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VP for Partnerships and Advisory,

Labor Solutions

Jen Green is a lawyer by training and gender and economic development expert who came to Southeast Asia just over a decade ago to volunteer with a human rights NGO in Cambodia while on sabbatical from her role as legal advisor for major energy and infrastructure development and finance. Jen began consulting for companies around the region and for international development organizations, creating community business plans for two villages doing ecological services in Mondulkiri, consulting with artisanal honey growers for WWF, leading three business acquisitions by a socially responsible restaurant group, and being business advisor to a variety of microfinance banks, venture capital funds and other investment firms in SE Asia on increased their growth through gender inclusion and reviewing their existing products and programs. Jen is the CP for Partnerships and Advisory for Labor Solutions, a women-owned and -run tech firm based in SE Asia that improves the lives of workers through improving education, connection and engagement with their employers and designing supplier-centered solutions for global sustainability and human rights reporting.

EABC Vice President and Chair of Insurance Working Group,

European Association for Business and Commerce (EABC)

Matthew (Matt) Grose is a Thailand specialist Business, People, and Organizational Strategy and Transformation Consultant, and Insurance Marketing, Sales and Operations Subject Matter Expert, with 25 years’ experience in C level roles in Thailand covering HR, CX, Sales and Strategy in Financial Services companies.

Matt holds professional qualifications in HR (CIPD Fellow, UK) Financial Services (ANZIIF Sr. Associate, Australia) an MBA (Distinction, Leicester University, UK) and is an honors graduate in Thai Studies from SOAS (University of London, UK). He is currently a Vice President on the EABC Board, Chair of its Insurance Working Group and a Partner at Horton International. He is also SOAS Alumni Ambassador to Thailand and recently spoke at the Global Sustainability Conference on the Building a Workforce for a Sustainable Future. Prior to 2000, Matt worked in higher education, building partnership arrangements between European and Thai universities and schools.

Managing Director,

Digital Governance Asia

Seth brings over two decades of experience in the not-for-profit sector in Asia, including work with governments, leading universities, associations, and civil society organizations across the region. Most recently he was Chief Representative for a large not-for-profit association in the Indo-Pacific Region working on innovation policy, in which he established and operated association offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore, which sustained membership growth, event attendance, and overall engagement in the region.

Director of Research,

APAC GATES

Morgan is an experienced policy researcher with a strong focus on trade association research and insights. She brings with her over 15 years of experience in project management, on-the-ground fieldwork for humanitarian not-for-profits and business associations, and practical policy advocacy having led policy briefings for governments across the Asia-Pacific region. Morgan has worked for leading chambers of commerce in Asia, including with AmCham Taiwan and as Head of AmCham Singapore's Insights division.

Associate Director,

BSR

With more than 14 years of experience in the field of sustainability, Roberta supports companies in translating social and human rights expectations into management practices. In particular, she focuses on supporting companies in the energy and utilities sectors in navigating regulatory trends as well as investor and other stakeholder expectations when it comes to human rights management. She is passionate about renewable energy and leads BSR's work in renewable energy and human rights.

She has experience with human rights due diligence and impact assessments, code of practice and policy development, sustainability strategy and integration, sustainability reporting, and materiality assessments.

Prior to joining BSR, Roberta spent six years with Enel, a multinational electric utilities company, as a CSR specialist. She managed projects across various countries, particularly in Latin America, focusing primarily on integrating sustainability into business operations and developing the company's human rights approach. 

Roberta holds a MA in Economics and CSR and a BA in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Trento in Italy. An Italian native speaker, Roberta also speaks English, Spanish, and French fluently.

Responsible Business Hub Coordinator,

European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia

Sam Schleipman is the Coordinator of the Responsible Business Hub (RBH), which is a part of the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia. As an international development professional, Sam appreciates the critical initiatives of the RBH to make Cambodia’s key industries more environmentally friendly and socially conscious. These goals are a win-win; Cambodia’s natural and human resources will be protected while making the country more appealing to international buyers and investors.

Sam is working with stakeholders across Cambodia in this phase of his diverse career in the realm of development. He has lived in Phnom Penh since 2020 and has served as a Business Development and Partnership Manager for International NGOs focusing on the Asia region. Prior to coming to Cambodia, he lived and worked across sub-Saharan Africa as a development program manager in the realms of livelihoods, environmental protection, education, water, and agriculture.

Chief Executive Officer,

American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Malaysia)

In 2016, Siobhan joined AmCham Malaysia and became the organization's first Chief Executive Officer in its 46-year history.

Siobhan has created an action-oriented policy platform at the Chamber that is designed to

address both the strategic concerns of American multinational companies and the tactical day-to-day challenges faced by operations on the ground.

