Daniel Krohn is the International Partnerships Manager for Sustainable Brands. He manages the international line of business for Sustainable Brands where he works closely with all of the company’s international teams. Prior to his current position, Daniel worked as the Director of Global Sustainability for an agriculture company, Becker Underwood/BASF. He has an MBA and a BA in biology. Daniel has additional training and education in sustainable business practices from Institute of Design at Stanford University, Harvard Business School Executive Education course in Corporate Social Responsibility, One Planet Leaders (World Wildlife Fund), GRI Sustainability Reporting Certification, Natural Resources Canada (NRC) and Point Carbon – Carbon Trading.

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SB is a community of courageous optimists working to reshape the future of commerce world-wide. After more than a decade of building a global community of practice, we are now working to become a community of collaborative action by tapping the wisdom of this extraordinary group of thinker/doers to solve some of the intractable challenges we face on the path to a regenerative future.

Martin Rich is a sustainability and impact investment specialist, with over 20 years’ experience in both mainstream and social investment.

Martin co-founded Future-Fit Foundation 6 years ago. He previously spent 7 years as Sales Director at Social Finance Ltd, where he focused on developing the investor base for social impact investments, including the first Social Impact Bonds. Before that he worked for 13 years in international investment banking on structured debt and derivative products for JP Morgan, HSBC and UBS.

Martin holds a double-Masters with Distinction in Engineering from Queens’ College, Cambridge.

Future-Fit Foundation

Future-Fit Foundation is the non-profit developer, promoter and steward of the Future-Fit methodology.

Our vision is a Future-Fit Society – one which protects the possibility that humans and other life will flourish on Earth Forever, by being environmentally restorative, socially just and economically inclusive. Given where we are today, this vision can only be realised through a rapid and radical shift in the way our economy works. Our mission is to catalyze this shift, by translating systems science into practical free-to-use tools designed to help business leaders, investors and policy makers respond effectively to today’s biggest challenges.

Ralph Dixon is the Director of Environmental Investments at YTL Corporation Berhad, one of the top 30 companies listed on the Malaysian stock exchange. The YTL Group’s core businesses are ownership and management of regulated utilities and other infrastructure assets. YTL serves more than 12 million customers in three continents. Ralph has been with YTL for more than ten years, and is also the CEO of their carbon consulting subsidiary (YTL-SV Carbon) and managing the environmental investment and sustainability divisions for the Group.

Ralph is a Trustee and Honorary Secretary of the Malaysian AIDS Foundation, an alternate Trustee of Reef Check Malaysia, and Chairman of Save Wild Tigers (M) LLP.

Previously, Ralph worked in investment banking for 15 years with Hoare Govett, Hong Leong and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Following that, he moved into manufacturing in 2001 as the Chief Executive Officer of the paper converting factories of Detpak in Indonesia and South Africa, and then Hong Leong Asia in Singapore as Chief Executive Officer for their recycled wood packaging subsidiary, GPac Technology before joining YTL Corp Bhd in Malaysia.

Ralph Dixon graduated from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom, with a B.Sc. (hons) in Management Sciences. He also has a Diploma in Mandarin from the National Taiwan Normal University.

Mr. Woodring is the Founder and Managing Director of Ocean Recovery Alliance, a non-profit organization which is focused on bringing together innovative solutions, technology, collaborations and policy to create positive improvements for the health of the ocean. Two of its global programs were launched at the Clinton Global Initiative, and he was recently was awarded the 2018 Prince’s Prize for Innovative Philanthropy in Monaco. He founded the Plasticity Forum on innovations for plastic in its second life, is a UN Climate Hero, a Google Earth Hero, and has worked with both UN Environment and the World Bank on plastic pollution issues.

Born in Northern California, Mr. Woodring has worked in Asia for over 25 years, and has a dual master’s degree from The Wharton School (MBA) and Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Environmental Economics, with a BA from the University of California at Berkeley. He has also been nominated three times as World Open Water Swimmer of the Year for his innovative contributions to the sport.

