Learning Outcomes

• Is Net Zero Achievable? – Understanding the feasibility and challenges.
• Common Misconceptions about Net Zero – Debunking myths and avoiding pitfalls.
• The Board’s Role in Net Zero – Strategic oversight, governance, and risk management.
• Transition Planning – Key elements of solid transition plans and how to make them credible.
• Managing the Transition – Tracking progress and ensuring accountability, transparency, and collaboration across the organisation.

Speaker

Sam Ridgeway is a Principal in Oliver Wyman’s Finance & Risk practice and Climate & Sustainability platform. Over the past thirteen years he has advised financial institutions, governments and public bodies across Europe and Asia on a range of strategic topics. Sam’s major focus for the last four years has been on Climate & Sustainability. He has supported six of the largest banks in Southeast Asia to set Net Zero portfolio emissions targets and strategic implementation plans, including how to set up and train organisations to meet their targets, how to take related commercial opportunities, and how to identify and manage associated climate risks. Sam holds a certificate in Sustainability and Climate Risk from the Global Association of Risk Professionals. In addition to his Climate & Sustainability expertise, Sam has a history in Stress Testing and strategic Finance topics for Financial Institutions. He has also worked in development banking as a Principal in the Local Currency & Capital Markets Development (LC2) team at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development.

Sean is a Senior Partner at Oliver Wyman and member of the Partner Development Council and the Global Leadership Council. ​

Sean has over 30 years of consulting experience in the financial services industry across major universal and investment banks, life insurance and consumer finance companies, private equity and asset management firms on changes to market/competitor evolution. He works as an Advisor to Senior Executives on strategy, operational improvement, performance management and risk management issues

Sunny Xi is a Principal in Oliver Wyman’s Transportation and Services Practice based in the Singapore office and focuses on aviation sector coverage.  Sunny has broad expertise across commercial strategy, aviation policy, climate and sustainability, and transformation management. He developed the Net Zero pathway definition for aviation sector loan portfolio for two of the top 3 Southeast Asia banks. Sunny holds a BA Psychology and Economics from Yale University and an MBA in Multinational Management, Marketing and Operations from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.