Contributors

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Joseph Jacobelli

Giuseppe ‘Joseph’ Jacobelli is an Asia finance and energy industry veteran. He is the founder of Asia Clean Tech Energy Investments, a dedicated single-family office and Asia clean energy projects sourcing, structuring, and financing advisor. Prior to actE Investments, he spent over 26 years in equity analysis with leading global investment banks covering China and other Asian energy stocks as well as five years as senior executive at a large utility and at a clean energy start-up. His book on energy transition, “Asia’s Energy Revolution: China’s Role and New Opportunities as Markets Transform and Digitalise”, was published in 2021.

https://asiacleantechenergy.com/founder/

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Giorgio Fortunato

Giorgio leads Clean Energy and Power at Google in Asia Pacific. He is responsible for securing Google's data centre and operational energy needs in the region, while driving Google's efforts to achieve 24/7 carbon-free energy and net-zero emissions across Google’s operations and value chain. His experience in the energy sector includes leading Schneider Electric's Cleantech advisory in APAC, co-founding the offshore wind startup Blue Aspirations, and holding leadership positions at Vestas Wind Systems. He also served as the National Energy Chair at the European Chamber of Commerce in China. Giorgio holds a master’s in aerospace engineering from La Sapienza University of Rome and a dual-degree EMBA from Tsinghua University and INSEAD.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/giorgio-fortunato-80156b14/

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Mike Thomas

Founding partner at The Lantau Group with over 30 years of consulting experience, focussing on the energy sector. He advises a wide range of energy sector stakeholders on strategic, regulatory, and competition matters; sustainability; market design and development; and commercial transactions.  Prior to co-founding in 2010, he headed the Asia Pacific Energy & Environment practice of a global consulting firm. Mike has an MPP from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BA in Economics from Carleton College. Within the Asia Pacific region, he has led many significant engagements involving the robust application of economics and analytics to a wide variety of business, policy, and regulatory challenges affecting the electricity and gas sectors. He works extensively with multinationals on sustainability strategies, focussing on the best options in different markets, and on the regulatory and policy changes needed to support increasing renewable energy contracting options.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasmike/
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Seth Peterson

He leads teams to bring Korn Ferry’s Solutions to clients across Asia. He also executes Executive Searches at the Board, C-Suite and Functional leadership levels across key Industry sectors, working for both PE portfolio businesses and regional conglomerates as well as western multinationals. He is fluent in Mandarin and has been based in Greater China for most of his 30-year career. Prior to joining Korn Ferry in 2018, he spent over 7 years as a Partner at Heidrick & Struggles. In his earlier career he worked in strategic planning, business development, and general management with multinational businesses. He was VP, GM, in charge of Asia for a Business Unit of Techtronic Industries; and earlier worked for Emerson Electric, where he held several Business Development and P&L responsibilities for businesses across Asia and served as a corporate planner at the US headquarters for two years. He began his career in Asia in the early 1990s as a Management Consultant.