Episode 2: Preparing Thailand for Sustainability
Discover how Thai companies are incorporating ESG considerations into their businesses, and how market participants are transitioning to a low-carbon economy.
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Agenda15:05 - 15:15SGT
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SpeakersRahul Ghosh Managing Director – Sustainable Finance Moody’s Ratings
Niramarn Laisathit Senior Executive Vice President Bangkok Bank
Tayakorn Jitrakuldhacha Director, Bond Department Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand
Eugene Tarzimanov Senior Vice President, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
John Wang Vice President - Senior Analyst, ESG Moody's Ratings
Daniel Wang Vice President, Product Strategy - APAC Moody's Analytics
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Rahul Ghosh is Managing Director, ESG Outreach & Research for Moody’s Investors Service.
Rahul leads global oversight for the credit rating agency’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and outreach strategy. In this capacity, he is responsible for co-ordinating high quality and impactful research exploring the credit implications of ESG, as well as digital and in-person outreach to meet the growing market needs of investors, issuers and other important stakeholders.
Rahul is a regular participant at high-profile industry working groups, market briefings, external conferences and media engagements. He is a member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, a market-led initiative to develop a risk management and disclosure framework for nature-related risks. He has also represented Moody’s on the UN Principles for Responsible Investment's advisory committee on credit ratings and the Green and Social Bond Principles working groups. He has presented on the impact of climate change on emerging market sovereigns at the G20 Green Finance Study Group and on sustainable finance trends at the International Finance Corporation’s Global Debt Mobilization Conference.
Before his current role, Rahul oversaw Moody’s ESG Solutions Group outreach and engagement activities globally with the sustainability stakeholder community. He also previously worked in Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research team where he was responsible for thematic research and outreach on global emerging market (EM) credit trends. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, Rahul was the Head of Asia at BMI Research (Fitch Solutions) in Singapore, leading a team of macroeconomists and industry specialists in analysing sovereign risk, sector performance and the capital markets.
Rahul is a passionate impact leader for Moody’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in London, chairing the pillar on “activating an environmentally sustainable future”. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Society of the UK.
John Wang is a Vice President and Senior Analyst for Moody’s ESG, based in Singapore.
In his role, John is involved in integrating ESG into Moody’s credit rating research and is the point person for Moody’s ESG outreach in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also responsible for publishing thematic and issuer-specific research on ESG risks relevant to credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s, John was CEO of Visiondom ESG, an independent ESG consultancy in China, which helped institutional investors integrate ESG into their investment process. He also worked as an ESG specialist with Fidelity International’s Asia Stewardship and Sustainable Investing team, focusing on the Greater China and Oceania markets for five years. At Fidelity, he was closely involved in promoting ESG best practices in Asia and ESG integration, and had a special focus on corporate governance and carbon trading.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Singapore Management University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Niramarn Laisathit is a Senior Executive Vice President, in charge of Bangkok Bank’s Corporate Banking with extensive experience in structuring and negotiating large international project finance deals. She has been involved in most of the private-sector power company projects in Thailand, the gas-fired power plant in Thailand, and renewable energy projects, including wind, solar and waste, in Thailand and across CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) countries.
Ms. Niramarn also has a broad range of experience in general financial advisory services and debt restructuring. She has worked closely on a project to restructure Bangkok Bank’s internal credit analysis, monitoring systems and loan organization.
Ms. Niramarn holds an MBA Finance from the St. Louis Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chulalongkorn University.
Tayakorn Jitrakuldhacha is the Director of the Bond Department for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand. His duties encompass the oversight of bond financing including drafting regulations related to issuance and offer for sale of debt securities, supervision of bond market intermediaries, debt capital market monitoring and also relevant disciplinary action and enforcement procedure implementation.
Prior to joining the SECT, Tayakorn served as an attorney-at-law positions with local Siam City Law Firm. He has significant transactional experience in Real Estate and Construction involved in the establishment of the largest wholesales outlet in Asia.
Tayakorn earned a Master of Laws at Durham University, UK and Paul Cézanne University, France.
Eugene Tarzimanov is a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he is the Lead Analyst for banks in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Eugene is also responsible for coordinating banking research across Asia Pacific, and actively represents Moody’s to regulators, investors and the media on analytical and methodological views. Eugene moved to Singapore from Moody’s Moscow office, where he covered the largest banks in Russia, as well as financial institutions in Europe and the Middle East.
Before joining Moody’s in early 2009, Eugene held senior positions during his five years with Standard & Poor’s, where he was responsible for the analysis of banks in Europe and the Middle East. He has also worked at the CEO’s office of Bank VTB, where he was responsible for inhouse research.
Eugene holds an MBA in financial management from New York’s Pace University, and a BSc in international economics from Moscow’s Finance Academy.
Daniel Wang is Vice President of Product Strategy – APAC for Moody's Analytics, Based in Hong Kong.
In his role, Daniel is responsible for identifying strategic areas of focus for ESG products in APAC and working with global and regional stakeholders to execute development opportunities across data, methodology, analytics, and distribution. Daniel also works closely with other Product Strategists in MESG to ensure alignment and coherence in our product offerings in the APAC region.
Before his current role at Moody's, Daniel worked in the APAC Strategy & Business Management team of Moody's Investors Service (MIS), where he focused on developing and implementing growth initiatives for MIS APAC.
