GTF Singapore Speakers

Managing Director and shareholder of innos GmbH. Managing Director of CharIN e. V. Strategic advisor to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection within the Lightweighting Initiative Coordination Office. Establishment of collaboration platforms. Establishment new technologies for a sustainable future.

Christina Rasmussen, a Danish-American chef and forager who trained in the Culinary Institute of America before moving to Copenhagen, where she became the head forager for Noma in Copenhagen and subsequently moving onto the plant-based, conscious dining group, Ark Collection, as General Manager. Her job in the forest opened a new view on how to respect and appreciate quality produce and the possibilities to highlight them. Years of learning how delicate, yet resilient, nature is has been a source of inspiration and created a home in the forefront of Mallow’s mission statement and commitment to being more sustainable in the f&b scene.

Christine is a global leader in agri-food-tech innovation. She fuses energy, passion, and out-of-the-box thinking with deep commercial instinct, market insight, and strategic foresight to unlock new opportunities for innovation, funding, and growth. At TFF, she has supported startups who have raised millions, ones who have become unicorns, exited, and ones just getting off the ground. In her previous roles, Christine has led external affairs, public policy, and corporate affairs functions for leading multinationals, fast-growing startups, think tanks, and industry associations. Her work has been covered by The Economist, MIT Tech Review, Forbes, and the Financial Times. She was recently appointed by the UN Deputy Secretary-General to serve on the Advisory Committee for the UN Food Systems Summit.

Putting purpose and impact right at the heart of the Alpine Group brand, Clare drives sustainability initiatives across the Group’s operations globally and is the foremost advocate of making fashion fit for the future. As an award-winning brand builder and business leader, Clare has over 15 years’ experience working across the Asia Pacific, EMEA, Middle East and US regions. Having started her career in fashion before establishing a prolific track record in managing global luxury and hospitality brands, Clare passionately believes in bringing change to the business of fashion by educating brands and consumers alike. As a woman in leadership, she finds meaning in empowering other women, who make up a considerable proportion of the textile and apparel manufacturing workforce worldwide.

My Name is Daniel König. I live in Bavaria, Germany. I’m 40 years old, married and I have three wonderful children. I am an engineer graduated in environmental technology. I have worked at Audi since 2015 and I am responsible for infrastructure projects and leader of the Hub Water in the Mission:Zero-program at Audi.

Eugene Toh is the Director of the Agritech and Food Manufacturing Divisions at Enterprise Singapore. He oversees the industry development plans for the agri-food sector, helping companies in Singapore to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise, as well as develop a vibrant agrifood start-up eco-system in Singapore. Concurrent to his EnterpriseSG appointment, Eugene is the Chief Commercial Officer responsible for the implementation of the Requests-for-Proposals to import electricity to Singapore, including negotiating with potential bidders, evaluating the proposals and eventually appointing the importers.

Federico is a long standing wealth manager at Credit Suisse with 20 years experience advising UHNWIs, family offices and pension funds. President of Eurocham Singapore he currently serves as Councl Member of several institutions including Singapore Business Federation, UN Global Compact Singapore.

Gillord, is an Event Host/MC, Actor and Content Creator from Curaçao, based in Berlin, Germany with fluency in 5 languages and over 10+ years of experience in the entertainment business.

Giorgio and his team are responsible for leading a single hub for the development, management and support of the Vodafone Business Group’s portfolio of products and services that can be sold at a global scale, ranging from connectivity and collaboration to cloud, cybersecurity and digital solutions. Giorgio brings 27 years of telecommunications experience gained in a variety of global roles, most recently as the Director and Executive Committee member of Vodafone Business Italy. Under his leadership, Vodafone Business Italy has become a leading digital transformation partner for private companies and one of the fastest growing service providers for the Public Sector, thanks to a growing portfolio of digital services. Prior to joining Vodafone, Giorgio worked in South East Asia as Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of Telekom Malaysia and then as the Industry Lead for the telecom sector for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa at Accenture.

