Satya Widya Yudha

Family and education

Born in Kediri, East Java, Satya Widya Yudha attained his bachelor's degree in marine engineering from Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Surabaya. Satya then continued to attain his master's degree at the Cranfield University School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science in Bedford, United Kingdom, in Oil and Gas Project Quality Management (MSc). Satya also studied Executive Development from the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University. In the midst of his activities, Satya is also currently pursuing his doctoral program (PhD) in energy at the Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE) and School of Management.

Satya is married to Diah Ambarsari and has two children, Dyah Roro Esti Widya Putri, currently pursuing her master's degree at Imperial College London, and Satya Hangga Yudha Widya Putra, currently pursuing his master's degree at New York University. Satya and his wife reside in Bintaro Jaya, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Work and career

In the oil and gas field, he once served as Director of Federal Relations and Business Development for the Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), and later for British Petroleum (BP) in Washington, D.C., U.S. when BP acquired ARCO. He was later entrusted to serve as Director of International Affairs of BP Plc, stationed in London. He then returned to Indonesia to serve for two and a half years as Vice President of BP Indonesia. He later served as LNG Supply and Development Director of BP China in Beijing. In China, Satya then continued his career at BP Vietnam as Business Strategy Director. His last professional stint was as BP representative at VICO Indonesia as Director of Business Development of Coalbed Methane (CBM), before finally starting his political career in parliament.

Satya has expertise in geopolitics and energy economics with a special focus on Indonesia, China and Vietnam. He is resourceful in combining knowledge of the energy industry and market with geopolitics and the energy economy of Asia and the world. In his work, Satya specializes in energy security, energy subsidies, strategic bilateral relations in energy, and risk assessments of national investments. For this, the National Resilience Institute (Lembaga Ketahanan Nasional) has repeatedly requested his presence to be a speaker. Most recently, in early August 2016, Satya was invited to be a speaker at a public discussion with the theme "Realizing Energy Sovereignty in order to Increase Public Welfare in the Context of National Resilience".

Satya has written and spoken extensively on Indonesia and issues of global energy for the energy industry, government, research institutions, media and various forums such as the Asia Public Policy Forum from Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Indonesia, the Indonesia Petroleum Association convention, the Indonesia Gas Association conference, the IndoCBM conference, the Indonesia Focus Conference at Michigan State University, the Indonesian Petroleum Engineers Association (IATMI) Inspiring Talk, conference of the Natural Resources Governance Institute at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, as well as various other occasions. Satya also spoke at the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Leaders Luncheon on Climate, which was part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris, late 2015.

With his myriad of experiences, Satya was requested to be a responder during the launching of the Indonesia Energy Outlook, together with Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Dr. Fatih Birol in July, 2016.

In 2013, along with Joko Widodo (then-Governor of DKI Jakarta), Sharif Cicip Sutardjo (then-Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), Yusril Ihza Mahendra (previously Minister of State Secretariat), Roy Suryo (then-Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs), and conglomerate Hary Tanoesoedibjo, Satya received the ‘Right Man On The Right Place’ award in the category of Committed Achievement from Lensa Indonesia.

During his time in the House of Representatives, Satya was once appointed Head of the Indonesian Parliamentary Delegation in 2011 for the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO. He also served as Vice Head of the Special Committee for the Review of the Law on Geothermal, Head of the Delegation of the Special Committee for the Review of the Law on Geothermal to New Zealand, member of the Special Committee for the Law on Engineering, Working Committee for the Geospatial Information Bill, Working Committee for Oil and Gas, Working Committee for Mineral and Coal, Working Committee for the Ratification of the HAZE Agreement, Working Committee for the Ratification of the Nagoya Protocol, and many more.

During the current 2014–2019 period, Satya Widya Yudha was mandated to be the Vice Chairman of Commission VII of the House of Representatives, before being replaced by Fadel Muhammad. He is also the architect and chairman of the Green Economy and Alternative Energy Caucus of the House of Representatives.

In his political career at Golkar, Satya once served as Vice Secretary-General of the Central Executive Board for Energy and Natural Resources. He currently serves in the daily executive board as Head of Natural Resources.

Satya also currently serves as Head of the Alumni Expert Board of his old campus, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, for the period of 2015–2019. He was also appointed by his colleagues to be the Chairman of the Indonesian Chapter of the Cranfield University Alumni.