Global Supertrends Conference 2022

Chairman, Shell Companies in Singapore

Aw Kah Peng has been the Chairman of Shell Companies in Singapore since January 2019. She drives energy transition in the country, in support of RDS’ ambition to be a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. Concurrently, she is the Asia-Pacific focal for Chemicals Sustainability in Shell and plays an active role in the Alliance to End Plastic Waste.

Ms. Aw joined Shell in 2012 as the General Manager for Global Commercial Strategy. She moved to the Chemicals business in 2014, and was in a number of global and regional roles. In Chemicals, she delivered significant business value, leveraging her deep knowledge and experience in the industry, commercial acumen, passion for people and customers, and her drive for excellence.

Prior to joining Shell, Ms. Aw had a successful 22-year career in the Singapore public service. She worked at the Economic Development Board across a range of industries and geographies in the US and Europe; before she was appointed as CEO of the Singapore Tourism Board. Throughout her career, she played a key role in a wide range of developments, such as Jurong Island, LNG terminal, Integrated Resorts and the F1 night race. She also sat on the boards of a number of companies (both private and not-for-profit), government agencies, as well as on the Advisory Board of the City of Rotterdam.

She is a Fellow of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Chairman of the Industry Advisory Panel of the School of Continuing and Lifelong Education at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and a steering committee member of the Philip Yeo Initiative (for young entrepreneurs), also at NUS. She has been recognised for her work in public service and the arts. Outside work, Ms. Aw loves running, spending time in the kitchen and is a strong supporter of the arts in Singapore. She remains a board member of the Singapore Repertory Theatre. 

Managing Director, Climate and Sustainability, Eurasia Group

Shari Friedman leads the firm's climate and sustainability coverage, focusing on environmental and social policies and on trends affecting energy companies, industrial production, retail, supply chains, technology companies, agribusiness, and financial institutions. Ms. Friedman and her team work across regions and sectors to help clients understand evolving policies and how they will affect clients' businesses today and in the future. 

Ms. Friedman has been involved with climate and sustainability issues for over 25 years. She worked for the US government during the Kyoto negotiations and moved on to roles in venture capital, consulting, and banking. Immediately prior to joining Eurasia Group, she worked at the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, where she led climate strategy and managed a team of industry specialists focused on renewable energy, green buildings, battery storage, sustainable waste, electric vehicles, low-carbon cities, and emerging green technologies such as hydrogen and carbon capture storage and utilization. Ms. Friedman received a bachelor's degree in political science and music from Tufts University and a master in public policy from Georgetown University.

Managing Director and Head, AgriFood, Temasek

Anuj Maheshwari is Managing Director and Head of Agri-Food at Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore. He also is part of the leadership team which overseas Africa and Middle East.

Mr. Maheshwari founded Temasek Food & Agriculture team in 2013 and since then Temasek has invested over US$8 billion in global farm-to-fork value chain including in over 30 start-ups (such as Impossible Foods, Apeel, Pivot Bio, Bowery, Farmer Business Network) and many innovative technology-focused companies with the collective purpose to drive resiliency and greater efficiency in global food supplies while promoting environmental sustainability and social impact in line with UN SDG goals and Net Zero 2050 targets.

He serves on the board of Rivulis (a leading micro irrigation company) Ceva Sante Animale (a leading animal health company), Temasek Lifesciences Accelerator, Tana Africa Capital and Asia Sustainable Foods Platform.

Mr. Maheshwari joined Temasek in 2004 as a founding member of Temasek’s India team where he led investments in TMT, Consumer Goods and Power & Infrastructure till 2013.

He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School where he graduated with Distinction.

He lives in Singapore with his wife and two daughters.

Chairman, Hero Enterprise and Founder, Serendipity Arts Foundation

Sunil Kant Munjal is one of the founder promoters of the Hero Group, India’s premier automotive manufacturing group that evolved from being the world’s largest bicycle-maker to the largest two-wheeler maker.

He is now the Chairman of Hero Enterprise, which runs businesses in Insurance Broking, Steelmaking, Real Estate, and Corporate Training, apart from an active Investment Office with investments across diverse verticals which is counted amongst India’s more organised and successful investment offices. He also supports start-ups and mature businesses in digital learning, transportation, healthcare, women empowerment, education, financial services and consumer-facing businesses, to name a few.

He served as President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in 2004 and now chairs its Public Policy and Innovation & Start-Up Councils. He earlier chaired its Education and Local Self-Government Councils. He also chaired the All India Management Association (AIMA) in 2016 and continues to be actively involved with it as its President, International.

