Inauguration of the Head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center

Deteksipost.com – Jakarta – President of the Republic of Indonesia, Ir. H. Joko Widodo, inaugurated the Head of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) for the period 2020-2021, Dr. Dian Ediana Rae, Wednesday, May 6, 2020.
 
The inauguration which was witnessed by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs RI, Mahfud MD and the Minister of State Secretary, Pratikno was held at the State Palace, Jakarta.
 
Dian Ediana Rae will fill the vacant position of Head of PPATK after the passing of the previous Head of PPATK, Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin, on March 14, 2020.
 
He previously served as Deputy Head of PPATK, who was appointed for a term of office in the period of 2016 to 2021.
 
In the midst of a difficult situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the President advised that the PPATK must continue to optimize its performance in the area of ​​preventing and eradicating money laundering and financing of terrorism.
 
This is important because these two crimes are extraordinary crimes (extraordinary crime), so that requires serious commitment in implementing them. The Head of PPATK is also expected to continue to increase the positive synergy of PPATK with all its stakeholders, both the Supervisory and Regulatory Institutions, Law Enforcement Agencies, and Reporting Parties.
 
The figure of Dian Ediana Rae herself is not a stranger in the economic and legal fields. The Doctor of Law in Financial Economics from the University of Indonesia was previously a career officer at Bank Indonesia, with a number of positions including as Head of Bank Indonesia Representative in London in 2010-2013, Chief Representative of Bank Indonesia Region VI covering West Java and Banten in 2013- 2014, and the Head of Bank Indonesia Regional Department I in the 2014-2016 period.
 
Together with the late PPATK Head, Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin, he built the PPATK into an increasingly credible and integrity institution, which was marked by various achievements such as initiating the birth of various strengthening infrastructure for anti-money laundering law and preventing terrorism financing (APUPPT), maintaining the integrity of the financial system , optimizing anti-financing commitments on terrorism in national and regional scope, increasing the central role of Indonesia and PPATK especially in various international forums, and bringing PPATK towards the transformation of its organization.
 
Dian’s credibility was also evidenced by her election as Vice Chair in the Egmont Group’s Information Exchange Working Group, continued as the Egmont Group’s Regional Representative for the Asia Pacific region, members of the Egmont Group Committee, and as Co-Chair in the Financial Intelligence Consultative Group (FICG) in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. For information, the Egmont Group is an international organization that houses the gathering of all financial intelligence institutions (Financial Intelligence Unit / FIU) in the world.
 
With his various mandates at various international forums, he brought Indonesia to actively participate in various international anti-money laundering and prevention of terrorism financing forums, and encouraged other countries to comply with international anti-money laundering standards, both in the form of membership sponsorships in the forum international to provide technical assistance (technical assistance) to various countries.
 
Dian Ediana Rae will lead the PPATK until the period of 2021. She will be faced with a number of PPATK strategic agendas, mainly now to bring Indonesia successfully through the Mutual Evaluation Review (MER) together with all relevant stakeholders. Success through MER is important considering this is a prerequisite for Indonesia, which is in the process of applying for membership in international financial anti-money laundering (FATF) organizations.
 
Dian Ediana Rae will also lead the PPATK in the agenda of preparing the organization’s business processes, strengthening domestic and foreign cooperation, improving reporting systems and databases, improving the quality of Analysis Results and Inspection Results, to other priority programs such as the implementation of goAML, measurement of Financial Integrity Review, building Politically Exposed Persons applications, building Information Sharing Platform applications, and a series of other priority targets.
 
After his inauguration, Dian stated that the departure of the previous PPATK Chief, Kiagus Ahmad Badaruddin would not diminish his enthusiasm and ideals and all components of PPATK to continue to advance this institution. For him, the appointment as Head of PPATK became a momentum to continue to improve the capacity of himself and the institution he leads.
 
“I invite all elements in the internal PPATK, along with all stakeholders who have been continuing to support the performance of PPATK, can continue to join hands to establish close and warm synergy. PPATK will continue to be committed to carrying out its duties and functions, supporting law enforcement, while maintaining economic stability and financial system integrity, “he said.
 
M. Natsir Kongah

Chairperson of the PPATK Public Relations Group
Tel: 0813 8668 4827

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