Rosan Perkasa Roeslani

Rosan Perkasa Roeslani built his career in finance and business before entering government. He studied business administration at Oklahoma State University and earned an MBA in Belgium. A co-founder of Recapital Group, he worked in investment and corporate restructuring, advised Indonesia’s batik cooperative association, and later chaired the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 2015 to 2021. ^{1, 2}

Roeslani served as ambassador in Washington from 2021 to 2023. At a March 2023 briefing for the US–ASEAN Business Council, he outlined the economic agenda of Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship, including recovery from the pandemic, digital development, sustainability, and supply chains. He proposed closer American cooperation on green infrastructure and the region’s production networks. ^{1, 3}

Roeslani returned to government as deputy minister of state owned enterprises in 2023 and went on to lead Prabowo Subianto’s presidential campaign. He became investment minister in August 2024, retained responsibility for investment and downstream industry in Prabowo’s cabinet, and took a leadership role at the state investment body Danantara in February 2025. ^{1, 2}