Laura Acres Managing Director Moody's Investors Service

Laura Acres is Managing Director for the Corporate Finance Group for Asia. Based in Singapore, she has overall responsibility for Moody’s corporate ratings and research for the region, managing teams in Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo. Laura also spearheads our global Emerging Markets initiative, leading many of our aggregated research based publications in this space and helping to coordinate Moody’s approach to this large and growing area of focus. 

Laura joined the company in 2006 taking a number of Lead Analyst roles for a variety of corporates around the region; she also created Moody’s aggregated high-yield research and outreach initiatives for the Asia Pacific region. She was appointed Managing Director in 2015 and led the Singapore based South & South East Asia corporate rating teams and was then appointed to her current role in 2020.

Before joining Moody’s, Laura worked for Schroders PLC in London and Singapore, and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Singapore, where she specialized in corporate restructuring and recovery throughout Southeast Asia.

Laura holds a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Terry Fanous Managing Director, Project & Infrastructure Finance Moody's Investors Service

Terry has over 25 years of experience in credit ratings and bank credit risk management. As a Managing Director, based in Singapore, he leads Moody’s Public, Project & Infrastructure Finance in Asia Pacific. He assumed his position in February 2015.

In this role, Terry oversees ratings teams in Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, and Japan which are responsible for Moody’s extensive coverage across the public and infrastructure sectors, including transport infrastructure, regulated utilities,power and social infrastructure.

Prior to this role, Terry spent seven years as an Associate Managing Director and head of corporate, project and infrastructure finance ratings for Australasia, based in Sydney. During that period, Moody’s rating coverage for this region grew substantially to more than 100 rated issuers. In the corporate sector, the analytical team monitored ratings in a wide range of non-financial sectors, such as consumer and retail, industrial, mining, oil and gas, and property, while the infrastructure team covered power, transport, utilities and social infrastructure.

Terry was also previously responsible for Moody’s coverage of the oil and gas as well as mining sectors in Asia Pacific.

Before joining Moody’s in 2000, Terry worked for around 12 years in various risk management and credit origination roles at Westpac Institutional Bank in Sydney. His last position at Westpac was Senior Manager, Credit and Divisional Credit Officer, responsible for approving credit exposures to institutional clients.

Ian Lewis Associate Managing Director Moody's Investors Service

Ian Lewis is an Associate Managing Director for Moody’s Corporate Finance and Project & Infrastructure Finance Groups, based in Singapore.In this role, Ian manages a team of ratings analysts for ASEAN, with a focus on key sectors including autos, chemicals, metals & mining, steel, telecommunications,regulated utilities, transport and social infrastructure.

Prior to being based in Singapore, Ian worked for Moody’s in Japan, Australia and the US.Before joining Moody’s in 2007, he worked for various banks, including Sumitomo Bank, Credit Suisse, St George, and Westpac Banking Corporation.

Ian has over 20 years of experience in credit analysis and ratings across diverse industry sectors and geographies.

Ian holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of New England, and is also a CPA.

Marie Diron Managing Director, Sovereign Risk Moody's Investors Service

Marie Diron heads the Sovereign Risk Group for Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group for Asia Pacific and EMEA. She is responsible for analytical teams covering more than 70 sovereign ratings, 15 Multilateral Development Banks and around 400 sub-sovereign ratings in about 30 countries.

Marie has worked as Moody’s lead sovereign analyst for a number of Asia Pacific credits, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Sri Lanka and Australia. Marie has also worked in Moody’s Credit Policy, leading a number of macroeconomic analyses, including our regular Global Macro Outlook and other credit research work. 

Marie was previously Director at Oxford Economics, leading the company’s forecasting and scenario analysis service to financial sector and corporate clients, after a number of years at the European Central Bank and Brevan Howard LLP.  Marie received a MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge and graduated from the Ecole Centrale Paris.

Tengku Muhammad Taufik CEO PETRONAS

Tengku Muhammad Taufik, a Malaysian aged 46, holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Finance & Accounting from the Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). His areas of expertise include project analysis, capital projects structuring and risk management and he has vast experience in strategic planning investment valuations, developing entry strategies for businesses and structuring fit-for-purpose funding requirements as well as developing and executing key stakeholder engagement strategies; with a focus on the oil and gas industry.

