MBE, Co-founder and Vice Chairman, Climate Finance Asia

Chanyau Chong also co-founded CarbonCare InnoLab (CCIL) in 2014 and previously served as Executive Director of Oxfam Hong Kong and on the Board of Oxfam International.

A former Hong Kong Government officer and President of the Hong Kong Blind Union, he brings decades of leadership in sustainability and social inclusion.

He was awarded an MBE and named one of Hong Kong’s Ten Outstanding Young Persons as well as “Leaders of 2011” for his public service.

Lead, Climate Strategy, World Economic Forum

William Jernigan is a Lead in the Climate Strategy team at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, where he works on the intersection of climate policy, competitiveness and industrial decarbonization. He served as the Forum’s lead author for the “Climate and Competitiveness: Border Carbon Adjustments in Action” report, developed in collaboration with Climate Finance Asia, and his portfolio spans border carbon adjustments, carbon markets and climate finance. Prior to joining the Forum, William held roles across the United Nations system, focusing on climate mitigation, adaptation, resilience and financing in emerging economies. He holds an MSc from the University of Oxford and a BA from the University of San Diego.

Chief Economist, Climate Finance Asia

Dr. Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary is a globally recognized expert in energy economics, green finance, and policy. Listed among Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers (top 0.1% globally), he received Japan’s Minister of Education Medal and Commendation for Science and Technology in 2023 in recognition of his contributions to renewable energy financing research. His work focuses on sustainability, energy, and finance, and he serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management. He also advises governments and financial institutions across Asia.

Senior Advisor, Sustainable Finance and Policy, Climate Finance Asia

Donald Eubank is a sustainability strategist who focuses on the intersection between environmental and social risks and opportunities in investing and corporate strategies.

At Climate Finance Asia, Donald has been acting as the lead of the Facility-level Just Transition Working Group, in which he developed the Facility-Level Just Transition Guidelines for banks that are financing coal phaseout projects, and co-author for the WEF White Paper “Climate and Competitiveness: Border Carbon Adjustments in Action”.

As cofounder of advisory firm Read the Air, Donald has also been a key partner for organizations that seek to create corporate value by developing sustainable business and decarbonization strategies.

He is a co-author of “Leading Sustainably—The Path to Sustainable Business and How the SDGs Changed Everything” (Routledge) and a contributor to “The Handbook of Climate Change Leadership in Organisations”.

Head of Department of Policy and Management Studies, TERI School of Advanced Studies; Research Lead in India (UltraTech Cement’s case)

Dr. Gopal K Sarangi is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department (HoD) of the Department of Policy and Management Studies (DoPMS), at TERI SAS with more than 20 years of research and consulting experience. His primary domain of research covers energy market and regulation, green finance, carbon market, industrial decarbonisation and ESG issues and public policy issues of energy and climate change. He has contributed as PI, Co-PI, Advisor and team member to several collaborative projects funded by DFID, EPSRC, World Bank, British Academy, UNDP, Prosper.Net, ICIMOD, Norwegian Research Council (NRC) and Government of India (GoI). He has contributed to the energy and climate policy making of India as an invited member of many Committees formed by Government of India. To his credit, he has been chosen as an Independent Director of UGVCL, Gujarat – one of the most efficient and pioneer distribution utilities of the state. He has visited Freie University, Berlin, Germany, as a DAAD Research Fellow, visited DMU, UK as a Project Research Fellow, and visited Dundee University, Scotland as a Project Research Fellow, and visited UTS, Sydney, Australia as a Key Technology Partnership (KTP) research fellow. He has published widely in high-ranking journals.

Manager, Sustainable Finance Analysis, Climate Finance Asia

Toby Cheng has over a decade of experience in ESG and sustainable finance advisory.

He has led projects in corporate sustainability strategy and disclosure, environmental policies and assessments, green finance and performance verification for leading listed companies, financial institutions, and regulators.

A GRI-trained practitioner with an MPhil from the University of Hong Kong, he focuses on data-driven ESG evaluation and corporate decarbonization.