He earlier worked on several key policy initiatives including serving on the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry the Narsimham Committee that prepared the ground for India’s major banking and financial sector reforms, and the Kelkar Committee for indirect taxation reforms which led to GST being implemented. He also participated in and led Track II initiatives for India, some of which involved complex geopolitical relationships.

He was a member of the Indian Reserve Bank’s committee that defined roles for bank board members. He also chaired a Government of India group on Labour Reforms whose mandate included imparting better skills and was part of a commission that restated regulation regarding tribal communities in India. He also chaired a Public Private partnership on developing Rural Business Hubs to rejuvenate the rural economy based on local skills and local communities.

Mr. Munjal is actively involved in several non-profits for social impact in the areas of education, healthcare, rural development and arts and culture.

He co-founded and is the Chancellor of BML Munjal University, a unique higher education venture in India’s National Capital Region that pioneers next practices in knowledge delivery and student development. He chairs the board of the Doon School, India’s leading high school. He also sits on the boards of India’s highest ranked management institutions, IIM Ahmedabad (IIMA) & Indian School of Business (ISB), as well as India’s highest ranked undergrad business school, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). He is also on the global advisory board of the University of Tokyo.

He is the President of the Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, in Ludhiana, Punjab, which has been ranked as a leading non-metro hospital and a leading private teaching hospital in North India. He also chairs Munjal Family Foundations that run schools and colleges across multiple states of India.

He set up the Serendipity Arts Foundation which aims to revive patronage in the arts and make all art-forms accessible to people through a large multi-disciplinary Arts Festival and an upcoming Arts and Culture Institution that is currently under construction in New Delhi. He is the President of the Ludhiana Sanskritik Samagam which supports performing arts across North India.

He has written two books: the first on the performing arts in Ludhiana and the second is a saga of based on his family - The Making of Hero, which featured amongst India's prominent bestsellers for several months and won the Business Book of the Year Award at Tata Literature Live! Festival 2020.

Senior Research Scholar, The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, New York and Global Advisor, VPE Capital in Abu Dhabi

Christof Rühl is an internationally renowned economist, specializing in macroeconomics and energy economics. His most recent commercial expertise is in energy, specifically oil and gas, and in asset allocation, focused on global macro and geopolitical trends. He combines more than 20 years of experience in senior positions in world class companies.

From 2019-21, Mr. Rühl was a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University. 2014-19 he served as Global Head of Research at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, creating and managing ADIA’s first global research team to provide economic, energy and geopolitical analysis to the Fund. Earlier, he was Group Chief Economist and Vice President of BP plc (2005-14), credited with a significant contribution to the global debate on energy, climate change, and the various links between energy and economic development. He served at the World Bank (1998-2004), including as the Bank's Chief Economist in Russia and Brazil.

Mr. Rühl has a succinct track record in business, economic policy and academia. He is published and quoted widely in his fields, is a sought after public speaker, and serves as board director and global advisor to companies in energy, banking and private equity.

Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University

Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development. He has been advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary General António Guterres.

He spent over twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, where he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. He has authored numerous bestseller books. His most recent book is The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (2020). Mr. Sachs was twice named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders and was ranked by The Economist among the top three most influential living economists.

Head of Business Development & Strategy, Japfa Ltd

Gabriella Santosa is Head of Business Development & Strategy and Deputy Head of Animal Health and Livestock Equipment Business Unit at Japfa, an Asian industrialized agri-food company headquartered in Singapore.

She drives the Company’s cross-functional strategic innovation initiatives through digital and biology technology solutions. She also manages their introduction across the proteins and countries, where the Company’s operates, to improve operational processes, increase efficiencies or grow existing businesses. Ms. Santosa appreciates technologies that are practical and transformational in a corporate setting, under true regional and operational conditions.

In her operational role in the Animal Health and Livestock Equipment unit, she is in charge of introducing systemic improvements in operations, helping the unit achieve double-digit growth and become a sustained solution-driven business over 5 years, with the expansion of products into new species, markets and technologies and the introduction of Mobile Application and data processing solutions that restructured many processes within the business.

In 2021 she developed and launched “Japfa feeds the Future Challenge”, a start-up competition in partnership with GROW, to identify and support start-ups that can improve nutrition, food production, and environmental sustainability in Asia through innovative solutions.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry with a Year in Industry from Imperial College London, and is also a ‘Forbes 30 under 30’ as a co-founder and CSO at Puraffinity, a deep tech start-up borne of her undergraduate research that addresses the removal of a stubborn micropollutant called PFAS from fire-foam waste and polluted groundwater. This venture has also recognized her as a 2016 finalist for the Innovate UK ‘Women in Innovation’ grant.

