Biography

Jacqueline Chang, CEIFM®, is the Official Ambassador and a Fellow of the Circular Economy Institute in the United Kingdom. On 16 September 2026, she received the Institute's inaugural Volunteer of the Year Award, recognising her outstanding contribution to advancing circular economy knowledge, international dialogue and collaboration.

She is an EU-ASEAN circular economy and climate finance specialist with more than 20 years of experience spanning international development, law, sustainable cities, public-private partnerships and investment facilitation. She currently leads the development of the ASEAN EPR Infrastructure Investment Pipeline and Matchmaking Platform under SWITCH-Asia. Her role covers the origination and assessment of circular economy and Extended Producer Responsibility infrastructure projects across seven ASEAN countries, together with investment and technology matchmaking involving European financiers, technology providers, governments and project sponsors.

Jacqueline has supported programmes and initiatives of the European Commission, UNEP-COBSEA, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy and the International Urban and Regional Cooperation programme. Her work encompasses circular economy policy, plastics and marine litter governance, climate action, sustainable urban development and access to climate finance.

She holds an LL.B. (Hons), was admitted as a Barrister of the Inner Temple and has seven years of post-qualification legal experience. She also holds an MSc in International Business from IÉSEG School of Management and completed Business Sustainability Management at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. Her multidisciplinary expertise enables her to connect policy, finance, technology and implementation to advance inclusive and scalable circular economy solutions across ASEAN and beyond.