Hon is responsible for launching Volocopter’s first commercial air taxi service in Singapore, opening one of the most promising markets for this new form of mobility. Before Volocopter, Hon entered the world of urban air mobility as Head of APAC Business Operations at AirMap, an Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) company headquartered in Santa Monica, California. Hon has also worked at Rakuten, Twilio, and Google in business and technical capacities across US and Asia. Hon was trained an Electrical and Computer Engineer at Duke University and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jason Moo is Head Private Banking South East Asia and Branch Manager Singapore. He is responsible for Julius Baer’s business presence and client base in South East Asia and the Bank’s operations and development in Singapore. Prior to joining Julius Baer in 2020, Jason worked at Goldman Sachs for more than two decades and has held several senior roles, the last being CEO of Goldman Sachs Singapore and Head of South East Asia and Australia for Private Wealth Management.

Jeffery Neng is the Deputy Group Director at BCA overseeing several green building initiatives under the Singapore Green Building Masterplan. These include the BCA Green Mark scheme which certifies buildings on their level of environmental friendliness and legislation of environmental sustainability regulations for building sector.

Joy is World Green Building Council’s Programmes Head for Asia Pacific Region, focusing on delivering programmes that engage GBCs and deliver impact across WorldGBC’s three impact areas. Joy is a passionate sustainability teacher, coach and advocate. She brings to the role technical expertise as a principal engineer and project leader delivering many first-of-its-kind sustainability projects, including net zero energy buildings and eco cities. She is a Mastery Certified Life Coach (MCC) practicing positive psychology with the belief that sustainability starts from a sustainable mindset and is sustained with compassion and commitment to drive and empower positive change.

Kristina Öström, a marketeer at heart, with a proven track record in marketing, branding and aviation. From Lufthansa in Stockholm via Frankfurt, to Neste in Amsterdam where she currently is building a new global brand and category, Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to help decarbonise aviation.

Lothar is a GreenTech entrepreneur and business builder. With Imhotep, he introduces a sustainable water-from-the-air technology. As a sales executive in the machinery industry he led cross-cultural teams for more than 20 years and was responsible for global sales, distribution channels and new business models. Lothar combines a technical education with studies in international marketing and business and holds a PhD from WU Vienna. As an entrepreneur, he serves technology-driven clients worldwide through innovation and transformation programs. Lothar is actively seeking early-stage technology investments and brings his knowledge and experience in business building, scaling and global operations.

Maria Li is the COO of Tech in Asia, one of the leading digital media publications covering Asia’s tech and startup scene. Prior to Tech in Asia, Maria worked at Apple as a business operations and commercial strategy manager in Cupertino and Singapore. She began her career as an emerging markets consultant with Deloitte, leveraging her MBA from Wharton and MPP from the University of Virginia.

Ambassador of Italy to Singapore and Brunei Darussalam since September 27th 2021. He has served in the United States and Egypt both in the economic and consular field, then gaining extensive experience in Japan – in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto – with a focus on economic and cultural relations. He has been diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Agriculture from 2001 to 2003, and to the Mayor of Rome from 2008 to 2011. Prior to his appointment in Singapore, Mario Vattani has served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Coordinator for EU-Asia Pacific, also in charge of Italy’s relations with regional organizations such as the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), for which he served as National Focal Point, and ASEAN.

Markus is a partner at EY Parthenon ASEAN and former start-up CEO. He supports clients on innovation, tech trends and digitization by e.g., partnering with start-ups and investors to shape and execute their (impact) investing strategy. Having led a consumer/food tech startup for several years, he deeply immersed in the consumer and food tech space and is passionate about how new technologies can accelerate our path to sustainability. He holds a Ph.D. in Management on how to improve company performance across cultural barriers using coopetition.

Max Rye is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at TurtleTree, a global biotech company that utilizes modern cell-based technology to create sustainable food products. A former Silicon Valley business owner, Max is a seasoned technopreneur with more than 15 years of experience in managing and developing tech businesses.

As an impact driven entrepreneur, Mayur Singh is passionate about sustainability and building ‘tech for good’ businesses. Mayur has lived in four countries and co-founded three companies across Asia and Europe. He is currently the co-founder of Green Collective SG – an award winning ecosystem for sustainable D2C brands to grow and scale their business. A firm believer in accelerating the path towards sustainable development, Mayur is a strong advocate of building businesses with a purpose and inclusive growth and is actively involved in mentoring, advising and investing in early stage tech ventures in alternative meat, cleantech and agri-tech space.

