Willy Wang is the Head of Investor Relations at BC Technology, the parent company of OSL. OSL is the world’s first and only insured and SFC-licensed digital asset platform, providing brokerage, custody, exchange and software-as-a-service (SaaS) for institutional clients and professional investors.

Prior to joining BC Technology, Willy was the Director of Overseas M&A and IR at Chinasoft International, where he implemented IR initiatives from scratch and executed multiple M&A deals. Prior to Chinasoft International, Willy was the Co- Founder of Tint, a social media aggregator startup that was later sold to a PE firm.

Willy graduated from University of Southern California and Tsinhua University.

Samuel Hoang is an Investment Director and Portfolio Manager in the Japan Equity focus team at Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Ltd. He is also an ESG Champion of the equities team and has done extensive work to integrate ESG into the investment process as well as design and develop new ESG equities fund. Prior to joining the Japan Equity, Samuel was a member of the Regional Asia equities team, and the Lead Portfolio Manager for our Vietnam Equity strategy. Samuel joined Eastspring Investments (Singapore) Limited in September 2011.

Prior to joining Eastspring Investments, Samuel worked at Lion Global Investors as an Asia ex-Japan Senior Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager of the Vietnam equity strategy. Samuel has 23 years of experience in investment and financial industry.

Samuel holds an MBA from Japan’s Waseda University, and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) from Foreign Trade University in Vietnam.

Stanley joined ZhongAn Online in 2018 as Director of Capital Market and Investor Relations. He oversees capital market strategy as well as investor relationship management, aslo led the financing activity of listing company and the subsidiaries.

Prior to joining ZhongAn, Stanley has abundant experiences in private equity, investment banking and M&A areas. Stanley obtained the bachelor of degree from Shanghai International Studies University, majoring Arabic language and literature. He is CFA charterholder and CICPA.

Ms. Maricris Aldover-Ysmael joined MPIC’s Investor Relations team in 2010. Since then, she has been an integral part of the Company’s IR function and was appointed as Head of the department in January 2017. She is responsible for managing relationships with investors and investment analysts, and spearheading efforts to align their interests with that of senior management. She provides support to the CEO and CFO and represents MPIC in international investor conferences and roadshows. She and her team also maintain the underlying detailed financial models that drive MPIC’s internal net asset valuation. She has been instrumental in developing the Company’s key messaging points and facilitates events that are designed to keep investors and analysts updated on Company developments, growth opportunities, risks and challenges. Under the guidance of the Chief Sustainability Officer, she leads the Company’s sustainability reporting initiatives and partnerships. Prior to MPIC, Ms. Aldover-Ysmael was an Associate Director in SGV & Co. (Ernst & Young Philippines) specializing in Assurance and Business Advisory Services. She has over 18 years of combined experience in Investor Relations, Sustainability, Finance and External Audit. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from De La Salle University – Manila and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Esther An is a pioneer CSR practitioner for over 20 years and a member of the UN Global Compact Network Singapore. She has been instrumental in building up City Developments Limited (CDL) leadership in Sustainability. CDL is the first Singaporean company to be included on 3 leading global sustainability listings, namely the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2002, the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World since 2010 and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes since 2011. A signatory of the UN Caring for Climate initiative and a champion in green building, Esther is a member of the World Green Building Council’s Corporate Advisory Board.

Nicholas Chilton is the Head of Board Advisory for New Zealand and Australia at Nasdaq, where he delivers board assessments and boardroom training for Nasdaq Governance Solutions.

Prior to joining Nasdaq, he served in various adviser roles at both the Commonwealth and NSW State Government levels, most recently as Senior Adviser to the NSW Deputy Premier, delivering high-level political and policy advice to current and former Ministers.  Nicholas has worked in the communications, infrastructure, regional development, social services and police portfolios, including leading the delivery of many of NSW’s largest transport infrastructure projects. He has led policy reforms across various issues, including social housing, road safety and regional telecommunications, and has a keen awareness and interest in public policy issues that are shaping corporate responsibility and social expectations in commerce.

Nicholas is a graduate of the University of Sydney with a Masters in International Security, focusing on cybersecurity and Asian geopolitical affairs, with a particular interest in global cyberthreat developments affecting critical infrastructure. His research has focussed on the implications for both public and private sector of national and global political shifts in cyber threat perception, specifically recognising the evolving exposure to foreign-owned entities in supply chains and shifting national security requirements.

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, and 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.

I hold a bachelor’s degree in Applied Petroleum Engineering from UPES, Dehradun and e-MDP (Management Development Program) in Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning from IIM Kozhikode. 

I offer 11 plus years of diverse experience in ESG Ratings & Research, Climate change, Fossil fuel research and product development, Materiality mapping, Stakeholder communication, Information Technology and core oil and gas industry. 

