Sustainable Finance consultant and advocate and former regulator and co-chair of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) Sustainable Finance Working Group

Ephyro Luis B. Amatong is a corporate and securities lawyer, sustainable finance advocate, and former regulator. From Nov. 2016 to March 2022, Mr. Amatong was Co-Chair of the Sustainable Finance Working Group of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Capital Markets Forum. In that capacity, he played a key role in the development of the ASEAN Green, Social and Sustainability Bond Standards as well as the ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance.

After returning to the private sector, Atty. Amatong has continued to advise on sustainable finance matters including on the development of sustainable finance roadmaps, transition finance and energy transition. He is also currently an independent director of a number of companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange and a Partner with the MOSVELDTT Law firm.

Mr. Amatong was admitted to the Philippine Bar in 2002 and the New York Bar in 2007. He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M., 2006) degree, International Finance Concentration, from Harvard Law School, a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B., 2001) degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics (B.S.B.E., 1997) degree, cum laude, from the University of the Philippines School of Economics.