Dr. Hutabarat is an economist with extensive experience in macro-financial surveillance, economic and monetary policy analysis, payment system policy and governance, digital currency advisory, and digital financial asset governance, as well as an earlier role in industrial engineering.
LEADERSHIP
Leadership
Five founding partners with complementary careers across central banking, financial regulation, banking supervision, macroeconomics, digital finance, and corporate strategy.
President Commissioner & Founding Partner
Expertise: Economic and monetary policy · Payment system · Digital financial asset
Experience
- Commissioner at Crypto Asset Clearing International – the clearing house for digital financial asset trading in Indonesia.
- Member of the Crypto Bourse Committee at Indonesia Crypto Exchange – the self-regulatory organization for Indonesia’s crypto asset ecosystem.
- Senior Advisor for payment system and digital finance at Marx Consulting Group Academy.
- Former Senior Economist for banking sector at the Supervisory Body of Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority.
- Former Director and Senior Principal Economist for payment system policy at Bank Indonesia.
- Former Economist at the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) – International Organisation for regional economic surveillance to support regional financial safety net.
- Former Industrial Engineer at PT Astra International.
Erwin Haryono
President Director & Founding Partner
Expertise: Strategic leadership · Digital transformation · Communication & stakeholder management · International relations · Crypto asset & digital currency regulation
Erwin Haryono is a founder and Chief Executive Officer of SURPLUS Advisory Indonesia, advising institutions and businesses on macroeconomic policy, financial-sector regulation, government relations, digital transformation, and strategic communication. An accomplished central banking executive and strategic advisor, he has over three decades of experience at Bank Indonesia, including extensive international tenure at the IMF and Bank Indonesia’s New York Office. He is an expert in advising on the impact of monetary and macroeconomic policy, public policy communication, government relations, digital economic transformation strategy, and safeguarding financial stability amidst digital disruption.
Experience
- Former Head of Communication Department, Bank Indonesia – official spokesperson of the central bank, formulating communication strategies for all policy-related issues.
- Former Executive Director, Payment System Policy Department, and Chief of Fintech Office, Bank Indonesia – member of the special task force that developed Indonesia’s payment system blueprint.
- Former Advisor to the Executive Director Office, International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Southeast Asia Voting Group, Washington DC.
- Former Chief Representative, Bank Indonesia New York Office – represented Bank Indonesia’s interests in the US market.
Director, Strategy & Growth, Founding Partner
Expertise: Macroeconomic strategy · Monetary & financial policy · External sector & capital flows · Digital economy · Economic intelligence
Harry S. Baskoro is a strategic economist and former senior Bank Indonesia executive with nearly three decades of experience in monetary policy, financial markets, external sector management, and economic analysis. He concluded his career at Bank Indonesia as Senior Deputy Director, having led initiatives in external sector statistics, economic intelligence, and institutional capability building. As Co-Founding Partner of SUR+, he brings together central banking expertise, international perspective, and business strategy to help institutions navigate economic uncertainty and regulatory change. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York, and a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Business Administration from FISIP, Universitas Indonesia.
Experience
- Former Senior Deputy Director at Bank Indonesia – led initiatives in external sector statistics, economic intelligence, and institutional capability building.
- Led work on Indonesia’s Balance of Payments (BOP), International Investment Position (IIP), and cross-border capital flow analysis, including BPM6 implementation and preparations for BPM7.
- Conducted macroprudential surveillance studies with Bank Indonesia’s Macroprudential Policy Department on household resilience, infrastructure financing, corporate debt-servicing capacity, and post-COVID manufacturing recovery.
- Contributed to digital trade measurement with Bank Indonesia’s Statistics Department, using credit card transaction data and web scraping to trace cross-border digital activity.
- Represented Indonesia in engagements with the IMF, WTO, UNCTAD, OECD, and ASEAN, and helped convene an international forum of 26 countries and 11 international organisations.
- Senior Fellow at CIPS and Research Fellow at IKAL Strategic Center.
- Founder of The Warteg Economist.
Senior Advisor & Founding Partner
Expertise: Banking strategy · Risk management · Good corporate governance · Bank mergers & restructuring · Financial system stability
Ariastiadi Saleh Herutjakra is a strategic management professional in banking, insurance, and multifinance, with 26 years of experience as a bank supervisor. He served as Executive Director of the Bank Supervision Department 2 and Executive Director of the Non-Bank Financial Industry Department 1A, and as Group Head of the Bank Restructuring Unit at the Indonesia Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN), where he led the merger of state-owned banks into Bank Mandiri. His core strength lies in strategic and risk management: identifying the challenges facing financial institutions as technology-driven business models evolve, and formulating measures for development, improvement, or restructuring. He holds a Doctorate in Strategic Management from Universitas Indonesia.
Experience
- Independent Commissioner at PT Asuransi Umum Mega.
- President Commissioner at PT Soilens – overseeing business strategy, digitalisation, governance, and risk management.
- Former President Commissioner and Independent Commissioner at PT Atome Finance Indonesia.
- Former Head of ITSK Development – authentication, underwriting, disbursement, and collection services using conventional and alternative data for the financial industry.
- Former Executive Director of the Non-Bank Financial Industry Department 1A – licensing and regulation of insurance, finance companies, and pension funds.
Anto Prabowo
Researcher Partner
Expertise: Strategic policy · Financial sector governance · Institutional transformation · Consumer protection & market conduct · Risk governance
Dr. Anto Prabowo is a senior financial services executive, academic, and strategic policy expert with more than three decades of experience at Bank Indonesia and the Financial Services Authority (OJK). He has contributed to regulatory design, financial sector governance, the consumer protection framework, market conduct supervision, and nationwide organisational and institutional transformation. His strength lies in bringing together macroeconomics, financial regulation, risk management, institutional governance, and organisational strategy into policies that are conceptually sound as well as workable and results-oriented. He holds a Doctorate in Economics from Universitas Sebelas Maret, an MBA from Aston Business School in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Economics from Universitas Islam Indonesia.
Experience
- Key contributor to OJK Regulation No. 1/POJK.07/2013 on Consumer Protection in the Financial Services Sector – one of the foundational regulations of OJK’s early years.
- Contributed to Indonesia’s National Strategy for Financial Consumer Protection and the national market conduct supervision roadmap.
- Experience at Bank Indonesia and OJK spanning banking supervision and research, monetary policy, regulatory design, and consumer protection.
- Led organisational transformation programmes at OJK, including building and restructuring more than 21 OJK offices across Indonesia.
- Initiated the SIPENA and SIPROJEK digital systems to modernise governance, transparency, and organisational control.
- Led strategic communication, institutional and parliamentary relations, change management, and institutional reputation management.
- Lead contributor to the publications Wajah Satu Dasawarsa OJK and Perjalanan Satu Dasawarsa OJK.
- Recipient of Bank Indonesia’s Special Promotion, the OJK Consumer Service Award, and the OJK Public Relations Award.