I am currently working with Adfactors PR as an Account Director. My role here is to setup the ESG practice for the firm at large (first of its kind in India for a PR firm). This includes but is not limited to innovate, transform and integrate ESG advisory and communication strategy thereby influencing and creating a positive impact on the reputation of a company. Also, in the past I have worked under the ESG ratings and research as a subject matter expert (Oil and Gas) with MSCI and Arabesque. 

Andrew has over 18 years’ experience in driving ESG and Sustainability leadership for MNC in Asia Pacific. He has managed carbon reduction and sustainability program for corporate clients and investors across Asia, including Greater China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippine, Thailand and Malaysia. Appointed as Director of ESG Advisory for Colliers in Asia, Andrew leads a professional team in providing ESG advisory including REITs, occupiers, developers, banks and investors across all asset types. The projects that Andrew delivered has saved over 60 GWh of electricity up-to-today. Andrew has advised or managed green projects such as major air-conditioning system retrofit, lighting upgrade and redesign, renewable energy system, green roof, building automation and control system.

Bin LUO, General Counsel of Baozun Inc., a leading brand e-commerce service partner and dual-listed in Nasdaq and Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Bin is heading the company’s Legal & Risk Management department, with a wide responsibility covering corporate governance, listing compliance, corporate internal control and ESG compliance. In his over 17 years’ experience in both private practice and in-house legal & compliance function, Bin has served both multinational companies and China domestic company, covering B2B and B2C sectors.

Hendrik Rosenthal is Director – Group Sustainability of the CLP Group and is responsible for the Group’s sustainability-related strategy, reporting and communications. He supports the senior management in sustainability and climate change-related risk management and advises on sustainability matters of the Group’s power business in the Asia-Pacific region.

With 20 years of experience in environmental management across the public, private and NGO sectors, Hendrik previously led research and consulting projects in Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore.

He began his career in natural resource management and environmental policy, through various positions at Canadian government agencies in environment and development. After moving to Hong Kong in 2008, Hendrik promoted sustainability practices via private sector projects and through policy engagement for industry associations. Prior to joining CLP, he was a senior manager of applied sustainability in Singapore working for a multinational company.

Affryll oversees the Investor Relations and Sustainability function of Tune Protect Group. He kick started his career as an external auditor with a Big Four firm and eventually tried his hands doing business finance, corporate planning, business development and strategy. Throughout his 18 years of experience, Affryll has worked mainly in the financial services sector with both local as well as a foreign bank in Malaysia. The past 6 and a half years were spent performing the Investor Relations role firstly with a FBM KLCI Banking institution and a few years later with his current employer. In early 2021, Affryll was given the added responsibility to head up the sustainability function of Tune Protect Group.

With the objective of connecting the dots between Risks (industry-specific, geographically-sensitive) AND Capital (Human, Material, and Environmental); Mr Rakesh Vazirani leads Sustainability Services for TUV Rheinland’s Products Business Unit spread across 12 countries. After completing his Bachelors of Engineering in India, Rakesh gained experience about Supply chain traceability and environmental compliance with GE Aircraft Engines and TOSHIBA, Digitisation of Food Safety with US Fresh Produce, and utilising Analytical data of Environmental performance to execute improvements for Textile industry. He has 15 years of international experience establishing solutions for ‘Product Environmental Compliance’, and ‘Responsible Sourcing’ while working in Germany and Japan. Rakesh is member of European Union (EU) Technical Advisory Board (TAB) on Environmental Footprint’ (Expert group E03710) and ANSI’s Virtual Technical Advisory Group Member (VTAG) ESG Ecosystem

Tim Human is senior reporter at IR Magazine. He rejoined the publication in 2019 after two years working as a freelance writer for a range of international clients. Previously, he was editor of IR Magazine between 2013-2017. He has also written for Corporate Secretary, IR Magazine’s sister publication, and CorpComms, the UK-based magazine for corporate communications professionals.

Steve Wade is a content researcher and conference producer at IR Magazine where he is responsible for crowd-sourcing intelligence on the big global issues facing investor relations. Steve also creates events where the IROs and the wider financial community can discuss, debate, and learn about ways to develop the IR function.

Prior to IR Magazine, Steven’s background has been in corporate social responsibility and responsible investment. During his time at Ethical Corporation (now Reuters Events), Steve launched the ESG symposium, an event focused on connecting the socially responsible investment community with corporate sustainability leaders at listed companies. Steve was a judge for the Deloitte Green Frog Awards, celebrating the best corporate reporting in Eastern Europe. Steve also presented research at the Global Sustainable Event Summit in London and has spoken about extra-financial reporting with the United Nations Global Compact, the World Bank, and the Polish Ministry of Finance.

Steve has a degree in Event Management and enjoys playing rugby in his spare time.