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An Guojun is Deputy Secretary General, Green Finance Committee, China Society for Finance and Banking, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Finance and Banking, associate professor, Ph.D., Senior Economist,, MBA mentor. National Youth Committee. Education experience: Master of Development Economics, University of Manchester, England, Doctor of Economics, Renmin University of China, Chinese Academy of Social Finance postdoctoral, doctoral Columbia University Business School, Stanford University visiting scholar. Working Experience: Since August 1997, has worked at Ministry of Finance, China Industrial and Commercial of China Financial Markets Department, the inter-bank market dealers association China Bond Market Committee, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Institute of Finance worked. Had participated in government investment, government debt management, a number of reforms in the financial reform, financial market investments, bonds and other market reforms and the development of specific tasks. Currently an adjunct professor at several universities and institutions of Renmin University of China, Central University of Finance and Economics, Foreign Economic and Trade University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Has participation in the World Bank, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Asian Development Bank, Ministry of Finance, the National Development and Reform Commission, People’s Bank, the CBRC, CSRC, commercial research projects. Research area: The main research interests include global financial markets, macroeconomic and policy, foreign investment, fiscal policy and monetary policy coordination, local government debt management, private economy, capital markets, regional financial cooperation, carbon finance. Accountant with a number of qualifications, the inter-bank market and foreign currency traders, securities investment bank (issuing and underwriting), securities brokerage (trading and consulting), the independent directors of listed companies. Publications: Research on Bond Market and Financial Stability--Enlightenment of the Global Financial Crisis, Economic Science Press December 2013 Since 1994,published nearly one hundred papers, which include “China’s financial”, “financial research”, “banker”, academic or economic journals published in the press nearly one hundred papers. Related articles and interviews include people net, Xinhua net, with dispatch net, Sina, China financial network, Caixin, China Economic Net, finance national news, Phoenix finance, much home media and websites.

Madelyn Antoncic, Ph.D. is Executive Director, Institutional Investment Solutions, responsible for strengthening Principal Global Investors’ relationships with sovereign wealth funds, government pension funds, central banks, insurance companies, and endowments around the world. She also serves as a key conduit for developing asset solutions for the investment challenges of sovereign clients. Dr. Antoncic joined PGI from the World Bank where she was Vice President and Treasurer overseeing $140 billion in assets under management including assets of official sector institutions, as well as of the World Banks Group’s $22 billion pensions. She also oversaw the World Bank’s $135 billion derivatives portfolio; its funding program; its capital management; and several businesses including engaging with client countries on central bank reserves management, debt management strategies, banking and risk management solutions. In addition, she oversaw the sustainable development related Green bond issuance program and led financial innovation such as developing catastrophic risk structures to help countries mitigate and transfer climate-related catastrophic risk. Dr. Antoncic has gained a wealth of experience in banking and finance having begun her career as an Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Following the Fed, she spent 12 years at holding various positions including more than seven years trading structured products. She then had a 2-year stint at Barclays Capital and 10 years at Lehman Brothers. She is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Antoncic is a recipient of numerous awards for business and finance as well as for leadership. She holds a Ph.D. in economics with a minor in finance from The Stern School of New York University, was an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Doctoral Fellow.

Matt Arnold is Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Finance at JPMorgan Chase. In that role he leads the firm’s client engagement on sustainability across all sectors globally. JPMorgan Chase helps clients navigate environmental and social risks, engages stakeholders and partners in advancing environmental and social progress, and structures targeted impact investment funds. The firm supports sustainable development through initiatives in global health, natural capital, the future of power, carbon asset risk and sustainable agriculture. Matt was a Principal and leader of Sustainable Business Solutions at PwC and a founder of Sustainable Finance Ltd, acquired by PwC in December 2008. He was Chief Operating Officer and acting President of the World Resources Institute and a founder of the Management Institute for Environment and Business, which merged with the World Resources Institute in 1996. Matt is a Trustee at The Nature Conservancy’s New York Chapter and the Frankfurt Zoological Society. Matt holds an AB degree in Psychobiology from Harvard College, an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. William Beloe of Financial Institutions Group – Climate Lead, Asia. Will leads IFC’s work supporting financial institutions on issues relating to climate change and pollution abatement across Asia. Between 2010-11, Will led IFC’s Sustainable Business Advisory programs for South Asia out of Delhi. He also spent four years in the Philippines where he was the Head of IFC’s Advisory Services for the country. Will began his career in London as a derivatives trader before moving to China, where he worked in banking and management consulting with and PwC Consulting. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from INSEAD and speaks Mandarin Chinese. Will is based in Beijing.

Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. is President and CEO of SIFMA. Previously, Mr. Bentsen served as President, and earlier as the Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Advocacy for SIFMA, responsible for SIFMA’s legal, regulatory, and legislative affairs and advocacy initiatives. Mr. Bentsen is also the CEO of the Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), SIFMA’s global affiliate. Prior to joining SIFMA, Mr. Bentsen was president of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA), where he led the 700-member financial services trade association representing commercial and investment banks, financial services companies and manufacturers in the commercial finance sector. In that role he developed and implemented a new strategic direction for this principal industry association. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Bentsen was a Managing Director at Public Strategies, Inc. where he was a strategic and management consultant principally to the firm’s financial services clients. From 1995 to 2003, Mr. Bentsen served as a Member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas, where he sat on the House Financial Services Committee (and its predecessor House Banking and Financial Services Committee), and separately on the House Budget Committee. Mr. Bentsen was an active participant in the drafting and enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Gramm- Leach-Bliley Act, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act and the Commodities Futures Modernization Act. During his tenure in the Congress, he played an active role in legislation and oversight of regulations affecting bank and thrift charters, federal deposit insurance, securities law, derivatives, and the federal government sponsored enterprises (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the FHLB system). Mr. Bentsen was also instrumental in the passage of the landmark Balanced Budget Act of 1997, particularly with respect to health care policy. Prior to his service in Congress, Mr. Bentsen was an investment banker at both a major Wall Street firm and a large regional firm, where he specialized in municipal and mortgage finance. Mr. Bentsen is a Trustee of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden of the Smithsonian Institution, the Bryce Harlow Foundation and the Center for Congressional and Political Studies at the American University. Mr. Bentsen has a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas and an M.P.A. from American University.

Chen Yaqin is the director of Market Development Division of Environmental Finance Department, Industrial Bank CO., LTD(IB). She is responsible for the market development, financial product innovation and business management in Green Finance. She has extensive experience in Green Finance and Environmental equity trading sectors, and has a deep understanding of Green Finance business innovation of commercial banks. As a expert, she participated in the drafting of green credit policy for CBRC, and the green finance research work for PBOC. She is one of the experts of MOF and ADB. She has a masters degree in Tsinghua University. Environmental Finance Department of Industrial Bank (EFD) is the first green finance business focused institution in China. EFD is committed to promote the development of low-carbon, environmental protection and recycling of resources industries, and facilitate the social and environment sustainable development with various financial instruments. The business covered energy saving and environmental protection industry chain, environmental infrastructure, environmental management, protection of water resources and environmental equity trading sectors. By the end of 2015,the cumulative release is over 800 billion RMB in green finance, and remainder is over 390 billion RMB.

Gary D. Cohn is president and chief operating officer of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., a position he has held since 2006. He serves as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors and is chairman of the Firmwide Client and Business Standards Committee. Over the course of Gary’s 25-year career at Goldman Sachs, he has held a variety of leadership positions in the firm’s Securities Division both in New York and in London. Prior to his current role, he was global co-head of the Equities and Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Divisions. Gary joined Goldman Sachs in 1990 and became a partner in 1994. Previously, Gary was a director of the London Metals Exchange and a member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange. Gary is involved in a variety of nonprofit activities primarily focused on education and healthcare. He serves as trustee of the NYU Langone Medical Center in New York City and of American University in Washington, DC. He also serves as chairman of the Advisory Board of the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City. Gary earned an undergraduate degree from American University in 1982. BIOGRAPHIES

