Kai S. Nargolwala is the Chairman of the Board of Singapore Pools (Private) Limited. He also serves on the Board of PSA International Pte Ltd and chairs the Boards of 65 Equity Partners Pte. Ltd. and Pentagreen Capital Pte. Ltd.
The career of Kai spanned several decades in the financial services industry in the UK, USA and Asia. At various times over the last 30 years, he has helmed the Asian businesses of Bank of America, Standard Chartered and Credit Suisse. He retired from executive roles at the end of 2011.
Kai previously served on the Boards of several listed companies including Credit Suisse Group AG, Prudential plc, Standard Chartered plc, Singapore Telecommunications Limited and Tate & Lyle plc. He was the Founding Chairman of Clifford Capital Holdings, a company guaranteed by the Singapore Government. He was also the former Chairman of Prudential Corporation Asia Limited and Duke-NUS Medical School Governing Board. Additionally, he served as a Board member of the Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore and was a member of Visa International’s Asia Pacific Advisory Board.
Kai is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales as well as the Singapore Institute of Directors. He earned his Honors Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and is a Singapore citizen.
Kai was awarded the Public Service Star (Bintang Bakti Masyarakat) at the National Day Awards 2019 in recognition of his service to Singapore.
Marat brings close to two decades of experience including over 15 years in infrastructure, energy and real assets investments and financing. Prior to Pentagreen, Marat was head of the Asia “Upstream” unit at International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) within the manufacturing, agribusiness and services industry group, tasked with developing bankable projects across sustainable mobility, decarbonisation, waste and circular economy and other climate-smart real assets in Asia. Previously Marat was Senior Director of Infrastructure at Clifford Capital in Singapore and held roles in the HSBC Resources and Energy project finance group in Hong Kong and the KPMG Global Infrastructure group in London.
Marat holds a BSc in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Southampton in the UK and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.
Melissa Tian is currently Chief of Staff to the CEO of the Global Banking and Markets business at HSBC Holdings plc. She has global responsibility to support the CEO in his management of the business which includes stakeholders such as clients, employees, executive management team, board directors, investors/shareholders, regulators and media.
As Managing Director at JP Morgan, Melissa had responsibility for Middle East and Asian clients coverage whilst based in New York and was the Head of Global Corporate Bank in Hong Kong.
In her first stint with HSBC, Melissa was in the leveraged finance and corporate banking groups at HSBC in both Hong Kong and New York. Melissa started her banking career at Citigroup in New York covering the US chemicals and industrial gases sector.
Melissa is currently on the board of Pentagreen Capital, HSBC Investment Banking Holdings Limited, Oxfam Hong Kong and Columbia University Alumni Association (Hong Kong) Limited. Melissa was a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair for two equity investments made by World Bank/International Finance Corporation in Mongolia.
Melissa holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and currently resides in Hong Kong.
Kelvin Tan is the Head of Sustainable Finance & Investments, ASEAN, for HSBC. He oversees the provision of sustainability-linked finance; the development of innovative climate solutions; and leads cross-business and cross-market collaboration in sales enablement and risk management. Kelvin also works closely with other ASEAN CEOs to help them drive the conversation with external stakeholders.
Prior to this role, Kelvin Tan was Chief Executive Officer of HSBC in Thailand from 2015 to 2021, managing the bank’s franchise for the country. He was responsible for overseeing and growing HSBC’s Wholesale and Private Banking business. He also held several other senior roles during his tenure in Thailand, including the Chairman of the Association of International Banks in Thailand and was the founding member of the Thailand-United Kingdom business leadership council.
Previously, Kelvin held several other positions within HSBC, including Head of Commercial Banking in Singapore and Head of Large Corporates and Conglomerates in the Singapore Global Banking client management team.
Kelvin’s banking career spans over three decades; with a focus on corporates and MNCs across industries in Singapore and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining HSBC Singapore in 2009, he started his career with Citibank and had worked at JP Morgan and Société Générale.
Kelvin holds an MBA (Accountancy) degree from the Nanyang Technological University and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the National University of Singapore.
Connie Chan is a Managing Director at Temasek, responsible for investments globally in Financial Services, including banking, insurance, payments and other financial technology.
Prior to joining Temasek, Connie was in the Investment Banking division of JP Morgan in Hong Kong and New York, advising financial institution clients across subsectors on a range of corporate finance activities including mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity capital raisings.
Connie graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in Economics and also studied Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge University in the U.K.
Connie Chan is a Managing Director at Temasek, responsible for investments globally in Financial Services, including banking, insurance, payments and other financial technology.
Prior to joining Temasek, Connie was in the Investment Banking division of JP Morgan in Hong Kong and New York, advising financial institution clients across subsectors on a range of corporate finance activities including mergers and acquisitions, and debt and equity capital raisings.
Connie graduated from the University of Chicago with honors in Economics and also studied Economics at Trinity College, Cambridge University in the U.K.