9-11 March (UTC-8)*
Accessing Innovation to Reopen APEC Trade and Markets
*Event is next day in Asia and the Pacific
Our opening session will feature four APEC economy ministers discussing the readiness of our economies to support market reopening.
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Identifying and understanding the digital innovations that will help us reopen our economies more fully is crucial as we emerge from the impacts of COVID-19. That’s the focus of this three-day virtual conference and what makes it a must-attend event for businesses and governments.
Four digitally-focused sub-themes will take up days two and three and provide opportunities for selected companies from APEC economies to present their innovations aimed at helping reopen our economies more fully and mitigate the impact of the pandemic.
Hear business and health experts present promising new methods to make travel – and particularly airports – reliable touchpoints in international commerce and health security.
1Hear what programs, supports and resources are ensuring MSMEs have everything they need to compete in a physically distanced world, and how they can continue to grow despite unprecedented challenges.
1Hear from business leaders working with the Asia-Pacific Financial Forum Digital Trade Lab on how to leverage advanced technologies to make trade simpler, safer and faster.
1Hear what innovative projects are helping significantly reduce the burden such infrastructure takes on our environment, and how we can integrate sustainability priorities in procurement, construction and use.
1Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade (Canada)
From promoting Canada to the world as a great place to do business, to helping our entrepreneurs and businesses grow and access new markets – Minister Ng is focused on helping Canadians succeed.
First elected the Member of Parliament for Markham–Thornhill in April 2017, Minister Ng was first appointed to Cabinet in July 2018 as Minister for Small Business and Export Promotion. After being successfully re-elected in October 2019, she became Canada’s Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade.
Prior to serving as a Member of Parliament, Minister Ng served as Appointments Director for the Prime Minister, and as Executive Director for the President of Ryerson University where she oversaw the creation of a world-leading business incubator for tech start-ups.
Throughout her 20 years of public service, Minister Ng has been a devoted community leader with a focus on creating jobs, fostering entrepreneurship, and empowering small business to innovate and grow.
Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications (New Zealand)
Hon Dr David Clark was first elected as the Labour Member of Parliament for Dunedin North in 2011. He came to Parliament via a circuitous route – having run a University of Otago residential college, worked as a Presbyterian Minister, and worked as a Treasury analyst.
David is Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Minister for the Digital Economy and Communications, Minister for State Owned Enterprises and Minister of Statistics. He is also the Minister Responsible for the Earthquake Commission.
One of the key reasons David stood for Parliament was because he was concerned about the growing gap between rich and poor, which he sees as limiting New Zealand’s social and economic potential. Inequality featured strongly in his maiden address to the House of Representatives in 2012. He believes we can, and must, achieve a fairer society where everyone has an opportunity to succeed.
David has twice lived in Germany and is a former competitive cyclist and Ironman. He is married with three children.
Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism (Chile)
Lucas Palacios Covarrubias is a commercial engineer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, with extensive experience in the areas of strategic planning and management, financial-budget analysis and international trade. He has a master’s degree in Latin American Studies with a major in Economics from the University of Salamanca.
He served as an advisor to the Budget Office (Dipres) of the Ministry of Finance. Previously, he worked at Viña Tres Palacios, Pesquera Deep Sea Food, Guy Carpenter & Company and Consorcio Nacional de Seguros.
He has extensive experience in the public sector, as councilor of the Puente Alto commune, executive secretary of the Association of Municipalities of the Precordillera (Cunco, Vilcún, Melipeuco and Padre Las Casas), and as a member of the Program "Young People at the Service of Chile ” from the Jaime Guzmán Foundation.
Former Undersecretary of Public Works (2012-2014; 2018-2019) he was appointed Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism on October 28, 2019, by President Sebastián Piñera.
Minister of Trade and Industry (Singapore)
Mr Chan Chun Sing is Minister for Trade and Industry, responsible for driving Singapore’s economic and industrial development. He was appointed to this role and as Minister-in-charge of the Public Service from 1 May 2018. Mr Chan is also Deputy Chairman of the People’s Association since 1 October 2015.
Mr Chan’s previous appointments included Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Secretary-General of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). At NTUC, he expanded the Labour Movement network to represent all working people in Singapore, and led efforts to curate and deliver timely and relevant training for workers. Mr Chan also served as Second Minister for Defence and Minister for Social and Family Development (MSF). At MSF, he was responsible for improving social service delivery, enhancing social safety nets and strengthening support for families in Singapore.
