Professional Experience

After retiring from a Big 4 as Partner & Managing Director (ASEAN), Climate Change and Sustainability Services practice which he pioneered in 2009, Sada now serves as a Director of “Forum for the Future” AsiaPacific – a London-based sustainability not-for-profit.

Sada, currently serves on several committees by public appointment:

1. Member, Expert Board for Appeals under Singapore Carbon Pricing Act at Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, Singapore;
2. Member of the National Working group for GHG and Product Life Cycle Assessment at Enterprise Singapore;
3. Member of ISCA’s (Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants) Corporate Reporting Committee which is tasked with promoting adoption of Sustainability Reporting in Singapore;
4. Accredited examiner for TÜV-SÜD PSB Singapore’s Scheme for Certification of Management Consultants; and
5. Member of IMDA (Infotech and Media Development Authority, Singapore)’s Indian Programmes Advisory Committee.

Credentials

• Member of ISCA
• Accredited examiner for TUV-SUD PSB Singapore Scheme
• Member of IMDA

Qualifications
Sada, is an Electrical Engineer with an MBA and has also qualified as an International Arbitrator from NUS Law School Singapore, and as an Associate Mediator of Singapore Mediation Centre. Sada is an OHSAS 18001 Certified Auditor on Occupational Health and Safety and an ISO14064 Certified Greenhouse Gas Lead Auditor.

Sada has overseen audits as the Partner signing-off for:

• sustainability reports of leading companies such as Singtel, CDL, Wilmar, APRIL, Digi and Optus sustainability reports over many years,
• carbon footprint verification for of Golden Agri Group, and
• green bond for DBS Bank.

As on date Sada continues to account for the maximum number of audits signed off in Singapore as a sustainability report auditor.

For several years Sada was the advisor to the Singapore Environmental Council (SEC) for their Singapore Environmental Achievement Awards and for Singapore Institute of Director’s Singapore Sustainability Reporting Awards.

Sada is a frequently invited speaker and trainer on sustainability topics and emerging aspects in corporate reporting. His articles and interviews have appeared in several business publications and dailies. He is a regular panelist at SID’s programs for company directors and has trained senior executives of Singapore Exchange and Bursa Malaysia. He has also lectured as adjunct at NTU’s Nanyang Business School on “Sustainability: Issues, Reporting & Finance”.