Michael is global leader in green finance, green technology and climate risk and policy. He is the President of MVGX, a digital green asset exchange in Singapore, a Fellow at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership and a Senior Advisor to the UNDP Sustainable Finance Hub. Michael was a Senior Advisor within the Bank of England for ten years, where he was a leader in the area of green finance and co-founder of the BoE's Fintech Accelerator. He Co-Chaired the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group and was a contributor to the digital green bond work within the Innovation Hub of the Bank of International Settlements.

Nico Rosberg is well-known as the 2016 Formula 1 World Champion. Since leaving the racing series, he is passionately committed to the issue of sustainability. As an entrepreneur and investor in green technologies and mobility startups, he represents visionary innovations that make the world a little better. In numerous projects around the world, he also contributes to the topic of environmental protection, health, equality and justice. In 2019, he co-founded the GREENTECH FESTIVAL, a global platform for pioneering sustainable ideas that takes place annually in Berlin. Since 2021, he has been competing with Rosberg X Racing in Extreme E, a racing series that aims to draw attention to the consequences of global climate change.

Born 1969, Oliver has a marketing and advertising background. Over the years, textile industry sourcing and tech marketing have become more and more important while still running his agency with a focus on events and exhibitions. For Hydro Intelligence, Oliver handles Marketing and International Business Development efforts globally.

I am driving sustainability topics within Lufthansa Group in APAC to engage with our corporate and trade customers who are interested in reducing their scope 3 emissions and participating the journey to sustainable travels. Commercially, I am fifteen years in the aviation sector from account to partnership management working with customers, partners from varied cultural background. That has built in me soft skills including cross-functional thinking and cultural sensitivity.

Prescott Gaylord is the Head of Sustainability for Corporate Real Estate Strategy & Administration at DBS Bank. His work in sustainable construction, sustainable design, and corporate environmental consulting have led him to his current drive to increase the impact of green corporate policies. He has published and spoken on sustainability in the built environment at conferences in Washington DC, Chicago, Baltimore, and Singapore.

Renaud Meyer started his assignment as UNDP Resident Representative to Thailand on 26 March 2019, coming from Nepal where he was the UNDP Country Director since January 2015. Prior to that, Renaud served as Senior Deputy Country Director for UNDP Afghanistan from November 2012 to December 2014. UNDP Country Director in the Philippines from August 2008 to October 2012 and Deputy Country Director of UNDP China from August 2004 till August 2008. Before serving UNDP in Asia, Renaud served four years in Headquarters as the Special Assistant to the UNDP Associate Administrator in the Executive Office in New York from 2002 to 2004 and as Special Assistant to the Director of the Bureau for Development Policy starting in 2000. Renaud started his UNDP career as a Programme Officer (JPO) in Lebanon in 1998.

Anchoring on the core values of Sustainable, Innovative & Nutritious next-generation food, Life3 vision is to transform the global food production system that cater to the growing consumers group seeking an “Ecotarian” lifestyle. Our proprietary technology of culturing and processing plant-based and cell-based protein empowers food manufacturers globally with a cost-effective and high-quality plant-based ingredients. We also pioneered the Smart Urban-Factory model to achieve affordability, freshness, traceability and low-carbon footprint in the new frontier of food manufacturing.

Roland Dieling is a Senior Expert for Sustainability and Corporate Environmental Protection and part of Audi´s team on Sustainability in the Supply Chain. Based on his working experience as an environmental engineer, Roland is focussing on environmental sustainability, in particular sustainable water management and biodiversity. In this context, he is currently working on the implementation of a Water Stewardship Program for the supply chain at AUDI AG.

I am passionate about technology, entrepreneurship, sustainability and city improvement. My mission is to expand the reach of URBAN-X globally and source for startups that reimagine city life. URBAN-X, a startup platform founded by MINI, dedicated to partner with startups to build bold technology solutions for a sustainable planet. Providing individualised and tailored support for startups that accelerates growth and builds successful businesses for the next generation of climate- and city-focused innovators. URBAN-X focuses on: transportation and mobility, buildings and real estate, construction, energy and the grid, water, food, waste, infrastructure and industry, as well as related sectors like public health, safety and government services. Over the last years URBAN-X has invested in over 80 startups.

Saurabh ( Sam ) The Right Brain : Creative Director with a love for materiality and product innovation. Sam heads the sales efforts and is truly a people ‘s person – giving every person wings to fly and to dream big ! Sam holds a Masters Degree in Manufacturing from Warwick University UK with over 20+ years of experience in Design industry.

