2023 Asian Power Forum- Kuala Lumpur
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Overview 2023 Asian Power Forum - Kuala Lumpur
Asian Power presents you with an event that brings together key stakeholders in the power and energy sector in the Asian region. Providing you with a platform for industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in the industry.
This exclusive event series will take place in 3 major cities across Asia, with Bangkok kicking off the tour on April 5th, Jakarta on May 4, and Kuala Lumpur on May 25. Each forum will feature a dynamic program of presentations and panel discussions, led by senior executives, subject-matter experts from leading consultancy firms, and business leaders from across the industry.
Be part of the 2023 Asian Power Forum and don't miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and make valuable connections in the Asian power and energy sector.
Venue: Impiana KLCC Kuala Lumpur
WHY YOU MUST PARTICIPATE
CONNECT
Get to meet the same industry professionals and network with industry experts during the presentations and panel discussions
EXPERIENCE
Gain firsthand insights from notable speakers about the latest power news happening across Asia and learn about upcoming developments through case study presentations
NEWS
SPEAKERS
Michael Joseph
Sales Director
SS&A Power Consultancy GmbH
Sales Director
SS&A Power Consultancy GmbH
Michael has over 25 years of career involvement in the power industry in combined cycle plant operations in Malaysia, and since then has progressed through engineering, sales, and management positions in Malaysia and in Europe, most recently in Business Development and Sales for Long Term Service Agreements including O&M Contracts in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to that he also worked in power plant performance monitoring, developing improvements in diagnostics followed by Integrated Power Plant Lifecycle Management to give Owners a greater insight of their assets. He is also an active Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and held various leadership positions.
Currently he is the Sales Director for SEA and GCC at SS&A Power Consultancy AG.
Dieter Billen
Partner - Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure - South-East Asia
Roland Berger
Partner - Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure - South-East Asia
Roland Berger
Dieter Billen is a Partner and heads Roland Berger's energy practice in South-East Asia. He has worked in several countries across the region and originally started at the firm's Brussels office in Belgium.
He consults on infrastructure development, with a focus on energy and utilities and especially renewables and clean fuels. He has advised investors and developers, utilities, and energy players on energy transition projects across South-East Asia and is currently involved in several hydrogen projects along the hydrogen value chain.
Dieter holds a degree in economics from the University of Leuven (Belgium) and the Kiel Institute for World Economics (Germany). He also holds an Executive Degree in Public-Private Partnerships from Harvard University (USA).
Fazal Othman Mohd Ghazali
Senior Advisor
The Lantau Group
Senior Advisor
The Lantau Group
Fazal has nearly three decades of experience in a mixture of industries from power utility to petrochemical, banking and automotive.
He has served in a senior management capacity in several organisations and has sat on the Board of international asset companies.
Fazal has led various strategic business initiatives, and developed and implemented several energy projects, both fossil and renewable, across Asia.
He has worked substantially with regulators, policy-makers, investors and financial institutions at different levels and regions.
Fazal holds a MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, BS (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in New York City, and Certificate in Advanced Management Program from INSEAD.
Mark Bennett
Customer Experience Transformation Leader
EY Asia-Pacific Energy & Resources
Customer Experience Transformation Leader
EY Asia-Pacific Energy & Resources
Mark leads EY's Customer Experience Transformation team across the Asia-Pacific region. He supports energy companies to transform their organizations and business models to meet customers’ changing expectations and be ready for a new energy world.
For nearly 20 years, Mark has led large transformation programs that have shaped the energy and utility industry in Europe and ASEAN. He recently led a team that helped Malaysia’s national energy provider embark upon a bold multi-year transformation program aimed at empowering their customers through digital services and smarter energy solutions that better meet their needs now and in the future.
Prior to joining EY, Mark held senior roles in major consultancies and insurance firms. He is a regular contributor to industry publications and speaks at conferences around the future of energy and customers.
Originally from the UK, Mark holds degrees in Business and Marketing and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
How Mark is building a better working world
“Thriving companies prioritize three key principles of transformation: humans@center; technology@speed; innovation@scale. As the energy sector transforms, I’m excited to help clients shape a transition that puts customers at the center, and harnesses digital technology and innovation to evolve products and services. This is how we’ll drive the societal change required to achieve sustainable decarbonization and create long-term value for everyone.”
