Zainal Arifin is Executive Vice President of Renewable Energy at PT PLN (Persero).  He is also Assistant Professor at Power and Renewable Energy Department of Institut Teknologi PLN and System Engineering Graduate program of Universitas Indonesia.

He received a BSc (Sarjana Teknik) in Mechanical Engineering from Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) Indonesia. He earned his MBA in Operation Management from the University of Missouri – St Louis (UMSL), USA and a PhD in Strategic Management from Universitas Indonesia, focusing on Corporate Technology Strategic Policy.

Zainal is a senior member of IEEE, Board Member of Global Smart Energy Federation (GSEF), Indonesia Electricity Power Society (IEPS/MKI), Indonesia Renewable Energy Association (METI), The Institution of Engineers Indonesia – Electrical Section (BKE PII), and Indonesia Strategic Management Society (ISMS). He is also member of IEEE Technology and Management Society (IEEE TEMS) and International Electricity Research Exchange (IERE).

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