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Atty. Rogelio V. Quevedo
Commissioner
Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines)
One of the pioneers in the Philippines in telecoms and IT law, Prof. Roger Quevedo is an economist and government official with a diverse career, spanning academia, private sector, and public service. He is currently Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines. Prior to this, he served as the Government Corporate Counsel, the statutory legal counsel of all Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations (GOCC) of the Republic of the Philippines.
He graduated from the University of the Philippines (UP) with degrees in Economics and Law, placing 10th in his class and also in the 1981 Bar Exams. He further obtained a Master of Laws from Louisiana State University and a Doctor of the Science of Jurisprudence from Tulane University in New Orleans.
His professional experience includes teaching at the UP College of Law, Ateneo Law School, and Arellano Law Foundation since 1982, specializing in Civil and Commercial Law. He also served as Director of the UP Law Center Bar Review Institute and as the pioneer in Continuing Legal Education. In the private sector, Commissioner Quevedo was the Head of the International Business Division of PLDT-SMART, the leading telecommunications corporation in the Philippines for several decades. His government service also includes roles in the Presidential Management Staff, Office of the Ombudsman, Commission on Immigration and Deportation, COMELEC Advisory Council (CAC), and Commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Good Government. At the local government level, Commissioner Quevedo served as Director of the Youth Development Bureau in the City of Manila.
At Present, Commissioner Quevedo’s role in the SEC is Supervising Commissioner of the Financial and Lending Companies and also for Governance, Enforcement, and Auditing.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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12:45–12:55pmFri 20 NovCatalyst StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
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MOU Signings: Forging Partnerships to Accelerate Sustainability Across Asia
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Allen ShaoSenior Specialist Digital for Development OperationsAsian Development Bank (ADB)
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Christine EngstromDirector GeneralAsian Development Bank (ADB)
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Atty. Rogelio V. QuevedoCommissionerSecurities and Exchange Commission (Philippines)
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Rachel Esther Gumtang-RemalanteDirectorSecurities and Exchange Commission (Philippines)
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Lionel WongChief Executive OfficerGprnt
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Kadra SaeedDirector, Digital for Development OperationsAsian Development Bank (ADB)
About this session
As businesses across Asia navigate the transition towards a more sustainable economy, greater collaboration is needed to turn sustainability ambitions into practical action and tangible business opportunities. Join us at the Catalyst Stage to witness the launch of a series of strategic partnerships that bring together public and private sector stakeholders leveraging digital innovation to address shared challenges across supply chain decarbonisation, sustainable finance and trusted climate data.
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1:40–2:15pmFri 20 NovCatalyst StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
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Asia’s Interoperable Green Economy: The Leap from National to Regional
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Atty. Rogelio V. QuevedoCommissionerSecurities and Exchange Commission (Philippines)
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Christine EngstromDirector GeneralAsian Development Bank (ADB)
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Abigail NgChief Sustainability OfficerMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Lionel WongChief Executive OfficerGprntModerator
About this session
Sustainability data is no longer just a reporting requirement. As the impacts of climate change become more pronounced, trusted data on ESG performance will increasingly shape who companies buy from, who banks finance, and where capital flows.
But sustainability data remains difficult to generate, difficult to exchange, and difficult to translate into the commercial decisions it ought to inform. SMEs, which make up the overwhelming majority of businesses across Asia, often lack the motivation, time, resources and financial capacity to get started. Those that do face fragmented requirements, limited guidance and repeated requests for similar information from different customers, financiers and regulators.
Across Asia, governments and development institutions are rising to the challenge.
- In Singapore, the public and private sectors are collaborating on common digital infrastructure in the form of Green 100, that underpins nationwide activation of “queen bees” and their supply chains.
- The Philippines is similarly exploring how publicly listed companies can mobilise suppliers for Scope 3 reporting, ahead of their mandatory ISSB reporting timelines;
- India is examining how inclusive and simplified disclosures can enhance MSMEs’ access to green marketplaces globally and strengthen access to green trade financing from banks.
A common ambition cuts across these efforts – the shared desire to move from reporting towards reusable economic infrastructure, in which trusted sustainability data is generated once, but put to work repeatedly across compliance, supply chain, procurement, and financing use cases.
This dialogue brings together the SEC Philippines, ADB, RXIL and MAS to explore the steps needed to make this transition real. Who builds the rails? What gets businesses onto them? Where does public infrastructure end and private innovation begin? And can these emerging national approaches ‘interoperate’ to collectively power Asia’s transition toward a low carbon economy? -
