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This 45-minute webinar is designed for sustainability leads and procurement teams in Asia Pacific navigating the shifting landscape of the carbon market. During this session we unpacked the latest signals, the growing emphasis on quality and risk, and what it all means for today's carbon credit buyers.
Lena is a Senior Business Development Manager at South Pole in Australia, primarily focusing on carbon credits. She has significant professional experience in Sales & Business Development roles, specifically in the plastic recycling industry where she was supporting large corporations and global MNCs to reduce their plastic footprint. Lena holds a Bsc in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim and a Master in Management from ESCP Europe. She is fully proficient in English, French and German.
Karolien is South Pole's Global Senior Director for Article 6. With 18 years of experience in climate finance, development finance and carbon markets, she defines and oversees the company strategy for international compliance carbon markets governed under the UN Paris Agreement for the world's largest carbon asset manager.
Before joining South Pole, she worked with the Belgian Foreign Ministry, the United Nations and the Global Green Growth Institute. She lived and worked across Africa and Asia advising developing country governments on aid finance and green investment opportunities, managing programmes on clean energy, waste, transport, sustainable supply chains, NDCs and more. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Leuven with a Master's in Philosophy and holds a Masters in International Relations from Sciences Po Paris. Karolien speaks English, French, Dutch and German.
Jia Wei Lum is in MSCI's Southeast Asia Sustainability and Climate team, where he leads the firm's efforts on carbon markets in the region. Based in Singapore, he works across client segments — from financial institutions and corporates to project developers and government entities — to support the development and adoption of carbon market solutions.
Prior to joining MSCI, Jia Wei held roles across asset management, banking, technology, and cybersecurity, with experience spanning sustainability strategy, blockchain innovation, and digital transformation. In his current role, he focuses on helping organizations navigate the evolving carbon markets landscape and align with their sustainability goals.
