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Speakers 
Djatnika -,
Director,
PT. Medco Methanol Bunyu, Indonesia
He was born in Purwakarta, West Java, Indonesia on February 1, 1950. After graduated as a Chemical Engineer from Institute of Technology, Bandung (ITB) he spent about 25 years in a State Owned Enterprise (PT Pupuk Kujang) before he moved to current Company (PT Medco Methanol Bunyu). He started his career as process engineer in urea plant and then moved to several position in the Technical Department and later join Development Department where he involved in the development and construction of the several chemical plants as a joint venture companies of PT Pupuk Kujang, such as hydrogen peroxide; ammonium nitrate, catalyst. He also spent about 6 years as Technical Director in PT Aneka Gas Industri, another SOE for manufacturing and distributing industrial gases.
Currently he hold the position of President Director of PT Medco Methanol Bunyu and later he also in charge of an LPG Plant of PT Medco LPG Kaji as President Director.
He also involved in the supervision of the renewable energy project in the Medco Group and he hold the position Director in the PT Medco Ethanol Indonesia as well as President Commissioner of PT Medco Ethanol Lampung. The Ethanol project in Lampung is currently under construction and expected to be commissioned in December 2007. The plant capacity is 180 kl/day or 60 000 kl/year.
He is the member of The Institution of Engineers, Indonesi (Persatuan Insinyur Indonesia/PII) and hold the position of Chairman of Chemical Engineering Chapter. He also a member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) as well as a member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
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Dr. Anuar Abdulrahman,
CEO,
Pusat Tenaga Malaysia (PTM), Malaysia
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 Emile Abdurahman,
Executive Director,
Morgan Stanley, Singapore
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 Hans-Georg Adam,
Senior Manager-Climate Protection,
RWE Power, Germany
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 Rodolfo Azanza,
Country Head,
SN Power, The Philippines
• 1991 to 2003 - 12 years in the Government of the Republic of the Philippines – started as an Economic Development Specialist at the Infrastructure Department
of the country’s central planning agency (NEDA), and moved on to become the Director for Build-operate and Transfer (BOT) Projects under the Office of the
President of the Philippines.
• 2003 - joined the Royal Norwegian Embassy-Commercial Section in Manila as Market Adviser.
• 2005 – joined Statkraft Norfund Power Invest AS (SN Power) as Country Representative in the Philippines; concurrently acts as CSR Manager for SN
Aboitiz Power, the beneficial owner of the 360 MW Magat Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Philippines.
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 N. Yuvaraj Dinesh Babu,
Head of Climate Change and Director, Carbon Trading,
Asia Carbon Exchange Pte Ltd, Singapore
Dinesh has over 14 years experience in the field of Renewable Energy and Energy efficiency and specialized in biomass related technologies and applications. He heads the project development and carbon trading activities in the Asia Carbon Group.
Dinesh heads the Climate Change division and is currently managing development of the CDM projects portfolio under the Asia Carbon Asset Development Facility in Asia. He is also the Director of the Carbon Trading division in Asia Carbon and also involved in the operations of the Asia Carbon Exchange, the World's first CDM focussed exchange.
Prior to joining Asia Carbon, Dinesh worked in an Indian Public Sector Energy Financing organisation besides running his own consultancy firm. He also served for the world renowned The Energy Resources and Institute in India in the fields of Renewable Energy and Climate Change. At TERI he was heading the Centre for Global Environment Research group. He was involved in several assignments related to Renewable Energy, identification, development & evaluation of renewable energy projects under Clean Development Mechanism. He was one of the core team member of the World Bank's assignment on National Strategy Study on CDM implementation in India and executed several CDM related capacity building programme for Indian stakeholders.
He has authored a book titled 'Selection, Financing & Installation of Biomass Power Plants', published by Central Board of Irrigation & Power, New Delhi in the year 2000.
He is currently the Director, Carbon Trading / Head, Climate Change of the regional Asia Pacific office of Asia Carbon located in the Singapore. He is currently developing the CDM projects portfolio under the Asia Carbon Asset Development Facility in Asia.
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 Theodore Backhouse,
Head of Environmental Financial Products, Asia,
Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore
Theodore moved to Deutsche Bank in Singapore in December 2006 to focus on originating, structuring and developing CDM projects across Asia. Prior to Joining Deutsche Bank, Theodore worked as a lawyer with two of the UKs leading law firms most recently focussing on leveraged finance and environmental issues. He was first involved with Carbon in 2003 advising on documentation used in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and is part of Deutsche Bank's 10 strong Carbon team.
