Dora Branyan, Director of Sustainability and External Relations, Marquis 
Dora Branyan graduated from the United States Naval Academy and served as an officer onboard surface warships.

Following her military service, she began an extensive 13-year career in the oil and gas industry in various project management roles, both coordinating and leading major capital upstream projects across the globe.

Dora is responsible for the long-term development and sustainability of Marquis Energy Global while building external relations with potential global partners and clients.

Jill Cooper, Senior Associate, King & Spalding LLP
Jill is a Senior Associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments Group in Singapore. Jill advises private equity and corporate clients on domestic and cross-border M&A and joint venture matters.

Jill regularly advises clients on asset and corporate acquisitions and divestitures, as well as joint ventures and minority investment arrangements. She also assists private equity clients with bolt-on acquisitions and advice in relation to capital returns, shareholder treatment and general corporate matters. Prior to joining King & Spalding in February 2020, Jill practiced with law firms in the United States and Australia.

Mayen Ekong, General Counsel, Gurin Energy
Based in Singapore, Mayen is responsible for the provision of legal, risk and compliance coverage, ensuring the business receives legal advice and support at all stages in the development, financing, construction and operation of sustainable utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects. She is also involved in developing business strategy and providing strategic legal advice to management.

Mayen brings significant experience in energy infrastructure projects in the maritime and power generation sectors and has worked on projects across the APAC and EMEA regions. She is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales and holds a BA (Hons) Law from the University of Hertfordshire, England.

Joanne Eu, Global Commercial Marketing Manager for Finished Lubricants, ExxonMobil
Joined the company in 1993 in Singapore as an Advertising and Promotions executive handling the merchandising and promotions at the then, 43 service station mini-marts. Since then, she has had a range of local and regional assignments in Sales, Marketing and Planning. From 2008 until 2010, Jo-Anne was relocated to Shanghai to manage the China and Taiwan Industrial Lubricants business, and then to Bangkok as the South East Asia Cluster lubricant Sales Manager. Following her sales stints, she was relocated to ExxonMobil’s US headquarters to head the Global Marine & Aviation Marketing organization in 2011. This led to a string of marketing assignments in the past decade in Global marketing as well as the leadership of both Lubricants Marketing, as well as Fuels Marketing in Asia Pacific in 2014 and 2019 respectively. In 2021, she led the Global Aviation and Marine business unit within Finished Lubricants, prior to her current assignment as the Global Commercial Marketing Manager.

Sophea Seng is a Managing Director and Head of Energy & Utilities at Clifford Capital Group in Singapore.

Her team is responsible for client coverage, originating, structuring and executing all types of debt transactions in the Energy and Utilities sector for the platform.

Sophea over 17 years of experience in the energy sector. Prior to joining Clifford Capital, she led Societe Generale’s energy financing practice for South and Southeast Asia. She has worked across Australia, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Her extensive background in energy transition within the region is expected to support Clifford Capital’s growth, particularly as the firm expands its infrastructure credit platform.

Outside of work, she's a busy mom with three young kids. She enjoys the big family and chaos that comes with it. 
Sophea holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of New South Wales, Australia. She is also a CFA charter holder.