Integrating ESG in Fundamental and Financial Analysis

Pei Yin is a Partner and the Malaysia Financial Accounting Advisory Services Leader in Ernst & Young PLT. She has more than 19 years’ experience providing a wide range of assurance and advisory services to clients across sectors such as financial services, power and utilities, telecommunications and real estate. Pei Yin’s experience includes finance transformation projects, accounting standards implementation, finance function audit readiness and remediation projects using technology as an enabler.

Mary is the Head, Advocacy, Asia Pacific at CFA Institute. She leads the team that is responsible for building market integrity in APAC by developing and advocating capital markets policy positions that raises investor protection and fosters sustainable industry growth. She also oversees the promotion and development of Asia-Pacific Research Exchange (ARX), a research hub through which we engage with societies, members, governments, regulators, academia and other industry stakeholders to advance the wider CFA Institute mission. Mary has over 20 years of experience in the global financial industry, having worked in corporate finance, wealth management advisory and fund management. She joined Coutts & Co, where she was Director of Business Development and Management for North Asia. Prior to that, she was an Executive Director at UBS AG, where she led the Corporate Advisory Group in Hong Kong. With experience in both the buy- and sell-sides, Mary has a strong understanding of the drivers and dynamics of different investor groups, including institutional investors, corporates, family offices, asset owners, and high net worth individuals. Mary graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge with a degree in Engineering. She has been a CFA charterholder since 1997 and speaks English, Putonghua and Cantonese.

Emily Woodland joined BlackRock in April 2021 as the APAC Co-Head of Sustainable Investing. Her team oversees the strategy and implementation of BlackRocks sustainable offerings across the APAC region. Emily previously served as the Head of Sustainable Investment for Global Public Markets at AMP Capital, and prior to that as Investment Advisor for Asia Debt Management's private credit sustainable investment programs in South East Asia. Her subject matter expertise in sustainability is grounded in over 16 years of APAC investment management experience with UBS, across several asset classes and investment styles. She began her career in equity and convertible bond trading for UBS Investment Bank, then served as a portfolio manager with the firm's Fundamental Investment Group, and later as a portfolio manager in the long/short multi-strategy hedge fund team within UBS Asset Management. Emily, originally from the UK, has lived in Hong Kong since 2003. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Financial & Business Economics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a Masters Degree in Corporate Environmental Governance from the University of Hong Kong, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Serena Tan joined RHB Asset Management Pte. Ltd. in June 2018 as a senior regional analyst responsible for financials sectors and as an Asia portfolio manager. Serena has more than 11 years of experience working in the investment industry. Prior to joining the team, she spearheaded research efforts at a sustainable investment consultancy and has co-published numerous reports on climate change and sustainable investments. Serena was also a portfolio manager at Nomura Asset Management where she was responsible for managing Asian equities for both institutional and mutual fund clients. Serena Tan holds a Master of Science in Global Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and the New York University Stem School of Business. She also holds a Bachelor in Engineering from the National University of Singapore. Serena is a CFA charterholder.