Dr. Joanne Khew has more than 13 years of experience in ESG and Sustainability. She is currently a Director, ESG Specialist at Eastspring Investments Singapore.

Reporting to the Chief Investment Officer, Joanne works across the equities, fixed income and private market investment teams at the Eastspring Group level to deepen ESG integration throughout the investment cycle. Her role spans the creation of proprietary ESG tools, the design of ESG monitoring and engagement systems and ESG product development.

Prior to joining Eastspring, she was Director, Sustainable Finance and Strategic Partnerships at Standard Chartered Bank where she contributed to growing the sustainable financing portfolio in Asia across sustainable debt, trade and derivative products. She was also involved in the establishment of market-making initiatives such as the Climate Impact X carbon credit marketplace.

Joanne held the role of ESG Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank where she expanded its Sustainable Capital Markets Initiative, ensuring ESG and Climate integration across the investment cycle for capital market, loans and private equity products.

Joanne graduated with a PhD in Sustainability Science from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate Program in Sustainability Science. She is also currently an Adjunct Snr Lecturer at the National University of Singapore (topic: ESG data, financing and investments).

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