Fitrian Ardiansyah is Distinguished Humphrey Fellow on Climate Change. He received this Fellowship from the US Government in 2022. He is now leading works on sustainable and climate financing and green investment in Southeast Asia. His works include with ADM Capital Climate, IFC and key financial institutions. He is also leading the development of project pipeline related to sustainable commodities and supply chains in agriculture, forestry and aquaculture.

He has stepped down in December 2022 from IDH-Sustainable Trade Initiative (previously as their Global Envoy for Nature-based Solutions, Chairman of Executive Board of Inisiatif Dagang Hijau [IDH] Indonesia, and Country Representative for Malaysia) after 8 years with this global organization.

He is, among others, currently still serving as:

• Global Strategic Agriculture Advisory Committee Member of PepsiCo
• Advisory Board Member of LTKL (Sustainable District Alliance)
• Regional Steering Committee Member of TFA/WEF 2020 (Tropical Forest Alliance/World Economic Forum)

He has more than 22 years working experience in the field of ecological and environmental economics, natural resource management, integrated spatial and land use planning, sustainable commodities, sustainable forest management as well as climate change and energy. His geographical coverage of works includes areas inside Indonesia, Australia and the Asia Pacific.

Previously, he was:

• Executive Board Member of PISAgro (Partnership for Indonesia Sustainable Agriculture)
• Scientific Program Member for World Water Week at SIWI (Stockholm International Water Institute)
• Executive Board Member and Supervisory Board Member of SCOPI (Sustainable Coffee Platform of Indonesia)
• Executive Board Member of RTL (Sustainable Textile Alliance)
• Adviser and Program Director for Climate and Energy, WWF-Indonesia
• Expert for the Indonesia Forest Climate Alliance (IFCA) focusing in REDD+ in Indonesia
• Member of Indonesian Official Delegates to UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention of Climate Change)

He writes for reputable media incl. the Jakarta Post, Coal Asia, Strait Times, Asia Views, East Asia Forum, Inside Indonesia, the Strategic Review, the Jakarta Globe, Antara and Koran Tempo. He is an accomplished speaker at national and international fora.

In the past, he served as an Advisory Board member of Asian Young Leaders Climate Forum, a member of Australian Government Scholarships Alumni Reference Group (ARG), a technical expert member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB), and a member of the Global Youth Forum on Agriculture Research and Development. Also, he was an active member of Criteria Working Group in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil/RSPO (producing Principles and Criteria on Sustainable Palm Oil) and a member of the Executive Board of RSPO.

He obtained a Master degree in Environmental Management and Development from the Australian National University, Canberra, focusing on Ecological and Environmental Economics. Previously, he obtained a bachelor degree at the Environmental Engineering Department, the Institute of Technology, Bandung, focusing on Environmental Quality Management.

He received Australian Leadership Award and Allison Sudradjat Award from the Government of Australia.