Dr Ambiyah Abdullah, Zahrah Hanifah Budiman, Suwanto, and Beni Suryadi

Dr Ambiyah Abdullah is currently working as a senior researcher at the Energy Modelling and Policy Planning (MPP) Department at ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), Jakarta, Indonesia. Before joining ACE, she worked as carbon pricing economist responsible for the Article 6 assessment projects at Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Seoul, South Korea. Her major expertise is macroeconomic modelling applied in environment and climate change issues. She holds PhD degree on environmental economics from Nagoya University, Japan.

Zahrah Hanifah Budiman was a Fossil Fuels, Hydrocarbon, and Minerals (FOM) Intern at the ASEAN Centre for Energy. She graduated in 2023 with a Bachelor's degree from Universitas Padjadjaran, specialised in Geological Engineering.

Suwanto is currently a Senior Research Analyst of the Power, Fossil Fuel, Alternative Energy and Storage (PFS) Department at the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), an intergovernmental organisation within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He is specifically responsible for the Fossil Fuel, Hydrocarbon and Minerals (FOM) Unit. He is an energy enthusiast with a unique background encompassing diverse domains, including non-renewable energy industries, renewable energy, and other low-carbon technologies, extending from profit-driven ventures to non-profit sectors and from business to research activities. He has experience in energy project development in ASEAN in various sectors, including power grid, oil and gas, hydrogen/ammonia, CCS/CCUS, transformative coal, and methane emissions. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Freiburg, Germany, majoring in Sustainable Systems Engineering. Prior to his master’s degree, he served as a Petroleum Engineer at a multinational oil and gas company in Indonesia.

Beni Suryadi is currently the Deputy Executive Director of the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE). He is an energy professional with 15 years of experience in managing programs and conducting research on energy and climate change, supporting the governments of 10 countries in Southeast Asia to build climate-friendly energy sector development under the ASEAN Ministers on Energy overview. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at The Energy for Growth in Washington, D.C., United States of America; a Steering Committee member of the Global Consortium on Power System Transformation (G-PST); a Core Member of the Green Grid Initiative Asia-Pacific Working Group; an Advisory Board member of AGENCE FRANÇAISE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT (AFD) Indonesia; and a former member of the Sustainability Advisory Council of PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa (GO-JEK).