Luanne is the head of Group Sustainability at CIMB, one of ASEAN’s leading banking groups, where she is responsible for transforming CIMB into a leader in sustainable and responsible banking in Asia

Luanne has extensive experience in strategy development and execution, as well as change management, and has been involved in a number of fields, including financial services and consulting. She was also a founding member of a startup company. Luanne holds a Bachelor of Arts as well as a Masters Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

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CIMB Group is one of ASEAN’s leading universal banking groups and is Malaysia’s second largest financial services provider, by assets. It offers consumer banking, commercial banking, investment banking, Islamic banking and asset management products and services. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, the Group is present in all 10 ASEAN nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos and Philippines) and has market presence in China, Hong Kong, India, Sri Lanka, Korea, US and UK. CIMB Group is listed on Bursa Malaysia and has a market capitalisation of approximately RM52.3 billion, over 36,000 employees and around 780 branches, as at 30 June 2019.

CIMB Group is the first banking group in Malaysia and ASEAN to be a founding member of the United Nations’ Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI) Principles for Responsible Banking.

Kumar Chander is Managing Director, Southeast Asia, Wipro Unza and Board Director of Wipro Unza Holdings, Singapore.

Kumar joined Wipro Consumer Care in 1992 in India and became the Managing Director of Wipro Unza in October 2009 in Malaysia. Currently, he oversees the operations of Unza, LD Waxson and Spalsh Southeast Asia in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia, in addition to the Yardley businesses in India and Middle East.

Over the years, Kumar has led the growth of Unza to now be the second-largest player in Personal Care in Malaysia, while also supporting the extension of Unza brands in new geographies including India.

Wipro Unza is among South East Asia’s leading manufacturer and marketers of personal care and home care products, bringing Asian focused brands to millions of Asian consumers. Since 1980, Wipro Unza has successfully built a wide portfolio of brands for the personal care and household products markets of Asia, including Safi, Enchanteur, Romano, and Bio-essence.

Wipro Unza operates an integrated product development, production, marketing and sales operation across its core markets, which are home to over one third of the world’s population. The business manufactures nearly 90 per cent of its products in its own factories in the region.

Chris Oestereich lectures at Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies in Bangkok and he formerly led zero waste programs in the US grocery industry. He is developing a framework for systemic design – pairing design and systems thinking – to help organizations reduce waste and improve returns via Linear to Circular, and he partners with Endeva and Lightblue Environmental Consulting on related matters. Chris is launching Full Circle Filament, a social enterprise that will work with informal waste collectors to create high-quality recycled 3D printing filament and he's also a co-founder of the Circular Design Lab, a community-led systemic design laboratory.

Full Circle Filament FCF is a new social enterprise that will work with informal waste collectors to source plastic bottles from waste to create 3D printing filament out of recycled plastic.

Circular Design Lab CDL is a community-driven effort to bring systemic design to the masses. We’re working to create and disseminate a framework, tools, and processes that will enable communities to work on the big challenges they face.

Xin Yi is the Sustainability Manager for H&M Southeast Asia; appointed to drive the company’s sustainability strategy for retail within the region. Her journey with fashion sustainability started in 2013 when she first joined H&M’s Marketing and Communications department. Having worked closely with different business functions and external stakeholders, Xin Yi is an experienced sustainability strategist and communications expert with in-depth knowledge in fashion sustainability.

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H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) was founded in Sweden in 1947. H&M’s business idea is to offer fashion and quality at the best price in a sustainable way. In addition to H&M, the group includes the brands COS, Monki, Weekday, Cheap Monday, & Other Stories, H&M HOME and ARKET as well as Afound. The H&M group has 48 online markets and more than 4,900 stores in 72 markets including franchise markets. Included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, H&M aims to use its size and scale to lead the change towards circular and renewable fashion while being a fair and equal company.

Han Zhang, is the Sustainability Director for Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics Asia Pacific. Han is responsible for driving Dow’s 2025 Sustainability Goals and developing strategies to grow business value. Han is responsible for key programs addressing critical business issues such as marine debris, recycling and driving a circular economy, together with various value chain partners and industry associations throughout Asia.