By working closely with business leaders and various stakeholders in the Malaysian and U.S. governments, Siobhan has created a vibrant platform that can represent the membership

and ensure that AmCham Malaysia fulfills its role as the Voice of U.S. Businesses in Malaysia.

Before returning home to Malaysia, Siobhan spent 11 years in Shanghai, five of which were spent as a director at AmCham Shanghai. She spent the first 20 years of her working life in

the film industry, stretching from Los Angeles to Australia.

Siobhan is a Sloan Fellow from London Business School with a Master's in Leadership and Strategy and holds two undergraduate degrees from Boston University in Broadcasting and Film, and English. She is passionate about bringing people together to make a difference and enjoys helping people uncover themselves and their strengths.

Chief Executive Officer,

Labor Solutions

Elena is Founder and CEO of Labor Solutions. She leverages her background in employee wellbeing and social enterprises to lead the Labor Solutions' global team in developing technology tools for improving ethics + human rights within value chains. Labor Solutions takes a radical approach to human rights - engaging workers directly, and is currently serving over 1.8 million workers and is active in over 30 countries. Elena spent eight years in Indonesia, and is currently based in Singapore.

Managing Director,

APAC GATES

Seth brings over two decades of experience in the not-for-profit sector in Asia, including work with governments, leading universities, associations, and civil society organizations across the region. Most recently he was Chief Representative for a large not-for-profit association in the Indo-Pacific Region working on innovation policy, in which he established and operated association offices in Shanghai, Beijing, and Singapore, which sustained membership growth, event attendance, and overall engagement in the region.

Director of Research,

APAC GATES

Morgan is an experienced policy researcher with a strong focus on trade association research and insights. She brings with her over 15 years of experience in project management, on-the-ground fieldwork for humanitarian not-for-profits and business associations, and practical policy advocacy having led policy briefings for governments across the Asia-Pacific region. Morgan has worked for leading chambers of commerce in Asia, including with AmCham Taiwan and as Head of AmCham Singapore's Insights division.

Senior Legal Advisor - Asia & the Pacific,

International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL)

Julie Hunter is a Senior Legal Advisor for ICNL’s Asia & the Pacific program, focused on safeguarding civic space and public participation across Asia. Her expertise centers around protecting rights and marginalized groups in regulatory frameworks related to civil society, resource governance, and climate change.

Prior to joining ICNL, Julie was based in Asia-Pacific, leading projects as an attorney for Blue Ocean Law on indigenous rights, environmental protection, and deep-sea mining. While based in Bangkok, Julie worked on business and human rights issues in Thailand and Myanmar with FORUM-ASIA, Amnesty International, and Chulalongkorn Faculty of Law. Julie also served as a supervising attorney for the Allard Law International Justice and Human Rights Clinic at the University of British Columbia, overseeing investigations on land grabbing and mining in Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Julie has consulted for various human rights institutions, including the Council of Europe Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights, the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court. She is the author of influential publications on deep-sea mining, climate, and labor trafficking, which have led to regulatory improvements in the United States and Pacific Island countries.

Julie holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, and a B.A. from Harvard University. She is a member of the New York Bar.

Chair,

AmChams of Asia Pacific (AAP)

Senior Advisor,

Global Private Capital Association

Steven Okun, Founder and CEO of APAC Advisors and Senior Advisor to the Global Private Capital Association, is a leader on corporate public affairs, ESG, sustainability, and stakeholder engagement. A 21-year resident of Singapore, he spent the first twelve years of his career in Washington, DC, including in the Administration of President Bill Clinton. He served as KKR’s first Director of Asia Public Affairs from 2011-2017 and from 2003-2010 he created and led Public Affair for UPS Asia. He serves as Chair of AmChams of Asia Pacific, a position to which he was elected for a fifth time.  An in-demand speaker, Steve also appears frequently across global media.

Founder and Director,

Social Innovations Advisory, Ltd.

Co-founder,

Freshwater Institute

Shawn has 15 years of experience working to strengthen civil society and social movements in China and the Asia-Pacific. In 2018, he founded Social Innovations Advisory, Ltd., an international consultancy dedicated to building a resilient civil society in the global South. SIA partners with other organizations to design strategies and tools to sustain civil society and strengthen its capacity to hold government and corporate actors accountable. He is currently establishing an NGO, Freshwater Institute, in Taipei to provide capacity building support to human rights groups in East Asia.

Shawn is also a Contributor to Rights CoLab (New York), a Research Associate at the Overseas Development Institute (London), and a Research Fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was previously Deputy Director of China Labour Bulletin in Hong Kong, and founder of the English-language operations for China Development Brief in Beijing.

Shawn received his Ph.D. in political science from Columbia University and was formerly Associate Professor of Political Science at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He has written extensively on China’s civil society and overseas investment, and maintains a blog on NGOs in China.