Kelvin Tan is the Head of Sustainable Finance & Investments, ASEAN, for HSBC. He oversees the provision of sustainability-linked finance; the development of innovative climate solutions; and leads cross-business and cross-market collaboration in sales enablement and risk management. Kelvin also works closely with other ASEAN CEOs to help them drive the conversation with external stakeholders.
Prior to this role, Kelvin Tan was Chief Executive Officer of HSBC in Thailand from 2015 to 2021, managing the bank’s franchise for the country. He was responsible for overseeing and growing HSBC’s Wholesale and Private Banking business. He also held several other senior roles during his tenure in Thailand, including the Chairman of the Association of International Banks in Thailand and was the founding member of the Thailand-United Kingdom business leadership council.
Previously, Kelvin held several other positions within HSBC, including Head of Commercial Banking in Singapore and Head of Large Corporates and Conglomerates in the Singapore Global Banking client management team.
Kelvin’s banking career spans over three decades; with a focus on corporates and MNCs across industries in Singapore and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining HSBC Singapore in 2009, he started his career with Citibank and had worked at JP Morgan and Société Générale.
Kelvin was appointed Board Member of Pentagreen Capital in August 2022.
Kelvin holds an MBA (Accountancy) degree from the Nanyang Technological University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore.
Roundtable 2
Invite-Only
This roundtable seeks to understand key challenges faced by financial institutions in driving the net zero transition. Participants will seek to explore effective and sustainable adoption of AI technologies to drive this transition, including examining key barriers and identifying opportunities for industry-wide collaboration and practical next steps.
Plenary Stage
Invite-Only
Introduction of NovA! and the Team Behind the National AI Utility
- What inspired the inception and convergence of different parties for the creation of the National AI Utility?
Challenges and Solutions
~- What have been the most significant technological or operational hurdles faced while developing the AI Utility, and how were they overcome?
- What steps are being taken to ensure that the industry, government agencies, and the public sector remain synergized in their sustainability goals?
Benchmarking Sustainability Targets
- To what international or industry-specific standards are the sustainability targets benchmarked?
- How does NovA! ensure the transparency and interpretability of its AI models, especially when analyzing complex sustainability metrics?
- What kind of data is the AI model trained on, and how often is it updated to reflect real-time sustainability trends?
Public-Private Collaboration for Sustainability
- How has the collaboration between public and private entities influenced the development and functionality of NovA!?
Future of the Collaboration
- How will this collaboration influence the future strategy and focus areas for both the public and private sectors involved?
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