Christopher Ganis

Chief Investment Officer at Indonesia Investment Authority

Speaker

Christopher Ganis is a Chief Investment Officer of the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA). He brings a wealth of experience in finance with deep expertise in private credit and equity across Southeast Asia. Prior to his appointment as CIO, Chris served as Managing Director of Investment at INA, where he was responsible for overseeing the Hybrid Capital Solutions division, which provides flexible financing solutions tailored to meet diverse market needs as part of INA’s diversification strategy.

Before joining INA, he spent seven years at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, where he led private credit investments in Southeast Asia, with a focus on Indonesia. As a senior private credit investor, he developed and executed strategies for both primary and secondary credit investments across the region.

Earlier in his career, Chris was a Partner at Asia Summit Capital, an Indonesia-focused private equity and credit fund, and Vice President at Indies Capital, where he led private credit deals across multiple sectors in Indonesia. Chris once had a career at Salomon Smith Barney and later held several senior positions at Citi’s Corporate and Investment Bank, including in Asia Credit Trading and Mergers & Acquisitions.

Chris holds an MBA with Honors from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he received the prestigious Citi Markets & Banking Fellowship, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, summa cum laude, from The Ohio State University.