Chairman, The Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF), Former Executive Director, The International Energy Agency (IEA) 2007-2011

Nobuo Tanaka is former Chairman of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. He is the chairman of the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF). He is Distinguished Fellow at Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) and Visiting Professor at Graduate School of Public Policy of the University of Tokyo.

As Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) from 2007 to 2011, he initiated a collective release of oil stocks in June 2011. He also played a crucial and personal role in strengthening of ties with major non-Member energy players, including China and India.

He began his career in 1973 in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) after graduating the University of Tokyo, and has served in a number of high-ranking positions, including Director-General of the Multilateral Trade System Department. He was deeply engaged in bilateral trade issues with the US as Minister for Industry, Trade and Energy at the Embassy of Japan, Washington DC. He served twice as Director for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) of the Paris-based international organization, OECD.

Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media

Randi Zuckerberg is an entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, and Emmy-nominated tech media personality. She is the founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media, with the mission of supporting current and future entrepreneurs through investment, mentorship, and media.

Prior to founding her own company, Ms. Zuckerberg was an early employee at Facebook, where she is best known for creating Facebook Live, now used by more than a billion people around the world.

A Harvard graduate, Ms. Zuckerberg hosts a weekly business talk radio show, Randi Zuckerberg Means Business on SiriusXM and is the author of four books: two best-selling business books, Dot Complicated and Pick Three, and two children’s books, Dot (currently also an award-winning preschool television series on Universal Kids and Hulu) and Missy President.

Ms. Zuckerberg travels the world, speaking about technology, entrepreneurship, her time in Silicon Valley, and shockingly...how to unplug! When she's not Facebooking or actual written-word booking, she can be found at the theater - as a two-time Tony Award winning Broadway producer of Hadestown and Oklahoma! - or doing her best to unplug at home with her husband and three children.

Vice Chairman, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse

Mr. Jose Isidro N. (Lito) Camacho is a Managing Director in the Asia Pacific region of Credit Suisse, based in Singapore. He is also a Vice Chairman for Credit Suisse Asia Pacific.

Mr. Camacho joined Credit Suisse in March 2005 after a distinguished career in government and international banking. He was appointed Secretary of Finance for the Philippines in 2001, a position he held until November 2003. As Secretary of Finance, Mr. Camacho led the country's economic team and supervised the fiscal and financial sectors.

Prior to that, Mr. Camacho was the Secretary of Energy for the Philippines where he was credited with the successful passage of the country's power sector reform legislation. He was also Chairman of Land Bank of the Philippines, Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation, Trade Development and Investment Corporation (PhilExim), Home Guaranty Corporation, National Power Corporation (NPC), Power Sector Asset and Liability Management Corporation (PSALM), National Transmission Corporation (Transco), Privatization Council, Capital Market Development Council, and National Credit Council.

Prior to joining the government, Mr. Camacho was a Managing Director and Chief Country Officer for the Philippines at Deutsche Bank, AG in Manila. Before Deutsche Bank, Mr. Camacho worked for Bankers Trust Company for over twenty years in New York, Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines and Singapore. His last position at Bankers Trust was Head of Investment Banking for Southeast Asia. Lito became a Managing Director at Bankers Trust in 1990 and obtained Partner status in 1996.

Mr. Camacho is currently a Director of SymAsia Foundation (Singapore), a Founding Member of Asia Peace and Reconciliation Council (Thailand), the Non-Executive Chairman of Sun Life of Canada (Philippines), a board member of Sun Life Grepa Financial Inc. (Philippines), and a Member of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s International Advisory Panel (China). He was previously a board member of the National Gallery Singapore (2013-June 2021), the National Heritage Board of Singapore (2007-2013) and Sun Life Malaysia Takaful Bhd (2013-2019) and Sun Life Malaysia Assurance Bhd (2013-2022). Mr. Camacho was also formerly a member of the Securities Industry Council of Singapore (2010-2017), the Securities Commission of Malaysia’s International Advisory Group (2008-2010) and the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum’s Group of Experts (2008-2012), a Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group, Singapore (2017-2021) and the Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Singapore (2007-2016).

Mr. Camacho obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (cum laude) from De La Salle University in 1975. He received his MBA with concentration in Finance from Harvard University in 1979. In 2017, Mr. Camacho was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration from Thailand’s Eastern Asia University, and was a recipient of Singapore’s 2021 Public Service Medal (Pingat Bakti Masyarakat).

Deputy Head of Wealth Management Asia Pacific, Head of Wealth Management, Singapore Location, Deputy CEO, Singapore Branch, Credit Suisse

Young Jin Yee is a Managing Director and Deputy Head of Wealth Management Asia Pacific (APAC).