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 Derom Bangun,
Executive Chairman,
Indonesia Palm Oil Association (GAPKI), Indonesia
Derom Bangun is Executive Chairman of Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) or GAPKI. He has over 22 years of experience in European, Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil industry. He is a founder of an Indonesian consulting firm providing survey, design and supervision services for establishing palm plantation, palm oil mills, refinery and oleo-chemical plants.
Mr Bangun is the Second Vice Chairman of Rountable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), immediate past chairman of Asean Vegetable Oils Club (AVOC) having association members from Malaysia, The Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. He is also a council member of International Association of Seed Crushers (IASC), London and a member of Fats and Oils Committee of FOSFA (London).
He has been a regular speaker in Globoil Conferences in India, Palm and Lauric Oils Price Outlook conference in Malaysia, Bia-diesel conferences in Singapore and palm oil conferences in Indonesia. He was graduated in Chemical Engineering.
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 Dr. K K Chan,
Managing Director,
CLP Renewables, Hong Kong
Dr K. K. Chan is responsible for the renewable energy projects in Asia Pacific and corporate finance activities in China. Starting his career as an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston, Dr Chan had extensive experience in major international investment banks, and focused on the origination and execution of capital markets and advisory transactions. Dr Chan had previously conducted research on state-of-the-art semiconductor materials and microelectronic device fabrication in Cambridge University. His research work was published and quoted in major international journals. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree (first class honours) in Electrical and Information Sciences and Doctor of Philosophy degree in Electronic Engineering from Cambridge University. Dr Chan also holds a LLB degree from London University and is pursuing an EMBA degree at Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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 Dr. Kasemsun Chinnavaso,
Secretary General,
Office of Natural Resources & Environmental Policy and Planning (ONEP), Thailand
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 Albert de Haan,
European Climate Exchange, The Netherlands
Albert de Haan has spent some 25 years in the fast moving world of metals and financial futures trading, first as a dealer and later as a business development manager. More recently involved in developing the Energy Banking concept within the Fortis Bank organisation, he was also a key member of the Global Markets Venturing team that led the European banking giant into the Carbon Banking arena.
Albert’s decision to take on his current role reflects his belief that a sound pan-European dealing platform in emissions is integral to delivering requested reductions to clients. The European Climate Exchange (ECX) is the leading exchange in Europe for carbon emissions trading. ECX contracts are listed on the ICE Futures electronic platform and cleared by LCH.Clearnet.
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 Koen Dejonghe,
Carbon Business Developer,
Statkraft Markets B. V., The Netherlands
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 Mohammad Dit,
General Manager - Alternative Fuels & Environment,
Lafarge, Malaysia
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 Garth Edward,
Trading Manager - Environmental Products,
Shell Trading, UK
Garth Edward is Shell's trading manager for environmental markets. Shell's environmental trading business has operations in London, Beijing, Tokyo and Houston and holds positions in more than 15 different environmental markets. In addition to managing the compliance position of Shell installations Garth's business adds liquidity across the spectrum of environmental markets.
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 Rob Fowler,
Managing Director,
Abatement Solutions APAC, Australia
Rob is recognised globally as an expert in the design and implementation of marketbased mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based in Sydney, Australia, he is a regular presenter at international climate change conferences and workshops across Europe, North America and Asia.
Through his role with AS-AP, Rob provides a range of services covering climate change policy, carbon finance capacity building, offsets frameworks, project structuring, and carbon strategy development. Recent engagements include:
• Facilitating CDM projects in China, including project discovery, deal
• negotiations and financial closure, on behalf of a major carbon broker;
• Reviewing designs of a market mechanism for New Zealand;
• Advising on the design of the offsets mechanism within the Australian
• National Emissions Trading Scheme (developed by States & Territories),
• Assisting with the development of the new Verification Strategy for the
• EU Emissions Trading Scheme (in collaboration with Ecofys);
• Assisting with the development of marginal abatement cost curves for
• the New Zealand economy (in collaboration with ICF International);
• Guiding the structuring and development of conservation forestry projects;
• Advising Papua New Guinea on institutional requirements for participation in the international carbon market (in collaboration with Ecotech Group).
Rob is also an active member of the UNFCCC’s expert register and provides advice to the CDM Executive Board on new methodologies, registration of projects and accreditation of verifiers. He is a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the CDM Gold Standard, and has contributed to the development of standards and protocols including the WBCSD/WRI GHG Project Protocol, the international standard ISO14064, and the Australian Standard for carbon accounting in forests.
Closer to home, Rob is best known for his work with the Australian State-based “New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme” (GGAS), where from August 2003 to June 2006 he drove the implementation and development of many of the scheme’s abatement frameworks, including coal-fired power generation, carbon sequestration in forests, and the distribution of energy efficient light bulbs. He trained auditors, developed administration workflow tools, and educated a wide variety of participants on the workings and opportunities of this innovative scheme.
