Bio

Alvin is Regional Head for APAC at Puro.earth, the world’s leading crediting platform for engineered carbon removal. He is responsible for leading the growth of the company’s regional activities by spearheading adoption by sellers and buyers in APAC of carbon net-negative products and processes which have been verified based on the company’s Puro Standard.

Prior to joining Puro.earth, Alvin served as Head of Southeast Asia Coverage at MSCI, where he led the regional coverage team, and at IHS Markit, now part of S&P Global, where he worked with governments and exchanges on their ESG disclosure regimes and carbon credit registries. Alvin started his career in JPMorgan’s Risk Management Advisory team.

He received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Engineering from Stanford University. He is now based in Singapore with Puro.earth, a partner company of Nasdaq, and is a member of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs.