UNGCNS-SMU Advanced Certificate in Sustainability & Sustainable Businesses

Grace is the founder of Sustinere, she brings with her more than 12 years of experience in sustainability related work. She has previously delivered management systems audits and consultancy, and was previously a Lead Verifier for external assurance of Sustainability Reports and Integrated Reports. She has conducted numerous social compliance audits (e.g. Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) and Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audits (SMETA)), in Singapore and Malaysia since 2014, and has hands on experience in managing supply chain due diligence as well as human and labour rights issues. Grace holds a M.Sc. in Biochemical Research from Imperial College London, a B.Sc.(Hons) in Biotechnology from University College London, and a Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education (DACE). She is also a Lead Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner (Accountability) and a certified Practicing Management Consultant.

Sue-Ann works with regional and global partners to drive impact investing in Asia and beyond - building knowledge assets, championing industry standards, and convening stakeholders to bring about positive action. CIIP is a non-profit entity established by Temasek Trust, with Temasek and ABC Impact as strategic partners. CIIP is also the anchor partner for SDG Impact in Asia. Sue-Ann has close to two decades of experience in corporate sustainability and impact measurement and management. She is certified in Sustainable Finance by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and is an Accredited Trainer for the United Nations Development Programme SDG Impact Standards. She is qualified through the Singapore Workforce Skills Qualifications Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP) to deliver adult learning and assessments.

Praveen Tekchandani is a Director at Ernst & Young LLP Singapore, providing advisory and assurance services in the field of Climate Change and Sustainability. He has carried out assignments for various clients spanning MNCs, government, statutory boards, MDBs, private companies, and not-for-profits across Asia-Pacific. He is a qualified lead assessor for Environmental Management System (ISO 14001), GHG assessment, and Energy Management System (ISO 50001); and has conducted over 120 Environmental assessment across 14 countries. He has also been awarded Enterprise Singapore Merit Award 2018 for his significant contributions to Singapore Standardization Programme in the field of environment and sustainability.

Priyaka is a Director in EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) team and has over 17 years' experience across ESG and Financial Services across in Singapore, Hong Kong and India. Extensive experience across ESG (environmental, social, and governance), impact investing and sustainability consulting to address global climate change challenges, leading complex sustainable finance and ESG integration projects, and advising and supporting large clients in the banking and financial services sector with the financing needs arising from their clients’ net zero transition and renewable energy financing needs. She started her career in Corporate & Institutional Banking with BNP Paribas and worked with them in India and Hong Kong for 7 years before leading impact investing for a large Family Office. She holds a Masters degree in Business Administration and has done Executive Education programs in Impact Management from Harvard Business School & Social Finance from Oxford University.

Prof Lawrence Loh is Director, Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at NUS Business School, National University of Singapore where he is Professor in Practice of Strategy and Policy. He is also Visiting Professor at Wealth Management Institute. Prof Loh received a PhD in Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His thesis on technology governance was awarded global first prize in the worldwide doctoral competition in the field of management information systems. At CGS, Prof Loh steers the Singapore Governance and Transparency Index and ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard. In the domain of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG), he leads the Knowledge Partner team at CGS for the Sustainability Impact Awards in Singapore. He also directs the CGS project that is commissioned by the Singapore Exchange to conduct sustainability assessments of all listed companies on the Exchange. Prof Loh heads the ASEAN sustainability reporting initiative covering 6 countries and steers the Asia-Pacific sustainability reporting assessment covering 14 jurisdictions. He is a lead investigator on a study in sustainable banking for all listed banks in ASEAN. Recently, he spearheads market studies on climate reporting in ASEAN as well as nature and biodiversity reporting in Asia Pacific. Prof Loh serves as judge for various corporate sustainability awards and competitions in Singapore and the Asian region. Prof Loh conducts executive development programs in ESG for leading institutions across Asia Pacific and Singapore. He is a multi-time winner of NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award and NUS Business School Teaching Excellence Award. Prof Loh is a regular commentator for leading global and local media. He has a citation count of some 500 per year across media worldwide, including numerous front-page headlines.

Rati is a partner in ERM Singapore, leading ERM's Sustainable Operations in Asia. Rati has 17 years of experience working with manufacturing, chemicals and finance sector clients, translating strategy into actions. She specializes in circular economy implementation and has over ten years of experience designing and operationalizing integrated waste management and CE models across sectors like CPG, Manufacturing, Automotive and FMGC. Before ERM, Rati worked with DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) as their APAC lead for digital enablement for Operational Risk Management. She focused on establishing risk-based frameworks for implementing a digital intervention in the Oil & Gas, Mining and manufacturing sectors. Transforming the workforce-level digital culture was an outcome of most of her industrial engagements. She also helped establish sustainability services as a new business line for Tata Consultancy Services for their US and EU markets. Over her 17 years career, Rati has worked as an ESG advisor with leading Fortune 500 companies like DuPont, Dow, Walmart, Owens Corning, Ingersoll Rand, P&G, PTT, Cargill, etc., to help transform their ESG processes by applying digital technologies and enabling. She leads engagements on circular economy and ESG performance excellence for the SEA market. Rati has led several circular economy programs in Singapore and Thailand, including policy advocacy for the government sector. She holds a master's in environment management, is a certified lead auditor for EHS management systems, and has worked globally on engagements ranging from circular economy, water stewardship, enterprise digital transformation, ESG performance excellence, etc. Beyond work, Rati is a photographer, authors her blog, and loves travelling to less travelled destinations with her family.