Tengku Muhammad Taufik has a long association with PETRONAS. He was a PETRONAS scholar and upon returning from his studies he had been posted to various important roles in the Group. He had served as the Executive Assistant to the late PETRONAS Chairman, Allahyarham Tun Azizan Zainul Abidin and later held numerous leadership roles including as the General Manager / Chief Financial Offer (CFO) - KLCC Property Holdings Berhad , Head, Finance & Risk Management (Gas & Power) and Head, Group Strategic Planning.

Between 2012 and 2018, he served as Deputy CFO and CFO of two public listed companies before becoming a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia who led the firm’s oil and gas practice. In 2018, Tengku Muhammad Taufik returned to PETRONAS as the Executive Vice President and Group CFO and at the same time was also appointed as the Executive Director of the PETRONAS Board. He also currently holds Board positions in PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, PETRONAS International Corporation Ltd as well as PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

Tengku Muhammad Taufik was appointed President and Group CEO of PETRONAS in July 2020.

Outside his day-to-day responsibilities in PETRONAS as well as board stewardship in the above companies, he is the Chairman of East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) Audit Committee, National Trust Fund and Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) Audit Committee. He is also a Council Member of the ECERDC and NCIA, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Merdeka Award Trust, World Economic Forum (WEF) Oil & Gas Governors Forum and WEF Industry Action Group.

David Staples Managing Director Moody's Investors Service

David Staples is a Managing Director at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in Dubai. His responsibilities include managing the analytical teams that oversee the ratings of companies based in the Middle East, Turkey, South Africa as well as Russia and the CIS. 

David has a Masters degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. (1984) and a Bachelors degree from the University of Cincinnati (1982).

Ian Lewis Associate Managing Director Moody's Investors Service

Ian Lewis is an Associate Managing Director for Moody’s Corporate Finance and Project & Infrastructure Finance Groups, based in Singapore.In this role, Ian manages a team of ratings analysts for ASEAN, with a focus on key sectors including autos, chemicals, metals & mining, steel, telecommunications,regulated utilities, transport and social infrastructure.

Prior to being based in Singapore, Ian worked for Moody’s in Japan, Australia and the US.Before joining Moody’s in 2007, he worked for various banks, including Sumitomo Bank, Credit Suisse, St George, and Westpac Banking Corporation.

Ian has over 20 years of experience in credit analysis and ratings across diverse industry sectors and geographies.

Ian holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of New England, and is also a CPA.

Annalisa Di Chiara Senior Vice President Moody's Investors Service

Annalisa Di Chiara is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Hong Kong, Annalisa covers a portfolio of telecommunications, media and beverage companies throughout South and South East Asia. Annalisa is also a lead coordinator for Moody’s high-yield research and outreach initiatives for the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Annalisa worked for UBS in credit related roles across debt capital markets and leveraged finance. She spent a significant portion of her career as a senior ratings advisor covering corporates across a variety of industries throughout the US, Asia and Europe. Annalisa has also worked for Credit Suisse and the Bank of New York as a Ratings Advisor and a Corporate Finance Banker. She has worked in Hong Kong for over 13 years.

Annalisa holds a double major from Brown University in Business Economics and English & American Literature.

Jake Avayou Vice President, Senior Covenant Officer Moody's Investors Service

Jake Avayou is a Vice President – Senior Covenant Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group in Singapore. Jake joined Moody’s in 2014. Jake specializes in covenant analysis of high yield bonds.

Before joining Moody’s Jake was a lawyer at the law firms of Shearman & Sterling in New York and Linklaters in Hong Kong where he primarily worked on capital markets transactions. Jake also worked in Transaction Management in DCM at Morgan Stanley and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong.

Jake holds a B.C.L./LLB (Hons) from McGill University – Faculty of Law.

Clara Ferreira Marques Columnist Bloomberg

Clara Ferreira Marques is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering commodities and environmental, social and governance issues. Previously, she was an associate editor for Reuters Breaking views, and editor and correspondent for Reuters in Singapore, India, the U.K., Italy and Russia.

Neeraj Seth Managing Director, Head of Asian Credit Blackrock

Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Credit and has been in his current role since 2009. He is the portfolio manager for the Asian Tiger Bond Fund and Asia Pacific private credit fund. He leads the strategy for Asian Fundamental Credit and is responsible for providing oversight of the investment process, performance, and the team's infrastructure as well as determining the strategic direction and growth initiatives of the platform. He has been responsible for building the Asian fundamental credit business since 2009.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Seth was a Senior Vice President focusing on the Asia Pacific market for R3 Capital Partners. He previously held a similar role with the Global Principal Strategies team at Lehman Brothers. Previously, he was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company where he was in the leadership group for the Technology & Telecom practice in Southeast Asia.

