Kenny Chatelain is a partner in PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP based in Washington, DC and is part of the Public Policy and Regulatory group of PwC International. In this capacity, he works with PwC’s member firms and their stakeholders in government, business and NGOs on initiatives to enhance audit quality. Kenny is a member of the Global Public Policy Committee of the global networks of accounting firms, and is chair of its Regulatory Working Group. He is PwC International's voting member of the Transnational Auditor's Committee of the International Federation of Accountants. He is co-chair of the Capital Markets Working Group of the Trans-Atlantic Business Council. Prior to joining PwC in 1991, he was an Assistant Chief Accountant with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Ms Chandrima Chatterjee is the Secretary General of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), New Delhi.
Ms. Chandrima Chatterjee with her 25 years of experience of research, policy, advocacy and trade facilitation.

Besides working on trade facilitation and competitiveness issues for the textile value chain, she has been associated with skilling, sustainability and responsible business initiatives, recognizing the growing role of these as competitiveness tools.

Having worked on domestic and export sector and dealt with issues of the entire textile value chain through her earlier stints at AEPC, CITI and national bodies like ASSOCHAM, she has been lending her expertise for an overall growth of the textile value chain, in line with CITIs vision of a strong textile industry in India.

Ms. Luzvi Pangan Chatto joined the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board in January 2019. She was nominated by the Commission on Audit (COA), the Supreme Audit Institution of the Philippines, and the Philippine Regulatory Board of Accountancy. Ms. Chatto, Assistant Commissioner, is currently the Head of the Government Accountancy Sector of the COA. Her sector, among other functions, assists the COA Commission Proper/Chairperson on matters pertaining to accounting and financial management of government agencies, including the promulgation of accounting standards, rules and regulations on government accounting; the keeping of the general accounts of the national government; preparation of financial reports for submission to the President and Congress; and development, implementation and maintenance of computerized accounting, budget and financial reporting systems for use by government agencies. During her career spanning 41 years with the COA, Ms. Chatto also led audits of various government agencies, including the Department of Foreign Affairs and Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the United Nations and its agencies in New York, Pakistan, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Ivory Coast, and Guinea, and foreign-based Philippine government agencies. She also headed COA’s Human Resource Management Office, Information Technology Office, Cordillera Administrative Region, Accounting Systems Development and Other Services Office, and Government Accountancy Office. Ms. Chatto has been actively involved in and immensely contributed to the conceptualization and implementation of the Philippine Public Financial Management (PFM) Reform Roadmap since 2010. She was COA’s focal person in the 2015/2016 Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability Assessment conducted by the World Bank Group. She is an IntoSAINT (INTOSAI Self-Assessment on INTegrity) Moderator, a member of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Government Association of Certified Public Accountants, and Executive Vice President of the Government Financial Management Innovators Circle, Inc. She is now a member of inter-agency committees, including the PFM Committee, the Budget and Treasury Management System Steering Committee, Technical Working Group of the Permanent Committee, Inter-Agency Technical Working Group on Government eReceipts and ePayments, and the High-Level Working Group on the 21st Century Philippine Bureaucracy. Ms. Chatto is a Certified Public Accountant. She graduated from the Baliuag University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Cum Laude) in 1977 and obtained her Graduate Diploma in Development Administration from the Australian National University in 1997 as an AusAID scholar. She is recipient of a number of commendations and recognitions for her valuable services to various government agencies and organizations.

Sankalp Chaturvedi is an Associate Professor in Organisational Behaviour and Leadership at the Imperial College Business School. Currently, Sankalp is also leading the Gandhi Centre within the School.

He holds a PhD from the NUS Business School, National University of Singapore. Prior to his PhD, he has a Masters in Human Resource Development and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and a Bachelors in Engineering from RAU, Udaipur, India.

Kailash Chauhan is a Research Fellow (legal) at the Centre of WTO Studies (CWTOS) working at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, Government of India.

Kailash is working in the Trade facilitation department and has done research work on various projects related to Trade facilitation like The WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement Facility (TFAF), India’s commitments under the Trade Facilitation Agreement, National Committee on Trade Facilitation and Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (CPTA).