Mayor Du Shiyuan is Deputy Secretary of the Quzhou Municipal CPC Committee and Mayor of the Quzhou Municipal Government. Between June 1985 and July 2014, he served in a number of senior roles in the municipal government, including as deputy director of the general affairs office, a member of the administrative committee for Quzhou Economic Development Zone, head of the Planning and Economy Office, Secretary of CPC Youlong County Committee and Chief of the Youlong County government, Assistant Secretary- General of the Quzhou Government, deputy mayor, and a member of the Party Leadership Group. During this period, he also served as Chairman of Juhua Group Corporation and Juhua Co., Ltd. and deputy director of the provincial Economic and Trade Commission. Prior to joining the government in November 1984, he spent two years working in a grocery company, a local specialty company and a trade company in Jinhua. He received his training at Jinhua Supply and Marketing School and obtained a degree in pricing in 1982.

David Gardner joined HSBC in 2005 and is currently Managing Director, Global Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Export Finance which seeks to provide broad-based holistic financial solutions which include capital market options to greenfield and brownfield infrastructure projects globally. The HSBC Infrastructure, Energy and Export Finance team is one of the most active teams internationally placing first in the league tables in 2015 in advisories closed with USD30bn, first in project bonds and first in arranging of ECA guarantee financing. It consists of 160 professionals stationed in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia and is active in a number of sectors including Power, renewables, PPP’s and other essential infrastructure. Prior to HSBC, David headed the Asia project finance team for SMBC in Singapore and also worked at the IFC in Washington DC. He has an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) in Boston and a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

Jin Hainian is Chief Research Officer at NOAH Holdings Ltd. A Member of New-Supply-Side Economists 50 forum and a Member of the Green Finance Committee (GFC) of China Society of Finance and Banking. Dr. JIN is a Supervisor professor of Business School, RenMin University of China. Before NOAH, Dr. JIN worked for Dagong Credit Rating Ltd., CITIC Group, Ninetowns Group, Sapiens N.V., Bureau of Statistics, and Chinese Academy of Sciences. Dr. JIN has near 20 years experiences on Institutional Economics, Finance, Capital Market and Macro Economics. His book: Institutional Dividend: The Decisive Impacts on the Economic Growth by Institutions published by the Economic Press China in 2014. He holds a PhD of Economics, a MBA and BS of Physics.

Zhang Hongli was born in January 1965. Mr. Zhang Hongli has served as the Executive Director & Senior Excutive Vice President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China from May 2015. He served as the Senior Excutive Vice President of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China from April 2010, the financial manager of Hewlett-Packard from July 1991, the director & manager of operations in China of SCHRODERS PUBLIC LTD. CO. from July 1994, the executive director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) & chief representative of its Beijing Representative Office from June 1998, and Head of Greater China, vice chairman of Deutsche Bank Asia and chairman of Deutsche Bank China Region from March 2001, the member of the Global Banking Management Committee, Head of Asia-pacific of Deutsche Bank, Chairman of Deutsche Bank (China) from September 2004. Mr. Zhang Hongli graduated from Heilongjiang August 1st, Agricultural University in July 1984, obtained a master degree in plant genetics from University of Alberta in September 1989 and a MBA degree from University of Santa Clara in July 1991, obtained a doctor degree of management science from Chinese Academy of Social Scineces in July 2011. He is the tenth, the eleven and the twelve member of the CPPCC national committee.

Mushtaq Kapasi is ICMA’s Chief Representative for the Asia-Pacific region. He has been based in Hong Kong since 2002, engaged in senior strategy, capital market and legal roles covering the region at international banks active in Asia. He has worked as a lawyer in debt capital markets and derivatives, a structurer in equities and fixed income, a manager of complex trades with regulatory and accounting considerations, and an adviser to top executives on emerging market strategy. He has also served as a consultant on financial structures of renewable energy projects in frontier markets. He is a member of the New York State Bar, and studied mathematics at the University of Texas and law at Yale University. Sean Kidney is CEO and Co-founder of Climate Bonds Initiative, focuses on promoting investment priorities for climate and green bonds, how governments can take advantage of the green bonds market and the development of international collaborations. He acts as: Chair of the Climate Bond Standards Board (members represent $34 trillion of assets under management). Consultant to projects for the People’s Bank of China and the Chinese Government’s Development Research Centre on how to grow green bonds in China. Consultant to the European Commission’s Directorate-General of Climate Change, on mobilizing private capital for climate solutions. Sean is a member of the German International Aid Ministry’s TRANSfer Expert Group on “Using Climate Financing to Leverage Sustainable Transport”; of the Commonwealth Expert Group on Climate Finance; the Finance Advisory Board of the European Wind Energy Association, Mercer’s Sustainability Opportunities Fund Advisory Panel and the Advisory Council for the Corporate Knights Capital Advisory Council. An accomplished international speaker, Sean has, over the past year, spoken climate bonds and green bonds at conferences and meetings on six continents. His background is in stakeholder communications, social change strategy and issues marketing.

