Ganis Bustami

Ganis Bustami is a sustainability and development specialist working at the intersection of policy-making, research, and data analysis. With over a decade of experience in sustainable infrastructure development, energy transition, and blended finance, he focuses on producing applied research and analytical insights that inform financial mechanisms and policy strategies to accelerate low-carbon investments in emerging markets and developing economies. At Indonesia’s national development finance institution, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (Persero), he provided research and policy analysis that informed over US$1 billion in municipal infrastructure finance mechanisms, supporting the transition of Indonesia’s sub-national lending framework from a centralized fiscal instrument to a corporatized development finance model that enhanced fiscal sustainability and expanded local governments’ access to capital. He also contributed analytical inputs and policy recommendations for the government guarantee framework for geothermal exploration, which mobilized multilateral and climate finance participation and became Indonesia’s first de-risking mechanism for renewable energy projects. Building on this policy work, he supported evidence-based strategic communications under the Road to G20 program and helped communicate PT SMI’s role as Indonesia’s country platform for energy transition finance through policy research and financial analysis. The initiative earned the company regional merit recognition for financial inclusion.

At Columbia University, Ganis deepened his research engagement through cross-regional projects. He worked as a Research Assistant at the Center on Global Energy Policy, where he co-authored a policy report on the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) across South Africa, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Senegal. His roles as an investment intern at Fundación Chile’s ChileGlobal Ventures and a commercial intern at Cordelio Power further strengthened his analytical lens on market data, financial modeling, and project dynamics in the Americas’ renewable energy space. Ganis holds a Master of Science in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Indonesia. Co-developed an award-winning policy proposal on an innovative blended finance platform to support energy transition, led him to co-found Sustainability Network of Nusantara (SANARA), a learning hub connecting sustainability-driven investors with Indonesia’s emerging market opportunities.