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Angga Antagia
Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives & ASEAN
Angga serves as Council’s Director of Strategic Initiatives since February 2023, leading regional strategic initiatives and managing diverse portfolios - Food & Agriculture, Energy, Innovation & Education. He held various roles as Deputy MD at BowerGroupAsia Indonesia, US-ABC Indonesia Senior Representatives, Deputy ED of Indonesia Services Dialogue Council, Indonesian Parliament Advisory Staff, APEC Business Advisory Council Policy Officer, and Bank Syariah Bukopin Business Lead. Angga holds a bachelor’s in economics, further enriched by programs at Paramadina University and Singapore Institute of Management.

Since February 2023, Angga serves as the Council’s Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives & ASEAN, bringing 15 years of experience in public policy, international trade, project management, government relations and public affairs with him.  He oversees developing the Council’s strategic initiatives across the region, as well as managing the Food & Agriculture, Energy, Innovation and Education portfolios.  Angga previously served at BowerGroupAsia (BGA) Indonesia as Deputy Managing Director provided leadership, quality control and mentoring to the team and nurturing networks and relationships with clients and professional and trade associations and other external groups and events.

Angga has broad experience in industry associations and the private sector and was US-ABC’s Senior Country Representative in Indonesia until 2022, leading advocacy in cross-sectoral industries and building relationships with officials, associations, chambers and other key Indonesian stakeholders.  Angga was also a member of the supervisory board (DPA) of the Indonesian Telematic Society (MASTEL), the leading ICT-industry association.  Early in his career at Bank Syariah Bukopin Angga, he was a business development coordinator for portfolios including healthcare, construction, and the retail industry.

Angga’s extensive networks derive from his years as an expert staff member in the Indonesian Parliament, as founding deputy executive director of the Indonesia Services Dialogue Council (ISD – one of the initiators of Asia Pacific Services Coalition, or APSC), and as a policy officer at the APEC Business Advisory Council Indonesia.  He started his career as an assistant lecturer in the Economics Department of Gadjah Mada University and researcher at the Centre for Economic Studies and Public Policy.  Angga holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Gadjah Mada University and received further professional education through a Ford Foundation-supported Executive Program for Sustainable Partnership from Paramadina University and in Effective Negotiation at the Singapore Institute of Management for Professional Development

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Articles

Thailand News
Thailand’s Tiered Salt Tax: Implications for Manufacturers and U.S. Exporters
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Vietnam News
Strategic Opportunities for U.S. Companies in Vietnam’s Expanding Agro-Forestry-Aquatic Sector
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Thailand News
Navigating U.S. Tariff Shifts: Impacts on Southeast Asian Trade and American Market Strategies
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Philippines News
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ASEAN News
ASEAN explores incorporating IoT to advance smart agriculture
by Angga Antagia and 2 others
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Philippines News
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by Angga Antagia and 2 others
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Thailand News
U.S. Department of Agriculture Leads Trade Mission to Bangkok
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Cambodia News
Cambodia Strengthens Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture at ASEAN RAI Guidelines Review
by Angga Antagia and 2 others
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Indonesia News
Indonesia's Budget Cuts Shake Agricultural Infrastructure and Production
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Thailand News
Thailand's Electricity Price Cut Gains Private Sector Support
by Angga Antagia and 4 others
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Vietnam News
Vietnam Partnerships and a Reinvigorated Civil Nuclear Program
by Angga Antagia and 4 others
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ASEAN News
Japan’s Expanding Energy Cooperation in ASEAN
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