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Speakers

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Canada-in-Asia Conference 2025

CIAC2025 speakers and panellists were leading minds and decision-makers in Asia and Canada, including dynamic business leaders, investors, government ministers, and senior researchers. And more to come...

Benjamin Cashore

Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management and Director, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Devin Chan

Deputy Executive Director, Infrastructure Asia (Singapore)

Jan De Silva

Canada Co-chair, Canada-ASEAN Business Council (Canada)

Charles Goddard

Editorial Director, Economist Impact (Hong Kong (SAR))

Michael Harvey

Executive Director of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance (Canada)

Justine Hendricks

President and CEO, Farm Credit Canada (Canada)

Goldy Hyder

President and CEO, Business Council of Canada (Canada)

Kapil Kapoor

Regional Director, Asia, International Development Research Centre (Canada/India)

Melissa Kennedy

Executive Vice-President, Chief Legal & Public Policy Officer, Sun Life Financial (Canada)

Lori Kerr

Chief Executive Officer, FinDev Canada (Canada)

David Lederhendler

Founder and CEO, Yeji Data Lab (Canada)

Leong Wai Leng

Managing Director and Regional Head of Asia Pacific, CDPQ Global (Singapore)

Kendra MacDonald

CEO, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster (Canada)

Richard Manley

Chief Sustainability Officer, CPP Investments (Canada/U.K.)

Vina Nadjibulla

Vice-President Research & Strategy, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (Canada)

Alison Nankivell

Chief Executive Officer, MaRS Discovery District (Canada)

Sue Paish

Chief Executive Officer, DIGITAL (Canada)

Nicholas Parker

Father of Cleantech, Founder of CleanAI (Canada)

Janet Pau

Executive Director, Asia Business Council (Hong Kong (SAR))

Beverley Postma

Executive Director, Grow Asia (Singapore)

Rajamanohar (Raj) Somasundaram

Founder and CEO, Aquaconnect (India)

Kok Ping Soon

Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Business Federation (Singapore)

Peter Stoicheff

President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

Atsushi Sunami

President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (Japan)

Kathlyn Tan

Principal, Rumah Group; Director, Rumah Foundation (Singapore)

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