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Kun Shan

Energy Transition | Climate & ESG Strategy | Bridging Infrastructure, Policy & Investment

Jurisdiction

Singapore | United Kingdom | United States | China | Indonesia | Australia | France | Germany | Spain | Japan | South Korea | Thailand | Malaysia

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience15-20 years
Current StatusActive
Director of Strategy
2025 - Present

Architected ecosystem and investment positioning strategy to unlock capital deployment in low-carbon aviation fuels sector. - Aligned funding pathways with national climate interests and finance mechanisms, positioning SAF as bankable assets. - Activated cross-sector coalition spanning fuel producers, airlines, institutional investors, and sovereign policymakers. - Produced industry thought-leadership with corporate partners to accelerate commercial adoption and de-risk investment.

Portfolio Director – Net Zero, Sustainability and ESG
2023 - 2024

Built and commercialised APAC decarbonisation investment pipeline covering CCS, nuclear, hydrogen, and renewables. - Generated S$5M project pipeline through thesis-driven origination targeting industrial emitters and infrastructure developers. - Pre-positioned for an industrial CCS hub (“S-Hub”) by orchestrating partnerships with petrochemical, manufacturing, and midstream leaders, and engaging regulators to accelerate technology adoption and and derisk investment environment. - Successfully engaged EDB to secure incentive to establish firm’s decarbonization hub and developed 10-year growth plan. - Structured early-stage JVs and market strategies for large-scale infrastructure deployment across the region. - Led multidisciplinary teams across engineering and commercial workstreams for bankable project development.

Head of Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs
2021 - 2023

Executed regulatory strategy and commercial origination for US$23B Australia-Asia PowerLink cross-border infrastucture. - Engaged 50+ regional senior government stakeholders to advance regulatory frameworks for renewable energy imports. - Originated 1GW+ of PPA interest across 20 industrial customers through direct negotiation to support project bankability. - Founded Asia Green Grid Network (AGGN) promoting clean energy investment with 10 cross-sector partners in 6 months. - Conducted transition risk assessments and commercial feasibility analysis for 4,200km subsea infrastructure project.

Senior Manager, Trade (Energy & Chemicals) and Urban Solutions (Environment & Water)
2016 - Present

Shaped Singapore's energy industry development strategy and and anchored capital deployment from global energy majors. - Negotiated with 30 Fortune 500 executives from MNCs including Shell, Chevron, BASF, SABIC and 15 other energy majors for operations expansion, securing S$10B revenue, S$200M spending, and 500 jobs in five years. - Authored national roadmaps for LNG, petrochemicals, carbon markets, and RECs to attract institutional capital. - Activated S$50M in partnerships with 10 MNCs and deep-tech startups to commercialise decarbonisation solutions and advanced carbon markets infrastructure (e.g. carbon-twinning platforms, AI-enabled carbon accounting). - Digitally transformed client-facing services for 1,000+ firms to increase efficiency and facilitate capital access.

Skills

Core skills10
Languages3

Skills

Business Development
Strategy
Policy
Stakeholder Engagement
Project Management
Financial Analysis
Innovation Management
Commercialisation
Fund Raising
Regulatory Affairs

Languages

English
Chinese
Japanese

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