Minalee Busi is a project officer in the ocean team. She supports research and analysis for the Southeast Asia Framework for Ocean Action in Mitigation (SEAFOAM) project, working to understand climate mitigation opportunities in the ocean-climate nexus, such as offshore energy and blue carbon. Minalee holds a master's in Environment and Sustainability with a specialization in corporate sustainability management from Monash University, and a bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the International Institute of Information Technology, Odisha in India

Guntur Sutiyono leads Climateworks’ Indonesian team, enhancing Climateworks’ understanding of the region by providing context around policy, politics, and the economic landscape. His team is responsible for assessing opportunities and acting as a trusted advisor to stakeholders, with Guntur overseeing projects in sustainable finance, fiscal policy, energy, and support business development.

Sali Bache is the international policy and oceans lead at the Climateworks Centre, with a focus on the Asia and the Pacific region. For 2 decades, Bache has operated in an international governance setting. She has advised on common property resource conservation across several regions, represented Australia in intergovernmental negotiations, and advised organizations including United Nations agencies, Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Climateworks Centre bridges the gap between research and climate action, operating as an independent not-for-profit within Monash University. Climateworks Centre develops specialist knowledge to accelerate emissions reduction, in line with the global 1.5°C temperature goal, across Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

The Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area, or BIMP-EAGA, is a cooperation initiative established in 1994 to spur development in remote and less developed areas in the four participating Southeast Asian countries.

Shuji Hashizume has more than 15 years of experience with ADB. Based in Bangkok, he is currently in charge of private-sector infrastructure financing opportunities across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, with focus on complex, structured projects.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.

With a background in urban planning and sustainability, Tony Chan has led various large-scale projects in Australia, the People's Republic of China, and Southeast Asia, including the Eastern Economic Corridor Strategy in Thailand, Indonesia’s new capital city, and the Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund Study for the Asian Development Bank.

Arup is a global collective of designers, consultants, and experts dedicated to sustainable development and to using imagination, technology, and rigor to shape a better world.

Annabel Lee leads Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) public policy work on digital issues for Asia–Pacific and Japan, and heads the ASEAN public policy team. She has spent over 15 years in the telecom and technology policy sector and has deep subject matter knowledge on digital policy issues, including privacy, cybersecurity and emerging technology, from both the industry and government perspectives.