Speakers

Jean Monson joined MUFG in 2019 and is based in Singapore. Jean is a Managing Director and the Head of Infrastructure of Project Finance Asia at MUFG Bank Ltd, based in Singapore. Jean is the Chair of the IPFA (International Project Finance Association) Asia Council. Jean has just under 2 decades of experience as a UK-qualified lawyer and investment banker having advised clients in the UK and Asia Pacific. Jean is a market leading debt infrastructure professional in the international debt capital markets and private bank market. At MUFG, Jean has advised, originated and executed numerous award-winning transactions in energy and infrastructure. Prior to MUFG, Jean was a debt originator in Barclays Capital’s Debt Capital Markets team in London and Singapore. Before moving into investment banking, Jean started her career in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (London) as a lawyer. Jean is a renown thought leader in Energy, Infrastructure and ESG. She is a regular speaker and contributor to international platforms, including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA), IJ Global, Project Finance International (PFI), Moody’s, International Project Finance Association (IPFA), Singapore Construction Law Society and has curated podcasts and client conferences at MUFG. Jean is an APAC judge for the IJ Global Project Finance and ESG Awards 2025. Jean is an alumni of Bloomberg New Voices, a global database of senior female experts in business and finance across Bloomberg’s media platforms. As a subject matter expert, Jean is a trainer for APLMA, IPFA project finance courses and a contributor and guest speaker in Singapore universities’ Green Finance courses. Jean is a qualified Solicitor of England and Wales and holds a Masters in Law from Brasenose College, the University of Oxford (United Kingdom) and 1st class honours in Law (LLB) from Bristol University (United Kingdom). Jean has completed the University of Cambridge Sustainable Finance course and holds a CFA Certification in ESG: Investing in ESG.