Prior to joining GGAS, Rob worked for seven years as a corporate strategy consultant, providing high-value commercial advice to leading corporations across a variety of sectors, living and working in China, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, USA, New Zealand and Australia. He undertook a range of consulting projects in energy, mining, rail transport, air transport, building materials, property development, forestry and commercialisation of hi-tech products.
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Dr. Michael Fubi,
Vice President & Head of Climate Protection,
RWE Power, Germany
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 Guangsheng Gao,
Director General,
National Development & Reform Commission, China
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 Simon T W Greenshields,
Managing Director, GOSPEC (Global Head of Gas Origination Structuring Power Emission & Coal),
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc, USA
Simon T.W. Greenshields is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Head of Global Natural Gas Trading and Electricity Trading, Origination and Asset Development for the Commodities Division. Mr. Greenshields joined Morgan Stanley in 1983 as a Gold Bullion Trader in the Precious Metals Department. He returned to London in January 1984 to start and head up the Commodity Division in the European office. In August 1986, Mr. Greenshields returned to the Commodities Department in the Firm's New York office. He was elected to Vice President in 1987 and became a Principal in 1990. Mr. Greenshields was elected Managing Director in 1992.
Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Greenshields spent one year at J. Aron Company Ltd. as a Forex Futures Dealer. Prior to joining J. Aron Company Ltd., he spent almost three years at Harlow Meyer Savage & Company as a Dollar Deposit Dealer.
Mr. Greenshields was born on April 26, 1956. He graduated with a B.S.C. with Honors in Geology from London University in 1978.
Mr. Greenshields resides in Wilton, Connecticut with his wife Julene and their three children.
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 Masnellyarti Hilman,
Head,
National Commission on CDM, Indonesia
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 Takashi Hongo,
Director General - Environment Finance Engineering,
Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Japan
Takashi Hongo is Special Advisor and Director General of the Environment Finance Engineering Department, established in October 2006, in Japan Bank for International Cooperation. He joined the Export-Import Bank of Japan in 1981 and served as Director for the Middle East and Africa, International Finance Department II, Director for the Environment Risk Analysis Department and Chief Representative in Frankfurt.
In addition to engaging in financing operations for GHG emission reduction projects, he is helping develop new frontiers, such as the demand side approach for CDM, Green Investment Scheme, and Market Approach Adaptation.
He is a member of the International Advisory Board of Glove G8+5 Climate Change Dialogue and is involved in Asia Pacific Partnership as a financial expert. He has made presentations in many international conferences such as the Carbon Expo, UN conferences, conferences related to energy efficiency and renewable energy and CMI. He is the organizer of CO2 Caravan by JBIC.
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Marcelo Jordan,
Programme Officer - CDM Registration and Issuance Unit/Sustainable Development Mechanism Programme,
UNFCCC, Germany
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 Dr. Anil Kane,
President,
World Wind Energy Association, Germany
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 R C Mall,
Executive Director,
Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills, India
R C Mall is the Executive Director of The Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited since May 1997. As its CEO, he is responsible for the Company’s operational effectiveness and its financial and pragmatic growth and success.
His key achievements have been in stabilized and improved operations with de-bottlenecking to achieve better productivity levels. Substantial enhancement of capacity through acquisition & merger was also brought about in the year 2000. This strategic decision paved way for an optimal plan for synergic development of both the Units of the Company with a capital outlay of approximately 140 m USD major part of which has been successfully implemented with application of the state of the art technology in pulping & recovery processes to reduce cost of production and achieve high level of futuristic compliances of the environmental requirements.
Born and brought up in Purulia, in the eastern part of the country, in an environment more akin to rural India, Mall graduated in Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University in Calcutta in 1970. Prior to joining APPM, he had a useful long stint of about 25 years’ association with the Pulp & Paper Sector of the country in various capacities in the fields of mill operations, projects, administration, etc., under the premier business houses of JKs, Birlas & Goenkas.
He has served as the President of the Indian Pulp & Paper Technical Association (IPPTA), the coveted national level Organization of the technical fraternity of the Industry. He is an Executive Member of Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA) the apex Association of the large Pulp & Paper Industry and has served as Chairman of its Sub-Committee on Raw Materials and on Technical & Environment matters. He has been active in other business associations too, having served as President of Employers’ Federation of Southern India and Vice President of Employers’ Federation of India at national level.
