Amrita has over 20 years of experience in supply chain and logistics. She currently heads Environmental Sustainability and decarbonization efforts for DHL Supply Chain in Asia Pacific. She also leads the deployment of digital and robotic technologies under the Accelerated Digitalization programme for the organization in this region. Prior to DHL, Amrita held various leadership roles in the supply chain industry, specialising in operations excellence, supply chain strategy and change management. She holds an MBA from INSEAD and BBA (Hons) from National University of Singapore.

Ritu Bhandari is a Manager with the Policy & Insights team at Economist Impact. She has over six years of experience working in a wide range of public policy topics including education, technology and sustainability. At Economist Impact, she manages research programs for private-sector, governments and NGO clients in Asia, covering topics like food security, climate & sustainability, and globalisation and trade. She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, where she specialised in economic policy analysis.

Paul Murray began his career in 1994, progressing through various insurance industry roles in Scotland, South Africa and eventually London, where he worked for an actuarial consultancy.

He joined Swiss Re in 2003 as a Marketing Actuary, and was appointed as Managing Director, Head of Life & Health Products, UK, Ireland & Africa in 2006. From 2010 to 2014, he held the position of
Managing Director, Head of Life & Health Products, Asia, while based in Hong Kong. In 2014, he returned to London where he was Chief Pricing Officer and Head of the Life & Health Products Centre. Since 2018, he has been Global Head of Life & Health Products, responsible for supporting transformation of insurance markets globally, and additionally leading the Swiss Re Sustainability initiative for Life & Health.

Paul Murray was appointed Chief Executive Officer Reinsurance Asia and Regional President Asia, and member of the Swiss Re Group EC, as of April 2022. Effective 3 April 2023, he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer L&H Reinsurance.

Robert was appointed as Swiss Re Corporate Solutions' Market Unit Head for Asia in March 2025, having previously held the role of Head Property & Specialty Asia Pacific, based in Singapore.

Robert is a global insurance professional with over 20 years of experience in Underwriting, Client & Portfolio Management, M&A and Regional Leadership.

Since joining Swiss Re in 2001, he has held various underwriting and leadership positions across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

Prior to relocating to Singapore in 2020, Robert's accomplishments with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions include leading the Group's North American Energy team, establishing the subsidiary in Texas (USA), and steering the strategic direction across all Lines of Business for the Central and Western US regions.

Robert is a native of Zurich (Switzerland), holds a Master of Science Degree from the Federal Institute of Technology Zurich as well as a post-master's degree in Corporate Finance from the University of Zurich.

He is a member of the board of directors of Swiss Re Corporate Solutions China, and SOOA SRI Australia.

Frederick Kliem is the Southeast Asia Director of the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network (EICN) based in Singapore. Frederick works closely with network members to help inform their business strategies through political, economic and operational insights and to connect them with their senior leadership peers.

Frederick is a seasoned consultant and well-published thought-leader in politics, the economy and sustainability of Asia. He has more than 20 years of experience working on and in South- and Southeast Asia, and he has worked closely with business, political and civil society stakeholders to help inform their strategies and build networks.

Before joining The Economist Group, Frederick was the Director Climate Change and Energy Security for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation – a development organisation of the German government, dedicated to the promotion of a social market economy - in Singapore and Hong Kong. Prior to that, Frederick lectured and taught post-graduate students (MA and PhD) at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.

Frederick holds a PhD in International Relations and Multilateralism in Asia and is passionate about politics and economics as well as climate and sustainability issues. On these and more, he is a well-published published author, with several books, peer-reviewed-journal articles and numerous media appearances and op-eds to his name.

Expertise:
South- and Southeast Asia, ASEAN, and Europe

Specialist subjects:
Geopolitics, Development, Energy Security and Transition, Politics and Economics ASEAN and the EU,

Languages:
English, German, and ever-improving Malay