Hardik Shah, ESG Practice Lead, GMO Singapore Pte Ltd
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Hardik has built GMO’s ESG capability across investment product areas and asset classes. His contributions include creation of proprietary country and company ESG scores and supporting ESG integration and engagement. He participated in CFA Institute’s ESG working group which developed Global ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products and subsequently has been a member of its ESG verification subcommittee. Previously, Hardik conducted ESG research at Sustainalytics and MSCI, and was also a climate change consultant with EY. Hardik holds FSA credential by SASB, SCR credential by GARP, and the CFA charter.
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Lala Wang, Co-Founder, Preloulou
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Lala is a banker with over 13 years of experience designing innovative financial products and digital experiences for consumers. As a first time mom to Louie, her now two year old son, she realised the amount of fashion waste that was being generated because parents want to dress their kids up in the best, but they outgrow these pieces every few months. She also believes the entire buying and selling experience of pre-loved clothing in Singapore can be made so much more painless and hassle free for time crunched parents. Preloulou is the culmination of her love for technology, children and beautiful clothes and was born out of her belief that dressing up our kids fashionably shouldn’t cost the planet. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and has an undergraduate degree in business from the Wharton School.
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Nicole van der Elst Desai, Council member and Chair of Sustainability Committee, Singapore Fashion Council
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Nicole van der Elst Desai has over two decades of experience covering the textile & apparel industry, brands & retailers, and manufacturing partners.
She graduated from the Amsterdam Fashion Institute and INSEAD's 'Leading the Business of Sustainability' program. She worked within Nike's apparel product creation group on quality and performance at its regional office in The Netherlands and its manufacturing office in Bangkok, Thailand.
She founded VDE Consultancy in Singapore since 2008 and has worked with clients such as Forum for the Future, DyStar, Sustainable Textile Solutions (member of BluWin), and Yeh Group. She is an advisor to several companies and a mentor for Fashion for Good and The Bridge Fashion Innovator; she also sits on the council of Singapore Fashion Council (SFC), and is chair of SFC’s Sustainability Steering Committee.
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Mona Tan – Sustainable Finance Banker, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking, Standard Chartered Bank
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Currently based in Singapore and part of the Sustainable Finance Asia team, Mona is responsible for the origination and execution of sustainable finance transactions across a range of lending and capital market products for clients in ASEAN and South Asia. The Sustainable Finance team at Standard Chartered serves as a centre of expertise on a broad set of ESG topics, providing thought leadership as well as strategic transaction support for clients. Mona joined Standard Chartered as part of the International Graduate programme in 2016 and has held roles in various teams across the Transaction Banking franchise in Singapore. Most recently, she was a product manager in the Global Trade Product team, responsible for the go-to-market strategy and bottom line for several trade products. She graduated from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, with first class honours in both her Accountancy and Business (Finance) degrees, and has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst programme.
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Moderator
Jean Chong, FWA WEimpact Chair
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A social, environmental and sustainability enthusiast, Jean Chong serves as an ExCo Member Committee Member of the Financial Women’s Association (FWA) Singapore. She leads the FWA pillar on Women Empowered Impact (WEimpact), which focuses on fostering diversity of thought and empowering women both professionally and personally for sustainable development. Jean has built her career in the public and private sectors, focusing on strategic market development and stakeholder engagement. Motivated by the positive trajectory of ESG and policy developments in financial markets, Jean currently is the APAC lead for the Outreach & Research team of Moody’s ESG Solutions.
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