News People Shell finance manager Kelly Lim joins Cleantech Solar as CFO Lim joins the 7 year-old corporate renewable energy supplier after more than 5 years with Shell. Kelly Lim joins Cleantech Solar after five and a half years with Shell, where she was senior manager, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial finance. https://eb.news/TQEJT0jeRZSA Copy By Robin Hicks 1 min read May 11, 2021 Singapore-based renewable energy firm Cleantech Solar has hired Kelly Lim from Shell as chief financial officer. Lim joins Cleantech Solar after five and a half years with the oil major, where she was senior manager, mergers and acquisitions, and commercial finance. She joins a company that provides renewable energy to corporations in Southeast Asia and India. Cleantech Solar owns and operates more than 300 solar power plants across the region. Among Cleantech Solar’s most recent projects is to power the Malaysian and Thai manufacturing facilities of Dutch paints company AkzoNobel by solar energy. Over her career, Lim has also worked with Australian financial services giant Macquarie Group, where she spent more than 10 years as senior vice president, based in Singapore. Did you find this article useful? Help us keep our journalism free to read. We have a team of journalists dedicated to providing independent, well-researched stories from around the region on the topics that matter to you. Consider supporting our brand of purposeful journalism with a donation and keep Eco-Business free for all to read. Thank you. Find out more and join The EB Circle → Find out more and join The EB Circle → Related to this storyTopicsCarbon & ClimateRegionsAsia PacificSoutheast AsiaTagsenergy transitiongreen jobsrenewable energysustainable developmentsustainable financeSDGs8. Economic growth9. Infrastructure Most popular News / Policy & Finance DBS Bank names new chief sustainability officer Helge Muenkel joins the bank from Dutch multinational finance group ING. He replaces Mikkel Larsen. DBS Bank names new chief sustainability officer News / Energy Can we future-proof natural gas plants with hydrogen? Sponsored Gas turbines are getting an upgrade. Turbine makers want to make them more compatible with hydrogen fuel, which … Can we future-proof natural gas plants with hydrogen? News / Energy Asia and the Middle East to be biggest financial losers from energy transition: report The world is set to take a financial hit as it transitions away from polluting fossil fuels in … Asia and the Middle East to be biggest financial losers from energy transition: report News / Policy & Finance Singapore youth calling for bolder climate action 'need to be patient': Youth Council CEO National Youth Council CEO David Chua acknowledged that Singapore's climate targets could be more ambitious, and said the … Singapore youth calling for bolder climate action 'need to be patient': Youth Council CEO News / Carbon & Climate Singapore universities, energy firms respond to student fossil fuel divestment campaign Colleges are keener to address divestment than banning fossil fuels brands from campuses. Shell says it has a … Singapore universities, energy firms respond to student fossil fuel divestment campaign News / Waste Management Plastic litter could triple and outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2040: report Oceans pollution could balloon to 700 million tonnes by 2040, warns the Environmental Investigation Agency, as it pushes … Plastic litter could triple and outweigh fish in the world's oceans by 2040: report Featured Events Global The Liveability Challenge 2022 14 Jan 2022 • Awards The Liveability Challenge 2022 Asia Pacific Rethinking Rice: Climate-smart innovations for farmers, ecosystems and value chains 24 Feb 2022 • Virtual Event Rethinking Rice: Climate-smart innovations for farmers, ecosystems and value chains Rotterdam World Hydrogen 2022 Summit & Exhibition 8 Mar 2022 • Awards World Hydrogen 2022 Summit & Exhibition Singapore Geo Connect Asia 23 Mar 2022 • Community Geo Connect Asia New York Reuters Events: Responsible Business USA 2022 19 Apr 2022 • Conference Reuters Events: Responsible Business USA 2022 Sydney Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition 2022 4 May 2022 • Conference Smart Energy Conference & Exhibition 2022 Publish your event