Kenneth Hsi Jung Koo is Deputy General Manager & Citi’s Chief Representative at Citi Orient Securities, where he is a key member of its senior management committee, transaction approval committee and transaction selection committee. He also heads the Cross Border Department which is responsible for international and domestic corporate clients, particularly clients of Citi. Mr. Koo was Managing Director in the Chairman’s Office for Asia Pacific and spearheads Citi’s strategic cooperation with Orient Securities, including the negotiation and formation of the Citi Orient joint venture. He has held several senior positions at Citi, including Asia Co-Head of Strategic M&A, Asia Co-Head of Corporate Finance, Investment Banking Division, Asia IBD Chief Operating Officer, and was a member of the Management and Operating Committees for Asia Corporate & Investment Banking. Mr. Koo has over 20 years experience in Investment Banking in Asia and the U.S. and has advised on numerous capital markets transactions, privatizations, and M&A for US, European and Asian corporations across multiple industries, including Legend Holdings (Lenovo), Ping An Insurance, Shandong International Power, SinoTrans, China Aluminum, Mass Transit Railway Corporation, Hutchison Telecom and Hopewell Holdings. Prior to joining Citi in 2001, he was an Executive Director in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong and New York. During 1990-1993, he was Deputy Head of the Listing Division at The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and Head of the China Listing Affairs Unit, where his responsibilities included the negotiation and establishment of the HKEx’s landmark regulatory framework for the international “H shares” equity offerings by Mainland Chinese state-owned enterprises. Prior to working at the HKEx, he was a banking & finance attorney with two major law firms in New York advising on a wide range of financing transactions, including LBOs, leveraged recapitalizations and corporate restructurings. Mr. Koo holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law.

Michael Ka-Yue Kwok is Director with Arup in Hong Kong and in China. He is also a member of Arup Group Board and East Asia Regional Board. He has extensive experience in the structural design of tall buildings and complex structures such as highrise towers, long span structures, stadia and transport terminals. He is particularly experienced in the design of buildings and civil structures in countries of high seismicity such as in Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan and China. He is conversant with Building Regulations and Codes of Practice in Hong Kong, China and in the UK. He has been involved in the engineering design of large scale projects such as Heng Fa Chuen Development, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chek Lap Kok Airport Terminal Building, Kerry Cargo Centre and West Rail in Hong Kong. For projects in China, he is the engineer responsible for the structural design of CITIC Square, New World Tower, Lippo Centre and Walton Plaza in Shanghai. He is the Director in-charge for a number of key projects associated with 2008 Beijing Olympics including Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3, National Stadium (Bird’s Nest), and the Denmark Pavilion and Korea Pavilion of Shanghai 2010 World Expo. He has led the design of many significant building projects in China including China World Trade Centre Phase 3, Fortune Plaza and CCTV New Headquarter Building in Beijing, Raffles City Hangzhou, Guangzhou International Finance Centre, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Energy Building, Chongqing International Trade and Commerce Centre and Raffles City Chongqing. Through these major projects he has worked closely with many world renowned architectural practices including Fosters, OMA, Herzog & De Meuron, UN Studio, WEA, BIG, KPF, SOM, Rocco, Aedas, Safdie, Niels Torp etc. He has over 29 years of working experience and has been working on projects in the Mainland China since 1992. He is a Registered Structural Engineer in the People’s Republic of China. He set up Arup’s Shanghai, Beijing, Wuhan and Chongqing offices, and he is currently the General Manager of Arup Shanghai office. BIOGRAPHIES