Mr. Seth earned a BE degree in mechanical engineering from Delhi University and an MBA degree in finance from the Indiana University of Kelley School of Business.

Brian Cahill Managing Director, Global Head of ESG Moody's Investors Service

Brian Cahill is Managing Director, Global Head ESG for Moody’s Investors Service. In his role, Brian leads Moody’s strategy for the incorporation of Environmental,Social and Governance factors - including climate risk - into credit ratings,analytics, research and outreach. He has responsibility for ensuring that Moody’s is at the forefront of meeting this growing market need from investors, issuers and other important stakeholders.Brian has more than 24 years of credit experience at Moody's and has coordinated the MIS ESG initiative since 2014 building a strong platform for analytics, research and outreach in respect of ESG.

Brian has held various senior analytical and management positions with Moody’s.He joined the company in 1996, working first in Structured Finance and then Corporate Finance. He was regional head of the Asia Corporate Finance franchise from 2002 to 2020. In addition, he led the Asia project and infrastructure team from 2002 to 2018 and the Asia financial institutions team from 2009 to 2016. He was country manager for Australia from 2005 to 2009.Prior to joining Moody’s, 

Brian practiced as a lawyer in London, New York and Sydney. He received an MA and Master of Law from St. John’s College, Cambridge University

Cristina Daverio Head of Research Vigeo Eiris

Cristina Daverio is the Head of Research at Vigeo Eiris and has been working in the SRI space for over 20 years. Today she is responsible for leading a team of over 200 ESG analysts in their research on corporates and local authorities. She has been with Vigeo Eiris for 14 years and for 10 of them has led their research into the Financial services sectors. 

Jonathan Drew Managing Director, Sustainable Finance HSBC

Jonathan Drew leads the ESG Solutions Group for Global Banking at HSBC. 

Jonathan graduated with an MA in Economics from Cambridge University in England and is also qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Jonathan started his banking career more than 20 years ago in London and after working in rapidly emerging Latin America and raising capital for large scale projects in the Middle East has been based in Hong Kong since 1997 witnessing first-hand the rapid growth of Asia and notably China. During this time he has been involved in successful transactions across a wide range of sectors including advising on and arranging finance for projects that produce and deliver energy (renewable and non-renewable) and transport people and resources from source to point of consumption as well as a wide range of infrastructure projects in social and education sectors with a focus on resource efficiency and sustainability. These transactions have involved supporting projects, corporates and institutions to approach various financial markets and structuring innovative and tailored products including to meet the often large and specific needs of clients in markets with very distinct financial and regulatory characteristics. 

In recent years Jonathan has also been responsible for the structuring and delivery of sustainable bonds, loans and other financial support for corporate and institutional clients as well as collaborating with colleagues in the markets business in the creation of sustainable investment opportunities for clients. Jonathan is a member of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association and also chairs the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association Green and Sustainable Loan Committee.

Wan Hee Yoo Vice President, Senior Credit Officer Moody's Investors Service

Wan Hee Yoo is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group, based in Hong Kong. He covers a portfolio of Korean corporates across a diverse range of industries.

Before joining Moody’s, Wan Hee worked for three and half years with Citigroup’s Capital Markets Origination / Ratings Advisory team, covering Korean corporates. Prior to this, Wan Hee worked as a credit analyst at Fitch Ratings and Nice Ratings, both based in Seoul, acting as a lead analyst for Korean corporates.

Wan Hee holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Korea University.

Gary Lau Managing Director Moody's Investors Service

Gary Lau is the Managing Director for the Corporate Finance Group in Hong Kong. Gary manages analytical teams in Hong Kong, covering corporate ratings in North Asia (ex-Japan). He has extensive experience with Moody’s in analytical and management positions with responsibilities across different industries and geographies. He has been with Moody’s since 1998.

Before joining Moody’s, Gary worked for Barclays Bank Plc and Bank of America in the Financial Institutions and Corporate Banking Divisions.

He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Social Science, both from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Laura Acres Managing Director Moody's Investors Service

Laura Acres is Managing Director for the Corporate Finance Group for Asia. Based in Singapore, she has overall responsibility for Moody’s corporate ratings and research for the region, managing teams in Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Tokyo. Laura also spearheads our global Emerging Markets initiative, leading many of our aggregated research based publications in this space and helping to coordinate Moody’s approach to this large and growing area of focus. 