Mr. Seah Kian Hoe , is the founder and Managing Director of Heng Hiap Industries Sdn Bhd (HHI). He a Mechanical Engineer by profession and obtained his MBA from Thunderbird University, Arizona USA. Formed in 2002, from humble beginning , HHI is now at the forefront of developing innovative recycling technologies. Conceived and developed locally, the company has rolled out a total of eight breakthrough technologies to date with eighteen patents filed. Apart from that through mechanical recycling technologies HHI will transform plastic scrap into Smart Plastics and through Thermal & Chemical Recycling, the company converts plastics scrap into clean green energy in the final form of electricity. He is also one of the recipient for World Award of Ten Outstanding Young Person by JCI Partnering with UN.

For Kian, as Mr Seah Kian Hoe is affectionately known, the recycling business runs in the family. His start in the recycling business came from riding in the truck that his father drove around residential neighbourhoods to collect old newspapers. The family empire now extends beyond paper to metal and plastic recycling. Heng Hiap Industries, under Kian’s astute leadership in the past 17 years, has collected, converted and sold recycled plastic to 30 countries around the world. As a keen mechanical engineer, Kian has spent many years investigating and adopting technologies that advance plastic recycling. After years of searching and tinkering, Kian has bequeathed Heng Hiap Industries with 18 intellectual properties (patent pending). Now Heng Hiap Industries is one of the leading plastic recyclers in Malaysia with a production capacity of 2,500 metric tons a month and has an outlook to a bigger, global footprint and greater sophistication and efficiency in plastic recycling.

Kian was a Fulbright Scholar at Thunderbird University and has won numerous awards in recognition of his work as a leading entrepreneur in the business of plastic recycling. Kian meets and speaks regularly to the business community including being a member of the Plastics Committee for Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) based in Belgium, to promote higher standards in recycled plastic as well as closing the loop in the circular economy of recycling. In his spare time, Kian also mentors young entrepreneurs and enjoys experimenting with new recipes in his kitchen at home in Penang, Malaysia."

Thomas Schuldt is WWF's Regional Coordinator for Plastic Circular Economy. In his current role, he collaborates with business decision makers and policy makers across the ASEAN region supporting the implementation of extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes. In his previous role, Thomas worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company on circular economy, cleantech and other sustainability-related topics around the world focusing on highly strategic as well as hands-on operational projects. Thomas holds a master's degree in Sustainability Management from the Earth Institute at Columbia University and International Management bachelor's degrees from ESB Business School (Germany) and Universidad Pontificia Comillas (Spain).

WWF-Malaysia (World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia) is a national conservation organisation, established in Malaysia in 1972. Apart from running a diverse range of environmental conservation and protection projects, WWF-Malaysia also undertakes sustainable finance, environmental education and advocacy work. WWF’s mission, across the board, is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

"The path towards achieving plastic circularity using enhanced producer responsibility (EPR) schemes"

To solve the global plastic pollution issue, policy makers, corporations and consumers show an increasing interest in transitioning from a linear to a circular economy. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes have proven to be an effective measure on this pathway since the 1990s mainly in Europe, the US and Japan. The implementation of EPR schemes can in fact trigger the required innovations in businesses to support the placing on the market of more circular-economy related products. It can also contribute to the development and improvement of waste and recycling industries. In particular, a number of substantial benefits to businesses can be identified as arising from a proper implementation of EPR schemes, from boosting their reputation, to ensuring their compliance with legislation, or leading to substantial cost savings. This presentation focuses on how companies can achieve plastic circularity benefiting from EPR schemes and how companies can help establish an EPR scheme.

Jennifer is an International and Human Rights lawyer. She is helping to advance PMI's transformation goal of becoming a smoke-free company, with an emphasis on stakeholder engagement and social impact. Previously, Jennifer worked for international organizations including UNCITRAL, UNODC, UNCTAD/ITC, and as Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Officer at the United Nations and other international organizations. Jennifer holds a JD degree from Universidad de Chile, and an LLM from University of California, Berkeley, as well as specialized diplomas in women’s rights, sustainable finance, corporate social responsibility, risk communications, and political affairs from IHEID, Harvard Business School, the Harvard School of Public Health, and Stanford University.

