Expert Panelists

Graham held a number of technology roles before joining BP in 2000. He focuses on advanced materials plus sensors for BP ventures and has a masters in energy engineering. Graham sits on the boards of Heliex Power and Fotech, and on the advisory board of INFUSE.

James has worked with government and business in Asia Pacific, Europe and East Africa to address key energy and environmental issues. He is optimistic that we will replenish the planet’s resources through talented, passionate people and our ability to transform society through innovation. Career highlights include renewable energy strategies for BP Scotland and Ayala in the Philippines, extending the electricity grid to 100,000 people in Laos and Cambodia, improving the environmental transparency of companies listed on the Hang Seng index, leading a large consultancy firm in New Zealand and increasing Callaghan Innovation’s engagement with businesses investing in clean water, climate change and the circular economy. He has Masters degrees in Engineering Science, Ecosystems Analysis & Governance and Creative Writing.

Since January 2016, Richard Youngman has been CEO of San-Francisco based Cleantech Group (CTG). This followed 7 years of driving the growth of CTG’s activities outside North America, especially in Europe and Israel, and Asia, based in CTG’s office in London. Richard has more than ten years’ experience researching cleantech innovation, venture capital markets, and start-ups across Europe and globally. He is a regular keynote speaker at major cleantech events and is the driving force behind the annual Global Cleantech 100, a list of the world’s most promising private cleantech companies.

Paul Fox is an investor, strategist, business builder, and technologist. He is a co-founder of both Evie Networks and Blockchain Pacific and an advisor to the Enosi blockchain project. He has held technology investment roles at Corran Toohill, AGL Energy, Southern Cross Ventures, the California Clean Energy Fund and Flex. He was instrumental in creating AGL Energy Limited’s New Energy subsidiary, delivering products including zero-down solar, home batteries, smart air conditioners, virtual power plants, EV charging and blockchain enabled P2P trading. Now based in Sydney Australia he spent 14 years in Silicon Valley including as CEO of a smart grid company, a VP at Flex, and the CEO of a fuel cell company.

Hirokazu Yamaguchi is the Managing Director of Energy & Environment Investment (EEI), the only venture capital in Japan focused on the transformation of the energy industry. Prior to EEI, Hirokazu has over 30 years experience with Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the largest electric utility in Japan. He has held various senior management positions at TEPCO including, General Manager of Corporate Strategy. Head of International and also Head of Innovations. He executed 6 startup investments and launched "TRENDE" an online renewable retail startup while he was heading the innovations team. Hirokazu holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Tokyo University, and MBA from Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.

Shailesh Vickram Singh is Managing Partner – Massive Fund and founder – GoMassive incubator which invests in areas related to Climate change, Renewables, Agriculture, Food chains, Water & sanitation. Apart from Massive, Shailesh is also Executive Director with SeedFund (a $54 mn VC fund based in India). Prior to SeedFund, Shailesh was MD of $170 mn PE Fund and have worked in GVFL (VC fund), and UTI in its private investments division. Shailesh regularly writes at his blog Fringenotes, on issues related to policy, economics, tech, environment, venture capital and entrepreneurship and has been regularly published in leading newspapers of India including Economic Times, Times of India, YourStory, Inc42, Huffington Post India, Swarajya Magazine among others.

Elton Fong is Vice President of PSA unboXed, the corporate innovation and venture capital arm of global port operator PSA International. UnboXed helps PSA harness technology and innovation from startups in the areas of supply chain management, maritime and ports. A few of PSA unboXed’s investments include ClearMetal (predictive cargo flow), Haulio (crowdsourced container haulage), and Deliveree (crowdsoured mid-mile B2B truckload delivery). Before leading PSA unboXed, Elton had over 15 years of experience in infrastructure investments, growing PSA International’s terminals portfolio globally. Elton graduated from the London School of Economics & Political Science in Economics with 1st class honours.

May leads open innovation for SP Group - seeking cutting edge energy solutions from start-ups and other ecosystem partners, to lead transformational changes in the energy sector for Singapore and regionally. She is on the constant lookout for disruptive technologies from global innovation hubs such as Silicon Valley, Europe and Israel, that will change the future of energy. These efforts range from global accelerator programs, venture capital funds to strategic investments, to bring the best in energy solutions from around the world to Singapore customers and beyond. Prior to SP Group, May was an investment banker with JP Morgan in New York and Hong Kong. Previously, she was an investment manager with Temasek Holdings.

Mr. Takeshi Matsumura is the head of the CVC team of TEPCO Ventures, Inc. The company was established in July 2018 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) with the mission to create, invest in, support and partner with innovative startups in the energy industry. Prior to that, he served as the General Manager at Business Innovation Task Force at TEPCO and held other posts at TEPCO’s strategic subsidiaries. He holds an MBA from International University of Japan and also possesses a Bachelor of Science and Technology from Keio University in Japan.