Morrison Expands in Singapore With Former New Zealand MP
Morrison fosters its presence in Singapore with an Operating Partner who is a former New Zealand Climate Change Minister.
The former New Zealand Climate Change Minister Hon. James Shaw is becoming an Operating Partner at Morisson, one of the world's largest specialist infrastructure managers. He will be based in the firm's new Singapore office, according to a media release sent on Monday.
Morrison was founded in New Zealand more than 35 years ago but today has a global team of more than 200 professionals working across seven offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand, managing over US$28 billion of assets.
First Climate-Related Financial Disclosures Regime
During his ten years as a Member of Parliament and six as a Government Minister, Shaw was the architect of New Zealand’s net-zero framework, brokering bi-partisan support for the Zero Carbon Act, reforms of the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme, and the world’s first Climate Related Financial Disclosures regime.
«I’m excited about being based in Singapore, where there is so much support for and investment in the development of wind and solar PV energy projects, and storage solutions, across Southeast Asia, North Asia, and India,» Shaw said.
Big Three
«Singapore is one of the big three global capitals for green finance, so Morrison is building a senior presence focused on the investing community there, looking for opportunities to make a difference,» he added.
