Alessandro Bisagni is the Founder & President of BEE Incorporations, an international sustainability engineering consulting and technology company specializing in the creation of green and healthy buildings. Alessandro’s mission is to leverage business to do good. This includes educating corporations about tangible ways to build, renovate, and operate spaces sustainably while also helping advance sustainability in our urban environment. Over his career he has managed more than 400 green building projects across 30+ countries. The projects range from luxury retail flagships to eco-resorts to organic showrooms; with a combined footprint of over 40 million sqf. He has grown BEE to become a 50+ team in 12 offices, a LEED Proven Provider, a WELL Enterprise Provider, and Top 15 LEED Consultancies in China as recognized by GBCI. BEE is the most experienced green building consultancy in the retail sector worldwide. Alessandro is a Chartered Environmentalist and has been recognized by the Urban Land Institute as a Top 40 Under 40 professional, Tatler Asia as Generation T List, South China Morning Post as a 2017 Timekeeper, Green Is The New Black as a Green Warrior, received three consecutive IWBI Leadership Awards for his work in Asia on the WELL Building Standard, a Living Future Hero award by the International Living Future Institute, and has been designated a LEED Fellow by US Green Building Council – one of only a handful in Asia. He is the co-Founder of the Green Building Professional Partnership (GBPP) China and current Chairman of Platinum Hong Kong: two industry groups whose mission is to spread green building knowledge across Greater China and build ties between local LEED practitioners and the USGBC. He is originally from La Spezia, Italy and has lived in the USA, England, Canada, and now China. First moving to Shanghai in 2006, he now lives in Hong Kong with his wife and twin girls. Alessandro graduated from McGill University’s School of the Environment with a specialization in Environmental Economics and Urban Planning. Before opening BEE, Alessandro was an Environmental Consultant for the international engineering firm ARUP, based out of their Hong Kong and Shanghai offices. Specialties: - International Business Operations & Management - Financial Budgeting & Forecasting - Operational Efficiency & Cost/Profitability Control- Company Set Up & Market Entry Strategy- Strategy, Vision, & Mission Planning - Green Building Certifications - Materials Due Diligence & Procurement - Cloud-Based Building Performance Monitoring & Management