Official Launch of Sustainability Exchange

Dr Amy Khor has been the Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment since October 2015, when the Ministry was known as the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources. She was appointed as the Senior Minister of State for Transport in July 2020.  

Prior to her current appointments, Dr Khor was Senior Minister of State for Health from September 2013 to July 2020. She was also the Senior Minister of State for Manpower from September 2013 to September 2015.

Her previous appointments in the Singapore Government include Senior Parliamentary Secretary for the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources from May 2006 to October 2010, Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources from November 2010 to May 2011, Minister of State for Health from May 2011 to August 2013, and Minister of State for Manpower from August 2012 to August 2013.

Dr Khor was also the Mayor of South West District in Singapore from August 2004 to May 2014.

Dr Khor was first elected as a Member of Parliament in November 2001. She was re-elected for a fifth term in July 2020 and is the Member of Parliament for Hong Kah North.

She holds a PhD in Land Management from the University of Reading, UK.

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Prior to joining the firm, Sang Shin was based in Silicon Valley and co-founded BeenChoice, the first app that let users own the value of their data, taking it back from data collectors and advertisers.

Sang moved to Singapore in 2016, drawing upon his deep knowledge in technology, environmental science, and entrepreneurship to help build the startup ecosystem here in Southeast Asia.

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Swati Mandloi is a youth delegate representing Singapore Youth for Climate Action (SYCA) and is passionate about creating awareness about climate change from the point of policy development and economic growth. She currently works as a sustainability business analyst with a waste management technology company based in Singapore.

Swati is an avid supporter of environmental conservation and has been involved in tiger habitat and marine life conservation programs in the region. She is also a writer with Eco-Business, a digital media company that reports on the topic of sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region.

She is a graduate of the Masters in Environmental Management course from the National University of Singapore where she focused on the topic of environmental economics and international climate change negotiations.

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Sheri is a penultimate student from Singapore Management University (SMU) majoring in communications and sustainability. Her passion for sustainability started at a young age when she was exposed to the vibrant life underwater during her family's dive trips. She started Seasavers.sg, in hopes of educating people on the importance of marine conservation. Recently, being a former Eco-Business editorial and marketing intern granted her the opportunity to be exposed to the sustainability sector in Southeast Asia . She recently participated in a case competition tackling SIA's in-flight food waste leveraging on technology and innovation and was awarded the Highly Commendable Award.

Jessica is the Founder and Managing Director of Eco-Business, an award-winning journalist, TV presenter, director, producer, and a social entrepreneur. She has more than a decade of experience in media, journalism and sustainable development and is a columnist for print and digital publications such as The Straits Times and TODAY.

She is an independent and non-executive director of Singapore-listed ComfortDelGro, one of the world's largest land transport companies, and sits on the nomination and investment committees.

She serves as Strategic Advisor to Blue Planet Environmental Solutions, and is founding Director for Embodhi (Singapore), a non-profit for women empowerment in Asia. She is also an associate member of the Singapore Institute of Directors, and currently chairs the Climate Action SG Alliance – an initiative supported by the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources to advocate climate action and raise public awareness on climate issues.

A Singapore Press Holdings scholar, she has won many journalism awards. In March 2018, she was announced the winner of the Women of the Future Southeast Asia Awards for the media and communications category. She was also named as one of LinkedIn's Power Profiles for Singapore for 2018.

Gavin leads stakeholder engagements to help develop Facebook’s internet and renewable energy investment interests in Asia.He also runs charitable activities to profile the company as a responsible investor and community partner for good, such as developing new models of engagement in sustainability, digital skills, cyber wellness, and involving youth, academia, non-profits and government partners.  

His earlier stints at Facebook HQ involved the review of moon-shot connectivity projects and infrastructure strategies to support >3B people on Facebook’s family of apps. Prior to that he looked after policy issues that affect the digital economies in Asia.

Prior to Facebook, he was a partner at Control Risks advising multinationals on business risks as they invested in emerging markets. Early in his career Gavin covered a national strategic development portfolio with the Singapore Prime Minister’s Office.Other experiences: ran a data analytics start-up; university teaching; think tank policy advocacy.

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May leads Sustainability and Open innovation for SP Group.  She leads the drive for SP Group towards achieving UN Sustainability Development Goals.

May is a strong believer in driving Sustainability through Innovation.  She is on the constant lookout for disruptive technologies from global innovation hubs that will change the future of energy.  These efforts range from global accelerator programs, venture capital funds to strategic investments, to seek transformational changes for a more sustainable future for Singapore and regionally.

May is the Founder and Director of SPX, incubating and launching innovative business models including the world’s first blockchain-powered Renewable EnergyCertificate Platform.  

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Robin is the Deputy Editor of Eco-Business. He has spent a decade living and working in Asia Pacific, including in Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore, and has 17 years of experience in journalism,writing about media, marketing, government, technology and the environment.

Robin is currently the Deputy Editor of Eco-Business, where he reports on the big stories in sustainability as well as manages Eco-Business’s network of writers across the region.

 Robin has a degree in Zoology from the University of Bristol in the UK, and spends his weekends as a volunteer for Singapore animal welfare charity ACRES. He is also a long-suffering supporter of West Ham United FC.

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