Benjamin Lamberg joined Credit Agricole CIB in July 2008 to take the helm of the global MTNs & Private Placements franchise, based in London. He brought his leadership and expertise to transform CACIB into a global player in MTNs (MTNs, USPP, EuroPP, Schulsdchein, Uridashi... ) In July 2012 he moved to Hong Kong to further develop CACIB’s bond platform in Asia, and embodied “ east meet west “ by enhancing the bank’s capability to provide cross-border financing to its clients. Mr. Lamberg was instrumental in building CACIB into a global RMB bond powerhouse (Ranked #3 in both 2014 and 2015, and #1 in 2016 YTD – Bloomberg League Table) and bringing the bank’s expertise in Green Bonds, Bank Capital and Covered Bonds to Asia. He was awarded Top Uridashi Green Bond Dealer in 2014 by MTN-i and the Best Dealer for Green Bonds in 2015 by CMD for bonds mainly placed in Asia.

Gloria Lu is a Senior Director of Standard & Poor’s Corporate Ratings based in Hong Kong. Gloria is the lead analyst primarily responsible for the ratings, publication, and project management of utilities, infrastructure, transportation, and project finance credits in Greater China. Before taking on her current role, Gloria worked in the Structured Finance Ratings group, where she worked across the full suite of structured finance products in Asia (ex-Japan). Gloria joined Standard & Poor’s in 2004 and before that she worked with corporate banking teams of two international banks for over five years. Gloria has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Nanjing University and a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Finance from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM).

Dr. Ma Jun is Chief Economist at the People’s Bank of China (PBC)’s Research Bureau, and Chairman of Green Finance Committee under China Society of Finance and Banking. Before joining the PBC in early 2014, he worked for 13 years at Deutsche Bank, where he was Managing Director, Chief Economist for Greater China, and Head of China and Hong Kong Strategy. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2000, he worked as public policy specialist, economist and senior economist at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank from 1992-2000. From 1988-1990, he was a research fellow at the Development Research Center of China’s State Council. Dr. Ma has published eleven books and several hundred articles. His main research interests include macroeconomic forecasting and policies, structural reforms, as well as environmental economics. His most recent book is on Economics of Tackling Air Pollution in China. Since mid 2015, he has led the PBOC working group on green finance policy, which proposed 14 policy measures for establishing a “green finance system” in China. Dr. Ma has been frequently rated at the top in his fields by various investor polls. His accolades include the No.1 Asia economist and the No.1 China analyst in Institutional Investor’s survey for four years in a row (2009-2012), as well as many No. 1 rankings in China economics and China strategy research by Asiamoney, Thomson Reuters, and Sohu Finance. Dr. Ma received his Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University in 1994, and his master’s degree in Management Science from Fudan University in 1988. He is a member of China Finance-40 Forum, Deputy Head of Green Finance study group of China Council of International Co-operation of Environment and Development, a Director of Eco-Finance Research Center at People’s University, Co-Chair of Green Finance Dialogue Forum at China Finance and Economics University, member of the academic committee of International Finance Forum, member of World Economic Forum’s Agenda Council on International Monetary System, and Adjunct Professor at Fudan University.

