He was born in Sidikalang, North Sumatra, on February 27, 1978. He obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree in 2002 from the University of Indonesia, and continued his study with a Master degree of International & Development Economics from the Australian National University in 2005. In 2014, he obtained a Ph.D from the University of Kansas.

He has been the Head of LPEM Macroeconomic and Financial Research since 2015 and was appointed as Head of the Fiscal Policy Agency on April 3, 2020. His areas of expertise include Business Economics & Projection, Economic Models, Financial Economics, Monetary Economics, and Public Policy Analysis.

Source: https://www.kemenkeu.go.id/en/profile/board-profile/head-of-fiscal-policy-agency/