In this role, Ms. Young oversees growth in Wealth Management in APAC. Under her leadership, the bank will deepen its client and market dominance and generate sustainable revenues, as well as ensure that top quality service is delivered consistently to all the bank’s valued clients.

Prior to her current appointment, Ms. Young was Market Group Head for Private Banking Singapore, Malaysia and South Asia Switzerland – a Zurich-based team serving clients in South Asia. She has over 25 years of experience in wealth management in Singapore, 18 of which are with Credit Suisse. She was covering the Greater China market as a Senior Relationship Manager handling UHNW clients before moving on to hold key leadership roles within the bank’s regional private banking franchise, focusing on the Southeast Asia market.

With a solid track record in client-facing and leadership roles spanning Private Banking, Compliance and Equity Investments, Ms. Young has deep knowledge of the Asian markets, in particular Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

Ms. Young is part of the bank’s key governance committee – the APAC Operating Committee, and is the bank’s third female member, as well as the first ever female leader in a senior Private Banking role.

Ms. Young is the CEO of SymAsia Foundation, an umbrella philanthropic foundation of Credit Suisse AG established to support clients with their philanthropic needs and intent, and to promote philanthropy in Asia.

Anchor, CNBC

Amanda “Mandy” Drury has had a 25-year media career working at the pinnacle of global business. She is currently an anchor with leading global business television network CNBC and has worked extensively with other networks such as Bloomberg TV, NBC, MSNBC and Australia’s Channel 7.

Ms. Drury has interviewed political and business heavyweights such as Rupert Murdoch, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Former President Donald Trump and Mitt Romney as well as the who’s who of Australian politicians and CEOs. She also co-anchored CNBC’s “The Call” with Former Director of the US National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, in New York.

Working extensively in the Asia-Pacific arena, she has also interviewed and worked with Prime Ministers, CEOs, central bankers and finance ministers of the region. Ms. Drury has also had the pleasure of interviewing personalities from the celebrity world, including Matthew McConaughey, Kylie Minogue, Curtis Stone, Mike Tyson and the Sharks from Shark Tank in the US.

In addition, Ms. Drury is a sought-after moderator on the world stage. She has moderated conferences for organisations such as Standard Chartered Bank, Reuters, Credit Suisse, Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and LinkedIn, as well as for non-profits such as the United Nations on topics ranging from women’s issues, microfinance and climate change.

Ms. Drury is a seasoned MC for events such as Rotary International conventions, Advance Global Australian Awards, Platts Global Energy Awards, and the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism.

She also enjoys being able to contribute her time for charity, volunteering for the Wayside Chapel in Sydney, and emceeing fundraising events for Rotary International, pet rescue shelters, cancer prevention, autism, St Andrew’s Cathedral Choir and local schools.

She is a Melbourne girl, an alum of Melbourne University and has worked in New York, Tokyo, London, Singapore but currently lives in Sydney with her husband, two boys and pet toy poodle.

Anchor, CNBC

Part of the CNBC Asia team since 1993, Martin Soong is one of the founding anchors of the network and has played a key role in helping shape its identity and development. 

A 30-year broadcast veteran, Mr. Soong has dominated business television in Asia for more than two decades. He covered the Asian financial crisis and has also reported widely, from APEC and ASEAN summits to post-conflict zones like East Timor. 

He is the only 7-time winner of the Asian Television Awards for Best News Anchor, voted by industry peers.

Anchor, CNBC Asia

Christine Tan is the Singapore-based anchor for CNBC's longest-running feature program ‘Managing Asia’ interviewing prominent CEOs and leaders of top companies doing business in Asia.

Ms. Tan has more than 17 years of experience in journalism, more than half of which was with CNBC. During her career, she has covered the business and financial market impact from major news events like the Asian Economic Crisis, the Dot Com Bubble Crash, 9-11 attacks in the US and SARS Outbreak.

She received the Silver World Medal for Best Anchor at the 2009 New York Festivals Television Programming and Promotion Awards and also won the Best Current Affairs Presenter award at the 2008 Asian Television Awards. Previously, Ms Tan received the Best News Program award at the 2004 Asian Television Awards on behalf of The Asian Wall Street Journal. The same program also won a finalist award at the 2004 New York Festivals for Coverage of a Breaking News Story. She was a finalist for Best News Anchor in 2001 and 2002 at the New York Festivals Awards and also a Best Current Affairs Presenter finalist at the 1997 and 2006 Asian Television Awards.

Ms. Tan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and English and a Masters of Arts with Honors in Sociology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.