9:00-9:45

【Plenary panel】
Measuring Nature Positive

How to credibly and practically measure nature-positive outcomes, sharing experiences, methodologies and lessons learned.

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  Moderator

  Executive Director
  Nature Positive Initiative

  Gavin Edwards

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  CSV Strategy Department
  General Manager
  Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

  Kenta Oshima

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  Operating Officer／ Head of Environment Improving Department
  SEKISUI HOUSE, LTD.

  Yuki Isaka

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  Convener and Director, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat

  Yana Gevorgyan

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  Executive Secretary
  GBIF - Global Biodiversity Information Facility

  Joe Miller

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  EVP Sustainability
  Vale

  Grazielle Parenti

9:45-10:30

【Plenary panel】
The Interoperability of Standards, Measurement and Guidance Frameworks for Nature Positive Outcome

This session aims at highlighting the growing collaboration and interoperability occurring among the world's leading framework bodies to prove how guidance is converging to provide clarity and build business confidence.

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  Moderator

  Global Climate Change and Sustainability Services Leader
  EY

  Alexis Gazzo

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  Chief Executive Officer, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

  Tony Goldner

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  Chief Executive Officer, Capitals Coalition

  Mark Gough

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  Director, Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement
  World Business Council for Sustainable Development

  Clea Kaske-Kuck

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  Vice chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board
  Global Reporting Initiative

  Tomoo Machiba

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  Fellow
  Global Intelligence Unit & Sustainability Unit
  Daiichi Life Group

  Hirotaka Hideshima

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  Chief Development Officer
  Standards Australia

  Adam Stingemore

11:00-11:45

【Plenary panel】
Nature Positive Technology and Innovation

Exploring technological innovation and digital solutions that support the delivery, measurement and scaling of nature-positive action.

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  Moderator

  the Executive Director of the Villars Institute

  Lee Howell

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  Corporate SVP and CBXO
  NEC Corporation
  ※CBXO：Chief Business Process Transformation Officer

  Shinichiro Ide

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  Sustainability Advisory Leader
  Senior Officer, Partner
  PricewaterhouseCoopers Japan LLC

  Hidetoshi Tahara

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  Senior Director of Conservation
  Ai2

  Ted Schmitt

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  Secretary-General, Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet (GASP)

  Satya Tripathi

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  Sustainability Department
  General Manager
  Umios Corporation

  Yusuke Sato

11:45-12:15

【Fireside Chat】
Political and Economic Headwinds

A conversation on whether current geopolitical, economic and political challenges are slowing or reshaping progress toward Nature Positive.

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  Moderator

  Convener and Executive Chair,
  Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

  Marco Lambertini

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  Business Leader, Investor, and Philanthropist
  Net Positive

  Paul Polman

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  Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives and Director, Center for Global Commons
  the University of Tokyo

  Naoko Ishii

13:15-14:15

From ambition to Delivery, ALigning CLimate and Nature Action in Asia

The transition to a climate-resilient and nature-positive economy requires unprecedented alignment between capital, policy, and industry. While Asia is central to the future of the global transition, significant barriers remain - from fragmented action and investment gaps to the need for stronger coordination mechanisms that can accelerate implementation.
This session will mark the official announcement of the World Climate Summit: Asia, with the inaugural Summit taking place in Tokyo in March 2027, alongside the World Climate Foundation’s strategic expansion into the region.
Positioned as a flagship regional platform within WCF’s global roadmap, World Climate Summit: Asia will serve as an ongoing action forum bringing together leaders across finance, business, government, science and civil society to align priorities, mobilise partnerships and accelerate pathways for climate and nature solutions.
Through a forward-looking leadership dialogue, the session will explore Asia’s role in shaping the next phase of the global transition, examining the opportunities, challenges and enabling conditions required to move from ambition to implementation. The discussion will highlight how stronger collaboration platforms can bridge global commitments with regional delivery by connecting capital with opportunity, strengthening coalitions, and supporting the development of practical pathways for large-scale impact.

