Charlie Tan

Charlie Tan is Chief Executive Officer at the Global Impact Coalition (GIC), a CEO-led cross-industry accelerator platform founded by some of the world’s leading chemical companies. GIC is focused on enabling new business models and investment in proof of concepts that drive net zero and circularity objectives. Charlie works closely with the CEO Advisory Board and Executive Committee, composed of c-suite leaders from GIC member companies, and he guides a team of partners and collaborators to drive projects from ideation to spin-off. Previously, Charlie was at the World Economic Forum, where he led the incubation and development of the Global Impact Coalition as a spin-off from the Low Carbon-Emitting Technologies (LCET) platform.

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