Team & Management
Our talented people bring together expertise from various fields, such as carbon, commodities, exchange architecture,
blockchain, and together creating platforms where sustainability meets the global economy.
Thomas is an exchange architect with a combined 30 years of experience across US and Asian Exchange and Regulatory frameworks, with a focus on the development of Exchange traded Cleared Futures and OTC products. His experience in exchange architecture and strategic development includes: West Texas Intermediate Petroleum Advisory Board, LPG product development and trading; Henry Hub Natural Gas contract, -Chairman Natural Gas Advisory, launched Henry Hub contract 1991, LNG, LPG product development and trading traded as market maker and was Ring Chairman; BitGold, early adopter of the platform for purchase and payments based on physical gold holdings.
Bill is a carbon market pioneer who has managed emerging market and high yield investments for more than 25 years and currently serves as director of Kuber Energy, a renewable energy and climate finance advisory company in Singapore. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Standard Bank. In this capacity he was the Global Head of Carbon origination and Finance, as well as a member of the board of Standard Merchant Bank Singapore. As the CEO and founding partner of Ecoinvest Carbon S.A., a joint venture company with Bunge S.A., he built what became one of the world’s largest aggregator of carbon credits. In his early career he was a bond trader at JP Morgan Chase (MHTCo.) in New York as well as a partner at Dartley a large Emerging Markets Fixed Income Fund. He holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics with a concentration in Mathematics from The College of Wooster, Ohio, and an MBA in International Management from ASU’s Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management.
Dominic was the founder and CTO of the TradeHero mobile stock market trading app in Singapore in 2012, which closed its series A investment with KPCB China and IPV Capital in 2014, and its series B with Samsung Ventures and 500 Startups in 2016. He was a member of the executive committee of ayondo, an SGX-listed CFD broker, which acquired TradeHero in 2015, and currently acts as their blockchain advisor. Dominic also founded Scoop in 2018, a provider of cryptocurrency mining solutions, and he is leading the development of Scoop’s open-source web wallet supporting 26 different cryptocurrencies. He is a self-taught and life-long technologist with senior experience across financial and technology organizations such as Microsoft, Citibank, Barclays Capital and Deutsche Bank.
Esam has over 16 years of deep technical knowledge and experience in information technology and financial technologies. He has built and lead technical development teams in the MENA region for over 10 years. He brings to the ACX Team both technical and management skills necessary to expand the ACX Tech Team.
Zeenat is responsible for market research, client development and assisting with structuring carbon transactions at ACX. Before joining the team, Zeenat spent over a decade as an attorney in aviation and financial services. Most recently, Zeenat spent several years at the United States Department of Transportation working on regulatory, compliance and policy matters. Zeenat recently earned her Master’s in Law with a specialization in International Business from the National University of Singapore, holds a Juris Doctorate from American University’s Washington College of Law and a BSc. in Commerce from the University of Virginia.
Lourdes Alcântara Machado is the Executive Manager of ACX Brazil, a global carbon credit trading platform, where she leads the expansion and consolidation of its operations. A Law graduate, Lourdes holds both LLM and JSD degrees from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and is currently pursuing an MBA in ESG at FGV. With over 20 years of experience in environmental law and a strong background in the forestry sector, she has been recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading professionals in the environmental legal market. Lourdes has actively participated in international forums on climate transition and carbon markets, including COP29, where she represented ACX in discussions on Brazil’s strategic role on the global stage.
Lourdes Alcântara Machado é Gerente Executiva da ACX Brasil, uma plataforma global de comercialização de créditos de carbono, onde lidera a expansão e consolidação de suas operações. Formada em Direito, Lourdes possui LLM e JSD pela University of California, Berkeley School of Law, e atualmente cursa um MBA em ESG na FGV. Com mais de 20 anos de experiência em direito ambiental e forte atuação no setor florestal, foi reconhecida pela Chambers & Partners como uma das principais profissionais do mercado jurídico ambiental. Lourdes tem participado ativamente de fóruns internacionais sobre transição climática e mercado de carbono, incluindo a COP29, onde representou a ACX nas discussões sobre o papel estratégico do Brasil no cenário global.
Juliana Damasceno is the Executive Manager for Institutional Relations at ACX Brazil, the country’s first carbon credit trading platform, where she leads strategic engagement with public and private stakeholders to strengthen market infrastructure and unlock climate finance opportunities. She holds a Master’s degree in Applied Economics from BI Norwegian Business School and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Magna Cum Laude), bringing robust expertise in sustainable finance and climate policy. Before joining ACX, Juliana held the position of Special Advisor to Brazil’s Minister of Planning and Budget, where she contributed to the federal climate agenda. She also has experience in economic consulting and applied research, having led strategic projects in collaboration with multilateral institutions, including the European Union–Brazil Dialogue.
