Chengyao Peng is an Executive Director in S&P Global Energy, leading the APAC power and renewables research practice. She specializes in energy transition, power market fundamentals analysis and forecasting, power market design, policy analysis, company strategies, and technology trends. She regularly presents and moderates executive dialogs at prominent industry conferences, including CERAWeek, World Economic Forum and Energy Asia.
Based in Beijing, Dr. Peng brings 20 years of vast experience in multinational organizations, state owned enterprises, and government agencies. Before joining S&P Global, Dr. Peng spent 10 years at GE, both in the US and China, and took on various roles across energy businesses. She most recently served as strategy director in GE Renewable Energy, where she oversaw both commercial and product strategies in APAC. Before her GE tenure, Dr. Peng was the assistant general manager for eco technologies planning and investment at Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city Investment and Development Co. Prior to that, she worked as a program manager at Singapore’s Public Utilities Board.
Dr. Peng holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering from Tongji University, China, a master’s degree in environmental science from Stanford University, California, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Beijing University of Technology, China.