Prabowo Subianto Meets with U.S. Corporate Leaders: “They Believe in Indonesia’s Economy”

Washington, D.C. — On the second day of his visit to Washington, D.C., Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto met with The United States Indonesia Society (USINDO) on Monday, November 11, where he engaged with top leaders of major U.S. corporations.

USINDO is a non-governmental organization dedicated to enhancing U.S. understanding of Indonesia and fostering relations between the two nations. The meeting, held at 4:00 p.m. local time, was a relaxed gathering attended by 25 representatives from both the United States and Indonesia, including executives from major American companies such as Freeport McMoRan, S&P Global, Boeing, BP America, ExxonMobil, Citi, and Caterpillar.

“I’m very pleased with the meetings today with some of the largest companies in America and globally. The United States has long been involved in Indonesia’s economic development, contributing to the growth of our nation,” Prabowo said following the meeting.

Prabowo also encouraged these prominent American companies to continue investing and participating actively in Indonesia’s development agenda.

“They continue to have faith in Indonesia’s economy, and I urged them to keep investing and supporting our development plans,” Prabowo added.

The 25 participants from both countries included:

1. President of USINDO, David Merril
2. Chairman of the Board at Freeport McMoRan, Richard Arkeson
3. CEO of Freeport McMoRan, Kathleen Quirk
4. CEO of Freeport Indonesia, Tony Wenas
5. VP for Federal Government Relations & International Affairs, Freeport McMoRan, J.J. Ong
6. Vice Chairman, S&P Global, Dr. Daniel Yergin
7. CEO of GE Healthcare, Peter Arduini
8. Executive VP, Government Operations, Boeing, Ziad Ojakli
9. President of Boeing Southeast Asia, Penny Burt
10. Retired Partner, Capital Group, F. Chapman Taylor
11. VP and Head of International Affairs, BP America, The Honorable Robert Scher
12. Senior Director, International Government Relations, ExxonMobil, Peter Lavoy
13. VP of International Government Relations, ExxonMobil, Kurt Stuckwisch
14. Managing Director and Global Head of Strategic Development Partnership, Former Interim CEO and COO, IFC (Citi), Stephanie Von Friedeburg
15. VP of Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Global Government & Corporate Affairs, Caterpillar, Murali M Krishnan
16. Senior Director, Government Affairs, Asia-Pacific and Eurasia, Chevron, Craig Hall
17. Dean of Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, Joel Hellman
18. Incoming Rector of Georgetown Asia Pacific in Jakarta, Georgetown University, Professor Yuhki Tajima
19. Senior VP for Partnership and Online, Purdue University, Dimitrios Peroulis
20. VP for Global Partnerships and Director of Semiconductor Education, Purdue University
21. Treasurer of USINDO, Edward Wanandi
22. Lucian Despoio
23. Ted O Sius
24. Budi Djiwandono
25. John Schaefler

Prabowo was accompanied at the meeting by Minister of Foreign Affairs Sugiono, Minister of Investment and Head of BKPM M. Rosan P. Roeslani, Deputy Minister for Higher Education, Science, and Technology Prof. Stella Christie, Indonesian Embassy representative Ida Bagus Made Bimantara, and Secretariat Cabinet member Teddy Indra Wijaya. (RR)