Company Profile

PMI is leading a transformation in the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future and ultimately replace cigarettes. We are focused on creating long-term value while minimizing the negative externalities associated with our products, operations and value chain. As PMI transforms its business, it knows that one of its key challenges is, and will continue to be, earning the trust of its stakeholders and society as a whole. PMI believes that to have any credibility or legitimacy, its purpose must be none other than to use its resources and creativity to develop and commercialize better alternatives for society and the environment, and ultimately to stop making and selling cigarettes as soon as possible. This is what PMI is doing: because it can, because it should, and because it is the right thing to do.

Priya Sharma is the PRME (Principles of Responsible Management Education) Ambassador for the Monash Malaysia School of Business. The PRME initiative is the largest organized relationship between the United Nations and business schools. PRME engages business and management schools to ensure they provide future leaders with the skills needed to balance economic and sustainability goals, while drawing attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aligning academic institutions with the work of the UN Global Compact. Since her appointment in 2017, Priya is actively engaged in bringing sustainability into Research, Education and Partnerships within the School. She leads several community projects in Monash University Malaysia and participates and presents at PRME global forums annually. Her research interest primarily concerns the relationship between business, labour and human rights and she is currently pursuing her PhD titled “Trafficking of Refugee Children For Forced Labour into Malaysia:- Evidence From An Empirical Legal Study”

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The School of Business is the largest school at Monash University Malaysia with enrolment numbers in excess of 2,500 students. The School is structured into 6 disciplines; Accounting & Finance, Business Law & Taxation, Economics, Econometrics & Business Statistics, Management and Marketing. The School is internationally accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and is an advanced signatory member of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) which is an initiative by UN Global Compact. The mission of the School is to have a meaningful impact on the way business is conducted in Asia through high quality research, educational excellence, and extensive engagement with industry and the community. The vision of the School is to be recognised as an innovative, entrepreneurial and culturally diverse Business School focused on delivering excellence in research, learning and teaching through a process of creating developmental opportunities for our (local, global and regional) stakeholders.

She has been with KPMG for over 22 years, specialising in Governance and Sustainability with a focus on board advisory, sustainability, proactive compliance and risk management related services.

Kasturi led the development of Corporate Governance Guide commissioned by Bursa Malaysia Berhad. across all three editions (i.e. 2009, 2013 and 2017) and supervised the development of a Sustainability Reporting Guide and Sustainability Toolkit (published in October 2015 by Bursa Malaysia Berhad). She has vast experience in facilitating the development of ethical frameworks for listed companies and large entities across a broad cross-section of industries. She is also a regular speaker on corporate governance and a trainer of boards in programmes that are organised by regulators and professional bodies.

In addition, she is an adjudicator for several eminent corporate governance as well as corporate reporting awards and was recently inducted as a member of the Integrated Reporting Steering Committee of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants reporting in Malaysia. Kasturi is also regularly invited to contribute her views in business periodicals and thought leadership publications.

Kasturi Nathan is a Chartered Accountant as admitted by the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

As Corporate Engagement Manager in WWF-Malaysia, Jazlyn works to drive corporate and market transformation by working with producers, buyers and government agencies to improve the production and consumption of commodities that affect forests, natural resources and global climate. She is also responsible for engagement with businesses and government to build a collective action and systemic approach to address plastic pollution. Jazlyn holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from University of Malaya.

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WWF-Malaysia (World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia) is a national conservation organisation, established in Malaysia in 1972. Apart from running a diverse range of environmental conservation and protection projects, WWF-Malaysia also undertakes sustainable finance, environmental education and advocacy work. WWF’s mission, across the board, is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature.

Margie works across sectors to achieve systemic impact. She works with corporations to incorporate sustainability into core business; and with non-profits to setup good governance and build capacity. Her goal is to translate impactful ideas into clear strategic frameworks, roadmaps and executable action plans. Her team also works to ensure that impact is well-defined, tracked and reported upon.

Graduated an electrical engineer, Margie has worked in the corporate sector with The Boston Consulting Group, Intel and HCL; in the non-profit sector with CIMB Foundation; and is now the founder/CEO of Thoughts In Gear, a sustainability consulting firm.