Kyung-Ah Park is a managing director and the head of Environmental Markets at Goldman Sachs. In that capacity, she oversees and supports the global environmental initiatives of Goldman Sachs including environmental risk management and works closely with the businesses on environmental market opportunities. She also heads the Center for Environmental Markets, which partners with corporates, nongovernmental organizations, and academic institutions to facilitate research and develop pilot projects that inform public policy and further market-based solutions to environmental issues. Kyung-Ah serves on the Firmwide Physical Commodity Review Committee. Previously, she was a vice president in the Industrials Group in the Investment Banking Division and an executive director of Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC. Kyung-Ah joined Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department in New York. Prior to joining the firm, Kyung-Ah worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company in Seoul, Korea, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Kyung-Ah earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea. Kyung-Ah serves on the Board of Directors of Girls Inc. of NYC. The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr. is a businessman, China expert, conservationist and author. He is the founder and chairman of The Paulson Institute, and co-chairman of the Latin American Conservation Council of The Nature Conservancy and the Risky Business Project. Paulson served as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury under President George W. Bush, from July 2006 to January 2009. Prior to that, he had a thirty-two year career at Goldman Sachs, serving as chairman and chief executive officer beginning in 1999. Earlier in his career, he was a member of the White House Domestic Council as well as a staff assistant at the Pentagon. Today, he serves as chairman of the Paulson Institute at the University of Chicago, which aims to advance sustainable economic growth, a cleaner environment and cross-border investments in the United States and China. A “think and do” tank founded in 2011, the Institute’s work is comprised of programs, advocacy and research with partners around the globe. A lifelong conservationist, Paulson was Chairman of The Nature Conservancy Board of Directors and, prior to that, founded and co-chaired the organization’s Asia-Pacific Council. In 2011, he founded and continues to co-chair the Latin American Conservation Council, comprised of global business and political leaders. Paulson co-chairs the Risky Business Project, which focuses on quantifying and publicizing the economic risks of climate change in the United States, with former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and former hedge fund manager Tom Steyer. The non-partisan initiative aims to spur action to mitigate the effects of climate change before the worst potential outcomes occur. In his best-selling book, On the Brink, Paulson describes his experiences as Treasury Secretary fending off the near-collapse of the U.S. economy during the Great Recession. His new book, Dealing with China, details his career working with scores of China’s top political and business leaders and witnessing the evolution of China’s state-controlled capitalism. Paulson graduated from Dartmouth College in 1968 and received an M.B.A. from Harvard University in 1970. He and his wife, Wendy, have two children and four grandchildren.

Ulrik Ross is Managing Director, Global Head of Public Sector & Sustainable Financing, Capital Financing, HSBC Bank Plc. Ulrik manages all financing and capital market-related solutions for Public Sector clients globally. This includes services for High Grade and EM clients, ranging from Bonds and Loans, to the more bespoke financing solutions, liability management and capital solutions needed in today’s evolving markets. Fully integrated within this, is the development of the sustainable financing franchise, for which Ulrik has overall responsibility within the capital financing group globally. He is a member of the ICMA established Executive Committee for the Green Bond Principles. Ulrik joined HSBC in 2007, prior to which he had a series of senior roles at both Nomura and Merrill Lynch in London. Ulrik began his career in Denmark working for BG Bank in fixed income trading and sales roles, followed by a position in the treasury division at Finance for Danish Industry, where he was responsible for the fixed income asset management portfolio and was also a member of the risk management committee. In 1998 Ulrik joined the Nordic Investment Bank as a senior funding officer and was also a member of the finance committee. Ulrik holds a Master of Finance Degree from Copenhagen Business School (HD-F).

Mark Schwartz is a vice chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific. He is a member of the Management Committee, on which he first served from 1999, when the firm went public, until his retirement in 2001. Mark rejoined the firm in June 2012 and is based in Beijing. Mark first joined Goldman Sachs in 1979 in the Investment Banking Division. He spent 17 years in various positions in New York and in 1997 he relocated to Tokyo to become president of Goldman Sachs Japan. In 1999, Mark was appointed chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia. He became a partner in 1988. Prior to rejoining the firm, Mark was the chairman of MissionPoint Capital Partners, an investment firm he co-founded which invested in clean energy technology. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of Soros Fund Management. Mark serves as a director on the boards of SoftBank Corp. and the US-China Business Council, and as a member of the Advisory Council of the Bai Xian Asia Institute. He is a trustee of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and a member of its Executive Committee. Mark is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian. He serves as an honorary trustee at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and on the Board of Directors of the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard University. Much of Mark’s philanthropy at Harvard and MGH has been devoted to global health issues and biomedical research. He is on the Boards of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard College, Harvard Business School, the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard School of Public Health. Mark earned an MBA, an MPP and a BA from Harvard University.

