Walking the talk: Turning sustainability ambition into action

Arun specializes in technology enabled Enterprise Transformation. He helps our clients accelerate their digital transformation and sustainability journeys using the power of emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, Blockchain and Hybrid Cloud. He acts as a trusted advisor to the C-suite and helps them achieve revenue and profit growth with a net-positive impact on people and the planet.

For over two decades, Arun has led large and complex IT enabled business transformation programs in leading national, regional and multi-national institutions in Asia Pacific. His areas of focus in Sustainability include sustainable business strategy, energy transition, decarbonization roadmaps, sustainable banking and sustainable supply chains.

Arun started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he was involved several IT and business transformation programs. Since joining IBM in 2003, Arun has held multiple senior executive roles including Managing Partner, IBM Services Singapore and Managing Partner, IBM Financial Services Sector ASEAN. Arun is currently part of IBM Consulting’s Global Leadership Team.

Bee Lay leads the alignment and implementation of SDAX’s sustainability initiatives, policies and goals to drive the Sustainability agenda as well as to realize the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) throughout SDAX’s markets. With a core focus on SDAX’s commitment to help transition clients towards an inclusive and resilient net-zero economy, Bee Lay is at the forefront of SDAX’s work on sustainability, advising stakeholders including asset owners and investors on climate transition, technology, innovation and wider development issues.

Bee Lay brings with her more than 25 years of experience as a management consultant and has worked with both public and private sectors on value management.  These include de-carbonization roadmaps, sustainability policies and processes as well as carbon accounting. She is also active in the sustainability and management consulting circles, and is a certified member of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) and Senior Practising Management Consultant (SPMC). An environmental chemist by training, Bee Lay received her Bachelor of Science from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Master of Science from the University of Brighton, United Kingdom.

Dr. Sreepad Karanam is passionate about sustainability and apply his knowledge, skills, and competencies to drive business transformation with sustainability at core. Experienced in building sustainability businesses, embedding Carbon Neutral, Net Zero and circular economy business models, sustainability culture and competency development in large MNC’s. Seasoned executive leader with 18+ years of proven experience in plastics, chemical and rubber industry. Skilled in integrating (ESG risks) into business strategy to drive continuous improvements in energy efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction and innovative eco-friendly products, process, and services. Building high performing, diversified teams across different business and functions with people centric approach sharing empathy and trust. Represent Bridgestone at external strategic platforms and competent in developing collaborations, external advocacy positions with key stakeholders.

Amrita has over 20 years of experience in supply chain and logistics. She is currently head of Environmental Sustainability (GoGreen) in DHL Supply Chain APAC. She also heads the deployment of digital technologies under the Accelerated Digitalization programme for the region. She holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Bill is the Managing Director and founder of Azendian Solutions, an Artificial Intelligence, data science solutions and operations technology company. He has over 32 years’ experience of which the last 18 years has been in Data Science and Operations Technology. Before starting Azendian Solutions, Bill was Partner at Ernst & Young, leading the Southeast Asia data and analytics practice. Bill had held leadership positions at Arthur Anderson Business Consulting, Bearing Point Consulting and SAS. At Azendian Solutions, his focus is directing the use of data science & AI to enhance energy efficiency and resource productivity, thereby achieving sustainability goals in the built environment sector. A sought-after speaker in Tech, Bill believes that data is a crucial asset for all organisations and the effective use of data will determine success in their journey towards Industry / Digital 4.0. Bill serves on the Advisory Boards at Singapore Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore Management University (Past) and Nottingham University (past).

Ms Tang is concurrently the Director, Industry (Climate Change and Sustainability) and Director, Strategy and Planning, at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry. She works across Government agencies and partners industry stakeholders to drive efforts to decarbonise our industry and grow Singapore’s Green Economy. She also drives the Ministry’s efforts in whole-of-economy planning and restructuring.

Prior to joining MTI, Ms Tang worked in the Ministry of Health as Director (Special Projects), supporting the Multi-Ministerial Taskforce in its COVID-19 strategies and implementation work. She had also served as Director (Policy and Planning) at the National Population and Talent Division under the Prime Minister’s Office, overseeing overarching policy issues related to population, including economy and workforce growth, society and identity, and infrastructure long-term planning.

Shanthi Chandrasekar heads the Strategic business operations of Bahwan CyberTek (www.bahwancybertek.com) for the Asia Pacific region. She heads the Business Consulting division of BCT globally.

She has to her credit more than 28 plus years of experience in the field of Information Technology and digital transformation. Shanthi is an engineering graduate and a certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT). She is also an alumni of the prestigious LEAD Executive Leadership program from Stanford Graduate School of Businesss.
She is a Director, Board of Directors in Comquest ( a JV between Darusallem Assets and Bahwan CyberTek) and also in Bahwan CyberTek SG & Taiwan entities. Prior to joining BCT, she was the Director, KPMG Advisory and has spent about 14 years as a Management Consultant across Far East and Middle East.
As a business leader and corporate strategist, Shanthi’s repertoire centres around her areas of expertise - Strategy, Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Governance, Risk, Sustainability maturity assessment & recommendation and Digital Transformation. She has created a culture that fosters innovation and diversity. She belongs to a rare breed of leaders with a combination of business and technical acumen. Multifaceted and versatile, she keeps improvising and pushing her boundaries to expand her work canvas and enhance work environments. She serves as a trusted adviser to Steering Committees for many large clients across different countries.

