Dr. Soejachmoen got her Ph.D. in Economics from the Australian National University in 2012. She holds master’s degree in Economics from University of California Davis (1998) and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from University of Indonesia (1992). She is an economist with over 20 years experience in finance, international trade, micro and macroeconomics and development economics at academia as well as development level.

She has published multiple journal and articles on the subjects, such as finance, trade policy, development economics, industry globalization, ASEAN free trade agreements, Indonesian manufacturing and export competitiveness. She has conducted comparative studies on free trade and economic partnership agreements in ASEAN countries.

She began her career as a researcher in 1999 and joined Bank Mandiri in April 2014 as a Head of Mandiri Institute. Prior to that, she works with the National Team for Poverty Alleviation under the Vice President Office and several international institutions.