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Event Start:
15 Oct 2025 05:30 PM
Event End:
15 Oct 2025 08:30 PM
Location:
Singapore
Event Summary:

IPFA Asia

The ASEAN PowerGrid: A Game Changer for Transition Finance

As Southeast Asia accelerates its energy transition, the ASEAN PowerGrid emerges as a transformative initiative with the potential to reshape regional power dynamics and unlock new pathways for sustainable finance. This session explores how cross-border electricity interconnection can catalyze decarbonization, enhance energy security, and attract investment into green infrastructure.

Join a diverse panel, representing different perspectives, as they unpack:

- How the ASEAN PowerGrid can drive the region's transition to cleaner energy;
- The key risks - regulatory, financial, and geopolitical - that stakeholders must navigate;
- The role of blended finance in improving financeability and mobilizing capital at scale.

Whether you're a policymaker, investor, or energy sector leader, this session offers critical insights into one of ASEAN’s most ambitious and consequential energy initiatives.

Speaker line Up

Opening
 - Anne Van Praagh, Global Head Public, Project & Infrastructure Finance, Moody's Investors Service

Keynote Address
 - Eugene Toh, Assistant Chief Executive (Corporate Services Division), Energy Market Authority, Singapore

Panel Moderator
 - Ray Tay, Associate Managing Director, Project & Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Ratings

Panelists

 - Spencer Ng, VP-Senior Credit Officer, Project & Infrastructure Finance, Moody’s Ratings

 - Ganesh Padmanabhan, Managing Director & Head of Project Finance, DBS

 - Helen Steward, Principal Markets Development Advisory Specialist, Asian Development Bank

 - Grégory Thomassin, Head of Business Development Renewables – APAC, TotalEnergies

Closing Remark
 - Jackie Surtani, Regional Director, Singapore, Asian Development Bank

Event details (tentative)

Registration: 5.30pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks: 6.00pm

Keynote Address: 6.10pm

Panel Discussion and Q&A: 6.35pm - 7.35pm

Closing Remarks: 7.35pm

Networking Drinks and Canapes: 7.40pm onwards

Format: In-person briefing; Keynote Address, Panel Discussion with Q&A followed by a networking reception.

Address: Moody's Investors Service Singapore Pte. Ltd. - 71 Robinson Road, #05-01/02, Singapore, 068895

Hosts

Organisation:
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Organisation:
Moody’s Ratings

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