Perry Warjiyo

Perry Warjiyo was born in Sukoharjo, a town in Central Java south of the larger city of Surakarta. He attended primary and secondary school in Sukoharjo before studying at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta. He graduated from Faculty of Economics in 1982 and later undertook studies at Iowa State University in the United States. He graduated in economics at Iowa State University, specialising in monetary policies and international finance, with a master's degree in 1989 and a PhD in 1991.

A brief summary of Perry Warjiyo's work with government is as follows:

1984: Joined Bank Indonesia as a junior staff member in January.

1992: Officer, Staff of the Governor (served as staff to Governors Adrianus Mooy and Soedradjad Djiwandono)

1995: Head, Balance of Payments Section

1997: Head, Monetary Policy and Analysis Section

1998: Head, Bureau of the Governor

2000: Deputy Director for Economic Research and Monetary Policy

2003: Director, Centre for Education and Study of Central Bank Issues

2005: Director for Economic Research and Monetary Policy

2007: Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, representing the South East Asian Voting Group (a constituency including 13 countries in South East Asia)

2013: Deputy Governor, Bank Indonesia

During his career in government, Perry Warjiyo has acted as an adviser to Indonesian delegations to numerous international meetings including with the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, Asian Development Bank, G20, EMEAP, Bank for International Settlements, and the Consultative Group on Indonesia.

In October 2019, Global Markets on-line newspaper recognised Perry Warjiyo as Governor of the Year 2019 for the Asia-Pacific region. The award was presented to Perry "for his achievements in terms of maintaining economic stability in Indonesia despite economic and political shocks and throughout the digital transformation undertaken by Bank Indonesia."