Nicole is an executive at ASFI leading the development of sustainable finance standards to increase capital flows to the climate and nature transition and embed them into market practice. Notably, Nicole led the development of the Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy working closely with government and regulators, on the development of common definitions for investible economic activities aligned to the net zero, nature positive transition. She is working with leading Australian and global financial institutions and standard setters on best practice implementation, use and interoperability of taxonomies in both debt and equity markets. Nicole has a background in climate and sustainability in government, banking, investment and law. She has deep knowledge and experience working across the finance value chain on structuring sustainable lending, assessing sustainable investment credentials and applying key sustainability frameworks, and in the public sector, has led the design and review of major climate and nature policies.
 
Nicole holds a Master of Laws in international trade and post-graduate qualifications in finance and economics.

Drew is an Executive Director in CBA’s sustainable finance team, originating, structuring and executing sustainable finance transactions for CBA’s institutional banking customers.
Drew has 17+ years experience in institutional banking experience with CBA across the energy, renewables, utilities sectors in both its Sydney and London offices.

Trang Trinh is Head of Sustainability at Treasury Corporation of Victoria (TCV), the central financial institution for the State of Victoria in Australia. Trang leads TCV’s strategic sustainability initiatives and sustainable finance. She works closely with the Victorian Government departments and agencies to support delivery of the government's sustainability priorities.  She has deep knowledge of sustainable finance, treasury and debt capital markets, having worked across these areas in the private and public sectors in Australia and the UK. Her experience spans across policy, financial products and transactions; from providing technical expert advice, developing sustainable finance frameworks, taxonomies and products, to executing debt capital markets transactions. Prior to joining TCV, Trang worked in funding and liquidity management and led the strategic development of sustainable finance at Westpac Banking Group, having developed their framework, taxonomy, green banking products, and managed their green bonds program.

Jing Li is an AVP-Mgr with Moody's Sustainable Finance Assessments team, based in Singapore. She has produced Second Party Opinions for green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked frameworks for clients across various sectors, including financial services, real estate and energy. She has also supported the development of supplementary opinions for Moody’s SPOs on regional taxonomies and standards, such as the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy, Australian Taxonomy and Hong Kong Taxonomy.

Prior to joining the Sustainable Finance team, Jing Li was with the Sovereign Risk Group, where she supported the coverage of credit ratings of a portfolio of sovereigns, multilateral development banks and sub-sovereign entities in Asia Pacific. Before joining Moody's, Jing Li worked at an infrastructure indices provider, where she led a team of analysts covering infrastructure projects and markets across Europe and Asia Pacific. She also has prior experience in audit and accounting, covering firms in several sectors including energy, real estate and technology.

Jing Li holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Queensland and is a CPA.