Chair, APEC Business Advisory Council
Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rārua) is Chair APEC Business Advisory Council, and CEO of Kono. Kono is a Māori-owned, food and beverage company farming more than 1000ha of land and sea, and exporting to over 25 countries. Their brands include Tohu, Kono and Aronui wines, Tutū cider, Kono mussels, Kiwa oysters, Annies fruit bars and Hop Federation craft beer. Kono also grows apples, pears, kiwifruit and hops, and is involved in sustainable seafood through its business Yellow Brick Road.
Kono is an associated business of Wakatū Incorporation. Based in Nelson, Wakatū has over 4,000 shareholder families who descend from the original Māori land owners of the Nelson, Tasman and Golden Bay regions located within Te Tau Ihu, the top of the South Island.
Rachel is an award-winning entrepreneur and business woman. As former New Zealand Trade Commissioner to North America, founder of sustainable seafood company Yellow Brick Road, and now CEO of Kono, Māori-owned food and beverage business, Rachel is a champion for New Zealand’s primary industry and the country’s position as a world-class producer of food and beverages. She is passionate about the Māori economy, international trade, and about supporting the potential and growth of others.
Rachel has received the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award and is a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to food and hospitality. In 2018 was named Māori Woman Business Leader at the prestigious University of Auckland Aotearoa Māori Business Leaders Awards, and was a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council.
Chair, ABAC Digital Working Group, President and CEO, Toronto Region Board of Trade
Jan De Silva is President and CEO of the Toronto Region Board of Trade, one of the largest and most influential business organizations in North America. She is spearheading efforts to make Toronto one of the most competitive and sought-after business regions in the world.
Jan brings to the role more than 14 years of international CEO experience building ambitious, high-growth organizations. Anchored in her leadership is her belief in the power of economic development to lift communities.
Prior to joining the Board, she served as CEO of Sun Life Financial’s Hong Kong and Mainland China businesses and co-founded and later sold Retail China Limited. Jan also served as Dean of Ivey Asia for Ivey Business School of Western University.
Highly respected for her business advocacy and government engagement, Jan has been Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, Chair of the Canada China Business Council in Beijing and served on the Board of the Asian Corporate Governance Association. In 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to represent Canada on the APEC Business Advisory Council. Jan also sits on the boards of Intact Financial Corporation, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange; and, Blue Umbrella Limited, a global compliance technology company headquartered in Hong Kong.
Co-Founder, AOKPass
Dr. Chester is an Asst. Professor at the National University of Singapore and consultant cardiologist at the National University Hospital who cares for COVID-19 patients. He is a Singapore permanent resident and currently maintains both internal medicine and cardiology board certifications in the US and Singapore. Dr. Drum received an M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
He was trained in medicine at the University of California, San Diego and as a cardiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School), in Boston. He then moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he received the Burroughs Wellcome Career Award for Medical Scientists. In Singapore, he has been a recipient of ~7 million USD in grant awards including a Clinician Scientist Award from the NMRC, funding from the BMRC and multiple innovation awards from the Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART). At National University Hospital in Singapore, Dr. Drum draws on his over 20 years of clinical experience in managed care, private, public and academic healthcare settings in the US and Asia to create novel analytics for predicting patient outcomes. Dr. Drum has multiple patents and oversees a large research facility and bioinformatics unit at NUH.
His current efforts are focused on the implementation of cost-beneficial precision medicine within NUH using advanced risk prediction models. Dr. Drum has been featured in the New York Times and has over 40 publications including journals such as Nature, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Heart Association, PNAS and Small in addition to featured editorial content in Science Translational Medicine.
CEO, Prenetics
Danny Yeung, serial entrepreneur, is the Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder of Prenetics Group, one of the largest diagnostics and genetic testing companies globally. With a team of more than 250 and over US$60M in strategic funding from Alibaba, Ping An Ventures, New World Development and more, the group has been pivotal in the fight against COVID-19. To date, Prenetics has performed more than 1 million PCR tests in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Prenetics works closely with both governments and came to international fame when it helped resume the season with the English Premier League and set up COVID-19 testing operations in airports globally, including Hong Kong International Airport and Heathrow Airport. Furthermore, the group recently made an acquisition of an Oxford University spin-out company, whom had developed a rapid COVID-19 test, with accurate results in 20 minutes.
