Felia Salim

Felia Salim is active finance and social-environmental activism. Her focus in the financial sector encompasses syariah, insurance and climate finance; as well as on socially just bio economy for restorative and regenerative agriculture linked to health-to-food systems and energy transition. *Ms Salim has been instrumental in developing several key organizations focused on democracy, and good governance/anti-corruption, such as the Partnership for Governance Reform of Indonesia, The Transparency International Indonesia Chapter, and the Tifa Foundation. Her philanthropy and commitment to sustainability-climate change work have earned her seats in both national and international Advisory and Governing Boards such as et al: the AndGreen Fund, a Dutch-based Blended/Climate finance to focus work in Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia; US based Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) doing work in Asia and Latin America and Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) covering South Africa, India, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Indonesia to catalyze and accelerate investments in green energy transitions and renewable energy solutions. Her engagement with the Australia Indonesia Centre is facilitating the academia between major universities in both countries. The interdisciplinary approach to joint research projects encompasses various sectors such as health, education, energy transition at national and subnational level which included lookin into coastal community works, etc. Current and Most Recent: Senior Advisor to GEAPP (Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet) Board Member of CLUA (Climate and Land Use Alliance) Board Member of the AIC (Autralia Indonesia Centre) Ambassador to FOLU (Food and Land Use) Coalition Board of Trustee EcoNusa Foundation Chair of GAIN (the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition); term ending May 2024 Board of Director of AndGreen Fund; term ending June 2024 Board of Director of the Indonesia Eximbank; term ending July 2024 Chair of Transparency International Indonesia; term ending September 2024 Senior Advisor of Oliver Wyman, Marsh Maclennan group Extensively covering the financial sector: finance and banking, syariah finance, insurance, climate finance; but also education, infrastructure and the energy sector At EcoNusa Foundation, as a board focused on community resilience work in the eastern part of Indonesia, mostly in the Maluku/Moluccas and Papua. As Co-founder of ESAS (Empu Sendok Arts and Science), over the last six years, she has been working through the MIT Global Program delving into systems transformation addressing leadership in climate and sustainability with a strong gender and rights perspective. The initiatives include village level work to developing a new model for a smart, sustainable and resilient community, encompassing restorative-regenerative community based biodiverse agriculture linked to healthy diets. *With more than 35 years in the financial sector, Ms Salim, in July 2024 has completed her term as Member of the Board of Directors of Indonesia Eximbank, a special mission vehicle under the Ministry of Finance, chairing the Risk Management Committee ensuring the functioning of the overall Governance, Risk and Compliance . From 2004-2015, Ms Salim served PT Bank Negara Indonesia, one of Indonesia’s largest state banks. As Vice President Director/Transformation Director, she was responsible for the comprehensive transformation of the bank. This meant having to align people, process, and technology resulting in a healthier bottom line based on segments which include the micro and SME. This endeavor covered Sustainability measures to be introduced into the enterprise-wide risk management framework. She held several important positions: as the Deputy Chairperson of The Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency, rand as the Head of the Secretariat for the Financial Sector Policy Committee addressing problems of the Asian Crisis of 1998; and prior as Managing Director of the Jakarta Stock Exchange; Jardine Fleming Nusantara Securities and Citibank, N.A.