Sadiq Currimbhoy is Vulpes Investment Management’s Head of Sustainability. The role includes developing both new investment ideas and assessing existing investments, their business models and resilience as the globe transitions to a low-carbon economy.

Prior to joining Vulpes, he was the first Head of Sustainability for Maybank Kim Eng Securities in addition to being Head of Research. He initiated their sustainability drive pursuing his passion, which included a defining trip to Antarctica.

Sadiq has been in financial services since 1995 primarily in research, working in New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. While on the sell-side, he had two periods at what is now Bank of America Merrill Lynch and was consistently top-ranked for investment strategy. In between his Merrill stints, he was Global Strategist on the NewSmith Global Opportunities Fund, a multi-asset hedge fund.

Sadiq grew up in Hong Kong. He has a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He completed his BSc (Economics), Honours at the London School of Economics and has a PhD in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

Solon’s background is in strategy and corporate finance, and he has over 15 years’ experience in investment & corporate development with a focus on portfolio management of real estate and alternative assets.

At Vulpes, Solon is responsible for developing new business lines in the sustainable investment landscape, and he previously managed Vulpes’ German real estate fund platform, Stronghold Real Estate.

Prior to joining Vulpes in 2013, Solon was National Manager, Group Business Development & Capital Transactions at Stockland, Australia’s largest diversified REIT, where he was responsible for managing acquisitions and divestments across all real estate asset classes. He had previously held roles at Stockland in Group Strategy & Corporate Development, and at RBS Global Banking & Markets in the Asia-Pacific Real Estate Investment Banking team.

Solon holds a Bachelor of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Masters of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Master of Science in Real Estate from the National University of Singapore (REDAS Gold Medal Award for top student), and an Executive MBA with distinction from INSEAD.

Tienyu Sieh is the founder and CEO of Blue Sky Energy Asia in Hong Kong, where he is responsible for origination, project development and risk management of a portfolio of building energy efficiency assets that have been operating since 2015.

Over the past decade, Tienyu has successfully developed and invested in building energy efficiency and rooftop solar projects in Hong Kong, Macau, China, Singapore and Malaysia.

Prior to setting up Blue Sky, Tienyu headed cleantech/renewable energy investment banking at Nomura and Merrill Lynch, where he closed over $6bn of transactions. Before that he was co-head of Asia Pacific Technology equity research at Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong. Tienyu moved to Hong Kong from New York, where was the lead portfolio manager for Pacific Basin equities at Zurich Scudder Asset Management, before which he worked at Goldman Sachs. Tienyu began his career at the Economic Development Board in Singapore.

Tienyu graduated from the Management and Technology program at the University of Pennsylvania with a B.Sc (Economics) and B. Applied Science in 1990.