Sara Velezmoro — Judge

Sara Velezmoro is a credit reporter at IFR Asia, a leading capital markets publication covering bonds, syndicated loans, and debt financing across the Asia-Pacific region. Her work places her at the centre of how debt markets price and respond to corporate governance, credit risk, and financial resilience.

Her day-to-day reporting requires close engagement with issuers, bankers, and investors on the deals shaping Asia's capital markets, giving her a real-time, ground-level view of how financial institutions and corporates are — or aren't — integrating sustainability into their financing decisions.

This vantage point into how capital markets evaluate risk and governance brings an independent, market-facing perspective to the assessment of sustainable leadership on the judging panel for the Sustainable Leaders Hong Kong Awards of Excellence.