 | | Arunavo Mukerjee Vice President, Tata Quality Management Services Tata Group, India Arunavo Mukerjee is a Steering Committee member of the UN’s Caring for Climate Initiative. He has extensive experience in coal, gas and renewable power generation. He has been with the Tata group since 1991 and has worked in USA, Europe and Africa. He leads the Tata group effort to combat climate change across its 100 companies. His academic credentials include a BS in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology and an MBA from Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, USA. He is a member of IEEE, USA, and Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), USA. He has been a speaker in events organized by IEEE (USA), Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and UNEP. |
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Kang Yanbing Director CDM Project Management Centre, Energy Research Institute National Development and Reform Commission, China Dr. Kang Yanbing, graduated from Tsinghua University, is the director of CDM Project Management Center of Energy Research Institute (ERI) under National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China. He concurrently holds such social positions as vice secretary of the Energy and Resources Comprehensive Use Committee under China Resources Comprehensive Use Association, vice secretary of Energy Efficiency and Enterprise Energy Management Committee under China Energy Research Association and member of Buildings Energy Efficiency Committee under China Buildings Association.
Dr. Kang Yanbing devotes himself to policy research and technology promotion in the field of energy efficiency and climate change. He took part in the drafting of many national policies on energy development, energy efficiency and low carbon. He led and participated in more than 50 national key scientific and research projects, including the Comprehensive Implementation Plan for GHG Emission Control in China during the 12th Five Year Plan Period, the 2011 China White Paper on Climate Change, the Study on Climate Change Planning in China, the Methods and Strategies in Realizing 2020 China’s GHG Emission Control Targets, the Study on Guidelines for Local Governments to Work out Climate Change Plans, the Paths and Methods to Realize China’s Energy Conservation Targets during the 11th Five Year Plan, the Implementation Plan for China’s Ten Key National Energy Conservation Projects, the Policy Research on Contract Energy Management industry, the Policy Research on Carbon Trading and Energy Savings Trading, the Implementation Plan for Green Buildings in China, the Plan for Energy Conservation during the 12th Five Year Plan Period, and the Long and Medium Term Energy Conservation Research.
He won awards such as the second prize in Outstanding Scientific and Research Outputs by NDRC, the second prize in Scientific Advancement by the Ministry of Education and the first prize in Outstanding Scientific and Research Outputs by Academy of Macro-economic Research under NDRC. He has published more than 50 dissertations in key journals as well as 10 works.
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| | Gwen Andrews Vice President, Power and Environmental Policies, Asia and Oceania Alstom Power, Australia Gwen Andrews is the Vice President, Power and Environmental Policy for Asia and Oceania of Alstom, a large multi-national supplier of power generation and transmission equipment. Based in Sydney, she is responsible for working with governments to represent the company’s views on matters of environmental policy and regulation.
Previously a high-ranking bureaucrat in the Australian Government, Gwen was the first Chief Executive of the Australian Greenhouse Office from 1998 to 2002. Prior to that, she was General Manager, Budget, for the Department of Finance and Administration, and has held several other senior posts in the Australian public service. She left Australia in 2002 to move to the UK, where she headed a local council in Hampshire for five years.
Canadian by birth, Gwen spent her early career in the Canadian public service. Her experience working in three different public services, and now in the private sector on environmental, financial and management issues, gives her a broad perspective on some of the key challenges facing industry and government today.
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| | Martijn Wilder Partner Baker & McKenzie, Australia Martijn is regarded as a legal pioneer in the development of legal mechanisms and regulations underpinning the emergence of international carbon and broader environmental markets, having worked in the field for more than 14 years. Martijn acts for and advises companies, multi-nationals and governments across all aspects of climate change law, policies and markets. Martijn serves as a board member of Low Carbon Australia, the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency partnership (REEEP); as the Chair of the NSW Greenhouse Advisory Council and as Professor of Climate Change Law at the Australian National University. He continues to play a key role in advising clients on the post-2012 markets together with a climate change team spanning 50 offices across the globe. |
 | | Henry Derwent President International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) Henry Derwent became the President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) in February 2008. Previously, as International Climate Change Director for the UK Government, he oversaw UK’s role in international negotiations, in the G8 (particularly as Prime Minister's special representative during the UK G8 Presidency in 2005) and in other forums.
Henry has been closely associated with the development of greenhouse gas trading in the UK and Europe from its earliest days. He previously had responsibilities for all aspects of climate change and sustainable energy in the UK as well as for air quality and industrial pollution control. Before that, he was an international corporate finance executive at a major investment bank. |
 | | Takashi Hongo Senior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute Japan Bank for International Cooperation Takashi Hongo has been involved in environmental projects such as climate change, water shortage and bio-diversity. He has initiated the Nikkei-JBIC Carbon Quotation Index - the first and only carbon price index in Japan. His current main focus is on climate finance and he has taken the initiative for "GREEN + J-MRV" by JBIC and proposed the Green Finance Alliance. He provides advice on domestic carbon trading systems and bilateral credit. He has contributed to the International Energy Agency, IPCC, UNEP, GLOBE International as well as APEC' "Green Growth Green Finance", as well as written numerous articles. |
| | Xuedu Lu Advisor, Office of the Director General Regional Sustainable Development Department Asian Development Bank (ADB) Dr. Xuedu Lu is an advisor in ADB. Having joined ADB in July 2010, he provides advice on the Carbon Market program and works on technology transfer and deployment regarding climate change. Prior to joining ADB, Dr. Lu worked in the Government of China and was responsible for research, policy and international negotiations on climate change. He has served the CDM Executive Board (member/alternate) for eight years. He is a visiting professor of Tongji University, Tianjin University and Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology. |