Prior to Prenetics, Danny was the Founding Partner at SXE Ventures having led multiple investments in genetic testing companies. Danny had also founded uBuyiBuy in 2010 which was acquired by Groupon. Prior to Danny's departure from Groupon in early 2014, he served as CEO of Groupon East Asia leading a team of over 300 with annual revenues in excess of USD $130M. Danny’s entrepreneurial journey started at the age of 25 when he ventured into franchising Hong Kong dessert chain Hui Lau Shan into the USA. After exiting Hui Lau Shan, Danny successfully ventured into hospitality furniture and executed multi-million dollar projects with MGM City Center. Danny received his BS in MIS from the University of San Francisco and his life motto is “Play Hard, Work Harder”.
CXO, NEC Corporation of America
Raffie Beroukhim is Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer, NEC Corporation of America (NEC). Mr. Beroukhim oversees both NEC’s Advanced Recognition System (ARS) and Digital Platform (DPF -US) divisions, the group responsible for developing NEC’s next generation digital identity management platform, I:Delight.
Since joining NEC in 2011, Mr. Beroukhim has led the growth of NEC’s Advanced Recognition Systems business, by expansion of NEC’s biometrics, and identity management solutions for public safety and law enforcement markets, establishment of NEC’s Federal Government Operations and office in Washington, DC; and more recently, successful launch of NEC’s Global Aviation Center of Excellence (COE) in pursuit of global commercial aviation business. As CXO, Mr. Beroukhim’s role is to execute Company’s accelerated course for social value creation for our clients and partners in aviation, finance, hospitality, healthcare, education, and retail markets through Digital Transformation and platform-based services. Under Mr. Beroukhim’s leadership, NEC has enabled numerous organizations, including Star Alliance, the Hawaii Department of Transportation and Delta Air Lines, to transform their business with NEC’s industry leading biometric solutions.
Prior to joining NEC, Mr. Beroukhim has held leadership and management responsibilities including Vice President of Sales at Motorola Solutions and Idemia.
Mr. Beroukhim holds an Executive MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine and graduated from California State University Long Beach with a Bachelor’s of Science and Engineering degree.
Senior Director, Government Digital Services, Government Technology Agency
Jason drives government transformation through digital technology as Senior Director for Government Digital Services, where he leads the overall strategy, design and delivery of citizen- centric and developer-centric digital products. He is also the product lead for TraceTogether, the world’s first national Bluetooth contact tracing app. Prior to this role, Jason was Director of the Industry, Economic Regulation, and International Strategy teams at the Ministry of Communications and Information, and had also been Special Assistant to Emeritus Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong.
Jason has also had stints in the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Law, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Public Service Division. As a recovering engineer-turned-policy maker, Jason’s hands-on approach led to him providing and proving the key insight that solved the Circle Line rogue train mystery in 2016. He also oversaw the media and broadcast infrastructure supporting the DPRK-USA Singapore Summit in 2018. As an advocate for high-performing team cultures, Jason is regularly invited to speak on the topics of
psychological safety and authentic leadership to public sector audiences. Outside of work, Jason is an avid diver, occasional racer, and aspiring aviator. He graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 2005, as well as a Master of Science in Management in 2019.
Chairman, Accenture Singapore
Lay Lim currently serves as Chairperson of Accenture in Singapore.
She joined Accenture on 1 March, 1988. In her 33 year career at Accenture, she has worked across the dimensions of Accenture’s business – managing client portfolios, growing cross-industry management consulting practices, and leading a geographic entity. What has characterized her career has been the pursuit of ‘white space’, starting up new businesses and entities and building foundations for growth and scale. These include the Customer Relationship Management practice in 2000, Accenture Analytics and Accenture Sustainability Services in 2008 – for the Asia Pacific Region – and the SouthEast Asia entity in 2011.
Her international experience includes being a member of the global leadership team for a global transformation for a French MNC – based in Paris and then Seoul, and a two year stint in Shanghai in 2006. Beyond this she has built and led multinational teams and a business in Singapore and SouthEast Asia for a business which includes 38 nationalities.
Lay Lim believes in Accenture’s vision statement that seeks to improve the way the world works and lives. She is highly passionate about bringing the global capabilities and experience of the firm to contribute to building future generations of Singaporean leaders and businesses, and in being part of the fabric of our national agenda. To that end, outside of Accenture, she serves on the Boards of the Institute for HR Professionals and the Singapore Accountancy Commission. She also chairs the External Review Panel for Polytechnics and ITE, an appointment by the Ministry of Education, and has completed the current term on the Future Economy Council.
Founder and Chairperson, DHgate
Diane Wang is founder and chairperson of DHgate, one of the leading B2B cross border e-commerce platform in China founded in 2004. By connecting micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from every corner of the world with high quality products, DHgate takes a stand for fair world trade, upholds diversity and creativity.
