Ruth Yeoh is an Executive Director at YTL Singapore Pte Ltd and Director at YTL-SV Carbon Sdn Bhd, YTL’s in-house carbon consultancy. 

Eldest in her fourth-generation family infrastructure conglomerate business, she heads Sustainability for the YTL Group of Companies and pioneered the educational campaign “Climate Change Week” in her hometown of Malaysia. 

She has received numerous accolades including “Asia’s Power Businesswomen” and “Heroes of Philanthropy” by Forbes in 2015 and the Medallion for Distinguished Service by the Ministry of National Development in Singapore in 2019. She currently serves on the Board of Reef Check Malaysia and is an Executive Committee Member of Women in Sustainability and Environment (WISE) and a Singapore Advisory Council Member of The Nature Conservancy (TNC). 

Ruth is also a published author and co-editor of the Book “Cut Carbon, Grow Profits: Business Strategies for Managing Climate Change & Sustainability” and co-founded the Recyclothes Group, a sustainable fashion and social enterprise that promotes the circular economy.