Billy Mambrasar Profile
Gracia Josaphat Jobel Mambrasar or better known as BillyMambrasar is a young Papuan who founded the Kitong Bisa
Foundation, that engaged in informal education , providing
education for underprivileged children in Papua and West Papua.
On November 2019, Billy Mambrasar along with 20 other Papuans
established Papua Youth Creative Hub, a business incubator forPapuan entrepreneurs. Billy Mambrasar currently served as one of
the 11 Special Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia
Joko Widodo for the second term (2019-2024).
Billy born in Serui, Yapen Islands Regency, Papua, 17 December
1988, Billy was born to a family with a low economy Yapen Island,Papua Province. Prior to working with the Government, BillyMambrasar worked as an engineer at the British Oil and Gas
Company, British Petrolium. At the company, Billy was part of theengineering team to work on the Tangguh gas project. Billy thenresigned from the job, to establish the Kitong Bisa Foundation [2].
Billy Mambrasar also has a business and co-founded several business units with his colleagues, to support
the operation of the Kitong Bisa Foundation.
Billy Mambrasar completed his bachelor's degree in engineering, from the Bandung Institute ofTechnology, School of Mining and Petroleum Engineering. He then obtained a Masters degree in Business
Administration from The Australian National University in 2015. He then pursued his education at Said
Business School, University of Oxford. Billy Mambrasar is the first Papuan admitted into Harvard
University. In Harvard, He will be pursuing a PhD in the area of education and human centereddevelopment.
Billy Mambrasar is also an ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs of Indonesia for
2019-2021, appointed by the Minister of the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), andhas been invited to speak at various forums both nationally and internationally. As an SDGs
Ambassador, Billy is actively advocating in national and international seminars to reduce the amount ofplastic waste in Indonesia's oceans. In addition, Billy Mambrasar has also held various business trainings
in various places in Indonesia, to encourage the creation of young Papuan entrepreneurs.
Billy Mambrasar is also currently appointed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, to oversee theprocess of building an entrepreneurship development center in Maluku Province and Papua Province
called the Papua Youth Creative Hub as a part of the government effort poverty alleviation andunemployment program in the two provinces.

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Special Staff to the President of the Republic of Indonesia (2019 – present)
Indonesian representatives for the IYD event as part of the G-20 Conference – 2020
Indonesian SDGs Ambassadors for the 2019-2021
LPDP Recipient - East Indonesia Scholarship, PK 128 in 2017
Indonesian Representative at Youth Assembly, United Nations Central Building, New York,
United States (2017)
World Islamic Economic Forum - Youth Fellow - Singapore (2016)
Participants of the Fellowship Program of the Young South East Asian Leaders Initiative inthe United States (2015) [12]Asia Pacific Youth Organization, LAP, Indonesian Delegate, Malaysia (2015)
Awardee: Student of the Year in 2015 from The Australian National University (2015)
Australia Award Scholarship Recipient - Australia (2012)