Arif Budimanta was an Indonesian politician who was the vice chairman of the Indonesian National Economic and Industry Committee, a body that was formed in 2016 to support the success of the President Cabinet in determining the economic and industrial policy. In that capacity he was also the Senior Advisor for Minister of Finance; Lecturer of Graduate Program University of Indonesia (UI); Member of the Royal Economic Society (RES) London; Founder and Senior Advisor Indonesian Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD); Executive Director of The Megawati Institute from 2008 till now.