Ka Keung Chan

Dr Chan was Managing Director & Head of Investments- Greater China, Climate Change Capital (an investment firm managing over US$1.5 billion assets).
He was responsible for all investment activities in carbon emission credits under the Clean Development Mechanism and environmental projects in Greater China.
Dr Chan was Managing Director of CLP Renewables, China Light and Power (CLP; a leading power company in Asia with a market capitalization of over US$16 billion).
He was responsible for building and managing the clean energy and cleantech portfolio of CLP in Asia Pacific (particularly China, India and Australia).
He managed over 400 staff and expanded CLP’s clean energy portfolio, including hydro, wind and biomass, ten-fold in just two years.
In total, he developed over 500MW wind power, 550MW small hydropower and 150MW biomass power in Asia Pacific.
Dr Chan was in charge of all aspects of business development, construction, operation and P&L of these projects.
He was also responsible for all corporate finance activities of CLP in mainland China, including project financing, merger & acquisition, and project restructuring of energy assets.
He had turned around non-performing energy assets successfully.
His achievements at CLP included winning the prestigious “Corporate Developer of the Year” by Euromoney and Ernst & Young in the “Global Renewable Energy Awards 2006”.
Dr Chan started his career as an investment banker with Credit Suisse First Boston and NatWest Markets, focusing on corporate finance, equity and debt capital markets, and advisory.
Dr Chan has a BA (First Class Honours) in Electrical & Information Science, PhD in Electronic Engineering (thesis on thin-film semiconductor technology), both from Cambridge University.
He has also obtained a Bachelor of Laws from London University and an EMBA from Tsinghua University, Beijing.