Adapting to Global Shifts: Strengthening Systemic Resilience Across Asia

Isadora Wang is the Head of China at Transition Asia, where she leads research on the decarbonisation of China’s industrial sectors. Her work focuses on analysing the transition of heavy industries and engaging with policymakers and industry stakeholders to advance evidence-based policy development. She has a longstanding focus on steel value chain decarbonisation. 

Isadora has more than ten years of experience across China’s industrial and energy sectors. Before joining Transition Asia in 2025, she served as Senior Advisor, China Industry at Agora Industry, where she led research on industrial decarbonisation in sectors including steel, renewable hydrogen, and chemicals, as well as the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Her work provided evidence-based policy recommendations to support China’s industrial transition. Prior to this, she worked at the Beijing office of the Australian Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources, where she analysed China’s policies on resources, energy, and climate change, and managed bilateral cooperation projects on energy and resources between China and Australia. 

Isadora’s publications include the chapter “Technologies and Energy Transitions in China” in The Palgrave Handbook of Cybersecurity, Technologies and Energy Transitions (2025), as well as reports including Analysis of the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and Its Implications for the Low-Carbon Transition of China’s Steel Industry, The Prospects of Renewable Hydrogen in China and Its Role in Industrial Decarbonisation, and Green Hydrogen Promoting Low-Carbon Transition in China’s Chemical Industry. Through her research, she supports China’s industrial sector in navigating international policy developments and advancing the deployment of low-carbon technologies, including renewable electricity and green hydrogen. 

Arnaud Dupoizat is the Division Director for East Asia at the International Finance Corporation, based in Hong Kong.
Prior to his current position, Arnaud was the IFC Regional Industry Manager for Financial Institutions in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, and between 2018 and 2023, the IFC Country Manager for Türkiye. Arnaud has had a career of over 28 years in emerging markets finance.

As Division Director, Arnaud oversees the formulation and implementation of IFC’s investment strategy and advisory business in East Asia. IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has an US$11 billion portfolio in region.
Arnaud holds a master’s degree from HEC Paris, an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Diana Guzmán is a global sustainability leader and the Group Chief Sustainability Officer and Chair of the Prudence Foundation at Prudential Plc, where she directs the Group’s sustainability strategy across 24 markets and leads a multinational team to embed sustainability into core business decisions and long-term value creation — spanning inclusive products, responsible investment, climate and nature, and stewardship of a USD 16+ million philanthropic portfolio to maximise social impact.

A champion of financial innovation for inclusive and sustainable growth, Diana has spent her career at the intersection of public and private capital, policy and markets. She previously headed the Sustainable Development Investment Partnership (SDIP) and Development Finance at the World Economic Forum, where she mobilised private capital for emerging markets and shaped global initiatives on blended finance, just transition and SDG investment pathways.

Earlier, Diana served as Director at CDP, the global environmental disclosure system, working with listed companies, institutional investors and municipalities to measure and manage environmental risks and opportunities, influencing corporate strategies and investment decisions across Southern Europe and the Middle East. Before that, she worked in the carbon markets, originating and trading greenhouse gas emission reductions from clean technologies across China, Southeast Asia and North Africa. She has also chaired the OECD’s Building Inclusive Markets Working Group on Blended Finance, helping shape policy guidance and market standards to unlock capital for underserved communities.

Born and raised in Mexico, Diana holds an MBA from London Business School, where she was awarded the Future Global Leader scholarship, and a BA in Financial Management (summa cum laude) from the Monterrey Institute of Technology. She also holds a Diploma in ESG Analysis and Investments from POLIMI Graduate School of Management and CFA Society Italy, and a Diploma in Chinese Mandarin from Beijing Normal University. Recognised as one of “30 Changemakers: people changing the world” and a member of W50: The Next Generation of Leading Women, she continues to advocate for the role of sustainability, diversity and financial innovation in shaping a resilient future. She is fluent in Spanish, English and Italian, and speaks elementary Chinese and French.

Scott Price is the Group Chief Executive of DFI Retail Group, bringing over 30 years of experience in retail, logistics and consumer packaged goods sectors globally. He began his career with The Coca-Cola Company in Japan where he continued through various leadership roles across Asia. In 2002, Scott joined DHL Express as President in Japan before advancing to Chief Executive Officer for Asia Pacific in 2005 and Chief Executive Officer for Europe in 2007.

From 2009, Scott led Walmart’s Asia business from Hong Kong overseeing operations across the region. He relocated in 2014 to the United States to take on a global leadership role, managing Walmart’s global sourcing as well as strategy, technology and real estate for the International Division.

In 2017, Scott joined UPS as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer, responsible for strategic planning, Global Business Services and the company’s Advanced Technology Group. He was appointed Executive Vice-President, UPS International in 2020, overseeing all 220 markets outside the U.S.

In August 2023, Scott joined DFI Retail Group to lead the business. He also serves on the boards of Coles Group in Australia, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the World Retail Congress. Additionally, Scott is a co-sponsor of CGF’s Net Zero Coalition of Action, an initiative aimed at accelerating the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions within the retail and consumer goods industry.

Scott holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of North Carolina and earned both an MBA and a master’s degree in Asian studies from the University of Virginia.