![]() Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Nanyang Technological University. He is also a member of the Dean's Leadership Council for the S. Wirjawan is a senior fellow at the Zbigniew Brzezinski Institute on Geostrategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C. Previously, he served as a Commissioner of state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, an Independent Board Director of Axiata Group Berhad, and Independent Commissioner of Axiata Excelcomindo. Wirjawan currently sits on the international advisory board of ACE Group and at Singapore Management University (SMU). In July 2014, Wirjawan decided to return to Ancora Group. In February 2014, Wirjawan resigned from his position as Minister of Trade to participate in the Democratic Party Convention as a Presidential Candidate. Also notable was that under his leadership, Trade Law was finally passed by the House of Representatives on 11 February, a new milestone for the country after 80 years of using the previous Dutch-era law. One of his biggest accomplishments in this role was, as Chairman of the Ninth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2013 held in Bali 3–7 December 2013, leading the 159 members of the WTO to agree to a package to ease international trade barriers. Wirjawan was appointed as Minister of Trade of Indonesia in October 2011. Under his leadership, foreign direct investments in Indonesia almost doubled from US$11bn in 2009 to $19bn in 2011. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed Wirjawan as Chairman of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) in October 2009. Wirjawan left the Ancora Group in October 2009 to begin his public service until the early part of 2014. Ancora Capital, a private equity arm of the Group, invests primarily in growth companies in the middle market segment across the consumer and natural resources sectors. Īfter leaving JP Morgan in April 2008, Wirjawan established the Ancora Group, focusing on investments in Indonesia. From 2004 to 2008 Wirjawan served as a Senior Country Officer and President Director JP Morgan Indonesia. He joined Goldman Sachs, Singapore in July 2000 as a vice president in the Investment Banking Division, followed by a stint at Singapore Technologies Telemedia as a Senior Vice President, International Business Development from 2003 until 2004. From July 1997 to May 1999 Wirjawan was a Director of Corporate Finance at Bahana Securities, Indonesia. He joined Citibank in Indonesia in 1992 in the Consumer Banking department, becoming a vice president in 1997. ![]() Wirjawan began his career as an auditor at the firm of Morrison Brown & Argiz in Miami, Florida in 1989. The couple got married in 1993 and have three children. Īn avid musician, Wirjawan met his wife, Yasmin Stamboel, while teaching piano lessons during his college summer break. state of Texas and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He also qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in the U.S. Wirjawan earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas, Austin in 1988, a master's degree in Business Administration from Baylor University in 1989, and a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University's Harvard Kennedy School as a Mason Fellow in 2000. The youngest of five children, Wirjawan attended Budi Waluyo Elementary School and Pangudi Luhur Junior High School in Jakarta before moving to Bangladesh, and later to India, at the age of thirteen as his father was serving as a WHO officer in Bangladesh. Gita Wirjawan was born in Jakarta to Paula Warokka and Wirjawan Djojosugito. He was the head of Badminton Association of Indonesia from 2012 to 2016. He is the founder of Ancora Group and Ancora Foundation. Previously, he served as Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia during President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu II ( Second United Indonesia Cabinet). ![]() Gita Irawan Wirjawan (born 21 September 1965) is an Indonesian investment banker, entrepreneur, philanthropist, musician, and podcaster.
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