Antons is a blockchain developer experienced in creating Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and asset tokenization projects. Before joining the blockchain sphere, Antons has ben working as a full-stack developer. Additionally, Antons has a professional background in Finance field.
Antons has a Bachelors degree in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, particularly focusing on alternative financing field (https://www.sseriga.edu/tesliuk-anton), as well as recently obtained Masters degree in Computer Science in the field of Artificial Intelligence from the University of Herdfordshire.
Illia is a Full Stack Software Engineer with a diverse background in both backend and frontend development. He has a proven track record of leading cross functional teams and adeptly managing the complete development life cycle. Illia is fascinated by blockchain, investing, DeFi, combining regular and crypto financial worlds. Interested in data-intensive software architecture.
Huynh has over 10 years of experience in software development. Before joining the ACX team, Huynh lead project teams in technology startups from Vietnam, Thailand and Japan. He also worked as a freelance engineer for companies in Asia & Pacific, Europe and North America regions. His outstanding work as a freelancer awarded him “Top Rated” in Upworks with 100% Job Satisfaction from his clients. With his passion for technology, Huynh can also be counted on for the latest information in trending technology.
Full stack engineer with 6+ years experience, I worked in both front-end and back-end, also I have some experience with React Native
Directors & Advisors
With diverse backgrounds, the Board of Directors and Advisors advance the development of ACX with their expert knowledge and diverse outlooks.
Er. Edwin T.F. Khew PBM, has over 40 years of experience founding and managing environmental companies (water & waste water and waste to energy) operating in the Asia Pacific region. He is currently the Chairman of the Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and a Supervisory Board Member of Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS). Er. Khew represents SEAS on the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Energy for All Partnership’s (E4ALL) Steering Committee as its Co-Chair and Chairman of its Enterprise Development Working Group. He is also the Immediate past Chairman of the Singapore Standards Council, an Immediate Past President of The Institution of Engineers, Singapore (IES), a past President of the Singapore Manufacturers’ Federation (SMF), a former board member of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), and a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP). He holds an Executive MBA from the National University of Singapore, a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers, Singapore, Fellow of the Academy of Engineering, Singapore, Fellow and Chartered Engineer of the Institute of Chemical Engineers (UK), and a professional engineer and board member of the Professional Engineers Board, Singapore. Er. Khew was awarded the Public Service Medal (PBM) by the President of Singapore during Singapore’s National Day in 2014 and a UQ International Alumnus of the Year 2011.
- Senior Vice President at Mubadala
- Former Chief Commercial Officer at NIMR Automotive
- Chief Strategy Officer at Nodal Exchange and Director of Group Strategy / M&A at EEX
- c. 20 years of experience in energy exchanges
Prakash is the founding member of RHTLaw Asia and RHT Group of Companies. He has over 20 years of experience in leading multi-disciplinary professional and specialist services, including MAS-regulated businesses across fund management, capital markets services, and a recognised market operator.
He has successfully led investments, deals structuring, post-acquisition integration and exits of multiple businesses. As the co-founder of SDAX Digital Asset Exchange, he was instrumental in its development and continues to unlock new possibilities in traditional capital and private markets as AlDigi’s Group CEO.
Prakash spearheads the development of pioneering solutions across alternative asset classes, ESG-investing, blockchain technology and Web 3.0 solutions.
Prakash graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Science, Economics. He successfully completed a blockchain strategy programme with Said Business School, University of Oxford. He is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors.
CEO of Bioeconomy, investor, environmentalist, subject of an award winning documentary narrated by Hugh Jackman “The Burning Season”. The African Rainforest Conservancy honored Dorjee with an Earth Day Award and by naming a newly discovered blue spotted species of chameleon from the Tanzania rainforest – the “Kinyongia dorjeesuni”. TIME Magazine has named Dorjee a TIME Hero of the Environment and he was named one of Esquire Magazine’s 5 Gentlemen of Philanthropy. Dorjee has won the Asialink Leaders Program Alumni Award, been named one of Australia’s Young Leaders by The Australian newspaper, he is a World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader, an Asia Society 21 Fellow and is also the Chairman of the Nexus Singapore Philanthropy Conference. His work has been front page of Wall Street Journal, TIME magazine and covered in Fortune, Forbes, ABC, PBS, BBC, Discovery, CNBC and other media outlets. Dorjee has a law degree, commerce degree and diploma of Asian Studies (Mandarin) from the University of New South Wales, studied at Peking University.