Singapore
Experienced sustainability and policy planner, investment strategist and chemical engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the environmental sustainability and investment space. Skilled in strategic policy and sustainable development with good business acumen, integrated solid waste and resource masterplanning, integrated pollution control strategies, circular economy and sustainability strategies, transboundary pollution management, international and bilateral relations. Strong sustainability professional with a Master's Degree (First Class Honours) focused in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London, UK.
- Head of Department of Sustainable Packaging Policy and Household Programmes overseeing the conceptualisation and implementation of near to longer term sustainability strategies to drive resource circularity - Oversee the overall packaging waste management strategies to achieve the national targets under the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and Zero Waste Masterplan - Oversee the policy development, review, and implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes such as the beverage container return scheme - Oversee the enhanced Climate Friendly Households Programme and National Recycling Programme to drive sustainability in the household sector - Oversee the international, regional, and domestic stakeholder engagement approach in developing sustainability and EPR policies and frameworks
- Catalysed the adoption and scale-up of sustainability solutions focusing on alternative clean energy, resource efficiency, and circular economy strategies - Led the technology and commercial evaluation of sustainability investment opportunities with a focus on resource efficiency and circular economy - Led the development of investment strategies and trend analysis in emerging white spaces within the sustainability and climate action sphere
- Led my team of 6 in safeguarding a clean and sustainable living environment in Singapore. Oversaw the policy developments, operations management, and international/bilateral stakeholder engagements on the environmental sound management of hazardous and toxic industrial waste. - Served as Singapore's Competent Authority to the Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) such as the Basel Convention and National Focal Point to the ASEAN Working Group on Chemicals and Waste (AWGCW), driving Singapore's Chairmanship of the latter from 2020-2022. - Oversaw and ensured the resiliency of critical biohazardous waste management during the COVID-19 pandemic as part of the national COVID-19 operations.