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  Moderator

  Founder and CEO
  World Climate Foundation

  Jens Nielsen

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  Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives and Director, Center for Global Commons
  the University of Tokyo

  Naoko Ishii

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  EVP Sustainability
  Vale

  Grazielle Parenti

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  Convener and Executive Chair,
  Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)

  Marco Lambertini

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  Head of Sustainability
  AEON CO., LTD.

  Yuuko Watanabe

14:15-15:15

Beyond the GLOBAL NATURE POSITIVE SUMMIT

Leading companies share their visions and practical approaches to nature-positive management.
Each presenter will discuss the value and new growth opportunities that embracing a nature-positive approach brings to business.

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  Moderator

  President
  JINENN Co., Ltd.

  Yasuaki Miyamoto

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  Executive Director
  Department of Sustainabiity Management
  Japan Association for the International Horticultural Expo 2027, Yokohama

  Misa Kemmiya

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  General Manager
  GREEN × EXPO 2027 Promotion Office
  Nippon Life Insurance Company

  Kazunori Kanayama

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  Chair,
  Japan Committee for IUCN

  Teppei Dohke

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  Senior Research Fellow
  Sasakawa Peace Foundation

  Masanori Kobayashi

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  National Geographic Explorer in Residence and Founder and Executive Director
  National Geographic Pristine Seas

  Enric Sala

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  Senior Director
  Nature Markets at Conservation International

  Erika Korosi

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  Global Coordinator of the Biodiversity Credit Alliance (BCA)

  Manesh Lacoul

14:15-15:15

Water Stewardship in Action: Scaling Watershed Collaboration for Nature Positive Futures

The event aims to introduce initiatives from companies involved in river basin-level collaboration, with a focus on case studies from Kumamoto, the host city of the summit. The goal is to create opportunities for participants to take steps towards collective action for river basin conservation and achieve nature-positive outcomes beyond their own operations.

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  Moderator

  Sector team
  Sector Coordinator Japan
  Alliance for Water Stewardship

  Kei Namba

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  Moderator

  Freshwater Lead
  Conservation Division
  WWF Japan

  Shunsuke Kobayashi

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  Manager / Principal
  Business Development Division
  Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd. / SISI Innovations Co., Ltd

  Hirohito Yoshida

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  President & CEO
  Geosphere Environmental Technology Corp.

  Yasuhiro Tawara

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  Senior General Manager, Climate & Nature Lead,
  Sustainability Management Division
  SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED

  Harumichi Seta

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  Corporate Strategy & Planning Division
  Deputy Senior General Manager
  Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

  Sadakatsu Nakamura

14:15-15:15

Nature Positive Food Systems :Transforming Agriculture, Water Stewardship and Blue Economy for a Resilient Future

As climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource constraints intensify, food systems must be redesigned to restore nature and strengthen resilience. This session explores how regenerative agriculture, water stewardship, the blue economy, innovative finance, and enabling policies can drive food system transformation while sustaining local economies.

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  Moderator

  CEO
  Response Ability, Inc.

  Naoki Adachi

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  Chief Executive Officer
  BioSeed Technologies Inc.

  Yoichiro Hirose

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  Managing Executive Officer
  The Norinchukin Bank

  Kenji Kawashima

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  Ocean Industries Lead
  World Economic Forum

  Hanh Nguyen

14:15-15:15

The missing layer: the data you need to measure the state of ecosystems

Companies are advancing nature accounting and disclosure frameworks but measuring whether interventions genuinely restore ecosystems at scale remains fragmented. This session will showcase the Global Ecosystems Atlas and its first data release - framing it as the independent observational layer grounding nature reporting in ecological reality. Tech demo followed by panel/fireside chat.

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  Convener and Director,
  Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat

  Yana Gevorgyan

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  Senior Director of Conservation
  Ai2

  Ted Schmitt

14:15-15:15

From Projects to Systems: Applying Landscape and Jurisdictional Approaches to achieve Ecosystem Restoration, Conservation and Resilient Supply Chainse

Delivering nature-positive and resilient supply chains at scale requires moving beyond isolated, project-level efforts toward integrated landscape and jurisdictional approaches. This session explores how collaboration across companies, governments, and communities can strengthen ecosystem restoration and conservation. Through examples from freshwater systems and supply chains such as coffee and palm oil, speakers will highlight practical pathways to scale, including how public-private partnerships and shared investment models can help overcome fragmentation and enable coordinated action.