Diane has leveraged over 30 years of business and digital experience to drive DHgate’s mission to empower every people through digitalization. The critical focus is accelerating digital transformation for MSMEs and partners, and empowering women and societies through digital inclusion Under her leadership, the company has actively engaged 2 .2
million sellers and 31 million buyers from 222 countries regions, with 32 million products available.
Before this, she served as the youngest senior executive at Microsoft China and the only female with a high position at Cisco. In 1999, as the first generation of e-commerce entrepreneurs in China, she established Joyo.com, China’s first B2C trading platform.
Diane is passionate about driving the digital inclusion agenda for MSMEs and women, collaborating with international associations and agencies. She is Co-chair of Business 20 (Italy’s Digital Transformation Task Force Convenor of APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Inclusion Working Group Chair of APEC Women Leadership Summit BRICS Women’s Business Alliance Chinese National Chapter Member Member of High level Advisory Council of World Internet Conference and Chair of 50 Cross border E-Commerce Leaders in China, to name just a few of her external positions.
President, World Trade Centre Toronto
Since assuming his role at World Trade Centre Toronto (WTC-T) in May 2016, Leigh has built a team that is focused on providing comprehensive international trade services and key global contacts and supporting trade development, international growth, digitization and scale-up for businesses throughout the Toronto region, Ontario and Canada.
Leigh has extensive experience developing and leading strategy and developing business models. Prior to his role at WTC-T, Leigh worked at Management Board Secretariat to help develop a 275-person internal consulting business called IT-Source, centralize private consultant procurement and reduce costs by $30 million. Much of Leigh’s career has been entrepreneurial, focused on growing new and emerging programs. This includes the role of Founder/ COO/CFO of a dot-com, Bee-Trade.com, President of Pulse Health Products Ltd and Managing Director of Newtown Sales Ltd, a company he founded with Canadian F1 racing legend Jacques Villeneuve.
Leigh holds recent Certificates in Strategic Management Analytics from Queen’s University School of Business and in Public Procurement Law and Practice, Purchasing/Acquisitions and Contracts Management, from Osgoode Hall Law School.
CPO, Xero
Anna leads Xero’s global product team, overseeing the design and build of beautiful products and services that small businesses and their advisors need to thrive. Anna passionately advocates diversity in technology and building inclusive environments, where people feel
enabled to do the best work of their lives.
Anna was appointed by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and serves on the board of KEA. In these roles, she provides her extensive expertise in digital technology to contribute to strategies that enable productivity and digital connectivity for small and medium-sized enterprises for the Asia Pacific region. In 2017 the global SaaS Report named Anna one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in SaaS.
Chairperson, Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand
MITCHELL PHAM is a director of the Augen Software Group in New Zealand and Vietnam, and cofounder of the Kiwi Connection Tech Hub – a platform for NZ technology businesses to accelerate presence & engagement in South East Asia. He is an advisor to Smart Links Swiss - a tech company solving real world problems with blockchain technology, and Lina.review - a global community-driven online review ecosystem for reviewers, professionals and businesses, powered and connected by blockchain.
Mitchell is experienced in information management, software products & services, sales & marketing, international operations, strategy development, collaborative partnerships and business growth through innovation. Internationally, he is recognised in leadership as a World Class New Zealander by KEA, an Asia 21 Fellow and Global Council Member by the Asia Society, and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.
In public, Mitchell serves as chair of the Digital Council of Aotearoa NZ (DCANZ), NZ Technology Industry Association (NZTech) and the NZ Financial Innovation & Technology Association (FinTechNZ), co-founder of the NZ Health IT Cluster (NZHIT) and the Global InsurTech Alliance (GITA), honorary advisor at the Asia New Zealand Foundation, trustee of the Auckland Refugee Family Trust (ARFT) and the Foundation for Social Responsibility NZ (FOStR-NZ). Formerly, he was an advisor at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), trustee of Refugee Services Aotearoa (now part of NZ Red Cross) and of the Asia New Zealand Foundation, and board member of Health Informatics New Zealand (HiNZ).
In business, Mitchell is a New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) Beachheads Advisor in technology business for South East Asia. He is also a member of the Ethnic People in Commerce (EPICNZ) network, the NZ Asian Leaders (NZAL) forum, and the NZ Superdiversity Council. Internationally, he is a member of the Strategic Alliance Vietnamese Ventures International (SAVVi) network and an executive of the global Vietnamese diaspora business network (BAOOV).
