Under Ms. Tieu Yen Trinh’s leadership, Talentnet has become a leading human resource consulting firm, which offered significant support to multinational corporations and major Vietnamese companies. She is also a Board member of AmCham Human Resources Committee, Vietnam Human Resources Club, and Vice President of the Ho Chi Minh City Young Entrepreneurs Association.

Tim Evans is appointed Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Vietnam in September 2019.

During his 27 years with HSBC, Tim has held various senior leadership positions spanning three continents and seven markets. Prior to his appointment as CEO of HSBC Vietnam, Tim was the Regional Head of Commercial Banking, International Markets, Asia-Pacific, covering Bangladesh, Maldives, Mauritius, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Tim has also held roles as Regional Head of Middle Market Enterprises, Asia-Pacific, Regional Head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance and Chief Operating Officer of HSBC’s Commercial Banking in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA); and Deputy CEO/Chief Operating Officer for the Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank.

Before he joined HSBC, Tim worked as a Management Consultant for Andersen Consulting in their London Office.

Tim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business from Loughborough University in the UK, and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.

HSBC in Vietnam

The bank opened its first office in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) in 1870. In August 1995, HSBC opened a full-service branch in Ho Chi Minh City. HSBC also opened its second branch in Hanoi and established a representative office in Can Tho City in 2005.

On 1 January 2009, HSBC became the first foreign bank to incorporate in Vietnam. HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Ltd. is also the first wholly foreign-owned bank to operate both branches and transaction offices in Vietnam. HSBC is currently one of the largest foreign banks in Vietnam.

Over the past 152 years, HSBC has been part of the long history of Vietnam through all its ups and its downs. We have been consistent in our mission to open up a world of opportunity for the country, bridging its local companies and individuals who want to either expand overseas, or connect with overseas partners, markets and opportunities as well as international investors who want to explore Vietnam and undertake business here. We too have evolved together with Vietnam, from initially providing simple conventional financial products and services, to now providing the market with sophisticated financial solutions, be they for individual customers or corporate clients.

In support of the sustainability of Vietnam and the Government’s aspiring climate goals plus COP26 commitment to become a net zero economy by 2050, we have proudly committed to arranging up to USD12 billion of direct and indirect sustainable financing for Vietnam and the corporate sector in Vietnam by 2030.

We will mobilise funds from local and international financial markets to provide a wide range of sustainable solutions in green finance, debt finance, supply chain, trade, green deposits and investment products. HSBC incorporates prudent risk assessment and international green finance standards in providing these solutions.

Throughout the years, HSBC Vietnam has built a track record supporting critical green and sustainable projects in Vietnam, which all contribute to decarbonizing the country’s economy:

•  The first green loans for green certified buildings,
•  Financed Duy Tan Plastics Recycling Factory in 2020,
•  A dual green financing includes a term loan to REE Solar Energy to finance their investment into rooftop solar energy solutions, and a trade finance facility to REEPRO for importing rooftop solar equipment in 2020,
•  Launched the first Green Deposit for corporates in Vietnam in 2021,
•  Provided short-term green trade finance in wind energy construction for Power Construction Joint Stock Company No.1 (PCC1), a leading Vietnamese EPC company in power construction,
•  Launched the world’s first exchangeable sustainable bonds for Vinpearl Joint Stock Company in 2021.

More recently, we have signed a Letter of Intent for evaluating and providing financing solutions with a focus on sustainability with Trung Nam Construction Investment Corp. (Trungnam Group), one of the largest and most high-profile renewable energy players in Vietnam. The signing ceremony is witnessed by Mr. Alok Sharma, COP26 President, on the occasion of his visit to Vietnam and Mr. Gareth Ward, British Ambassador to Vietnam.

