At this year’s virtual event, we will explore the drivers of emerging green technologies across Asia-Pacific (APAC). Top external practitioners will join our in-house credit experts to discuss key opportunities and hurdles to progress, including mobilizing financing for innovation.
Join us live as we answer key questions impacting the APAC region.
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Agenda14:00HKT
Welcome remarks
14:05HKTFireside chat: Financing the transition: Asia’s approach
Join the conversation with Dr. Jun Ma, Chairman and President of Hong Kong Green Finance Association, to discuss progress toward carbon transition in Asia, and how to overcome the region’s material financing gap. Dr. Ma – who is also Chairman of the Green Finance Committee, China Society for Finance and Banking, President of the Institute of Finance and Sustainability – is a pioneer and leader in the sustainable finance space. He personally led the drafting of China’s green finance guidelines and promoted a global green finance consensus under the G20, during his tenure at the People’s Bank of China.
14:30HKTPanel: Leveraging green tech innovation on Asia’s path to net zero
- What are the drivers of and hurdles for green tech innovation in APAC?
- Where will the financing for green tech come from?
- How can governments support both economic development and carbon transition?
- How do we avoid unintended environmental and social consequences from decarbonization?
15:30HKTClose of the event
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SpeakersDr. MA Jun Chairman and President Hong Kong Green Finance Association
Gong Cheng Chief Credit Officer (APAC) Moody's Ratings
John Wang Vice President - Senior Analyst, ESG Moody's Ratings
Boris Kan Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Project & Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings
Natasha Brereton-Fukui Senior Vice President, Global ESG Research Moody's Ratings
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Dr. Ma has long been committed to the promotion of sustainable development and green finance, and has been widely influential both domestically and internationally. In China, Dr. Ma serves as the Chairman of Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking, the President of Institute of Finance and Sustainability, a member of the National Expert Committee on Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Director of the China Environmental Protection Foundation, and Special Advisor to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Green Belt and Road Initiative Center(BRIGC).
In Hong Kong, Dr. Ma is the Chairman and President of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association, Chairman of Sprinkles (HK) Charity Foundation, member of the Hong Kong Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, and a member of the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group.
Internationally, Dr. Ma served as Co-Chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group(G20 SFWG), Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road(GIP), and Co-Chair of the International Platform for Sustainable Finance (IPSF) Sustainable Finance Standards Working Group.
Over the past three decades, Dr. Ma has served as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), Chief Economist of the Research Bureau of the PBoC, Managing Director and Chief Economist of the Greater China Region of Deutsche Bank (Hong Kong), as well as in professional positions at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), among others.
Gong Cheng is Moody’s Chief Credit Officer for Asia-Pacific (APAC). Based in Hong Kong SAR, China, Gong is also a Managing Director for the agency’s APAC Credit Strategy and Research Group. He is responsible for developing Moody’s views on emerging risks, conducting cross-sector macro research and aligning credit views across various industry sectors in the region. He chairs the APAC Credit Council and is a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the agency’s global forecasts that inform rating assessments.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Gong had worked extensively in the public sector since 2010, including the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and Banque de France, the French central bank. He led policy and research work on green finance, Asian economies, crisis resolution and sovereign debt. He was a member of the Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System and led working groups on green and transition finance and central banks’ net-zero investments. He had also served as an official representative of the ESM and BIS in the G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group, dealing with international issues such as official-sector lending, sovereign debt restructurings, global imbalances and reforms in the international monetary system.
Gong holds a PhD in economics from Sciences Po Paris and master's degrees in finance and international political economy from Sciences Po Paris and London School of Economics. He has published extensively on topics such as net zero transition, climate finance, sovereign debt restructuring and fiscal and monetary policies.
John Wang is a Vice President and Senior Analyst for Moody’s ESG, based in Singapore.
In his role, John is involved in integrating ESG into Moody’s credit rating research and is the point person for Moody’s ESG outreach in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also responsible for publishing thematic and issuer-specific research on ESG risks relevant to credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s, John was CEO of Visiondom ESG, an independent ESG consultancy in China, which helped institutional investors integrate ESG into their investment process. He also worked as an ESG specialist with Fidelity International’s Asia Stewardship and Sustainable Investing team, focusing on the Greater China and Oceania markets for five years. At Fidelity, he was closely involved in promoting ESG best practices in Asia and ESG integration, and had a special focus on corporate governance and carbon trading.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Singapore Management University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Boris Kan is a Vice President–Senior Credit Officer with the Project & Infrastructure Finance Group. Based in Hong Kong, Boris covers a portfolio of Chinese utilities and infrastructure companies across a range of sectors.
Before joining Moody’s, Boris was the Head of Regional Utilities & Power Equipment (Asia-ex-Japan) with J.P. Morgan’s Equity Research team, where he spent more than 12 years covering a wide range of power and gas utilities companies in Greater China.
Boris has also worked as a Senior Associate for more than five years — first at PricewaterhouseCoppers and then at Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance — providing assurance and M&A advisory services to corporate clients in Greater China.