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Thoughts In Gear supports corporations on their Sustainability Journey by providing consulting services for adoption, tracking and reporting. Our services are focused on building effective, sustainable companies across South East Asia towards achieving the world’s Sustainable Development Goals. We are well-versed in global ESG frameworks to ensure that companies are adopting best practices and are in full compliance with local and global requirements. Founded in the US in 2013, TIG is now based in Kuala Lumpur. TIG’s achievements include producing Asia’s Best Sustainability Strategy and Report, and producing a Harvard-commended SROI Analysis for public health that has spanned 8 countries.

Samira Khan works at the intersection of social impact + tech at Salesforce.org. Most recently, she has been focused on impact measurement & the SDGs. Samira has worked on impact and innovation across corporations, governments, and the social sector for over a decade. Her work spans the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. She is a former strategy / management consultant; and while at A.T. Kearney in Southeast Asia, she played a lead role in starting and building its social impact organization. She is also passionate about ethical tech, youth empowerment toward the SDGs, and gender. She can be found@samiraakhan on Twitter / LinkedIn.

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Salesforce believes everyone can be a Trailblazer and we’re building the technology to make it happen. Salesforce.org is the dedicated social impact team at Salesforce that empowers nonprofits, educational institutions, and philanthropic organizations with the best technology and resources to change the world.

Niloy is a development economist with specialization in effective institutions and capacity development. He previously led the UN System Affairs Group in UNDP, based in New York. In this position, he led UNDP’s interface with UN agencies, funds and programmes, and with the Member States in the arena of intergovernmental affairs. He has also led UNDP’s engagement in the round of UN reforms.

Niloy was appointed as the Resident Representative for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam on March 7, 2019.

Niloy has a Masters in Economics from New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University and is a Fellow of the City University of New York.

UNDP Profile

UNDP is the UN’s development network that advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP works to eradicate poverty while protecting the planet. UNDP has over 17,500 staff in 170 countries working on over 4,500 projects and investing more than USD4.6 billion in development progress. UNDP has over 60 years of development partnerships in Malaysia. With beginnings in the 1950’s with on a project to project basis, UNDP has established into a key development partner for the Government of Malaysia.

As Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals calls for transformational change and a new approach to supporting development, UNDP’s six Signature Solution brings an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to keeping people out of poverty, strengthening governance, enhancing crisis prevention and increasing resilience, promoting nature-based solutions for development, closing the energy gap, and advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Tim is the Co-Founder of Colony, a luxury co-working space in Malaysia. Prior to Colony, Timothy was co-founder and COO of Netccentric a digital marketing company, which he IPO’ed on the ASX in 2015. Tim was also awarded the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2015 and was nominated as one of Asia’s Best Young Asian Entrepreneurs by Bloomberg Businessweek. Timothy has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from University College London. Timothy is also a prolific blogger and writes at http://timothytiah.com and on Instagram @timtiah

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Colony is a luxury co-working space in Malaysia on a mission to redefine the experience at work. Colony currently has 5 centres in the Klang Valley spread over 104,000 sq ft. Colony’s office design recently won 2019 best office interior at the Asia Pacific Property Awards. Backed by family offices around the region and private equity fund Cornerstone Partners who acquired a stake in Colony at a US$20m valuation in 2018. Colony has raised US$7.1 million in total funding to date.

Erik Christianto is responsible for Trucost’s corporate commercial activities in Asia Pacific. He helps businesses to quantify, disclose and manage ESG risks to meet investor expectations & regulatory requirements and to support corporate decision making. He has been an advisor to global multinational corporations, government, and non-government agencies on environmental and social issues. Erik is a regular speaker on corporate sustainability and ESG disclosure issues.

Prior to joining Trucost, Erik was a Senior Consultant at the sustainability division of a Big 4 consulting firm in Singapore, where he advised companies in Southeast Asia on sustainability reporting and ESG management. His sector experience includes agriculture, manufacturing, and real estate.

Erik holds a B.Eng. in Environmental Engineering (Honours) from National University of Singapore. Erik completed ISO14064 certification in 2016.

About Trucost

Trucost is part of S&P Global. A leader in carbon and environmental data and risk analysis, Trucost assesses risks relating to climate change, natural resource constraints, and broader environmental, social, and governance factors. Companies and financial institutions use Trucost intelligence to understand their ESG exposure to these factors, inform resilience and identify transformative solutions for a more sustainable global economy. S&P Global’s commitment to environmental analysis and product innovation allows us to deliver essential ESG investment-related information to the global marketplace. For more information, visit www.trucost.com.