Apart from trade facilitation, Kailash has also research experience in Technology transfer, e-commerce, Trade Policy Review (TPR) and trade & development etc. Kailash has also done research work in the India-UK FTA and India-EU FTA.

Silvia Chauke is currently a risk manager at the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority. She is passionate about Trade Facilitation and advocate for the smooth movement of goods in the international supply chain through the application of best practice and Customs Risk Management principles.

In 2021, Silvia was contracted as the Zimbabwe National Consultant to develop and conduct a Rapid Scan of Trade Facilitation Preparedness in times of Crisis in Zimbabwe under the UNCTAD - Trade Facilitation COVID-19 & Crisis Response Package.

Besides being an active member of the National Trade facilitation Committee (NTFC) and UNCTAD certified Zimbabwe NTFC Trainer, Silvia also spearheads the implementation of some of the WTO- TFA measures particularly Risk Management activities and the Authorised Economic Operator program.

Silvia possess a set of distinct knowledge of Customs legislation, processes and procedures, Customs Risk Management, Trade Facilitation and Supply Chain security coupled with my strong technical experience and educational background. Silvia has a positive attitude and values other people`s professional expertise in finding solutions to challenges faced in Trade Facilitation.

Carlos Chávez is Professor of Economics at Universidad de Talca, Chile, where he teaches introductory and advanced microeconomics, and advanced environmental and resource economics.

His research focuses on marine resource economics and environmental economics. Carlos is a senior research fellow at the Research Nucleus on Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (NENRE), an Environment for Development (EfD) center in Chile. He is also an associated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Center for Aquaculture Research (INCAR), an interdisciplinary research center for sustainable aquaculture in Chile. 

He is Co-Editor of Environment and Development Economics, Associated Editor of Aquaculture Economics & Management, member of the National Council for Sustainability and Climate Change in Chile, and an elected member of the Executive Committee of The International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade (IIFET).

Dr. Yugui Chen, Deputy President and Secretary General of CICPA, concurrently serves as the Head of the Office of CPA Examination Committee of the Ministry of the Finance, P. R. China. He is also Deputy President of China Association of Trade in Services, and a Board member of the International Federation of Accountants. Dr. Chen has been working for the Ministry of Finance, P. R. China since 1986, and served successively as Deputy Director, Director, Deputy Director-General of the Accounting Regulatory Department, and Deputy Secretary General of China Accounting Standards Committee of the Ministry of Finance, P. R. China. In 2002, Dr. Chen became the Secretary General of CICPA, and has concurrently served as the Deputy President of CICPA since the end of 2010. Dr. Chen’s working experiences have covered various fields, including policy designing for finance and accounting reform, accounting and auditing standards setting, regulation of the Chinese accountancy profession, theoretical research of public finance and accounting, international cooperation of the accountancy profession, etc.. Dr. Chen used to be the Chinese representative of the Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting, Chinese observer of the International Accounting Standards Committee and member of its Committee of Transition Economies, as well as member of the IFAC Board. Many of Dr. Chen’s treatises have won important awards, like the National Book Award and the Best Book Ever Award of Economic Daily. In 2002, he obtained the Allowances for Special Contributions in Social Sciences of the State Council. In 1996, Dr. Chen was elected as the Outstanding Youth in China’s State Organs and Top 10 Outstanding Youth of the Ministry of the Finance, P. R. China. He also won the Award for Individual Contribution on Strategical Study of the National Planning for Science and Technology Development (2006-2020) in 2004. Dr. Chen has addressed many international fora and been interviewed by international media. He is awarded as one of the 30 most influential people in the accounting profession by The Accountant magazine.

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.

Chen Zhenyu, PhD in Geology, is currently a researcher of Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Director of Mineralogy Department. He is mainly engaged in the research of genetic mineralogy, prospecting mineralogy and process mineralogy of critical metal deposits. He is also the Secretary General of Mineralogy Committee of Geological Society of China, Secretary of New mineral and mineral nomenclature Committee of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry Society of China, Vice Chairman of the National Microbeam analysis Standardization Technical Committee. He is a member of the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals.