Dr. Mischa Lentz heads ADB’s Private Sector Climate Finance Team, leading the provision of support for climate finance transactions and formulating strategic approaches to achieving climate targets. Since joining ADB in 2020, he has managed private sector climate finance funds, designed innovative blended finance instruments, and expanded ADB’s subnational finance footprint in Asia and the Pacific.

Previously, Mischa was an Associate Director at EBRD, where he opened the Lebanon office and led cross-sector banking operations. He also worked in EBRD’s infrastructure team across London, Amman, and Istanbul, leading various project- and corporate-finance transactions. Before EBRD, he was a Senior Consultant at PwC Germany, focusing on corporate restructuring and distressed M&A in Central and Eastern Europe.

Dr. Lentz holds master’s degrees in civil engineering and finance, and a PhD (Dr.-Ing.) from Technical University Berlin. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.

Rahul Ghosh is Managing Director – Global Head of Sustainable Finance for Moody's Ratings.

Rahul leads global oversight for the credit rating agency’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and outreach strategy. In this capacity, he is responsible for co-ordinating high quality and impactful research exploring the credit implications of ESG, as well as digital and in-person outreach to meet the growing market needs of investors, issuers and other important stakeholders.

Rahul is a regular participant at high-profile industry working groups, market briefings, external conferences and media engagements. He is a member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, a market-led initiative to develop a risk management and disclosure framework for nature-related risks. He has also represented Moody’s on the UN Principles for Responsible Investment's advisory committee on credit ratings and the Green and Social Bond Principles working groups. He has presented on the impact of climate change on emerging market sovereigns at the G20 Green Finance Study Group and on sustainable finance trends at the International Finance Corporation’s Global Debt Mobilization Conference.

Before his current role, Rahul oversaw Moody’s ESG Solutions Group outreach and engagement activities globally with the sustainability stakeholder community. He also previously worked in Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research team where he was responsible for thematic research and outreach on global emerging market (EM) credit trends. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, Rahul was the Head of Asia at BMI Research (Fitch Solutions) in Singapore, leading a team of macroeconomists and industry specialists in analysing sovereign risk, sector performance and the capital markets.

Rahul is a passionate impact leader for Moody’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in London, chairing the pillar on “activating an environmentally sustainable future”. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Society of the UK.