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Anthony
Riha MAICD
Corporate Governance & ESG Partner · GUARD™ · Mahat Advisory · Singapore
GUARD™ — Corporate Governance & ESG ISS ESG Trained MAICD ISSB S1 & S2 · GRI · CDP · ISS ESG M&A ESG Risk — Climate Action 100+ Keynote: ICGN · ACGA · TWSE/TDCC HKMA & MAS Sustainable Bond Advisory
About

Board Governance Requires Someone
Who Has Been in the Room

Most governance advisory is delivered by people who have studied governance. Anthony Riha has spent 15 years inside the conversations that determine whether governance is real or performed.

Anthony Riha is an ISS ESG trained board governance and ESG advisory specialist with 15+ years of institutional shareholder engagement, M&A ESG risk analysis, and corporate governance advisory across Asia-Pacific. He has worked with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Monetary Authority of Singapore on sustainable bond certification frameworks, and has keynoted at the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA), and the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE/TDCC).

At Alliance Advisors International he served as Senior Vice President for M&A and Sustainability Asia-Pacific, with full P&L responsibility and expertise in ESG risk analysis at the Climate Action 100+ standard across six Asia-Pacific countries. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD), has CFA Institute ESG Investing certification in progress, and MIT Agentic AI certification in progress.

Professional Experience
Corporate Governance & ESG Partner — Mahat Advisory · GUARD™ · 2024–Present
SVP M&A & Sustainability Asia-Pacific — Alliance Advisors International · Singapore
Vice President Asia-Pacific Sales — ISS ESG / ISS Corporate Solutions · Singapore · 5 years
Enterprise Sustainability Solutions — UL Solutions · Australasia · Global 1000 Portfolio
Keynote Speaker — ICGN · ACGA · TWSE/TDCC
Advisory to HKMA & MAS — Sustainable Bond Grant Scheme certification
Senior Advisory — RR Donnelley/Bowne · IPO · M&A · Private Equity · Hong Kong · China · Korea · Japan · 2008–2013
USD 70M+ ESG enterprise advisory revenue · Asia-Pacific
Coverage
Korea · Greater China · ASEAN · Australia · India · 15+ years active
HKEX · SGX · Bursa Malaysia · SEC Philippines · Korea Stock Exchange
Core Domains
ISS ESG QualityScore & Climate Awareness Scorecard
ISSB S1 & S2 · CDP · GRI · ISS ESG Frameworks
M&A ESG Risk — Climate Action 100+ Standard
Institutional Shareholder Engagement
Scope 3 Supply Chain Assurance
Sustainable Bond Certification — HKMA & MAS
HKEX · SGX · Bursa · SEC PH Governance Frameworks
ESG Cyber Risk Classification
Credentials
Member — Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD)
ISS ESG Trained — global institutional shareholder ESG standard
ISSB S1 & S2 · CDP · GRI · ISS ESG disclosure frameworks
Scope 3 Supply Chain Assurance — limited and reasonable
CFA Institute — ESG Investing Certification (in process)
MIT — Agentic AI Certification (in process)
Role at Mahat Advisory
Anthony leads the ESG and institutional governance layer of GUARD™ mandates — ISS ESG analysis, disclosure framework advisory, M&A ESG risk assessment, and institutional shareholder engagement preparation. The clinical governance architecture — board dynamics, succession design, and AI oversight — is led by a credentialled Senior Specialist Partner. On GUARD™ mandates, both layers are present.
Board Governance, ESG Advisory
or M&A ESG Risk

Contact Mahat Advisory for GUARD™ board governance advisory — including ESG disclosure architecture, institutional shareholder engagement preparation, and M&A ESG risk assessment. Anthony Riha leads the ESG and institutional governance layer.

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