Greentech Festival Speakers

Florence is an ex-pharma executive turned start-up mentor, entrepreneur and angel investor. Since leaving the big pharma, Florence has been a venture capitalist, deep-tech business practitioner and is currently, co-founder of Kosmode Health Singapore Pte Ltd – a NUS Food Science & Technology spin-off with the mission to Expand Access to health from nature, as a business enabler in repurposing food processing wastes for human nutrition and 3D cell culture.

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.

Mathias is an environmental engineer and lecturer in sustainable business management. With over ten years of experience in the field of environmental protection and sustainable transformation, he currently works as an environmental consultant at AUDI AG, contributing to the company’s environmental program Mission:Zero. This program encompasses four key action areas: decarbonization, resource efficiency, sustainable water management, and biodiversity conservation. It consolidates all initiatives to reduce the ecological footprint across Audi’s global production sites. Central goals are to make production net carbon neutral by 2025 and to cut ecologically weighted water consumption in half by 2035. Extending beyond production, Audi’s vision is to create a circular economy that encompasses the entire lifecycle of its vehicles.

Carsten Dierkes has been working on stormwater management for more than 25 years, especially on the aspects of the water household and pollutants in the urban water cycle aiming at the impact of polluted stormwater on groundwater and surface water as well as the impact of climate change on urban drainage. A hydrogeologist with a doctorate in civil engineering, he has worked on research projects in Germany, the United States, Australia, China and Singapore. He held a professorship in water management at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences and is a member of the Committee on Stormwater Treatment of the German Institute for Building Technology (DIBt) and a member of the DIN mirror committee “Water Recycling – Development of Standards for Rainwater and Greywater Utilization”.

Xin Hao is part of Mastercard’s ESG Products and Innovation arm, where he leads the go-to-market efforts for the organization’s Sustainability solutions across Asia Pacific – Carbon Calculator, Priceless Planet Coalition, and Financial Inclusion. His mindset to optimizing for excellence in the realm of Sustainability today includes embedding innovative technologies and industry ecosystems to scale brands – blending both purpose and profit for a net positive tomorrow.

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.

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.