Asia Pacific Lead, ESG Intelligence

About the Role

The Lead of ESG Intelligence is responsible for leading, growing, and positioning Eco-Business’s ESG Intelligence across the region. This includes oversight of research, advisory, training, and sustainable finance-related services, and accountability for the performance, credibility, and market relevance of the Intelligence unit.

Reporting to the Managing Director, this is a manager role with commercial, advisory, and people-management responsibilities. The role requires an individual who can combine strong ESG and/or sustainable finance expertise with strong client leadership, product thinking, and regional market insight.

The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping Eco-Business’s next phase of growth -  strengthening its position as a trusted intelligence partner to financial institutions, corporates, policymakers, and professional services firms across Asia-Pacific.

This role involves some level of travelling, especially in the Asia Pacific region.

 Key responsibilities include:

1. Client advisory, thought leadership & external engagement

• Provide senior-level leadership on key client engagements, ensuring high standards of analytical depth, relevance, and execution
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients across financial institutions, corporates, public sector bodies, and professional services firms
• Lead client discussions, briefings, and advisory sessions where strategic judgement and regional insight are required
• Shape and represent Eco-Business’s external thought leadership, contributing to flagship reports, briefings, and commentaries
• Present at, moderate, or curate industry dialogues and Eco-Business-hosted events
• Support Eco-Business’s external engagement and social media presence through authoritative, insight-driven contributions

 2. ESG training & capability-building programmes

• Lead the design and delivery of ESG training and capability-building programmes tailored to Asia-Pacific public and private sector needs
• Develop scalable training offerings covering themes such as ESG fundamentals, climate risk, transition planning, disclosure, governance, and implementation
• Work with regional partners, institutions, and clients to ensure training programmes are practical, policy-relevant, and market-aligned
• Support the evolution of Eco-Business’s training portfolio into a scalable, high-quality regional capability-building platform

 3. Internal team collaboration

• Work closely with the Editorial, Events, Partnerships, and Marketing teams to ensure coherence across content, intelligence, and commercial activities
• Support and mentor Intelligence team members, providing guidance on project delivery, research quality, and client engagement
• Contribute to internal strategic initiatives and organisational development as required

 Skills & experience

• At least 8 years’ experience in ESG, sustainable finance, sustainability consulting, research, or a related field
• Strong understanding of ESG frameworks, climate and transition risk, sustainable finance, and Asia-Pacific market dynamics
• Proven experience leading complex client engagements and managing senior stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex issues into clear insights
• Experience operating in a commercial environment, including business development and proposal leadership
• Strong client management and people skills
• Comfortable representing an organisation publicly through events, media, and thought leadership

This role is based in Singapore, and candidates should ideally be based in Singapore with a residence permit. All shortlisted applicants will be required to do a writing and presentation test.

 To apply, please send a cover letter, your latest CV to Ee Lin Szie (eelin.szie@eco-business.com) and Junice Yeo (junice.yeo@eco-business.com) to formally apply for this role.