Head of Trade Strategy, SWIFT
Louise collaborates with Banks, Corporates, Governments and FinTechs across the Trade eco system to diagnose industry challenges and help reshape the global trade finance landscape.
Louise joined SWIFT following a 15 year career in commercial banking, with experience across different countries, products and disciplines both as an individual contributor and as a leader. She is the former Head of The Financial Institutions Group (FIG), Asia Pacific, for Barclays Bank; leading strategy, revenue, risk and control in the delivery of transaction
banking solutions to Financial Institutions across 10 countries. During her time in the UK she informed senior management, to c-suite, on the ramifications of structural and regulatory reform. Early in her career, Louise drove large and complex partnerships with
Financial Institutions across Europe and North America.
Louise is a member of both BAFTs Global Trade Industry and the International Chamber of Commerce’s Trade Digitization Committee. She has lived in Asia since 2014.
CEO and Co-Founder, Tradle
Gene Vayngrib, Tradle CEO & Co-founder is a software executive whose products run at 90% of Fortune 500 companies. Gene is applying his extensive distributed networks expertise from running his prior global supply chain management company to a new blockchain-based Know Your Customer (KYC) utility. Tradle uses AI to digitize KYC and the blockchain to avoid data aggregation and give full data custodianship to the KYC profile owners. Tradle is now extending to a futuristic Personal Cloud, to let AI work privately on any personal data. Meanwhile, Tradle is the only KYC product that was proven to work across all sectors of banking and insurance. Tradle has won many awards, such as #1 Fintech in Japan, #1 blockchain Fintech in Europe, #1 blockchain Fintech by KPMG, central bank of Vietnam award, an award in Citigroup's T4i global challenge and was named by McKinsey and Citigroup as KYC innovator. UBS has received 2 industry awards for their work with Tradle. Tradle successfully completed the UK FCA Regulatory Sandbox and SG MAS program and is part of a global network of regulators (GFIN). Tradle is doing joint work with the World Bank and IADB. This regulatory-first approach helped Tradle establish strong relationships with the regulators in 24 countries and with the FATF.
General Manager, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co.
Yoichiro is a former Executive Vice President at Bank of Ayudhya of Thailand and joined Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co.Ltd.(MURC) in December 2020.
He has a 30-year career in commercial banking with MUFG Bank having worked in Singapore and Bangkok for a total of nearly 20 years and carries a vast experience of the ASEAN region
Managing Director, Digital Trade Standards Initiative, ICC
Oswald is the former Head of Data Strategy of BHP, the world's largest diversified mining company. He has worked on initiatives covering blockchain, electronic documentation in trade, data and analytics, and automation.
Before BHP, he was on the leadership team of EOH MS in South Africa, delivering solutions for a diverse customer base globally. He focused on providing solutions that enabled electronic documentation and records management, enhanced collaboration, business process management, and reporting.
A technologist at heart with a strong focus on its impact on a corporates balance sheet, he is now focused on further the enabling of trade digitizations through the creation of standards at the international chamber of commerce.
CEO, MonetaGo
Mr. Chenard is a technology entrepreneur and investor with a number of exits including Tremor (NYSE: TRMR) and Image Space Media. In 2018, MonetaGo, which was founded by Mr. Chenard, achieved a technological milestone by deploying the first enterprise blockchain network used in day-to-day operations by the financial services industry. MonetaGo's Secure Financing network is focused on solving fraud issues in trade finance and has continued attracting banks and a host of multinational institutions as clients. With more than 1 million financial transactions having already been executed leveraging its Secure Financing network, MonetaGo has now developed a growing presence in Asia, and deployments to multiple countries are underway. As CEO, Mr. Chenard plays a key role in interfacing with bankers and regulators on technology implementation pathways and participates in speaking engagements at conferences such as SIBOS, Money 20/20, and Consensus.
CEO and Founder, CarbonCure Technologies
Rob Niven is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CarbonCure Technologies, the global leader in carbon dioxide (CO₂) removal technologies for the concrete industry. Rob has the simple goal of making concrete sustainability both profitable and easy for industry. Under his direction, CarbonCure and its partners are achieving their mission to reduce 500
megatonnes of CO₂ emissions annually.
Rob has received countless international awards recognizing his leadership in sustainability, innovation and technology development including the Canada’s Top 40 Under 40, the 2016 Ernest C. Manning Innovation Award, the Cleantech Group’s Top 100 Global Cleantech Companies and the BloombergNEF New Energy Pioneers Award.