Laura joined the company in 2006 taking a number of Lead Analyst roles for a variety of corporates around the region; she also created Moody’s aggregated high-yield research and outreach initiatives for the Asia Pacific region. She was appointed Managing Director in 2015 and led the Singapore based South & South East Asia corporate rating teams and was then appointed to her current role in 2020.

Before joining Moody’s, Laura worked for Schroders PLC in London and Singapore, and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in Singapore, where she specialized in corporate restructuring and recovery throughout Southeast Asia.

Laura holds a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Charles Hulac Managing Director Citigroup

Charles is Managing Director and Head of Citi’s Asia Pacific Ratings Advisory Group, providing rating advice to clients at all stages of the ratings process, with a focus on both first-time issuers and already rated clients that seek advice on strategies for upgrade and ratings defense. Prior to joining Citi in 1998, Charles was a ratings advisor at Merrill Lynch in London for 2 years. Before working at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Hulac worked in ratings advisory at Citibank and was with Nomura for 3 years in private placements and corporate credit / ratings advisory.

He also has experience as a senior bank rating analyst with IBCA London (predecessor to Fitch Ratings). Based with Citi in Hong Kong, Charles has advised clients across various industry sectors and has also worked as Sovereign Ratings advisor to the Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Indonesia and he was the advisor to Government of Mongolia on their initial ratings exercise in 2005.

Robbie Singh CFO Adani Group

Robbie Singh has been associated with the Adani Group in various capacities over last 8 years. Additionally, Robbie has over 16 years of global investment banking experience in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe and Asia. Robbie’s experience includes all the aspects of mergers, acquisitions, strategy, finance and risk, with a particular focus on listed and unlisted infrastructure funds.

Prior to joining Adani, Robbie has worked in investment banking with a focus on Infrastructure, Regulated Assets and Structured Finance for Merrill Lynch, Macquarie Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Raymond Chia Head of Asian Credit Research, Asian Fixed Income Schroders

Raymond Chia is the Head of Asian Credit Research, Asian Fixed Income at Schroder Investment Management. Schroders manages USD459.6 billion^ of assets globally and has a very strong investment capability in Asia. The Asian Fixed Income team manages more than USD 10 billion^ in Asian fixed income assets and is present in several locations in the region: Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The team manages currencies, government bonds, corporate credit and convertibles. Raymond joined Schroders in November 2012 as Deputy Head of Asian Credit Research, Asian Fixed Income in Singapore and has 13.5 years of investment experience.

Before joining Schroders, Raymond was Portfolio Manager for Pramerica Fixed Income (Asia) Limited responsible for Asian high yields. Raymond also spent time in Standard Chartered Bank focusing on Asian high yield credit research.

In 2003, Raymond started his investment career as a credit analyst covering Asian credit at UOB Asset Management, Singapore.

Raymond received his Master of Business Economics (Dean’s Top Honorary Roll), University of Queensland, Australia.

Frank John Sixt Group Finance Director and Deputy Managing Director CK Hutchison Holdings Limited

Frank John SIXT, aged 68, is an Executive Director, Group Finance Director and Deputy Managing Director of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (“the Company”).  

In addition Mr. Sixt is the Non-executive Chairman of TOM Group Limited and an Executive Director of Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited, and is also a Director of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited and Husky Energy Inc., and an Alternate Director of HK Electric Investments Manager Limited as the trustee-manager of HK Electric Investments, and of HK Electric Investments Limited.  

Mr. Sixt is a Director of the Li Ka Shing Foundation and President of the Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation. He holds a Master’s degree in Arts and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Law, and is a member of the Bar and of the Law Society of the Provinces of Québec and Ontario, Canada.

Ian Lewis Associate Managing Director Moody's Investors Service

Ian Lewis is an Associate Managing Director for Moody’s Corporate Finance and Project & Infrastructure Finance Groups, based in Singapore.In this role, Ian manages a team of ratings analysts for ASEAN, with a focus on key sectors including autos, chemicals, metals & mining, steel, telecommunications,regulated utilities, transport and social infrastructure.

Prior to being based in Singapore, Ian worked for Moody’s in Japan, Australia and the US.Before joining Moody’s in 2007, he worked for various banks, including Sumitomo Bank, Credit Suisse, St George, and Westpac Banking Corporation.

