Martin Baart has more than 14 years of experience in the renewable energy industry with more than 10 years in emerging markets. He started his career with a German regional municipality on grid integration of grid-scale solar PV projects. During his Masters he lived and worked in Australia for the global leader in Microgrids, Powercorp, on the technical integration of solar and wind solutions into Microgrids, mainly for remote communities, mining operations and island utilities. Moving into business development he opened up the European office for Powercorp. After successfully entering the market, he supported the management in its sale of the business to ABB. For ABB he build up the Microgrid business unit in Madrid, after which he left to join Berlin based Start-up OneShore Energy as CTO and first employee. With them he developed the East African markets and technologies suited for the risk minimization of Off-Grid Solar PPA’S. After building up the company, he left in 2015 to prepare for the foundation of ecoligo, addressing the key barrier for solar projects in emerging markets: a fully serviced and financed solution, taking away all worries from the clients. Since then, he led the business into regional hubs in Central America, West Africa and East Africa and introduced the solution also for energy efficiency projects in the markets.

Martin is a qualified Electronics Technician, has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Trier University of Applied Science, a Master of Business and Engineering from Steinbeis University in Berlin and a Global Executive Master of Business Administration from IE business school in Madrid. He also is a Certified Expert for Climate & Renewable Energy Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.

Dr Wei-nee began her career in the IT industry which spanned nearly 18 years; more than half of this tenure was in New Zealand and the remaining in Malaysia.

In December 2005, she made a career switch from the IT industry to environmental sustainability by focusing on the sustainable energy sector. She served the Ministry of Energy, Putrajaya for nearly 15 years of which the first 5 years were under a UNDP-GEF project (Malaysia Building Integrated Photovoltaic) and the remaining tenure in the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA).

Dr Wei-nee is a climate change advocator who is passionate about energy transition. Over the years, she has shared in many local and international platforms including the World Government Summit (Dubai), various UN roundtables, IEA workshops, and supported the Asian Development Bank in their Asia Clean Energy Forums.

Although much focus on energy transition has been in the electricity sector in the past decade, and the electricity sector has come a long way in achieving sustainable energy growth in the electricity mix, the O&G sector remains a neglected sector in the energy transition. In Sep 2020, Dr Wei-nee shifted her focus on energy transition for the O&G sector, by accepting the role of VP of New Energy Ventures in Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd.

Dr Wei-nee is a doting mum to her 2 daughters. Aside from advocating for a sustainable environment for future generations, her doctoral thesis was dedicated to increase women participation in top management by understanding how these women developed and managed their personal brand towards achieving career success. Today, she also serves as an advisor to the Malaysia Petroleum Resources Corporation, Malaysian PV Industry Association, and Sunway University's PhD programme.

Mr. Prasertsak Cherngchawano is the Deputy Governor of Power Plant Development and Renewable Energy for the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).

Prior to becoming the Deputy Governor-Power Plant Development and Renewable Energy, Mr. Cherngchawano was the Assistant Governor-Corporate Strategy from 2018-2020, the Director, Compliance Division for a year and the Director, Information Technology Planning Division for EGAT from 2015-2017.

Mr. Cherngchawano received his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) from Khon Kaen University and his Master of Engineering (Energy Technology) from the Asian Institute of Technology.

Olivier is CEO and Co-Founder of The Blue Circle. Prior to its establishment, he was Founder, Chairman and CEO of Societe Francaise d’Eoliennes (SFE) between 2001 and 2007. Under his management, the wind IPP became the largest in France, with 125MW of wind projects and 20MW of hydro in operation as well as a pipeline of 1,000MW in development before being sold to the Italian Utility Sorgenia in 2007. Olivier was also President of Nature Energies Photovoltaic from 2009 to 2011, active in solar rooftops in France.

Olivier holds a Master in Law from University Pantheon-Assas Paris and an MBA in Finance from University of Paris-Dauphine.

Gavin joined Wood Mackenzie in 1997. His expertise spans across the Asia Pacific commodity sectors, and in particular, helping companies identify and build their international growth strategies. He has led a range of consultancy and research projects with domestic and international energy companies across the region, providing LNG project evaluation and provincial gas price forecasting. 

In 2017, Gavin took the role of Head of Asia Pacific research, and led a team of around 100 analysts.

Most recently in 2019, Gavin was appointed Vice Chairman, Energy for the company's Asia Pacific business. He is based in Singapore and frequently travels the region to meet with clients. 

Education
BA (First Class Hons), Newcastle University in Politics, Economics and Chinese language