Contributors

Dr. Victor Nian

Dr. Victor Nian is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Strategic Energy and Resources (CSER), an independent think-and-do tank established in the spirit of “knowledge and innovation without borders" in Asia. Dr Nian advises public and private organisations on energy strategy, industrial and climate policy, technology management, digital transformation, and other energy transition and sustainable development related issues. He is recognised as one of the go-to-persons on energy modelling and scenario planning, nuclear energy, hydrogen economy, and net-zero strategy in Asia.

Under his leadership, CSER is on a mission to build enabling ecosystems to accelerate energy transition pathways in Asia. Dr. Nian is a Founding Member, elected Council Member, and elected Honorary General Secretary of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies, a professional society with more than 500 members from over 40 countries.

Dr. Nian was previously a Visiting Fellow of the Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, an Adjunct Full Professor of Tianjin University of Commerce, an interdisciplinary subject matter expert of an energy policy research institute, and an entrepreneur in carbon and sustainability consulting business. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a BEng (Hons) in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Management of Technology, all from the National University of Singapore

Edward Cahill

Edward Cahill is a Research Associate for the Solar service at Lux Research, which provides strategic advice and on-going intelligence for emerging technologies.

Edward McCartin

Edward McCartin is Managing Director at Asia Renewables Pte., Ltd.

Ehtesham Uddin

Ehtesham Uddin is a Senior Engineer at Abu Dhabi Transmission & Dispatch Company (TRANSCO).
 

Elise Do

Elise Do is an Associate Director at Augusta & Co, a M&A advisory firm specialised in renewable energy. She leads sale processes in Europe and Asia in onshore wind, offshore wind and solar PV. Elise has helped clients develop strategies and execute complex transactions involving multiple jurisdictions and technologies in both established and new markets. She previously spent 10 years at Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest metals and mining company, where her experience covered Canada, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Elise was Chief of Staff to Rio Tinto’s CFO and worked previously in treasury & corporate finance where she successfully led over US$20 billion of debt capital markets and committed bank debt transactions. Elise also advised Rio Tinto joint ventures in South Africa, Guinea and Canada on their financings and facilitated negotiations between commercial lenders and investors.

Elrika Hamdi

Elrika Hamdi is an Energy Finance Analyst at IEEFA covering the nexus of the energy transition, economics, finance and politics in the South East Asian region. With over 15 years of on-the-ground experience, Elrika was involved in projects related to renewable energy, rural electrification and the energy efficiency market.
 

Eric Ho

Eric Ho is a Director at Renewable Énergie Singapore, a consultancy firm providing market, business, and project development, and project management services.

Erik Knive

Erik Knive is the Executive Vice President and Eric Ho is the Senior Market Analyst of SN Power.

Erik Knive & Eric Ho

Erik Knive is the Group Chief Operating Officer of SN Power and Eric Ho, the Market Analyst.

Ernie Hayden

Ernie currently a Managing Principal for Verizon Business with extensive experience in the power utility industry, critical infrastructure protection, information security, cybercrime studies and cyberwarfare. His primary focus is on supporting customer projects regarding smart grid security, energy supply security, and electric grid security with special emphasis on NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards. He travels globally and speaks at many security and energy conferences.