About S&P Global

S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) is a leading provider of transparent and independent ratings, benchmarks, analytics and data to the capital and commodity markets worldwide. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com.

An engineer by training with an established career in the corporate world, with experience across a wide range of industries – from automotive, airport management, transportation, logistics & warehouse management, to vehicle inspection, waste management, higher education to hospitality, property development and construction who quit it all to talk trash – literally. A realist who advocates solutions & the wish to see more walking the talk on sustainability and circular economy.

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Just over a year ago, we became fascinated by the idea of “talking trash”. Not in the way that vilifies others, but in the way to make the world a cleaner, greener, and more beautiful place – realistically.

It may sound crazy, but we wanted to avail the opportunity and empower populations across the world with the ability to treat, manage and dispose trash definitively. Our innovations allow governments, politicians, public, private sectors and corporate leaders to drive effective social and environmental change.

Meticulously developed and tested by independent agencies, we have currently deployed the Asher in over 13 countries.

Lalit has over 30 years of extensive business leadership experience across countries in Asia Pacific and Japan. In his last role, Lalit was Vice President at Oracle Corporation, leading their Public Sector and Education Business for Asia Pacific and Japan.

Lalit joined Iclif in 2016 as Chief Marketing Officer. He is also an Executive Coach and Faculty. He believes that Leadership Development must be relevant and focused on unleashing individual and organization’s full potential.

Lalit is a thought leader and has spoken at many regional and global conferences on Leadership in the Digital Era and Mindful Leadership.

Company Profile

We are an Asia-based international centre dedicated to executive education, research, coaching and consulting services in the areas of leadership development, organisational effectiveness and corporate governance. The Iclif Leadership and Governance Centre or Iclif was created and funded by Bank Negara Malaysia (The Central Bank of Malaysia) in 2003 as an independent non-profit organisation with the aim of providing highly practical and relevant executive and organisational development globally across all industry and government sectors.

Giuseppe D’Arrigo leads the team at PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI), the global lubricants manufacturing and marketing arm of PETRONAS, the national oil corporation of Malaysia. His team has been instrumental in driving an aggressive yet sustainable business growth agenda, to position PLI as a leading global lubricants company. Under his leadership, PLI announced a commitment of 75% of the company’s future R&T investment behind emission reducing projects.

Before being appointed the Group Chief Executive Officer, of PLI, he held various roles in at GE’s Oil and Gas business and Shell. A strong proponent of change and innovation, he has been credited with transforming organisations, and nurturing a culture of curiosity wherever he has worked.

About PETRONAS Lubricants International

PETRONAS Lubricants International (PLI) is the global lubricants manufacturing and marketing arm of PETRONAS, the national oil corporation of Malaysia. Established in 2008, PETRONAS Lubricants International manufactures and markets a full range of high-quality automotive and industrial lubricants products in over 90 markets globally. Headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, PLI has over 30 marketing offices in 26 countries, managed through regional offices in Kuala Lumpur, Turin, Belo Horizonte, Chicago, Beijing and Durban.

As part of PLI’s agenda to champion CO2 emissions reduction in the automotive and industrial industry, PLI announced that that 75% of all future R&T investment behind emission reducing projects. This pledge was supported by the launch of new their state-of-the-art PETRONAS Global Research and Technology Centre in Turin, Italy, and other satellite facilities world-wide, the physical embodiment of the continued commitment in innovation in fluid technology solutions.

Currently ranked among the world’s Top 10, PLI is driving an aggressive business growth agenda to secure its position as a leading global lubricants company.

For more information, please visit www.pli-petronas.com

Ms. CY Wee is actively involved in the daily operations and expansion of her family business in the plastics industry. Currently, she holds the position of Managing Director for the group of companies. She is a strong advocate on Plastics and its sustainability.Ms. Wee is a member of MPMA’s Central and Exco Committee. She is also a member of Standards Writing Committee for Work Group 4– Films & Lamination, and Chairman of Sustainability Sub-Committee. Ms Wee holds a Bachelors degree from York University, Canada.

