Managing Director, Synergio and Independent Non-Executive Director, Berjaya Corporation Berhad  

Jayanthi Desan has over 15 years experience in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). At Synergio, her advisory work spans some of the leading sustainability practices in the region, covering, amongst others, banking and finance, utilities, oil and gas, property and construction as well as conglomerates.

She is passionate about food and sustainability and co-founded AgTech startup BoomGrow because she believes clean greens should be accessible to all.  BoomGrow is on a mission to transform farming by producing 100% clean and nutritious goodness, introducing trust and traceability back into the food system through patent pending Machine Farms.

Jay is an Independent Non Executive Director at Berjaya Corporation.  She has a PhD in standards of sustainability from Queen Mary, University of London