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  Moderator

  Country Director, Japan,
  Conservation International

  Amelia Juhl

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  VP Corporate Partnerships
  Conservation International

  Marielle Canter Weikel

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  Technical Director,
  Freshwater Science & Sustainability
  Conservation International

  Kashif Shaad

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  Senior Manager
  Public Affairs, Communications, and Sustainability,
  Coca-Cola (Japan) Company, Limited,

  Jung Eun (Angela) Lee

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  Sustainability Management Division, Sustainability Promotion Office
  UCC Japan Co., Ltd.,

  Tomohiro Nakamura

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  Senior Project Manager (Institute for Future Initiatives, the Univ. of Tokyo, Visiting Researcher)
  Food Business Unit,
  Mitsui & Co.,

  Tommy Sekiguchi

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  Head of Communications and Corporate Affairs,
  Unilever Japan Holdings G.K.

  Yuriko Iwasaki

14:15-15:15

Insuring a resilient nature-positive future

The Global Nature Positive Summit and CBD COP17 mark a decisive moment for the role of finance in halting and reversing nature loss. Within finance, insurance has a particular role to play. As risk manager, risk carrier and investor, insurance both shapes and is shaped by thestate of nature: through the activities it enables across its value chain, and through the physical and transition risks that nature loss creates.
Insurance for a resilient and nature-positive future is still a new idea for many. UNEP FI's Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) set out the concept in its 2024 global guide, Insuring a Resilient Nature-Positive Future, which defines it and sets out a theory of change and priority actions for insurers1. This 50-minute parallel event, co-hosted with Tokio Marine, introduces the concept to a Summit audience and shares emerging practice from across the industry. The session sets the ground for the Inaugural Insurance for Nature-Positive Leadership Forum on 17 July, which looks in depth at how insurance can directly enable nature-positive actions.

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  Moderator

  Senior Manager
  Lead Insurance and Nature
  UNEP FI

  Verena Kraus

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  Manager / Deputy General Manager,
  Sustainability Division, Corporate Planning, Department,
  Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

  Hiroo Shimada

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  Senior Sustainability Expert,
  MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

  Hiroko Urashima

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  Founder and CEO,
  GaiaSicura

  William Butler

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  Special Advisor to the Commissioner on Biodiversity and Inclusive insurance at the California Department of Insurance
  State Government of California

  Deborah Halbertstadt

15:15-16:15

Deep Dive: Learning from the State of Nature Pilot Programme: What early insights tell us about turning science into action

Following two years of development, consultations, piloting, and feasibility assessments, state of nature metrics are now being finalised for use by the private sector through disclosure and target setting frameworks. Join leading companies from the agriculture and forestry sectors who will reflect on piloting and practical application of metrics, and the implications for their nature-related impacts and dependencies.

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  Moderator

  Executive Director
  Nature Positive Initiative

  Gavin Edwards

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  Chief Researcher
  CSV Strategy Department
  Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

  Keisuke Midori

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  Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
  Research Institute for Earth and Information Sciences (REIS)
  Application Laboratory (APL)
  /Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change (WPI-AIMEC)

  Takehisa Yamakita

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  Manager
  Oji Forest Value-Creation & Promotion Dept., OMO Corporate Marketing & Strategy Div.,
  Oji Holdings

  Yuya Toyoshima

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  EVP Sustainability
  Vale

  Grazielle Parenti

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  Head of Environment and Sustainability
  Australian Agricultural Company (AACo)

  Naomi Wilson

15:15-16:15

A Billion for Nature: How the Rubber Industry Is Leading the Way on Corporate Conservation Finance

Deforestation for rubber declined since GPSNR formed in 2018 and tire makers Bridgestone, Goodyear and Michelin adopted no-deforestation policies. GPSNR built a pooled fund, the Shared Investment Mechanism, as proof nature positive works. This session explores the corporate role in securing 30x30, the global target to protect 30 percent of the planet's land and ocean by 2030, alongside restoring degraded landscapes and livelihoods. The conversation turns to what investment comes next, securing a sustainable supply chain and protecting nature.