Ian has over 20 years of experience in credit analysis and ratings across diverse industry sectors and geographies.

Ian holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of New England, and is also a CPA.

Charles Hulac Managing Director Citigroup

Charles is Managing Director and Head of Citi’s Asia Pacific Ratings Advisory Group, providing rating advice to clients at all stages of the ratings process, with a focus on both first-time issuers and already rated clients that seek advice on strategies for upgrade and ratings defense. Prior to joining Citi in 1998, Charles was a ratings advisor at Merrill Lynch in London for 2 years. Before working at Merrill Lynch, Mr. Hulac worked in ratings advisory at Citibank and was with Nomura for 3 years in private placements and corporate credit / ratings advisory.

He also has experience as a senior bank rating analyst with IBCA London (predecessor to Fitch Ratings). Based with Citi in Hong Kong, Charles has advised clients across various industry sectors and has also worked as Sovereign Ratings advisor to the Republic of the Philippines, Republic of Indonesia and he was the advisor to Government of Mongolia on their initial ratings exercise in 2005.

Clara Ferreira Marques Columnist Bloomberg

Clara Ferreira Marques is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering commodities and environmental, social and governance issues. Previously, she was an associate editor for Reuters Breaking views, and editor and correspondent for Reuters in Singapore, India, the U.K., Italy and Russia.

Cristina Daverio Head of Research Vigeo Eiris

Cristina Daverio is the Head of Research at Vigeo Eiris and has been working in the SRI space for over 20 years. Today she is responsible for leading a team of over 200 ESG analysts in their research on corporates and local authorities. She has been with Vigeo Eiris for 14 years and for 10 of them has led their research into the Financial services sectors. 

Frank John Sixt Group Finance Director and Deputy Managing Director CK Hutchison Holdings Limited

Frank John SIXT, aged 68, is an Executive Director, Group Finance Director and Deputy Managing Director of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (“the Company”).  

In addition Mr. Sixt is the Non-executive Chairman of TOM Group Limited and an Executive Director of Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited, and is also a Director of Hutchison Telecommunications (Australia) Limited and Husky Energy Inc., and an Alternate Director of HK Electric Investments Manager Limited as the trustee-manager of HK Electric Investments, and of HK Electric Investments Limited.  

Mr. Sixt is a Director of the Li Ka Shing Foundation and President of the Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation. He holds a Master’s degree in Arts and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Law, and is a member of the Bar and of the Law Society of the Provinces of Québec and Ontario, Canada.

Jonathan Drew Managing Director, Sustainable Finance HSBC

Jonathan Drew leads the ESG Solutions Group for Global Banking at HSBC. 

Jonathan graduated with an MA in Economics from Cambridge University in England and is also qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Jonathan started his banking career more than 20 years ago in London and after working in rapidly emerging Latin America and raising capital for large scale projects in the Middle East has been based in Hong Kong since 1997 witnessing first-hand the rapid growth of Asia and notably China. During this time he has been involved in successful transactions across a wide range of sectors including advising on and arranging finance for projects that produce and deliver energy (renewable and non-renewable) and transport people and resources from source to point of consumption as well as a wide range of infrastructure projects in social and education sectors with a focus on resource efficiency and sustainability. These transactions have involved supporting projects, corporates and institutions to approach various financial markets and structuring innovative and tailored products including to meet the often large and specific needs of clients in markets with very distinct financial and regulatory characteristics. 

In recent years Jonathan has also been responsible for the structuring and delivery of sustainable bonds, loans and other financial support for corporate and institutional clients as well as collaborating with colleagues in the markets business in the creation of sustainable investment opportunities for clients. Jonathan is a member of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association and also chairs the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association Green and Sustainable Loan Committee.

Neeraj Seth Managing Director, Head of Asian Credit Blackrock

Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Credit and has been in his current role since 2009. He is the portfolio manager for the Asian Tiger Bond Fund and Asia Pacific private credit fund. He leads the strategy for Asian Fundamental Credit and is responsible for providing oversight of the investment process, performance, and the team's infrastructure as well as determining the strategic direction and growth initiatives of the platform. He has been responsible for building the Asian fundamental credit business since 2009.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Seth was a Senior Vice President focusing on the Asia Pacific market for R3 Capital Partners. He previously held a similar role with the Global Principal Strategies team at Lehman Brothers. Previously, he was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company where he was in the leadership group for the Technology & Telecom practice in Southeast Asia.

