In This Incarnation...

Born in Bandung in December 1962 Desi made her first trip abroad to London at the age of eleven unaccompanied by her parents who were already in England.  Her sixteen years of growing up in Europe consisted of schooling in London, her university years in Sussex, England and Paris, France and her Master’s degree in London. returning back to indonesia in 1990, Desi began her career in television, helping found the newsroom as Producer, News Anchor and Reporter for the country’s first private TV channel RCTI. A member of the presidential press corp, Desi travelled extensively on foreign state visits as well as international summits for many years and has interviewed many prominent statesmen and public figures including PM Benazir Bhutto, PM Tony Blair, Lady Margaret Thatcher, Bill Gates, Muhamad Yunus, President Jiang Zemin, French Diva Catherine Deneuve and many others.  She has won awards as best news anchor and helped with the start up of Metro TV, Indonesia’s first news channel in 2000 as consultant and media trainer.  She is currently talk show host of Economic Challenges on Metro TV as well as part of the station’s upper management. A keen Video Journalist and amateur photographer Desi continues to travel extensively, both domestically and abroad, finding inspiration from her many trips.  Countries Desi has visited include Europe (Western and Eastern), the US, North and Central America, Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan), west and east europe, Africa (Namibia, south Africa, Tunisia, Morocco), Middle east (Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey), Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Japan and all Asean countries including Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.  She is also a regular columnist for the news magazine Tempo and the English daily The Jakarta Post.