Boris holds an MBA majoring in Finance from Simon Fraser University and is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Natasha Brereton-Fukui is Senior Vice President for Global ESG Research at Moody’s Ratings. She is also Senior Research Writer with the Sovereign Risk Group. Natasha is passionate about diversity in the workplace, and previously served as co-chair of Moody’s APAC Multicultural Business Resource Group.
Before joining Moody’s in 2014, Natasha spent more than a decade in journalism, based in Tokyo, London and Singapore, chiefly with Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. She was named “Journalist of the Year – Investment (Online/Wires)” in the 2009 UK Institutional Press Awards for her coverage of the Bank of England’s adoption of quantitative easing.
Natasha holds a BA in Chinese Studies (Hons) from the University of Oxford, and was a Daiwa Scholar from 2002-4.
Dr. Ma has long been committed to the promotion of sustainable development and green finance, and has been widely influential both domestically and internationally. In China, Dr. Ma serves as the Chairman of Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking, the President of Institute of Finance and Sustainability, a member of the National Expert Committee on Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China, Director of the China Environmental Protection Foundation, and Special Advisor to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Green Belt and Road Initiative Center(BRIGC).
In Hong Kong, Dr. Ma is the Chairman and President of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association, Chairman of Sprinkles (HK) Charity Foundation, member of the Hong Kong Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, and a member of the Chief Executive’s Policy Unit Expert Group.
Internationally, Dr. Ma served as Co-Chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group(G20 SFWG), Co-Chair of the Steering Committee of Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road(GIP), and Co-Chair of the International Platform for Sustainable Finance (IPSF) Sustainable Finance Standards Working Group.
Over the past three decades, Dr. Ma has served as a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), Chief Economist of the Research Bureau of the PBoC, Managing Director and Chief Economist of the Greater China Region of Deutsche Bank (Hong Kong), as well as in professional positions at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), among others.
Gong Cheng is Moody’s Chief Credit Officer for Asia-Pacific (APAC). Based in Hong Kong SAR, China, Gong is also a Managing Director for the agency’s APAC Credit Strategy and Research Group. He is responsible for developing Moody’s views on emerging risks, conducting cross-sector macro research and aligning credit views across various industry sectors in the region. He chairs the APAC Credit Council and is a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the agency’s global forecasts that inform rating assessments.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Gong had worked extensively in the public sector since 2010, including the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and Banque de France, the French central bank. He led policy and research work on green finance, Asian economies, crisis resolution and sovereign debt. He was a member of the Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System and led working groups on green and transition finance and central banks’ net-zero investments. He had also served as an official representative of the ESM and BIS in the G20 International Financial Architecture Working Group, dealing with international issues such as official-sector lending, sovereign debt restructurings, global imbalances and reforms in the international monetary system.
Gong holds a PhD in economics from Sciences Po Paris and master's degrees in finance and international political economy from Sciences Po Paris and London School of Economics. He has published extensively on topics such as net zero transition, climate finance, sovereign debt restructuring and fiscal and monetary policies.
John Wang is a Vice President and Senior Analyst for Moody’s ESG, based in Singapore.
In his role, John is involved in integrating ESG into Moody’s credit rating research and is the point person for Moody’s ESG outreach in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also responsible for publishing thematic and issuer-specific research on ESG risks relevant to credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s, John was CEO of Visiondom ESG, an independent ESG consultancy in China, which helped institutional investors integrate ESG into their investment process. He also worked as an ESG specialist with Fidelity International’s Asia Stewardship and Sustainable Investing team, focusing on the Greater China and Oceania markets for five years. At Fidelity, he was closely involved in promoting ESG best practices in Asia and ESG integration, and had a special focus on corporate governance and carbon trading.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Singapore Management University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Boris Kan is a Vice President–Senior Credit Officer with the Project & Infrastructure Finance Group. Based in Hong Kong, Boris covers a portfolio of Chinese utilities and infrastructure companies across a range of sectors.
Before joining Moody’s, Boris was the Head of Regional Utilities & Power Equipment (Asia-ex-Japan) with J.P. Morgan’s Equity Research team, where he spent more than 12 years covering a wide range of power and gas utilities companies in Greater China.
Boris has also worked as a Senior Associate for more than five years — first at PricewaterhouseCoppers and then at Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance — providing assurance and M&A advisory services to corporate clients in Greater China.
Boris holds an MBA majoring in Finance from Simon Fraser University and is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Natasha Brereton-Fukui is Senior Vice President for Global ESG Research at Moody’s Ratings. She is also Senior Research Writer with the Sovereign Risk Group. Natasha is passionate about diversity in the workplace, and previously served as co-chair of Moody’s APAC Multicultural Business Resource Group.
Before joining Moody’s in 2014, Natasha spent more than a decade in journalism, based in Tokyo, London and Singapore, chiefly with Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. She was named “Journalist of the Year – Investment (Online/Wires)” in the 2009 UK Institutional Press Awards for her coverage of the Bank of England’s adoption of quantitative easing.
Natasha holds a BA in Chinese Studies (Hons) from the University of Oxford, and was a Daiwa Scholar from 2002-4.