Who is Pandu Syahir? Luhut’s niece who serves as Commissioner of the Stock Exchange

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The figure of Pandu Patria Sjahrir was in the spotlight after being appointed as a Commissioner of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The nephew of the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan was better known as the Chair of the Indonesian Mining Association (APBI) for the period 2018-2021.

In the mining industry, Pandu is quite widely known as a coal entrepreneur. He also serves as an executive at PT Toba Bara Sejahtra Tbk (TOBA), a company whose ownership is often associated with Luhut.

Quoted from the official website of TOBA, Tuesday (6/30/2020), Pandu was born in the United States (US) on May 17, 1979. His domicile is currently recorded in Jakarta.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago and a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Both are campuses in the US.

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Before joining PT Toba Bara Sejahtra Tbk, Pandu had a career as a Senior Analyst specializing in the energy and mining sector at Matlin & Patterson from 2007-2010.

Then his career continued as Principal at Byun & Co, Alternative Energy Fund Asia (2002-2005) and as an Analyst at Lehman Brothers (2001-2002).

At TOBA, Pandu was first appointed as a Director of the Company since October 1, 2010. He is also listed as a Director of PT Adimitra Baratama Nusantara who is still affiliated with TOBA.

Just so you know, Pandu is also the son of economist and politician Sjahrir who once served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on economics.

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Quoted from Happy, Pandu said, with the current stock exchange conditions, there were a lot of challenges faced.

“We have to gain trust of stakeholders, we also have to zoom in from the side demand-quantity of new investors and also supply from the side new companies, with target outliers,“he said.

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