Our Team
Marlon Joseph Apañada
Founder and President
Marlon Apanada is Founder and President of Asia Engine for Net Zero since the organization’s establishment in 2021. As Founder and President, Marlon spearheads the organization’s vision and strategic direction, ensuring timely and impactful project delivery, forging strategic partnerships, and leading a team of experts and staff to deliver impactful solutions for clients and partners navigating national and regional political, regulatory, and stakeholder complexities. Through his leadership, Marlon has ideated, implemented, and impact-delivered for projects, programs, and platforms for some of the organization’s most important clients and partners. He brings 20 years of expert experience in the clean energy & climate finance spaces, which includes leading business development of 100 MWs successfully commissioned renewable energy (RE) projects, successfully developing the first bank-financed solar projects in the Philippines, and pioneering climate finance and blended finance practice in Southeast Asia.
A certified Green Finance Specialist, Marlon obtained his MBA from the Berlin University of Applied Sciences and his MBM in Climate Finance from the Berlin School of Economics and Law, both in Berlin, Germany. He also finished a certificate course on Sustainable Finance at the University of Oxford’s Smith School of Enterprise and Environment in Oxford, UK.
Eunjoo Park-Minc
Strategic on Sustainable Finance
Eunjoo Park-Minc is Senior Advisor on Financial Institutions. In this role Eunjoo provides strategic guidance and expertise to clients and partners, enabling them to navigate emerging challenges and capture opportunities within the dynamic landscape of Southeast Asia. This entails leveraging extensive industry knowledge to develop tailored solutions that enhance organizational resilience, foster growth, and drive sustainable value creation. She has been a Chief Advisor and Head of Sustainable Finance at Banco de Oro (BDO) Unibank in Manila, Philippines since 2012. She has worked in the Financial Sector for more than 25 years as a Financial Analyst, Professor of Finance, and Green Finance Specialist.
She oversees more than 50 renewable energy (RE) projects and other climate action projects BDO financed. She established the bank’s Sustainable Finance Framework for BDO certified by Sustainalytics. She also led the issuance of BDO’s Green Bond, Sustainability Bond, and Blue Bond, the first innovative leveraged financial instruments to BDO, impacting the Philippines’ financial market as well as the regional market. BDO’s Green Bond issuance of US$ 150 million, Sustainability Bond issuance of Php 52.7 billion, and Blue Bond issuance of US$100 million were truly the prolific results of the successful Sustainable Finance in partnership with International Finance Corporation.
Ms. Park-Minc holds an MSc in Green Energy and Climate Finance from Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, Germany, an MBA in International Business and Finance from George Washington University, Washington D.C. USA., and a BA in Linguistics from Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. She is a Certified Green Finance Specialist and Trainer by the Renewable Energy Academy (RENAC) in Berlin, Germany.
Jose Gabriel Silan
Director for Program Delivery
Gabriel Silan is a Director for Program Delivery at Asia Engine for Net Zero. He is an energy transition and green finance expert with eight years of in-depth experience in emerging markets like the Philippines and Indonesia. He facilitated transactions under innovative renewable energy procurement models for at least three Fortune Global 100 companies. He also convened and organized several high-impact dialogues between private sector and government stakeholders in the Philippines and Vietnam, drawing more than 2,000 participants in total. As Philippines manager for the Clean Energy Investment Accelerator, a global public-private partnership initiative, he co-developed several knowledge products including industry-pioneering planning tools for renewable energy procurement among selected distribution utilities in the Philippines.
Miya Cornejo
Senior Associate, Sustainable Finance
Miya Cornejo is a Senior Associate for Sustainable Finance at Asia Engine for Net Zero (AENZ). With over 8 years of experience across corporate sustainability, business advisory, and process transformation, Miya is committed to advancing sustainable finance in the Philippines and beyond.
Before joining AENZ, Miya served as a Sustainability Strategy and Business Integration Senior Expert at Globe Telecom Inc., a leading telecommunications and digital solutions company in the Philippines. In this role, she championed the integration of sustainability into core business practices and spearheaded ESG initiatives, including Internal Carbon Pricing, Data for Good, and Materiality Assessment projects. Her experience at Globe also extended to roles in process transformation and supply chain operations, further broadening her impact within the organization.
Miya’s background in business advisory includes her tenure with SGV & Co. as a Senior Associate in Financial Services Risk Management, servicing clients in the Government and Public Sector.
Paulo Burro
Executive Director
Paulo Burro is the Executive Director of AENZ and Senior Associate for Operations at MJA. With over a decade of experience in environmental consulting, he has worked extensively in policy advocacy, sustainable development, and high-level consulting for organizations such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), USAID, and UNEP.
His expertise includes climate law and policy, waste management, and sustainable transport. He has led key projects like the Manila Bay Waste Audit and bike lane development in the Philippines, while also advising multinationals on government affairs and sustainability strategies.
Paulo holds a Law degree from San Beda College Alabang and a Master’s in Innovation and Business from the Asian Institute of Management. His leadership at AENZ is focused on advancing sustainability and environmental solutions for a cleaner future.