Ko Chuan Zhen
Group Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Plus Xnergy
Group Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Plus Xnergy
As Group CEO and co-founder, Ko Chuan Zhen sets the business’s direction and strategy, ensuring that they are executed with focus on satisfactory results. Combined with leadership, passion and in-depth knowledge in clean energy, his contributions have driven Plus Xnergy to become an industry leader and motivate a passionate and reliable team determined to achieve the company’s mission and vision. Ko was awarded Ernst and Young’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2019, recognised in 2021 Prestige Malaysia’s 40 Under 40 and listed in 2021 Asia’s Most Influential and Gen. T List 2020 for the category of “Engineering, Manufacturing and Energy,” both lists by Tatler Asia that recognises 400 young entrepreneur leaders who are shaping Asia’s future.
Wandrille Doucerain
Head of BD Data Centre
ENGIE South East Asia
Head of BD Data Centre
ENGIE South East Asia
Wandrille DOUCERAIN is Head of Business Development for Data Centres at ENGIE South East Asia, part of the ENGIE Group, a global reference in low-carbon energy and services.Wandrille oversees all data centre business activities across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, with a view to help customers meet their energy needs while implementing their transition towards carbon neutrality.Prior to this appointment, Wandrille was Head of Digital Solutions & Strategic Projects at ENGIE South East Asia. In that role he worked to accelerate the digital transformation of ENGIE and its customers businesses in the region through innovations and new business models which elevated the company’s end to end value proposition for low-carbon energy solutions. He also played a key role in establishing ENGIE as a strategic partner for corporates and cities eager to embark on their sustainable transformations. Wandrille joined ENGIE in 2010, starting in their French offices and later relocating to Asia in early 2019. Since joining he has been involved in many large M&A projects to accelerate ENGIE’s portfolio transition towards low-carbon infrastructure assets. In addition to his considerable work experience, Wandrille holds a bachelor’s degree in business from NEOMA Business School in France.
AGENDA
*Subject to change
1:00 - 1:30 PM REGISTRATION
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1:30 - 1:35 PM Welcome Remarks
- Simon Hyett, Contributing Editor, Asian Power
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1:35 - 1:55 PM Speaking Session 1: Why wavering confidence could stall the energy transition
- Mark Bennett, Customer Experience Transformation Leader , EY Asia-Pacific Energy & Resources
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1:55 - 2:15 PM Speaking Session 2
- Ko Chuan Zhen, Group Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Plus Xnergy
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2:15 - 2:35 PM Speaking Session 3: Hydrogen opportunities for power producers in South-East Asia
- Dieter Billen, Partner - Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure - South-East Asia, Roland Berger
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2:35 - 3:05 PM Panel Session 1: Energy Transition in Asia: Exploring the shift towards renewable energy sources and the decarbonization of the power sector in Asia
Moderator:
- Michael Joseph, Sales Director, SS&A Power Consultancy GmbH
Panelist:
- Dieter Billen, Partner - Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure - South-East Asia, Roland Berger
- Ko Chuan Zhen, Group Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Plus Xnergy
- Wandrille Doucerain, Head of BD Data Centre, ENGIE South East Asia
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3:05 - 3:25 PM COFFEE BREAK
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3:25 - 3:45 PM Speaking Session 4: Malaysia's Clean Energy Path - Industry Perspective
- Fazal Othman Mohd Ghazali, Senior Advisor, The Lantau Group
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3:45 - 4:05 PM Speaking Session 5: Dedicated Assets to Power, Cool, and Decarbonize Data Centres in Malaysia
- Wandrille Doucerain, Head of BD Data Centre, ENGIE South East Asia
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4:10 PM Closing Remarks
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SPEAKERS
Michael Joseph
Sales Director
SS&A Power Consultancy GmbH
Sales Director
SS&A Power Consultancy GmbH
Michael has over 25 years of career involvement in the power industry in combined cycle plant operations in Malaysia, and since then has progressed through engineering, sales, and management positions in Malaysia and in Europe, most recently in Business Development and Sales for Long Term Service Agreements including O&M Contracts in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to that he also worked in power plant performance monitoring, developing improvements in diagnostics followed by Integrated Power Plant Lifecycle Management to give Owners a greater insight of their assets. He is also an active Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and held various leadership positions.
Currently he is the Sales Director for SEA and GCC at SS&A Power Consultancy AG.
Dieter Billen
Partner - Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure - South-East Asia
Roland Berger
Partner - Energy, Sustainability & Infrastructure - South-East Asia
Roland Berger
Dieter Billen is a Partner and heads Roland Berger's energy practice in South-East Asia. He has worked in several countries across the region and originally started at the firm's Brussels office in Belgium.
