Hon. Mr. Satya Widya Yudha Senior Advisor, Renewable Energy AirQualityAsia

Hon. Satya Widya Yudha serves as a member of the National Energy Council, , tasked with designing and formulating the national energy policy, specifying the national energy general plan, taking energy crisis and emergency steps, and supervising cross-sectoral energy policy. He has served as a former Representative and Chair of the Green Economy Caucus and Alternative Energy Caucus (GEC) of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. From October 2014 to February 2016 he served as Vice Chairman of Commission VII of the House of Representatives, which oversees issues in the Energy and Mineral Resources, Research and Technology and Environment sectors. Within Golkar party, Satya Widya Yudha once served as Vice Secretary- General of the Central Executive Board for Energy and Natural Resources, as well as Head of Natural Resources in the party's daily executive board. He is currently Vice Treasurer of the Golkar Party’s Central Executive Board.

Satya Widya Yudha served as a member of the House of Representatives for the period of 2009–2014, representing the Golkar party and the Jawa Timur () IX constituency. From October 2014 to February 2016 he served as Vice Chairman of Commission VII of the House of Representatives. Within Golkar party, Satya Widya Yudha once served as Vice Secretary-General of the Central Executive Board for Energy and Natural Resources, as well as Head of Natural Resources in the party's daily executive board. He is currently Vice Treasurer of the Golkar Party’s Central Executive Board.

Born in , East Java, Satya Widya Yudha attained his bachelor's degree in marine engineering from Institute Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in followed by a master's degree at the School of Industrial and Manufacturing Science in Bedford, , in Oil and Gas Project Quality Management (MSc). Satya also studied Executive Development from the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University. In the midst of his activities, Satya is also currently pursuing his doctoral program (PhD) in energy at the Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE) and School of Management.

Satya had a long career in the energy sector, as Director, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), and later for British Petroleum (BP) in Washington, D.C. He has worked for British Petroleum in the UK, Indonesia, and . Satya has expertise in geopolitics and energy economics with a special focus on Indonesia, China and Vietnam. In his work, Satya specializes in energy security, energy subsidies, strategic bilateral relations in energy, and risk assessments of national investments. Satya has been a Speaker for several conferences at the National Resilience Institute (‘’Lembaga Ketahanan Nasional’’).

Satya has written and spoken extensively on Indonesia and issues of global energy for the energy industry, government, research institutions, media and various forums such as the Asia Public Policy Forum from Harvard Kennedy School and the University of Indonesia, the Indonesia Petroleum Association convention, the Indonesia Gas Association conference, the IndoCBM conference, the Indonesia Focus Conference at Michigan State University, the Indonesian Petroleum Engineers Association (IATMI) Inspiring Talk, conference of the Natural Resources Governance Institute at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University. Satya also spoke at the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Leaders Luncheon on Climate, which was part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in , late 2015.

In 2013 Satya received the ‘Right Man On The Right Place’ award in the category of Committed Achievement from Lensa Indonesia. Satya has been active in inter-parliamentary relations heading the Indonesian Parliamentary Delegation to the WTO, the Review of the Law on Geothermal to New Zealand.

During his time in the House of Representatives, Satya was once appointed Head of the Indonesian Parliamentary Delegation in 2011 for the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO. He also served as Vice Head of the Special Committee for the Review of the Law on Geothermal, Working Committee for the Geospatial Information Bill, Working Committee for Oil and Gas, Working Committee for Mineral and Coal Working Committee for the Ratification of the HAZE Agreement, Working Committee for the Ratification of the Nagoya Protocol, and many more.

During the 2014–2019 period, Satya Widya Yudha was the architect and chairman of the Green Economy and Alternative Energy Caucus of the House of Representatives. He is currently Vice Treasurer of the Golkar Party’s Central Executive Board.