Gita Wirjawan

Bridging business, public policy, and culture, Gita Wirjawan has built a career around advancing Southeast Asia’s global influence. A former Indonesian Minister of Trade (2011–2014), he is Chairman of Ancora Group and founding partner of Ikhlas Capital, with prior experience at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. A believer in soft power, he champions storytelling through film and ideas. As Chairman of Visinema Group, he helped bring Jumbo, Southeast Asia’s highest-grossing animated film with over 10 million views, to the big screen. Through Endgame, his educational podcast, and his book What It Takes: Southeast Asia, Gita challenges the region to move from the periphery of global consciousness to its centre.