Norliza Hashim is the Chief Executive of Urbanice Malaysia, a Centre of Excellence for Urban Well-being and Sustainability. Urbanice works spans over four main areas – Knowledge Platforms, Urban Innovation, Applied Research and Development and Projects and Partnerships. Through these activities, Urbanice hopes to provide urban leaders and practitioners with the knowledge and support needed to achieve sustainable urbanization.

Norliza is a registered town planner and is the Principal and Founder of her consulting firm for the past 26 years – AJM Planning and Urban Design Group Sdn Bhd and her experience covers a wide spectrum of the planning discipline and developing plans and blueprints that has also contributed towards nation building. Her works include providing services to more than 12 nations – including Russia, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, India and the Saudi Arabia, and she has also served as a consultant to UN-Habitat in its Urban and Housing Rehabilitation Programmes.

She had led a team of experts to develop the Low Carbon Cities Assessment Framework for the Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water and is now the Director for Malaysian Institute of Planner’s Low Carbon Cities and Sustainability Centre.

Norliza is also a Board Member of the Malaysian Board of Technologist and also sits on the Leadership Council for Sustainable Development Solutions Network Malaysia as her passion lies in the promotion promoting the sustainability agenda and in providing innovative solutions that contributes towards better quality of life and built environment for our nation.

Norliza was the former Secretary General of the Eastern Regional Organisation for Planning and Human Settlement (EAROPH), an international multi-sectoral organisation that encourages excellence in planning, development and management to improve the sustainability of human settlements, was the longest serving member of the Board of Town Planners Malaysia, President for Malaysian Institute of Planners from 2005-2011 and currently sits on several advisory panels in our local public universities.

Datuk Noraini Soltan is the founder and Managing Director of Sipro Plastic Industries Sdn Bhd.

Sipro Plastic Industries Sdn Bhd (SPISB) was incorporated in 1992, a leading plastics injection moulding company in Malaysia, manufacturing components for automotive, electrical and electronics industry.

She holds a Bachelor of Economics from University of Malaya and Master of Business Administration from Ohio University, USA.

Datuk Noraini serves numerous positions in government agencies as well as in non-profit organisations. She is a Committee Member for Employment Insurance Scheme (EIS), under Social Security Organisation (SOCSO) and a Board of Trustee for Steinbeis Malaysia Foundation. Datuk Noraini holds position as Vice-President for Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM), Vice-President for Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association (MPMA) and Deputy President for Kelab Vendor Perodua, Malaysia (KVP).

Richard James is Vice President External Affairs East Asia and Australia, for Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI). Based in Hong Kong, he is responsible for the regulatory and external engagement strategy in this highly varied and dynamic region. He has worked for PMI in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Switzerland; and prior to joining the Company worked in public affairs consulting and politics.

Company Profile

PMI is leading a transformation in the tobacco industry to create a smoke-free future and ultimately replace cigarettes. We are focused on creating long-term value while minimizing the negative externalities associated with our products, operations and value chain. As PMI transforms its business, it knows that one of its key challenges is, and will continue to be, earning the trust of its stakeholders and society as a whole. PMI believes that to have any credibility or legitimacy, its purpose must be none other than to use its resources and creativity to develop and commercialize better alternatives for society and the environment, and ultimately to stop making and selling cigarettes as soon as possible. This is what PMI is doing: because it can, because it should, and because it is the right thing to do.

Puan Sri Maimon Arif Patail has just recently retired. She was the Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at Hap Seng Consolidated Berhad. Chairman of Sustainable Development Committee and a Council member of the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers. She was also the chairman of Malaysian Ceramic Industrial Group.

Puan Sri Maimon prides herself on her consistent commitment to value creation and sustainability.

She is a trustee of Institute Jantung Negara Foundation.

Ms. Nirmalah Thurai has over 30 years of corporate experience with Nestlé Malaysia and has held various managerial positions over the years within different facets of the organisation.

She was appointed as the Head of Cereal Partners Worldwide, Malaysia/Singapore in 2005, a position she helmed for 12 years.

She is now the Executive Director, Group Corporate Affairs, where her areas of responsibility include driving external relations, reputation management and Creating Shared Value initiatives of Nestlé Malaysia.”