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  Moderator

  East Asia Manager
  Mighty Earth

  Meihua Piao

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  Senior Advisor
  Mighty Earth

  Kristin Urquiza

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  Shared Investment Mechanism Lead,
  GPSNR

  Chee Wei Chen

15:15-16:15

Nature Footprint—Life Cycle Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

This presentation introduces the latest findings on the Nature Footprint, a methodology for quantifying the impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services throughout the life cycle. We will share the characteristics of this approach—which integrates climate change, water, and land use assessments while enhancing spatial resolution—along with case studies of its application in corporations and financial institutions. We will also discuss future prospects for its societal implementation and international standardization.

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  Moderator

  Professor
  Faculty of Science and Engineering
  WASEDA University

  Norihiro Itsubo

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  Director-General
  Nature Conservation Bureau
  Ministry of the Environment

  Masaru Horikami

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  Research Team Leader
  Integrated Research Center for Nature Positive Technology
  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

  Masaharu Motoshita

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  Head of Advancement and Communications
  Global Biodiversity Information Facility

  Kyle Copas

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  Counsellor on Global Strategy to President and the Board of Directors
  The Norinchukin Bank

  Norio Hida

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  Senior Specialist
  Corporate Transformation Acceleration Dept. Sustainability Strategy Acceleration Office
  Shiseido Company, Limitd

  Kenji Ohashi

15:15-16:15

Nature Positive Business Models: A roadmap for corporates to contribute materially to the global goal of Nature Positive

A workshop on the Nature Positive Business Model with a specific focus on the landscape planning/conservation element of the model. This would include discussions/presentations on nature positive actions, landscape planning and how Natural Capital Accounting can build the case for nature positive business.
In this session we will focus on the imperative for companies to engage in land-scape level and supply chain collaboration to build value, resilience and measurable outcomes towards the global goal of Nature Positive.

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  Moderator

  Director of Strategy
  Nature Positive Landscapes Initiative

  Helen Crowley

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  Chief Executive Officer, Capitals Coalition

  Mark Gough

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  Executive Director
  Nature Positive Landscapes Initiative

  Stuart Anstee

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  Head of Sustainability Unit
  Sustainability Unit
  Daiichi Life Group

  Kenjiro Okazaki

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  Director, Business and Nature,
  IUCN

  Martin Sneary

15:15-16:15

Biofuels at the Crossroads: Advancing Climate Mitigation While Safeguarding Nature
—Shipping Companies, Shippers, Financial Institutions, and NGOs Discuss Solutions

While biofuels, which are becoming increasingly common in the transportation sector, contribute to decarbonization, they also carry the risk of deforestation associated with the development of palm oil and soybean plantations. In Europe, regulations and oversight of biofuels are becoming stricter, and even biofuels derived from waste are subject to rigorous certification requirements. As disclosure requirements under the EUDR and the TNFD disclosure advance, how should companies engage with biofuels to balance climate action with nature-positive outcomes? A fuel transition that combines multiple technologies—such as electrification, e-fuels, hydrogen, and ammonia—can lead to risk reduction and new growth opportunities. Companies and organizations across the supply chain—including shipping companies, shippers, financial institutions, environmental NGOs in producing countries, and European think tanks—will gather to discuss solutions to this issue.

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  Moderator

  Professor, Green Goals Initiative and Graduate School of Life Sciences,
  Tohoku University / ESG Executive Fellow, Nikkei BP

  Kaori Fujita

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  Japan Chief advisor
  ClimateWorks Foundation

  Eri Oki

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  Sustainability Planning Team, Sustainability Group
  Manager
  Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line)

  Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

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  Sustainable Business Promotion Department
  Sustainability Chief Strategist
  Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

  Tomokazu Ohtani

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  Individual Member
  Walhi Central Kalimantan

  Ayu Kusuma Pertiwi

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  Customer Fulfillment Sourcing Manager
  IKEA Japan, K.K.

  Yuka Okamoto

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  APAC Regional Program and Policy Director
  Transport and Environment (T&E)

  Jude Lee