He consults on infrastructure development, with a focus on energy and utilities and especially renewables and clean fuels. He has advised investors and developers, utilities, and energy players on energy transition projects across South-East Asia and is currently involved in several hydrogen projects along the hydrogen value chain.
Dieter holds a degree in economics from the University of Leuven (Belgium) and the Kiel Institute for World Economics (Germany). He also holds an Executive Degree in Public-Private Partnerships from Harvard University (USA).
Fazal Othman Mohd Ghazali
Senior Advisor
The Lantau Group
Senior Advisor
The Lantau Group
Fazal has nearly three decades of experience in a mixture of industries from power utility to petrochemical, banking and automotive.
He has served in a senior management capacity in several organisations and has sat on the Board of international asset companies.
Fazal has led various strategic business initiatives, and developed and implemented several energy projects, both fossil and renewable, across Asia.
He has worked substantially with regulators, policy-makers, investors and financial institutions at different levels and regions.
Fazal holds a MSc in Advanced Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London, BS (Honors) in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University in New York City, and Certificate in Advanced Management Program from INSEAD.
Mark Bennett
Customer Experience Transformation Leader
EY Asia-Pacific Energy & Resources
Customer Experience Transformation Leader
EY Asia-Pacific Energy & Resources
Mark leads EY's Customer Experience Transformation team across the Asia-Pacific region. He supports energy companies to transform their organizations and business models to meet customers’ changing expectations and be ready for a new energy world.
For nearly 20 years, Mark has led large transformation programs that have shaped the energy and utility industry in Europe and ASEAN. He recently led a team that helped Malaysia’s national energy provider embark upon a bold multi-year transformation program aimed at empowering their customers through digital services and smarter energy solutions that better meet their needs now and in the future.
Prior to joining EY, Mark held senior roles in major consultancies and insurance firms. He is a regular contributor to industry publications and speaks at conferences around the future of energy and customers.
Originally from the UK, Mark holds degrees in Business and Marketing and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
How Mark is building a better working world
“Thriving companies prioritize three key principles of transformation: humans@center; technology@speed; innovation@scale. As the energy sector transforms, I’m excited to help clients shape a transition that puts customers at the center, and harnesses digital technology and innovation to evolve products and services. This is how we’ll drive the societal change required to achieve sustainable decarbonization and create long-term value for everyone.”
Ko Chuan Zhen
Group Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Plus Xnergy
Group Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Plus Xnergy
As Group CEO and co-founder, Ko Chuan Zhen sets the business’s direction and strategy, ensuring that they are executed with focus on satisfactory results. Combined with leadership, passion and in-depth knowledge in clean energy, his contributions have driven Plus Xnergy to become an industry leader and motivate a passionate and reliable team determined to achieve the company’s mission and vision. Ko was awarded Ernst and Young’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year 2019, recognised in 2021 Prestige Malaysia’s 40 Under 40 and listed in 2021 Asia’s Most Influential and Gen. T List 2020 for the category of “Engineering, Manufacturing and Energy,” both lists by Tatler Asia that recognises 400 young entrepreneur leaders who are shaping Asia’s future.
Wandrille Doucerain
Head of BD Data Centre
ENGIE South East Asia
Head of BD Data Centre
ENGIE South East Asia
Wandrille DOUCERAIN is Head of Business Development for Data Centres at ENGIE South East Asia, part of the ENGIE Group, a global reference in low-carbon energy and services.Wandrille oversees all data centre business activities across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, with a view to help customers meet their energy needs while implementing their transition towards carbon neutrality.Prior to this appointment, Wandrille was Head of Digital Solutions & Strategic Projects at ENGIE South East Asia. In that role he worked to accelerate the digital transformation of ENGIE and its customers businesses in the region through innovations and new business models which elevated the company’s end to end value proposition for low-carbon energy solutions. He also played a key role in establishing ENGIE as a strategic partner for corporates and cities eager to embark on their sustainable transformations. Wandrille joined ENGIE in 2010, starting in their French offices and later relocating to Asia in early 2019. Since joining he has been involved in many large M&A projects to accelerate ENGIE’s portfolio transition towards low-carbon infrastructure assets. In addition to his considerable work experience, Wandrille holds a bachelor’s degree in business from NEOMA Business School in France.
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