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 David Newell,
Manager - Business Development,
Chevron Geothermal & Power, Indonesia
David Newell is a Mechanical Engineer and has worked in the geothermal industry for over 30 years on projects in the U.S.A., Philippines and Indonesia. He has managed the testing, design and construction of geothermal power plants, performed operations engineering, and managed the operations of geothermal fields. Currently, he is manager of business development for Chevron Geothermal Indonesia. In that capacity, one of his responsibilities is to oversee the verification and marketing of Certified Emission Reductions from the Darajat III Geothermal project.
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 Seiichiro Nishida,
Deputy Chairman - Clean Energy Finance Committee,
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, Japan
Seiichiro NISHIDA, Deputy Chairman of Clean Energy Finance Committee, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Co., Ltd.
NISHIDA is an expert in project financing / advisory services, and has 30 years of experience in various areas of institutional and investment banking.
Immediately after graduating from Keio University in 1978, joined the Bank of Tokyo (currently Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ).
Areas of expertise in project financing, advisory services, loan syndication, bond trading, CDM consulting et al.
He has been stationed in Tokyo, Osaka, Guangzhou, New York, Washington, D.C. and Hong Kong.
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 WL Nolten,
President Director,
PT. Waterland Asia Bio Ventures, Indonesia
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 William Pazos,
Managing Director,
Ecoinvest Carbon S.A., Singapore
Mr. Pazos is the CEO of Ecoinvest Carbon S.A. He is the manager of the Bunge Methane Company Ltd., a CDM private equity fund. He is directly responsible for the groups activities in Asia. He has originated and sold several projects formatted to participate in the carbon-offset market within the Kyoto Protocol framework. He has managed emerging market and high yield investments for more than 20 years. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with a concentration in Mathematics from The College of Wooster, Ohio, and a MBA in International Management from Thunderbird - The American Graduate School of International Management.
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 Architrandi Priambodo,
Country Director,
PT. Asia Carbon Indonesia
Architrandi Priambodo (Chitra) has extensive experience in energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions issues and specialized in greenhouse gas reduction projects, particularly in energy sector. She is currently the Country Director of PT. Asia Carbon Indonesia, the Asia Carbon Office in Indonesia where she is actively involved in development of CDM projects and climate change issues in the country, as well as supporting the Asia Carbon Group in Greenhouse Gas projects in the South East Asia Region.
Her expertise in climate change and energy includes greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies, energy saving and pollution prevention measures in industrial processes, and development of carbon credits from GHG mitigation project, especially on Clean Development Mechanism. Chitra’s key relevant experience includes Development of Feasibility Study, Baseline study and Project Design Document (PDD) of CDM projects, Development of Indonesian CDM country guide, Development of GHG inventory for industries and GHG verification. Chitra possesses a unique experience relating to greenhouse gas mitigation in Asian Countries (China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam) acquired during her stay in Thailand as Research Associate at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
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 Ely Anthony Quano,
Director,
DNA Secretariat, The Philippines
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 Verena Rix,
Project Manager, CDM/JI/VER Origination Unit,
3C Group - The Carbon Credit Company
Since October 2006 Verena Rix has been supporting the 3C Team in the management and analysis of CDM, JI and VER projects. She is responsible for the identification, development and assessment of projects in South East Asia and India. Verena is an expert in risk management for climate protection projects and holds in depth knowledge of the development process for CDM projects. Before working with 3C, Verena assisted the Energy and Environment Department of the German-Chilean Chamber of Commerce in Santiago de Chile and the KfW Carbon Fund in managing CDM projects. Verena holds a diploma in economics with a main focus on developing countries and economies in transition. As part of her diploma thesis she researched into the ability of the CDM to attract foreign direct investment and attain sustainable development. Throughout her studies she gained experiences in the international financial market, working for several German financial service providers (American Express, Union Investment) and the Diners Club in Rome, Italy. Furthermore Verena worked as scientific officer in information systems and taught macroeconomics.
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 Agus Sari,
Country Director, South East Asia,
EcoSecurities, Indonesia
Agus Sari is Country Director of EcoSecurities in Indonesia. While his main duties are developing and managing projects in Indonesia, he also manages EcoSecurities’ activities and carbon credit portfolio in Southeast Asia.
Prior to joining EcoSecurities, Mr. Sari was Executive Director of Pelangi, a leading environmental think tank in Jakarta. He has been involved in the climate change issue since late 1980s, following the international negotiation process from the very beginning as an independent observer as well as a part of the Indonesian Delegation. He also worked for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, USA), the National Environmental Trust (Washington DC, USA), and the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia, Walhi, Jakarta, Indonesia).
