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Nov
Data dumps: Navigating the ESG information challenge
- What are the major bottlenecks in ESG data collection in Asia?
- Is company-level data of sufficient quality to identify risks during due diligence?
- To what extent are there standardised frameworks and processes for reporting?
- What do LPs typically prioritise in their data requests?
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SpeakersValerie Kwan Director, Stewardship & Corporate Engagement AIGCC
Edan Lee Managing Director OLYMPUS CAPITAL ASIA
Steven Pringle Head of Asia Pacific GRESB
Jonathan Tong Vice President PAG
Frankie Fang Founding Managing Partner STARQUEST GROUP
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Valerie oversees corporate and investor initiatives including the global investor engagement initiative, Climate Action 100+. Valerie and the team work alongside investors to engage with companies that are systemically important greenhouse gas emitters.
Prior to joining AIGCC, she was a manager in EY, Climate Change and Sustainability Services in Hong Kong and has advised clients on sustainability and risk management strategies.
Valerie’s career in sustainability started in 2013 when she worked as an ESG advisor and conducted environmental and social due diligence for private equity clients.
Prior to that she worked in public affairs and public relations in Hong Kong. Valerie holds a MSSc in Business and Community from the University of Bath and is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
Edan Lee is a Managing Director of Olympus Capital Asia and joined the Firm in 1998. The Firm is an independent private investment manager that has been successfully investing in middle market companies across Asia for over 20 years. Since its founding in 1997, Olympus Capital Asia has invested more than $2.6 billion of equity capital on behalf of its funds and co-investors in over 65 portfolio companies throughout Asia. The Firm’s private equity strategies center on elevating Sustainable Development objectives including investments in Sustainable Energy/Water, Sustainable Cities, and Sustainable Financial Services.
Prior to joining Olympus Capital Asia, Mr. Lee served as Project Director in China for The AES Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, in the mid-1990s, where he developed and financed some of the most significant foreign invested power projects at the time. Previously, Mr. Lee was a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. in the US and in Australia. Mr. Lee holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and BS (Mechanical Engineering) and BA (Economics) degrees from Rice University. Mr. Lee is a member of the Rice School of Engineering Advisory Board and a member of the Executive Committee, Stanford GSB Chapter of Hong Kong.
As Head of APAC at GRESB, Steven is in charge of APAC region's commercial strategy. Prior to joining GRESB he worked in Real Estate funds management and banking for ten years.
Jonathan is a Vice President at PAG, a leading Asia-based alternative investment fund managing over USD55 billion in capital. He is responsible for formulating the sustainability / ESG strategy for the group. He works closely with the Private Equity team on integrating ESG considerations in the investment lifecycle, and with portfolio companies on tracking and reporting metrics to industry initiatives such as the ESG Data Convergence Initiative (EDCI).
Prior to joining PAG, he spent 10 years in the sustainability consulting focused on corporate sustainability strategy, reporting, carbon accounting, and supply chain risk assessment. He has experience with private and public companies in sectors such as food and beverage, e-commerce, quick service restaurants, apparel, pharmaceuticals, construction, property development, industrial and consumer goods manufacturing.
Jonathan holds a Master of Science in Environmental Engineering and Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Frankie Fang is the founding managing partner of Starquest Capital, a private equity and fund of funds (FOF) firm based in China that focuses on the consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors. Mr. Fang oversees FOF investments, ESG integration, business development, and various other key activities. Starquest Capital is the first Asian recipient of the UNPRI Awards 2019 “Emerging Markets Initiative of the Year”.
Prior to founding Starquest Capital in 2018, Mr. Fang served as the head of LGT Capital Partners in China for 12 years. Before joining LGT Capital Partners in early 2007, Mr. Fang worked for the AXA Private Equity Group in Singapore, where he focused on FOF and direct investment in the Pan-Asia region. Mr. Fang has 20 years of experience in the financial industry.
Mr. Fang has invested over USD 3 billion in the Chinese private equity market, including long-established GPs such as CITIC Capital, Hongshan, and Legend Capital, as well as VC 2.0 GPs such as Primavera Capital, Source Code Capital, and Gaorong Ventures. Mr. Fang holds positions on the Advisory Committees of over 20 funds in China and is a member of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission Expert Committee. He was also invited to be an expert judge for the Forbes China 2020 “30 Under 30” List.
Mr. Fang earned a bachelor’s degree from the Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, an MBA from INSEAD Business School, and an EMBA from the People’s Bank of China School of Finance at Tsinghua University. Additionally, Mr. Fang holds the Chinese CPA qualification and sits on the Future Forum Youth Council (“Chinese Nobel Committee”). His native language is Mandarin Chinese, and he is also fluent in English, French, and Cantonese, with conversational proficiency in German and Japanese.