Before joining Moody's, Daniel worked as a generalist in the Asia Investment Banking team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with most exposure in industrials, energy & utility, and financial institutions. Before BAML, Daniel held various positions at Fitch Ratings and HSBC in locations including Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
Daniel has an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc degree in Strategic Marketing from Imperial College London.
Rahul Ghosh is Managing Director, ESG Outreach & Research for Moody’s Investors Service.
Rahul leads global oversight for the credit rating agency’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and outreach strategy. In this capacity, he is responsible for co-ordinating high quality and impactful research exploring the credit implications of ESG, as well as digital and in-person outreach to meet the growing market needs of investors, issuers and other important stakeholders.
Rahul is a regular participant at high-profile industry working groups, market briefings, external conferences and media engagements. He is a member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, a market-led initiative to develop a risk management and disclosure framework for nature-related risks. He has also represented Moody’s on the UN Principles for Responsible Investment's advisory committee on credit ratings and the Green and Social Bond Principles working groups. He has presented on the impact of climate change on emerging market sovereigns at the G20 Green Finance Study Group and on sustainable finance trends at the International Finance Corporation’s Global Debt Mobilization Conference.
Before his current role, Rahul oversaw Moody’s ESG Solutions Group outreach and engagement activities globally with the sustainability stakeholder community. He also previously worked in Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research team where he was responsible for thematic research and outreach on global emerging market (EM) credit trends. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, Rahul was the Head of Asia at BMI Research (Fitch Solutions) in Singapore, leading a team of macroeconomists and industry specialists in analysing sovereign risk, sector performance and the capital markets.
Rahul is a passionate impact leader for Moody’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in London, chairing the pillar on “activating an environmentally sustainable future”. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Society of the UK.
Niramarn Laisathit is a Senior Executive Vice President, in charge of Bangkok Bank’s Corporate Banking with extensive experience in structuring and negotiating large international project finance deals. She has been involved in most of the private-sector power company projects in Thailand, the gas-fired power plant in Thailand, and renewable energy projects, including wind, solar and waste, in Thailand and across CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam) countries.
Ms. Niramarn also has a broad range of experience in general financial advisory services and debt restructuring. She has worked closely on a project to restructure Bangkok Bank’s internal credit analysis, monitoring systems and loan organization.
Ms. Niramarn holds an MBA Finance from the St. Louis Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chulalongkorn University.
Tayakorn Jitrakuldhacha is the Director of the Bond Department for the Securities and Exchange Commission, Thailand. His duties encompass the oversight of bond financing including drafting regulations related to issuance and offer for sale of debt securities, supervision of bond market intermediaries, debt capital market monitoring and also relevant disciplinary action and enforcement procedure implementation.
Prior to joining the SECT, Tayakorn served as an attorney-at-law positions with local Siam City Law Firm. He has significant transactional experience in Real Estate and Construction involved in the establishment of the largest wholesales outlet in Asia.
Tayakorn earned a Master of Laws at Durham University, UK and Paul Cézanne University, France.
Eugene Tarzimanov is a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he is the Lead Analyst for banks in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Eugene is also responsible for coordinating banking research across Asia Pacific, and actively represents Moody’s to regulators, investors and the media on analytical and methodological views. Eugene moved to Singapore from Moody’s Moscow office, where he covered the largest banks in Russia, as well as financial institutions in Europe and the Middle East.
Before joining Moody’s in early 2009, Eugene held senior positions during his five years with Standard & Poor’s, where he was responsible for the analysis of banks in Europe and the Middle East. He has also worked at the CEO’s office of Bank VTB, where he was responsible for inhouse research.
Eugene holds an MBA in financial management from New York’s Pace University, and a BSc in international economics from Moscow’s Finance Academy.
John Wang is a Vice President and Senior Analyst for Moody’s ESG, based in Singapore.
In his role, John is involved in integrating ESG into Moody’s credit rating research and is the point person for Moody’s ESG outreach in the Asia-Pacific region. He is also responsible for publishing thematic and issuer-specific research on ESG risks relevant to credit analysis.
Prior to joining Moody’s, John was CEO of Visiondom ESG, an independent ESG consultancy in China, which helped institutional investors integrate ESG into their investment process. He also worked as an ESG specialist with Fidelity International’s Asia Stewardship and Sustainable Investing team, focusing on the Greater China and Oceania markets for five years. At Fidelity, he was closely involved in promoting ESG best practices in Asia and ESG integration, and had a special focus on corporate governance and carbon trading.
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Singapore Management University and is a CFA Charterholder.
Daniel Wang is Vice President of Product Strategy – APAC for Moody's Analytics, Based in Hong Kong.
In his role, Daniel is responsible for identifying strategic areas of focus for ESG products in APAC and working with global and regional stakeholders to execute development opportunities across data, methodology, analytics, and distribution. Daniel also works closely with other Product Strategists in MESG to ensure alignment and coherence in our product offerings in the APAC region.
Before his current role at Moody's, Daniel worked in the APAC Strategy & Business Management team of Moody's Investors Service (MIS), where he focused on developing and implementing growth initiatives for MIS APAC.
Before joining Moody's, Daniel worked as a generalist in the Asia Investment Banking team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with most exposure in industrials, energy & utility, and financial institutions. Before BAML, Daniel held various positions at Fitch Ratings and HSBC in locations including Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.
Daniel has an MBA from INSEAD and an MSc degree in Strategic Marketing from Imperial College London.