His experience includes establishing the Climate Action Network Southeast Asia (CAN-SEA), a network of non-governmental organizations working on climate change in Southeast Asia; undertaking studies on the socio-economic impacts of climate change in Indonesia for the Asian Development Bank (ADB); and leading a Southeast Asia-wide Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) capacity building project under the auspices of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Center for Energy. Mr. Sari also led the World Bank National Strategy Studies on the CDM in Indonesia in 2002/03 and led the process for the establishment of the Indonesian Designated National CDM Authority (DNA) in 2004.
Regionally, he was also involved in capacity building for the DNA in Malaysia in 2004 and 2005 and, under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program, in preparing for the accession of East Timor into the Kyoto Protocol. Since 2005, he has been involved in ADB Technical Assistance in institutional building on CDM in Indonesia.
Mr. Sari teaches Environmental Science at the Indonesia Institute of Technology and, as a Visiting Lecturer in Winter Quarters, co-teaches a class on Carbon Politics at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has a degree in Energy and Resources from the University of California at Berkeley.
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Assistia Semiawan,
Director-Environment,
PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia
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Aryo Senoaji,
Secretary - CDM Team and Manager - Renewable Energy,
PT. PLN (Persero), Indonesia
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Shane Spurway,
Fortis Bank, Hong Kong
Shane Spurway, B.Ec, Head of Carbon Banking, Asia, Fortis Bank.
Fortis Bank is the leading participant in the emission markets in Europe, offering the entire spectrum of Carbon Banking Services including Origination and Trading, Trust and Custody, Carbon Debt & Equity Solutions and Renewable Energy Financing. Shane has been involved in the Carbon and Emissions markets since 2001, initially in Australia, and then from 2002, in Hong Kong, where he provided emission risk management and carbon advisory services to a number of HKSE listed companies. Prior to shifting his career to environmental finance, he worked in the financial markets as a principal trader for leading international banks for fifteen years in their foreign exchange and bullion dealing rooms.
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 Tsuneo Takahashi,
Representative Director,
Natsource Japan Co Ltd, Japan
Tsuneo Takahashi,Representative Director, is responsible for the management of Natsource Japan Co., Ltd. He has 30 years experience in asset management, risk management, and corporate finance. Prior to joining the company in March 2006, he worked with Mitsubishi Corporation (joined in 1976) and its subsidiaries, Mitsubishi International Corporation in New York, Mitsubishi Corporation Finance PLC in London .He also served as President and CEO of Mitsubishi Corporation Capital, which operates security business and asset management business, in Tokyo.
Mr. Takahashi received his Bachelor of Economics degree from Keio University. He is also Certified International Investment Analyst and Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.
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 Minh Ha Tran,
Director - International Cooperation Dept,
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Vietnam
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 Javier Mayayo Trevino,
Climate Change Advisor,
Endesa
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 Boonmee Wattanaruangrong,
Secretary General,
Thailand Tapioca Starch Association, Thailand
I have been working in agribusiness field since 1984 experiencing in development and procurement of number of agricultural commodities in Thailand. I started working intensively on tapioca since 1996 and was elected as Secretary General of Thai Tapioca Starch Association since 2004. I am currently the Agribusiness Director of National Starch & Chemical (Thailand) Ltd. Before joining National Starch, I headed the Agricultural Services Department in Nestle Thailand with intensive experience in coffee and dairy. I got B.Sc. in Agriculture and M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics.
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 Dinesh Yadav,
Group Vice President,
The Arvind Mills Ltd, India
Mr. Dinesh .J. Yadav is a Graduate Mechanical Engineer form L.D. College Of Engineering Ahmedabad and has done his MBA form B.K. School of Management Ahmedabad.
He is having more than 25 years of experience in the field of Energy and Environment. He has worked in O & M and Projects division of The Ahmedabad Electricity Company for 15 years. He has wide experience in Thermal, Gas based, FO based and agro based Power plants capacity ranging from 3.75 MW to 110 MW single unit and upto total plant capacity of 550 MW.
He also has more than 10 years experience in Environment. The key expertise area is Effluent Recycling and water management. He had been instrumental in establishment and operation of the Asia’s largest Effluent RO system of The Arvind Mills Limited.
At present, he is working as a Group Vice President with The Arvind Mills Ltd, heading the Energy, Environment and Engineering divisions of the Lalbhai group Companies.
He is also Heading the Business Development Division of Anup Engineering Company, a flag ship Engineering Company Of the Lalbhai Group.
He had traveled world over for the Energy, environment, Non conventional energy systems and for the textile business.
He is the Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Gujarat -Clean Development and Environment committee, since last five years consecutively.
He is also member of the advisory board of V.M. Patel Institute of Management.
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