Ruth Yeoh

Ruth Yeoh

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Ruth Yeoh is Executive Director at YTL Singapore Pte Ltd and Director at YTL‐SV Carbon, YTL’s in‐house carbon credit and CDM consultancy.

Ruth currently leads the environmental division at YTL, where she reports on her organisationʹs environmental activities through writing its award‐winning Sustainability Reports, published yearly. Ruth also pioneered the highly successful "Climate Change Week", YTL’s flagship educational campaign designed to raise awareness on the important issue of climate change in her nation of Malaysia and globally. She is a member of the Institute of Corporate Responsibility Malaysia (ICRM) and is an investment committee member of both the Asian Renewable Energy and Environment Fund (AREEF) and Renewable Energy and Environment Fund (REEF), investing in clean technology and renewable energy. Ruth was appointed to be the youngest Board Member of Rare Conservation in 2008, with responsibilities in the Governance Committee of this US‐based conservation organisation. She is also a Board Member at Reef Check Malaysia, dedicated to protecting reefs and coral life in Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region. She also helps to strategise environmental protection and conservation work in Asia through strengthening partnerships with leaders and practitioners, and is a Fellow at Asia Society’s Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative.

Ruth graduated with a degree (Hons) from the University of Nottingham UK and an MSc (Distinction) from Cass Business School in the City of London. She was previously attached with Credit Suisse, Singapore. In addition, she has written for both the Wall Street Journal Asia and Financial Times, and has authored and co‐edited a book on climate change entitled ʺCut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change and Sustainabilityʺ (published in 2007).

More information on Ruth’s work is available at www.ytlcommunity.com/climatechange