Michael Sheren joined the Bank of England as a Senior Advisor in 2013. In his role, he provides counsel and independent challenge to senior management on matters concerning policy, governance, supervision and research relating to the financial markets within the United Kingdom and Europe. On behalf of the BoE, Mr Sheren leads the G20 Green Finance Study Group work with China. Additionally, he is actively involved in the Banks work in the areas of fintech and digital finance. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr Sheren spend over twenty five years BIOGRAPHIES

in the debt capital markets where he specialized in the structuring, distribution and trading of commercial debt for major global financial institutions. The first half of his career was spent in New York City where he worked in the capital markets in the areas of leveraged finance, commercial real estate and distressed debt. In 1997 Mr. Sheren moved to London and focused on the structuring and distributing of debt originated for leveraged acquisitions in the European debt capital markets. Mr Sheren holds master’s degrees from Harvard, The London School of Economics and New York University where he studied finance, economics, philosophy and public policy. He also holds a BA from the George Washington University.

Rahul Sheth is Executive Director, Capital Solutions. Based out of Singapore, Rahul Sheth is an Executive Director in Standard Chartered’s Capital Solutions team, housed within its Capital Markets franchise. As a hybrid capital specialist, he has structured path breaking and award winning hybrid transactions, both in the FI and corporate space across the bank’s footprint. As part of his mandate, he maintains a very close linkage with issuers, regulators, rating agencies and investors within the hybrid universe. He also champions the green bonds effort within the bank’s DCM franchise and has been involved in pioneering transactions including the recent Agricultural Bank of China, IDBI and the CLP Windfarms green bond transactions. Prior to joining Standard Chartered in 2010, Rahul worked with Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Fixed Income Structured Solutions team in Australia. Rahul holds a master’s degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad and is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Cai Tao is deputy director of the Asset Management Division of Shanghai Pudong Development Bank (SPD). He has 18 years of experience in the banking industry, which consists of multiple managerial roles in the bank’s sub-branches, branches and headquarters in many years of working in commercial banking. He led the issuance of China’s first green bonds and SPD’s first dim sum bonds overseas, as well as tier two capital bonds in mainland China. Previous to his current role, Mr. Cai served as director of the divisions of banking management and treasury at the bank’s Shanghai Branch, and assistant general manager of the finance division at its headquarters. He holds a master’s degree in banking.

Xue Hefeng, is Vice President of Industrial Bank Co., Ltd

Dr. Wang Yao is the Director of the Research Center for Climate and Energy Finance (RCCEF), Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), the Deputy Secretary General of China’s Green Finance Committee, and the China Finance Society. She is also the Adjunct Professor of University of Southern Queensland, Australia, and University of Victoria, Australia. She was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University. Dr. Wang is interested in Low- carbon Economy, Climate Finance and Green Finance. She is the author of Carbon Finance: Global Vision and Distribution in China (China Economic Publishing House, 2010), and Climate Finance (China Economic Publishing House, 2013), and several other publications and working papers on climate finance and green finance. She has also undertaken more than 20 related projects as the leader. She had been working as a senior manager in Securities Companies (investment bank) for about 7 years, and has considerable underwriting experiences.

Simon Zadek is currently a Co-Director of the Inquiry into Design Options for a Sustainable Financial System launched by the United Nations Environment Program in early 2014. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Singapore Management University, a Visiting Scholar at Tsinghua School of Economics and Management in Beijing, Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Sustainable Development, and Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Academy of Business in Society. He is on the Advisory Board of the leading sustainability investment fund, Generation Investment Management. He founded and was until 2009 Chief Executive of the international think tank, AccountAbility, and before that Development Director of the New Economics Foundation, founding Chair of the Ethical Trading Initiative and on the founding Steering Committee of the Global Reporting Initiative. Simon publishes extensively: his book, ‘The Civil Corporation’, was awarded the Academy of Management’s prestigious Best Book on Social Issues in Management, and his Harvard Business Review article, ‘Paths to Corporate Responsibility’ is widely used as a reference point in understanding emergent sustainability strategies. He had advised companies worldwide on sustainability issues, and until recently lived in China.

Zhou Rongfang is a senior economist, currently serving as general manager of Interbank Market Clearing House Co., Ltd. Previously, she worked at the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) for nearly three decades, successively taking positions in its departments of Reserve Management, Planning and Capital, Monetary Policy, Financial Market, and its Shanghai office. She has a solid background in macro-economy and finance, and is a seasoned veteran in the research and development of monetary and financial market policy. She obtained a master’s degree from Renmin University of China.