Chairman and CEO, Acer Inc.
Jason Chen has been Chairman and CEO of Acer since 2017. From 2014-2017 Chen served as Corporate President and CEO, during which time he played a pivotal role in driving Acer’s corporate transformation and diversification into new business areas. Before joining Acer, Chen served at TSMC from 2005 as Vice President of Corporate Development. From 2008 he served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. From 1991 to 2005 Chen enjoyed a 14-year career at Intel, holding a variety of sales and marketing positions in growing capacity. He started at Intel as a sales executive in Taiwan and later as Regional Sales Manager of Greater China. Chen then progressed to become Vice President and General Manager of Asia Pacific region before his last assignment as the Corporate Vice President of Sales and Marketing Group based in the U.S. headquarters. From 1988 to 1991 Chen worked at IBM Taiwan.
Born in 1961, Chen graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration concentrating on Communication and Transportation Management at Taiwan’s National Cheng Kung University. In addition, he holds an MBA degree from the University of Missouri.
President and CEO, Aboitiz InfraCapital
Cosette V. Canilao is the President and CEO of Aboitiz InfraCapital, the infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz Group, a conglomerate based in the Philippines. As head of the organization, she sets the overall direction for the company and its various business units. She spearheads business growth and strategy by building strong partnerships, as well as driving the development of projects.
Ms. Canilao has over 25 years of leadership experience in public-private partnerships (PPP), investment and corporate banking, crisis management and restructuring practice, and in the financial services industry. She has led the Philippines’ PPP program from 2010 till February 2016 where she played a key role in creating an enabling environment for private participation in infrastructure development through policy enhancements, process improvements, capacity development, and project pipeline building.
She has extensively participated in developing and promoting PPP frameworks and shared knowledge with other countries such as Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Tanzania. It is because of these efforts that her former organization has achieved numerous recognitions globally such as the Gold Award for Best Central PPP Government Promoter Awards 2014, PPP Agency of the Year Award 2015, and Most Improved in Asia Pacific for PPP Readiness.
A graduate of the University of the Philippines Visayas, Ms. Canilao took up her MS in Finance from the University of the Philippines – Diliman, and has attended executive education programs at the Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Saïd Business School.
Director of Cleantech, MaRS Discovery District
Tyler Hamilton is Director of Cleantech at MaRS Discovery District, responsible for building a network of investors, innovation organizations and government agencies that can help Canadian cleantech ventures raise capital and scale globally. He also leads the newly launched Mission from MaRS: Climate Impact Challenge program. Previous to MaRS, Tyler spent two decades as a business and technology journalist (Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, MIT Technology Review) and wrote extensively about Canada’s clean technology sector and global climate tech trends. He was also Editor-In-Chief of business and sustainability magazine Corporate Knights.
In 2011, Tyler authored Mad Like Tesla, a book that examined the various barriers to clean energy innovation and surveyed the landscape of some potentially world-changing clean technologies. A recipient of the Cleantech Group’s “Pioneer” award for his early writings on the sector, Tyler was also recognized in 2016 on Canada’s “Clean50” list for his thought leadership on clean energy and climate issues.
CEO, Carbon Engineering
Steve Oldham is Chief Executive Officer of Carbon Engineering Ltd. (CE), a Canadian-based clean energy company. CE is focused on the global deployment of groundbreaking Direct Air Capture technology that captures carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere at large scale, so it can be stored deep underground or turned into clean transportation fuels. Steve brings more than 20 years of executive experience to CE’s team, stemming from previous positions in technology, robotics, and aerospace sectors. He has played a lead role in a number of ‘Canada firsts’ in technology commercialization, including the first robot performing brain surgery, the first commercial radar satellite, robots that clean the inside of nuclear reactors, and satellites that service and repair other satellites. Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from the University of Birmingham in England.
Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, Anheuser-Busch InBev
John Blood joined AB InBev’s Global Legal team in 2009 where he served as a Vice President with a focus
on mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and corporate law. He then served as the Head of Legal and
Corporate Affairs for the North America Zone, where he drove the company’s legal and corporate affairs agenda for the United States and Canada. Most recently, John was the company’s global General
Counsel before assuming his current role in July 2019 as Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer. Before
joining AB InBev, John was Corporate Counsel for Diageo North America where he served as the
principal lawyer for the company’s US spirits, wine, and beer business. Blood began his legal career as a
commercial litigator at Dewey Ballantine in New York City.
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