previously held positions at SMU include Vice President for Business Development; V3 Group Professor of Family Entrepreneurship; Professor of Finance (Practice); Academic Director of Business Families Institute and International Trading Institute; Associate Dean, Lee Kong Chian School of Business; and Dean, Office of Executive and Professional Education.

Professor Koh received a Ph.D. degree in International Finance with Fulbright scholarship from Stern School of Business, New York University in 1988. Her research interests are in Family Office and Family Business, Investor Behaviour, Alternative Investments and Enterprise Risk Management. She co-authored Financial Management: Theory and Practice, An Asia Edition (2014), and Financing Internationalisation – Growth Strategies for Successful Companies (2004), and author of a number of Asian family business cases and survey reports. In recognition of her contribution to education and the public sector, she was awarded the bronze and silver Singapore Public Administration medal in 2010 and 2016 respectively, and the Adult Education Prism Award in 2017.

Naina joined AVPN as its CEO from September 2013, and was appointed Chairperson in May 2018. Naina’s leadership over the past 7 years has nurtured the AVPN community, growing the membership base by more than 4x and elevating the organization into a truly regional force for good. Under her direction, the organization has grown from focusing only on Venture Philanthropy to supporting the entire ecosystem of social investors, from philanthropists to impact investors and corporate CSR professionals. She has also been instrumental in developing AVPN’s innovative services that connect, empower and educate the now 600+ members of AVPN. In 2019, Naina was awarded one of Asia's Top Sustainability Superwomen by CSRWorks. She is also serving as Board Member of the Global Resilient Cities Network and Trustee at Bridge Institute.

Prior to joining AVPN, Naina was a member of the senior leadership team of a purpose driven unit at The Monitor Group, a leading global strategy consulting firm, aimed at catalyzing markets for social change. Naina was also partner and Co-Founder of Group Fifty Private Ltd, curating contemporary Indian art with a view to provide a medium for upcoming and established Indian artists to showcase their work directly to a large and diverse audience.

Naina has a master’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University where she graduated at the top of her class. She also holds a bachelor degree in Economics and International Relations from Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA and a General Course Diploma in economics from The London School of Economics.