Jacqueline Lam is the Deputy Regional Director for Southeast Asia and Oceania with C40. Over the last decade, she has held positions with various ministries and agencies in the Singapore government, as well as the Asian Development Bank. Most recently, she was in charge of various sustainable and inclusive development projects in Southeast Asia for ADB, focusing on project financing, government capacity building and pilot project implementation for public-private partnerships, investment promotion, SME and agriculture sector development. In her earlier work with the Energy Market Authority of Singapore, she was in charge of advocacy and partnerships with ASEAN partner governments for energy efficiency and renewables policy.

During her time with the Ministry of Trade and Industry, she led negotiations for free trade agreements with ASEAN counterparts as the representative for Singapore, and facilitated numerous stakeholder consultations on key interests and policies for various sectors, including sustainable architecture, civil engineering and urban development. Having spent most of her career with an ASEAN portfolio, Jacqueline is one of the biggest advocates for regional cooperation and believes fervently in the strength of policy and project implementation in numbers.

Jacqueline is a big supporter of marine conservation, and volunteers with non-governmental groups on marine conservation research in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. Jacqueline earned her undergraduate degree with the National University of Singapore in Political Science, and her Master's degree with the University of New South Wales in Development Studies. With extensive experience of living and working across Asia Pacific, she is fluent in English, Mandarin, Cantonese and speaks a little Bahasa Melayu.