Tentative Speakers

Emma Saraff is a policy expert specializing in energy transition and decarbonization across the Asia-Pacific region. She currently serves as Head of Policy, Asia at the Asia Clean Energy Coalition, where she leads strategic engagement and policy analysis to advance clean energy adoption and corporate procurement across diverse regional markets.

Emma brings a decade of international experience in energy and environmental policy, with a particular focus on Japan and Southeast Asia. Her background spans roles in consulting, research, and multilateral cooperation, including as Associate Manager for Energy & Environment at GR Japan, Energy Expert at the EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation, and City Taskforce Researcher at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies.

Dr Fatih Birol has served as Executive Director of the International Energy Agency since September 2015. He was re-elected in January 2018 for a second four-year term, which will begin in September 2019. Under his leadership, the IEA has undertaken its first comprehensive modernisation programme since its creation in 1974. This effort focuses on three pillars: opening the doors of the IEA to include major emerging countries, such as Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico and South Africa who have joined the IEA Family, thus increasing its share of global energy demand from 38% to almost 75%; broadening the IEA’s security mandate to natural gas and electricity as well as oil; and making the IEA the global hub for clean energy technologies and energy efficiency.

Prior to his nomination as Executive Director, Dr Birol spent over 20 years at the IEA, rising through the ranks to the position of Chief Economist responsible for the flagship World Energy Outlook publication. He is also the founder and chair of the IEA Energy Business Council, one of the world’s most active industry advisory groups in energy. Dr Birol has been named by Forbes Magazine among the most influential people on the world’s energy scene and was recognised by the Financial Times in 2017 as Energy Personality of the Year. He chairs the World Economic Forum’s (Davos) Energy Advisory Board and serves on the UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on ‘Sustainable Energy for All’. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Japanese Emperor’s Order of the Rising Sun, the Order of the Polar Star from the King of Sweden and the highest Presidential decorations from Austria, Germany and Italy.

Before the IEA, Dr Birol worked at the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna. He earned a BSc degree in power engineering from the Technical University of Istanbul and received a MSc and PhD in energy economics from the Technical University of Vienna. Dr Birol was awarded a Doctorate of Science honoris causa from Imperial College London in 2013. He was also made an honorary life member of Galatasaray Football Club in 2013.

“Head of Policy & Development (Singapore & Malaysia), Asia Clean Energy Coalition | (Former Strategic Account Manager, Trina Solar APAC & REC Solar | MSc Sustainability (NTU Singapore)

Henry Eu is a Southeast Asia clean energy leader with over a decade of experience spanning renewable energy deployment, policy engagement, and cross-border market development. He currently serves as Head of Policy & Development (Singapore & Malaysia) at the Asia Clean Energy Coalition (ACEC), where he advances regulatory recognition for clean electricity sourcing—focusing on cross-border power trade, RE100 alignment, and regional renewable energy certification.

At ACEC, Henry leads key initiatives under the ASEAN Power Grid, including the Singapore–Indonesia and Singapore–Malaysia green corridor projects, and works with RE100 corporates and hyperscalers to enable market-aligned renewable electricity procurement across borders. A core focus of his work includes supporting data center decarbonization strategies across the region. Notably, ACEC members such as Google and Microsoft—both major hyperscale buyers—are investing billions in expanding data center infrastructure across ASEAN, with Malaysia as a strategic priority for green digital growth. Henry’s policy efforts directly contribute to unlocking clean power pathways for such deployments.

He was a Moderator of the CBET Roundtable at the 2025 Climate Group Asia Action Summit, where he drove and continues to lead the high-level dialogue on RE100 and GHG protocol recognition for cross-border electricity—a milestone toward harmonized regional procurement.

Previously at Trina Solar, Henry delivered over 180 MW of utility and C&I solar projects in Singapore (e.g., JTC SolarLand), New Zealand, and the Philippines. He also led a multi-GW program that enabled one of Indonesia’s first TKDN-compliant N-TOPCon manufacturing facilities, unlocking Conditional Licenses for clean energy developers. His work extended to early-stage design of solar farms powering data centers in the Singapore–Johor SEZ. At REC Solar, he helped pioneer Heterojunction (HJT) market entry and executed flagship projects like the Singapore Discovery Centre (rooftop, floating, and carpark PV) and solar installations supporting pandemic recovery facilities under challenging manpower restrictions.

A strong advocate for practical energy transition, Henry was part of the pioneer cohort of NTU Singapore’s Executive MSc in Sustainability Management. He blends industry experience with multidisciplinary ESG leadership and is passionate about advancing bankable, inclusive, and climate-aligned energy systems topics for Asia’s green growth.

• Cross-border electricity trade & regional market design
• RE100-aligned corporate clean energy sourcing
• Grid decarbonization & renewable energy certification
• Green industrial policy & project bankability (TKDN, ESG, LCOE)
• Solar Technologies including innovation for data centers and industrial zones”

Suji Kang is the Program Director of Asia Clean Energy Coalition (ACEC) where she is responsible for engaging all members and stakeholders to create a favorable policy and market environment for the company’s clean energy procurement across the Asia Pacific region.

Suji has 10 years of experience in the public-, private-, non-profit sectors in energy and environment industry. She has worked as a director of K-RE100 solutions team at ROOT ENERGY, a private start-up company providing consulting and procurement services for renewable energy projects for companies in Korea. Prior to that Suji served as Regional Manager of Asia at the World Energy Council, based in London. Prior public experience includes her lead on international cooperation and external affairs team in Korea Energy Foundation.

Suji is a graduate of McGill University with Bachelor’s degree in Management and Korea University with Msc in Energy and Environment. She is a native speaker of Korea, fluent in English and conversational French.

Over 10 years of experience in the power industry, with 7+ years in the US, 1 year in Canada, and 4 years in China. In the US, worked as a senior operations engineer at California ISO (SO and MO) for 4 years, dispatching generation that renewables and BESS for Western grid of US. In China, worked as a senior consultant for State Grid Corporation of China and China Southern Power Grid, focusing on electricity market design and BESS/VPP operation. Holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto and a Master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University.