Contributors

Jami Hossain

Jami Hossain is a known international expert in wind energy and over the last 25 years has carried out pioneering work in this field. He is a treasurer of the Bonn based World Wind Energy Association and Chief Mentor of WinDForce Management Services Private Limited.

Jason Goh

Jason Goh Sia Tian is the Vice President of Schneider Electric Singapore’s Energy Business Unit. Aside from heading the energy business in Singapore and Brunei, Jason is also responsible for the business development and profitability in utilities as well as the oil and gas segments. Prior to joining Schneider Electric, Jason held the position of Sales and Marketing Manager in Terasaki Electric Far East, where he oversaw the sales and marketing of LV switchboards and control systems to marine & buildings markets.

Jay Cheema

Jatinder Cheema (Jay) heads the Projects, Energy, and Natural Resources practice at Clasis law. He is qualified in multiple jurisdictions to practice law i.e. India, Canada, and Africa. In addition to General Corporate law across sectors, has diversified experience in Energy, Infrastructure Transaction and Finance, and Natural Resources Law. Jay is also a visiting faculty at the IIM (Lucknow), Management Development Institute (MDI), (Gurgaon), and the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (A Government of India Undertaking), Manesar.

Jeremy Ong

Jeremy Ong is the Senior Manager of LHN Energy and General Manager of LHN Parking, where he oversees the business development and operation of LHN Group’s parking and renewable energy solutions. With over 13 years of experience in carpark management, Ong brings an extensive wealth of knowledge and expertise to his current position.

Prior to his position at LHN Group, Ong served as a Mechanical Engineer at Hewlett-Packard Singapore. His background in engineering, coupled with over a decade of experience, highlights his proficiency in both technical and operational management. 

Ong holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Manchester.

Jerrold Wang

Jerrold Wang is a Research Associate in Lux Research’s China Innovation practice. 

John Yeap

John Yeap is a Partner at Pinsent Masons.

John Yeap, Nick Wang, James Harris

John Yeap leads Pinsent Masons’ energy and power practice across the region. By combining his detailed understanding of Asia’s power sector, gained through close to a decade working within one of Asia’s leading IPPs, and over two decades of advising on power transactions in Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa, he assists his clients in delivering robust, pragmatic and commercial solutions for Asia’s complex power sector.

Nick Wang is an Energy & Infrastructure lawyer based in Hong Kong. He has extensive experience in advising on all stages of the project cycle for various types of infrastructure projects, including roads, railways, metros, power plants (both conventional and renewable), and free trade zones. The majority of his projects are located in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, and Eastern Africa.

Nick regularly assist clients in drafting, revising, and negotiating on various Financing Documents, such as Loan Agreements, Direct Agreements, Escrow Agreements, and Debt Service Agreements, as well as all types of Project Agreements, such as Concession Agreements, Implementation Agreements, Power Purchase Agreements, Operation and Maintenance Agreements, Coal Supply Agreements, and is particularly experienced working with Chinese sponsors, contractors, lenders (both policy banks and commercial banks) and insurer. Nick speaks English, Mandarin and Taiwanese natively, as well as Japanese and Cantonese conversationally.

With over 30 years of experience in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Middle East, James Harris has successfully closed greenfield and brownfield projects across numerous industry sectors. These sectors have included conventional power/renewables, mining/resources, climate/carbon, transport, water treatment and distribution, waste management, biomass, health, education, telecoms, and defence. He advises project developers/sponsors, host governments, and funders (commercial banks, export credit agencies, and multilaterals). James is a founding member of the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA) Project Finance Committee, Asia chair for the International Project Finance Association, and an adjunct professor of law at Singapore Management University teaching Project Finance.

Jos� Mar�a Figueres Olsen

José María Figueres Olsen is the former President of Costa Rica. He currently serves as the President of The Carbon War Room and is a co-chair of the Global Ocean Commission.

Justin Payne

Justin leads and manages the delivery of low carbon economy transition projects across Australia and Asia Pacific, including renewable hydrogen production and potential applications. With over 20 years of experience, Justin has an extensive track record across operational, safety and risk management in the production, distribution and use of cryogenic and high-pressure gases. He has held general management, finance and project management roles in Australia, New Zealand and Japan, across the heavy industrial, minerals processing and industrial gas industries. Prior to joining ERM, he held various leadership roles in Air Liquide, including as Industrial Director in Japan, Country Managing Director in New Zealand, and earlier as the Finance Manager in Western Australia. Justin is able to lend insights and share best practices from both practitioner and advisor perspectives, to help organisations on their journey towards a low carbon economy. He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Justin Wu

Justin Wu is the Head of Wind Industry Research of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.