Sjoerd Fauser is the CEO and founder of Archwey, the holding group of three companies that are changing the game when it comes to innovative means of reusing and reducing plastic waste: Arch & Hook, Shieldler, and PlasticBean. Sjoerd’s passions for entrepreneurialism and sustainability have always been the driving forces behind his career. His background working with some of the biggest English, French, Italian and American fashion brands and retailers enabled him to spot a big gap in the market: customised (eye-candy) coat hangers that reject the single-use plastic principle. Arch & Hook was the result – founded in 2015 as the world’s first sustainable, personalised hanger brand, with its unique BLUE® (now known as BLUEWAVE®) material trademarked in 2019.

Stefanie is Head of Market Transformation at WWF-Singapore, the world’s largest conservation organisation. She leads a team of sustainability professionals and subject matter experts delivering impact across key issues such as climate, palm oil, circular economy, seafood and illegal wildlife trade. Stefanie is a senior executive with over 20 years of experience in sustainability, management and marketing. Before joining WWF, Stefanie was Director of Partnerships for Eco-Business, a news resource for cleantech, responsible business and sustainable development in Asia.

Stephan Degenhart is an Associate Partner of Drees & Sommer and the Managing Director of the Asia Pacific Hub, from where he oversees a team of professionals across the Asia Pacific Region. He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Munich and has been leading international expansion efforts for Drees & Sommer for over twenty years. Stephan has extensive experience in real estate development consulting and project management. He is currently leading the strategic growth of the Drees & Sommer Asia Pacific, fortifying the company’s place in the region.

Steph L Dickson is a leading voice in sustainability in Asia. She founded Green Is The New Black, Asia’s first Conscious Festival and media platform, that uses stories, curated experiences to advocate for social & behavioural change, that leads to little green steps with big impact. Her mission is to make conscious living mainstream, accessible and sexy.

Stephanie Krishnan is an associate VP responsible for producing, developing, and growing the IDC Manufacturing, Retail, and Energy Insights programs in Asia/Pacific. Stephanie conducts supply chain and Industry 4.0 research that supports clients with global sourcing (profitable proximity and sustainable outcomes), transportation, logistics, warehousing, and more. In addition, her contributions to subscription products and custom research span ecosystems, value chains, and the supply chains of industrial industries. Stephanie delivers a research agenda that supports technology buyers in their strategies and buying decisions and vendors with market trends and intelligence.

Thorsten Lange has been the Executive Vice President of Neste Corporation’s Renewable Aviation business unit and member of the Executive Committee since January 2020. Before joining the company, he worked at Lufthansa for two decades in various roles, most recently as the head of Fuel Procurement (global). He has also had various positions in the oil sector. Thorsten Lange is a member of the IATA Fuel Steering Group. Previously he has also been the Chairman of the IATA Commercial Fuel group, a member of the IATA Fuel Working Group as well as a member of the Star Alliance Fuel Advisory Group.

Travin Singh is the Founder & Group CEO of CRUST Group, a food-tech startup at the forefront of food loss management. Travin shares his journey as an entrepreneur in a nascent, emerging field. From his childhood to his first customers, interactions with various people have shaped his mindset towards the business – and it’s still changing. He stresses the importance of this constant adaptability in a startup environment; understanding, analyzing and absorbing feedback is what transformed his vision for the company. Travin believes that the answer to the global issue of food wastage lies in collaboration with producers, consumers and everyone in between. He narrates the experiences that led him to this conclusion, the lessons learnt along the way and the ideas he has for the future to achieve his dream – reducing global food waste by 1% by 2030.

Tulika Raj is Co-Founder and CEO of SunGreenH2, an award-winning deep cleantech venture-backed company supercharging electrolyzers with nanotechnology so orders more magnitude of hydrogen can cleanly be made from water. Tulika has over $2B transaction experience in renewable and low carbon energy having successfully scaled wind and solar companies and led large project investments at BP Alternative Energy and renewable funds including Denham Capital, Octopus Investments and Keppel Capital. Tulika received an MBA from the London Business School and Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Tech Transfer / Management of EU-Funding progammes. Internationalization strategies for clusters in German Capital Region. Innovation and Technology Audits. Sustainability Management for companies and international associations. Business Development / Grant acquisition / concepts /sustainable business models. Head of Business Development.