SGX Names Herry Cho as New Head of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance

Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced today that it has appointed Ms Herry Cho to a newly created position of Managing Director, Head of Sustainability and Sustainable Finance effective 8 February 2021. Ms Cho will report to SGX's CEO Mr Loh Boon Chye. 

Ms Cho's appointment is the latest milestone in SGX's multi-pronged expansion of its sustainability efforts, which are housed under the recently launched SGX FIRST (Future in Reshaping Sustainability Together) platform. 

Building on SGX's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) capabilities, expertise and assets as a leading market infrastructure, Ms Cho will drive the strategic direction of SGX's ESG ambitions, and further broaden and deepen its sustainable finance pillars.

Ms Cho joins SGX after more than 13 years at ING. As Director, Head of Sustainable Finance Asia-Pacific at ING since 2017, she founded the Sustainable Finance Asia Pacific team, and spearheaded the firm's sustainability strategy and direction for the region. In three years, she established ING as a thought and action leader in the region, and facilitated more than 30 sustainable transactions including green, social and sustainable bonds/loans and sustainability-linked loans.