With our USD12 billion commitment in place, the list of our green initiatives and actions will definitely continue for years to make a material difference to Vietnam both today and for future generatio

Nick Wood is a Senior Advisor in the Strategic Communications segment of FTI Consulting and is based in Singapore. Specialising in the energy and natural resources practice, he has 30 years of global communications experience in reputation management, government and regulatory affairs, crisis and issues management, and sustainability program development and execution.

He has extensive global experience in sustainability helping companies and projects develop responsible approaches that take into account environmental and social risks.

An experienced senior strategic adviser and leader, Mr. Wood joined FTI Consulting in 2014 following more than 20 years at Royal Dutch Shell where he was last heading communications and social performance for the Company’s global exploration and production business. In this role, he was leading about 200 communications professionals in cross-business teams across Asia Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, central Asia and Russia.

During this time, he was closely involved in managing strategic communications for the Shell Group and managing reputational issues in the course of sensitive and difficult projects and operations across the world, including in China, Australia, Iraq, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria and Ireland.

Before that, Mr. Wood was Communications Director for Shell in China for seven years where he managed the organisation’s reputation and social performance during the development of complex and sensitive multi-billion dollar projects located in challenging environments. He has also worked in Africa, the Middle East, Central and South East Asia.

Mr. Wood has worked as senior adviser for Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), a global not-for-profit organisation, helping businesses build sustainable approaches to managing social issues in challenging countries.

He started his career as a journalist working in Britain and South East Asia, and has a bachelor’s degree in zoology from London University.

He has lived and worked in Singapore with experience across the region including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

He is one of Vietnam's foremost film directors. He began making documentary films around 1965 and is the first Vietnamese to be awarded the Nikkei Asia Prize for Culture, in 1999. His films have won many remarkable prizes at international film festivals.

Recently, People's Artist director Dang Nhat Minh was honored with The Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French Ambassador to Vietnam, French Institute in Vietnam.

• • Member of Association of Certified Public Accountants – Australia
• • Member of Association of Certified Public Accountants – Vietnam
• • Member of Vietnam Association of Accountants
• • Master Degree, University of Hawai'I, USA
• • Bachelor of Economics, Hanoi University of Finance and Accounting

In the CEO position of Deloitte Vietnam - one of the worldwide BIG4 in the auditing and consulting sector, Mr. Pham Van Thinh has possessed more than 28 years of experience in the field of consulting and auditing, nearly 30 years working for Deloitte Vietnam since its establishment, and 2 years with Deloitte San Francisco.

Besides his leadership role at Deloitte Vietnam, Mr. Thinh is also highly appreciated for his contributions and accompanying business owners and senior leaders in guiding and consulting on issues related to governance, enterprise strategy, M&A, etc. for many conglomerate corporations, multinational companies, state-owned organizations, and private enterprises operating in many different fields and industries.

With a wealth of experience, Mr. Thinh is recognized as a reliable and inspirational speaker for many domestic and foreign forums and business conferences such as ASEAN Business Summit, Annual Economic Conference, Economic Forum, M&A Forum, etc. He is also acting as a consultant for many large corporations in Vietnam, especially family businesses. In addition, Mr. Thinh also participates in high-quality training programs related to Corporate Governance, Corporate Leadership, and consulting programs for leaders and businesses organized by Deloitte.

He is leading a newly established Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED) and also affiliated with socio-hydrology group at center of Water management and Climate Change (WACC), Institute for Environment and Resources (IER), VNU-HCM. He has a special interest in solving environmental related issues based on inter/trans-disciplinary study and by a strong partnership among academia-industry-government. He has been working in water modeling (e.g. saline intrusion, flood/drought, water pollution) in Southern Vietnam over the past 15 years and expanded his expertise in other disciplines e.g. climate change adaptation/mitigation, circular economy, socio-ecological system, sustainability science. Dr. Nguyen has been leading and participating in number of projects (international, national, ministerial, provincial levels) with total funding of about 1,000,000 US Dollars. He has published actively at various (inter-)national journals, conferences/workshops including 50 ISI/Scopus indexed articles in the last 5 years.