ARISE+ Indonesia welcomes the new Technical Advisory Board (TAB) Coordinators, Mr Ari Satria and Mr Marthin Kalit. Mr Ari Satria, the newly appointed Secretary to the Directorate General of International Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Trade, takes over the responsibility as TAB Coordinator for FTA/CEPA Component of ARISE+ Indonesia. Mr Ari has been with the Ministry of Trade for more than 27 years serving several distinguished positions, including as Head of Indonesian Trade Promotion Center in Busan, South Korea; Trade Attaché of Indonesia in Seoul, South Korea; Director of Export Information and Market Development; Director of National Export Development; and Head of Public Relations Bureau. Mr Ari obtained his Master of Arts degree in Economics from Boston University, USA.
Mr Marthin Kalit, is the new Director of Export Import Facilitation and becomes the TAB Coordinator for Trade Facilitation for WTO-TFA Implementation. Prior to his current post, Mr Marthin held many other key functions within the Ministry of Trade, including as Director for Export of Industrial and Mining Products; Director for Export of Agricultural and Forestry Products; Secretary of the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency and, most recently, Secretary of Directorate General of Foreign Trade. Mr Kalit holds a Master’s Degree in International Trade from the University of Colorado-Boulder, USA.
The solid experience of the two incumbents in international trade will be a strong asset to guide the project in pursuing and enhancing actions in their respective areas.
ARISE+ Indonesia thanks the previous TAB Coordinators, Mr Moga Simatupang and Mrs Merry Maryati for their great contribution to the project during their time in office and wish them all the best in their future endeavors.