In APAC, Shanthi has an exhaustive list of achievements to her credit—from nurturing fledgling entities into strong enterprises to managing large business transformation programs and boosting revenues and strengthening resources.
She has won two prestigious Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2020: Gold Stevie for Female Executive of the Year - Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and Bronze Stevie for Female Executive of the Year - Business Services. She was recognised by the Analytics Insight magazine as one of the Top 10 Most Impactful Women in Technology 2021 & shortlisted for the *Digital Transformation Leader of the Year for Asia 2021* at the Women in IT Awards Asia.

Amit has 10years + supply chain work experience across global consumer electronics leaders.  He is currently managing APAC supply chain planning operations for Pixel and Wearable category at Google. Prior to this he was working with Apple in multiple roles within the supply Chain team. He has also served as a leading strategic consultant with BCG where he led many operation transformation projects.He has done MBA from ISB and graduated in Technology from IIT Madras, India. 

He is very passionate about sustainability and is driven by the motto: "Building the right for delivering right" - right capabilities, right organization structures and right investments for delivering for the present but also planning for scale and targeted impact in future.

Mayank Vishnoi leads and manages ChemOne Group’s Project & Corporate Financing, M&A activities, and Investments. He has 18+ years of professional experience in Financial Strategy, Fund raising, Structured Investments & Capital Markets in Asia. Before joining ChemOne Group, he was CEO of a listed holding company at SGX, with 26 subsidiaries across Southeast Asia. Over the last few years, he has worked in various leadership roles in Singapore and India. He has led transactions worth over USD 2 billion, and successfully completed transactions worth over USD 750 million in the last few years.

He graduated in Economics (Honours) from University of Delhi and pursued Post Graduate Studies in Capital Markets from NiSM (SEBI’s Institute), Mumbai. Later, he accomplished Chartered Alternative Investments Analyst Charter (CAIA Association, USA) and Chartered Financial Analyst, Level 2 (CFA Institute, USA). He earned his MBA from prestigious “The University of Chicago Booth School of Business” (USA). He also achieved an Advanced Diploma in “Sustainability” from Swedish Institute, Stockholm (Sweden). Currently he is an associate member of Singapore Institute of Directors (SID), Singapore.

Mr. Vishnoi likes travelling and reading during his free time. He isd also involved with various NGO’s on a pro-bono basis.

Daniele is CEO of Atos in the Asia Pacific overseeing the vision, mission, and overall business performance of the region. Leading a multicultural and diverse leadership team with over 4,000 employees across 13 countries. Daniele is focused on driving sustainable growth in APAC, harvesting an entrepreneurial culture that empowers people to make choices that will have positive economic, social and ethical impacts on business and the wider society.

Daniele joined Atos in 2004 as part of the Atos KPMG Consulting business and has dedicated many years to the firm delivering solutions in partnership with our customers.  During this time, he also served as a Board Member of the UK Management Consultancies Association.  In his most recent senior roles, Daniele was Senior Vice President leading the Business and Platforms Solutions Division in the United Kingdom and then Head of Operations across the Growing Markets Regional Business Unit with a broad remit across South America, Africa, Middle East, and APAC.  Prior to joining Atos, Daniele worked in the Automotive industry at Jaguar Land Rover for over 6 years.

Daniele graduated from the University of Bath, UK, completing his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration followed by a Master’s Degree (MPhil) in International Business.  Daniele and his young family are based in Singapore

Gerald Tan is the Head of Reputational Risk, Asia Pacific, for Credit Suisse. He has over 25 years of international experience in legal private practice, as regional head of legal, and in risk management.  He graduated with an LLB from King’s College London and an LLM from the London School of Economics.  He has also graduated with an Executive MBA from INSEAD and Tsinghua University.  Outside of work, Gerald serves on the Board of the National Parks Board, Singapore, and on the Advisory Board of the National Museum of Singapore. He has previously served on the Boards of Gardens by the Bay, and Credit Counselling Singapore.

Stefan is the Global Director for Sustainability & Creating Shared Value (CSV), at Diversey. Stefan is a strong advocate of CSV – Creating Shared Value – by addressing societal needs with a business model.  He specializes in helping needy communities create sustainable livelihood programs as a means to lift them out from poverty. Currently, Stefan leads over 200 active projects in over 60 countries, mostly projects on child protection, anti-human trafficking, livelihood programs and disaster relief and rehabilitation. In addition to the CSV work, Stefan speaks in various regional conferences highlighting these issues and how businesses can help mitigate these urgent needs faced by many regions in the world today. Stefan has a Bachelor’s (Honours) Degree in Microbiology and a Master’s Degree in Molecular Epidemiology from the National University of Singapore.  Stefan is a Child Protection Advocate accredited with the International Child Protection Network (ICPN) for Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. In 2014, he was awarded the British Crown’s Medal for outstanding contribution in working with partners to address trafficking victims’ needs and bringing offenders to justice. In 2020, Stefan was one of the winners of Eco-Business A-List 2020: Sustainability Leadership in the time of Covid-19.

Gerald J. Hane currently serves as Senior Executive for APAC and General Manager for Strategy with Hitachi Asia. He is responsible for strategy development and business transformation in the Asia Pacific in such areas as sustainable growth, electrification, smart cities, health, and mobility.  Previously he served as Global Operations Counselor with Hitachi Ltd. where he advised the corporation on emerging business models for global markets.  Dr. Hane is also a Visiting Research Fellow at the Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo where he focuses on disruptive inclusive innovations.  Previously, he was the President and CEO of Battelle-Japan a joint venture of Battelle Memorial Institute, the world’s largest independent, non-profit research organization, and the Mitsubishi Corporation.  Dr. Hane has also served as head of International Strategy and Affairs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), with a concurrent position with the National Security Council during the 1990s. Prior to this, he was a Professional Staff Member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the U.S. House of Representatives.  He began his career as a researcher at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He received his Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University where he examined innovation policy and management, and he has B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University