Board of Advisors (TFIW)

Chew Men Leong

Mr Chew is a dynamic government and business leader with 20 years of experience driving operational excellence, innovation and growth in the public, defense, smart city and infrastructure sectors. Proven leadership in advancing mobility, sustainability and security initiatives on a global scale. Expertise in managing large-scale operations and projects as well as fostering cross-functional and cross-border collaborations, resulting in strong operational excellence and revenue growth. Adept at integrating advanced technologies to fortify market leadership and readiness for the future. Committed to advancing urban development and upgrading vital water ecosystems through transformative solutions and strategic partnerships. Previously served as a senior government leader in Singapore as the Chief Executive of the Public Utilities Board (National Water Agency) and currently leading the Singapore Water Association, a water industry caucus comprising over 400 industry members, as its President.

Prof Masayuki “Mac” Takahashi

Professor Masayuki “Mac” Takahashi is the leading authority on Deep Ocean Water developments around the world. Widely recognized as the “Father” of modern Deep Ocean Water development, Professor Masayuki has been the catalyst behind research and innovations that have transformed Deep Ocean Water resource into a game-changing driver for industry and economy. Professor Masayuki is Professor Emeritus of University of Tokyo and Kochi University, the Chairman of the Japan Science Society and the Japan Fisheries Resource Conservaton Association. He was the President of the Deep Ocean Water Applications Society between 2008 to 2019, and currently serves as Director.

Dr Soh Chee Seng (Finance Affairs)

Dr. Soh Chee Seng is Technical Consultant on Trade Finance Issues for the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and Non-Exclusive External Trade Finance Adviser of a number of international banks in Asia Pacific. He is also member of the Advisory Board of Global Trade Corporation, a software design and implementation company. He has more than 25 years experience in trade finance operations with local and foreign banks in Singapore and Malaysia. He served as a member of the UCP600 Drafting Group commissioned by the ICC Banking Commission to revise UCP500 and member of the task force on international standard banking practice for documentary credits. Dr. Soh is also a member of the Panel of Experts, International Chambers of Commerce (ICC) Rules for Documentary Credit Dispute Resolution Expertise (DOCDEX). Dr. Soh also served as co-chair of the ABS Guidelines on Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism.

Dr. Soh is also council member of ISP (“International Standby Practice”) Council and associate director of the Institute of International Banking Law and Practice, Inc., USA. He is editorial member of Documentary Credit World (“DCW”), a monthly publication by Documentary Credit World, Inc., USA. He has also contributed numerous articles relating to trade finance issues to the DCW, i.e. “Escalation Clauses on Oil Letters of Credit”, “Revisiting ICC Opinion TA772 – Function of Certificate of Origin” and more. He is also co-writer of “UCP600: An Analytical Commentary” with Professor James E. Byrne, Vincent M. Maulella and Alexander Zelenov, published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc., USA.

Dr. Soh has been invited by ICC National Committees, including ICC Austria, ICC China, ICC Indonesia, ICC Malaysia, Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance and numerous financial institutions and bankers associations in the region to conduct a series of workshops and seminars on International Trade Finance, Frauds and risks in Trade Finance, Trade Based Financial Crime including Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorists Financing, International Standard Banking Practice, Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Standby Practice, Independent Guarantees and International Commercial Terms. He has also been invited by the Supreme People’s Court of China, Shanghai High People’s Court and Tianjin High People’s Court to conduct seminars on the ICC (“International Chamber of Commerce”) modal rules for independent financial instruments as well as international standard banking practice for the senior judges in China. He has also been invited as an expert witness to give his opinions on numerous LC lawsuits in major cities of China including Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea.

Dr. Soh received his Ph.D. major in International Law from the China University of Political Science and Law in 2011. His dissertation is “Negotiation under the Law of Letter of Credit”. He received his first degree, Bachelor of Commerce with first class honours major in Economics, from Nanyang University, Singapore, in 1973, and completed the Advanced Bank Management Program with the Asian Institute of Management in Manila in 1986.

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Dr Huang Ping Yi

Deep Ocean Water Expert

Dr. Huang Pingyi is a researcher cum techno-entrepreneur in the Deep Ocean Water industry. As one of Professor Masayuki’s most prolific students in the industry, Dr. Huang has contributed immensely to the development of the Deep Ocean Water industry in Hualien and Taitung. Dr. Huang is currently researcher and deputy executive director at Tamkang University Center for Ocean and Underwater Technology Research, and board member of the Taiwan Society of Deep Ocean Water Resource Application. He is also the Chief Technology Officer of Tamsuo Aquatic Products Co. Ltd which utilises Deep Ocean Water for aquaculture and seafood applications.

Professor Anthony Paul Roskilly

BSc, PhD, CEng, CMarEng, FIMarEST

ORCID Profile

Professor Roskilly is Professor of Energy Systems in the Department of Engineering, at Durham University and Director in the Durham Energy Institute. He was director of the Sir Joseph Swan Centre for Energy Research, Associate Director of the National Centre for Energy Systems Integration and an Associate Director of the Institute for Sustainability at Newcastle University. He has held a number of senior positions including Dean of Research for the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, supporting and coordinating the research strategy and activity across 10 academic schools and 7 Research Centres and 2 Research Institutes.

Professor Roskilly is the Kuang-pui Chair Professor at Zhejiang University, working closely with colleagues in the Power Machinery and Vehicular Engineering Institute and the College of Energy Engineering. He has a joint engine research laboratory and is a Visiting Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology and also has many collaborative research programmes with Universities in China, including Shanghai Jiao Tong, North China Electric Power and Tianjin.

Professor Roskilly has 30 years’ experience in the design, control, and operational optimisation of energy systems and currently manages a personal research team of over 40 PDRAs and PGR students. He is a member of the Science Board of the Energy Storage Supergen Hub, UK contact for the European Energy Research Alliance Joint Programmes for Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP) and Energy Systems Integration (ESI).

Professor Roskilly is an Associate Editor of Applied Energy (APEN) and been Guest Editor for a number of APEN Special Issues on Clean Transport, Energy Storage and Sustainable Thermal Energy Management. He has published over 100 journal articles over the last three years, receiving more than 2,000 citations during this period. Over the last 2 years Professor Roskilly has been the lead PhD supervisor for 13 graduating students.

Professor Roskilly is a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Peer Review Associate College and the Leverhulme Trust Advisory Panel in the UK. He has been a reviewer for a number of international funding bodies, including the Swiss National Science Foundation, Argentina National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Israel Ministry of Science, Technology and Space and Singapore National Research Foundation.

Professor Roskilly’s Google Scholar Profile

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