Independent Commissioner

Independent Commissioner

Cyrillus Harinowo


Profile


Indonesian citizen, 71 years old. Domiciled in Indonesia. Appointed as Independent Commissioner of BCA at the 2003 Annual GMS and obtained the approval of Bank Indonesia on 4 September 2003. Lastly reappointed to the position at the 2021 Annual GMS for a 5-year term.

Career


Prior to joining BCA, he has had a career in Bank Indonesia (BI) for around twenty five years, including in the position of Director of the Money Market and Giralization and Monetary Management Department (1994-1998), a director-level position. He has also served as Alternate Executive Director and Technical Assistance Advisor for the Monetary and Exchange Affairs Department, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington (1998-2003). He has served in various managerial positions at both government and non-government institutions, including as Staff to the Minister of Trade (1988- 1989).

He is an active lecturer with a number of leading universities in Jakarta, and a regular speaker at seminars and forums both domestically and abroad as well as writing articles for mass media. He has published books on Indonesia’s public debt (2002) and on the IMF (2004), as well as books titled ‘Indonesian Economic Spring’ (2005), ‘Oceanic Joy: A Journey of a Big Indonesian Shipping Company’ (2020), ‘Towards the Age of Electric Vehicles’ (2021), ‘Towards the Renewable Energy Era’ (2022), and Gunungkidul, The Next Bali’ (2022), and Indonesia as the Gravity Center of the World Battery Industry (2023).

Education


Obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Universitas Gadjah Mada (1977), a Master’s degree in Development Economics from Williams College, Massachusetts (1981), and a PhD. In International Monetary and Economics from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA (1985).

Affiliation


No financial relationship, stock ownership relationship, and/ or family relationship with fellow members of the Board of Commissioners, members of the Board of Directors, and/or the controlling shareholders of BCA.

Concurrent Position


Does not have concurrent positions in companies or other institutions in accordance with the prevailing OJK Regulations.

Expertise


During his career, he accumulated extensive experience in various areas and assignments, including in monetary economy, macro & international economy, banking & finance, and renewable energy