Mr. Seth earned a BE degree in mechanical engineering from Delhi University and an MBA degree in finance from the Indiana University of Kelley School of Business.

Nishant Kumar Managing Director, Asia GuarantCo

Nishant Kumar joined GuarantCo’s Singapore office in November 2016 as Executive Director and was Regional Director for South Asia since January 2019 where he led origination and execution of transactions in the region. In June 2020, Nishant became Managing Director of Asia.

Prior to GuarantCo, Nishant worked across functions in Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Investment Banking and in Renewable Energy Private Equity where he led origination and execution of infrastructure, natural resources, agriculture, food & beverages, consumer transactions and investments across Asia-Pacific. Nishant started his financial services career in Hong Kong and subsequently moved to Singapore where he has been living since 2010.

Nishant has an MBA from University of Hong Kong & London Business School programme and a Bachelor of Technology in Mining Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, BHU (Varanasi), India.

Raymond Chia Head of Asian Credit Research, Asian Fixed Income Schroders

Raymond Chia is the Head of Asian Credit Research, Asian Fixed Income at Schroder Investment Management. Schroders manages USD459.6 billion^ of assets globally and has a very strong investment capability in Asia. The Asian Fixed Income team manages more than USD 10 billion^ in Asian fixed income assets and is present in several locations in the region: Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The team manages currencies, government bonds, corporate credit and convertibles. Raymond joined Schroders in November 2012 as Deputy Head of Asian Credit Research, Asian Fixed Income in Singapore and has 13.5 years of investment experience.

Before joining Schroders, Raymond was Portfolio Manager for Pramerica Fixed Income (Asia) Limited responsible for Asian high yields. Raymond also spent time in Standard Chartered Bank focusing on Asian high yield credit research.

In 2003, Raymond started his investment career as a credit analyst covering Asian credit at UOB Asset Management, Singapore.

Raymond received his Master of Business Economics (Dean’s Top Honorary Roll), University of Queensland, Australia.

Robbie Singh CFO Adani Group

Robbie Singh has been associated with the Adani Group in various capacities over last 8 years. Additionally, Robbie has over 16 years of global investment banking experience in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe and Asia. Robbie’s experience includes all the aspects of mergers, acquisitions, strategy, finance and risk, with a particular focus on listed and unlisted infrastructure funds.

Prior to joining Adani, Robbie has worked in investment banking with a focus on Infrastructure, Regulated Assets and Structured Finance for Merrill Lynch, Macquarie Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Tengku Muhammad Taufik CEO PETRONAS

Tengku Muhammad Taufik, a Malaysian aged 46, holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Finance & Accounting from the Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). His areas of expertise include project analysis, capital projects structuring and risk management and he has vast experience in strategic planning investment valuations, developing entry strategies for businesses and structuring fit-for-purpose funding requirements as well as developing and executing key stakeholder engagement strategies; with a focus on the oil and gas industry.

Tengku Muhammad Taufik has a long association with PETRONAS. He was a PETRONAS scholar and upon returning from his studies he had been posted to various important roles in the Group. He had served as the Executive Assistant to the late PETRONAS Chairman, Allahyarham Tun Azizan Zainul Abidin and later held numerous leadership roles including as the General Manager / Chief Financial Offer (CFO) - KLCC Property Holdings Berhad , Head, Finance & Risk Management (Gas & Power) and Head, Group Strategic Planning.

Between 2012 and 2018, he served as Deputy CFO and CFO of two public listed companies before becoming a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers Malaysia who led the firm’s oil and gas practice. In 2018, Tengku Muhammad Taufik returned to PETRONAS as the Executive Vice President and Group CFO and at the same time was also appointed as the Executive Director of the PETRONAS Board. He also currently holds Board positions in PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, PETRONAS International Corporation Ltd as well as PETRONAS Refinery and Petrochemical Corporation Sdn. Bhd.

Tengku Muhammad Taufik was appointed President and Group CEO of PETRONAS in July 2020.

Outside his day-to-day responsibilities in PETRONAS as well as board stewardship in the above companies, he is the Chairman of East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) Audit Committee, National Trust Fund and Northern Corridor Implementation Authority (NCIA) Audit Committee. He is also a Council Member of the ECERDC and NCIA, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Merdeka Award Trust, World Economic Forum (WEF) Oil & Gas Governors Forum and WEF Industry Action Group.