Purnomo Yusgiantoro ’86 ’88
PE Hall of Fame Class of 2024
Purnomo Yusgiantoro has vast experience leading and contributing to the energy sector of Indonesia and the world. Notably, he served as secretary general, president and governor of organization of OPEC, as well as Indonesia’s minister of energy and mineral resources for three consecutive terms.
He earned two degrees from Mines: a master’s of science degree in petroleum engineering in 1986, followed by a PhD in mineral economics in 1988. He also earned a master’s of economics degree from University of Colorado Boulder.
Yusgiantoro started his career as an energy economics and sustainable development consultant for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. After a decade as vice president director at Inca Oil Company, he began a multifaceted journey in the Republic of Indonesia’s Ministry of Mining and Energy, including serving as minister of energy and mineral resources and minister of defense. He served on several working bodies that formulated the country’s mining and energy guidelines. Concurrently, he held positions of increasing responsibility at Pertamina, Indonesia’s national energy company including board chairman of Pertamina Commissioners.
He served as Secretary General of OPEC in 2004. He also was an OPEC governor from 1993-1998.
Yusgiantoro is dedicated to educating Indonesia’s next generation of energy professionals as a professor and guest lecturer at multiple universities and authoring multiple books and textbooks. He also served as deputy governor of the National Defense University.
In 2016, Yusgiantoro founded the Purnomo Yusgiantoro Center, a nonprofit organization devoted to independent, in-depth research on energy issues at the local, national and global levels with a strong focus on energy security. He dedicates much of his time, knowledge and skills to teaching energy economics at Institute Teknology Bandung.
Professional Societies
- Chairman, Association of Southeast Asian Nations Defense Ministers Meeting
- Chairman, Association of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Ministers Meeting on Energy
- Chairman, Defense Industry Policy Committee, Republic of Indonesia
- Chairman, Indonesian Delegation of Multilateral Conferences