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Anastasia Pavlovic
Director

Anastasia is passionate about the intersection between technology, sustainability, and Australia-Indonesia relations. She currently works at Google, working closely with Australia & New Zealand leadership team to shape regulatory strategy as a Country & Strategy Operations Lead.

A 2024 Women Leading Tech Rising Star finalist and New Colombo Plan alumni, Anastasia strives to champion marginalised communities. As a daughter of Indonesian & Serbian migrants raised in Western Sydney, she is committed to leveraging her unique perspective to drive social impact and technological innovation.

Iona Main
Director
Iona is the Political and Government Affairs Adviser at the Australian Consulate-General in New York City, leading Australia’s policy engagement with the northeastern United States. Prior to this, Iona worked as a foreign policy adviser at Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, where she focused on Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Iona was on the taskforce that planned and delivered the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in 2018, where her highlight was speaking (very briefly!) to President Joko Widodo. Iona holds a Master of Public Affairs from Princeton University and Bachelor degrees in Commerce and Arts from the University of Sydney. She speaks Indonesian and French.

Rio Afifuddin
Director
Rio is a development practitioner with a Master of International Development Practice in the Governance and Democratisation stream from Monash University. He has worked in the development sphere since 2009, and has experience working on several donor-funded programs across Eastern Indonesia.

Since early 2019, Rio has worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Jakarta. He oversees and monitors the implementation of two Australian development assistance programs on decentralised governance and knowledge to policy.

Rio hopes that the youth of Indonesia and Australia can continuously collaborate, foster friendships, and contribute to better and stronger bilateral relations. He also values volunteering as a means to give back to the community. In his spare time, he enjoys blogging, backpacking and cooking.

Scott Robinson
Director
Scott is an Australian lawyer, economist and diplomat posted to Indonesia, working in development. He is currently designing the Climate and Infrastructure Partnership with Indonesia. Prior to this, Scott worked as a development economist and international lawyer for the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra.

Holding degrees in both law and economics, Scott is an active volunteer in his community. He is a serving member in the Army Reserves (Legal Officer), the Student Editor of the Australian Yearbook of International Law, and a member of the Australian Rural Fire Service.

Rahmat Hidayat HM
Director

Rahmat Mato is a youth leader and development practitioner from Indonesia with over a decade of experience across Asia and beyond, and an alumnus of AIMEP and CAUSINDY, reflecting his strong commitment to Australia–Indonesia relations. He is the Co-Founder and Director of The Floating School Indonesia, empowering coastal youth through education, leadership, and climate action, and was awarded a scholarship to join a leadership program at UNSW in 2022. He is also an active member of the YSEALI Network and has contributed to regional initiatives with the Asia-Europe Foundation. Currently serving as Partnership & Communication Manager at Blue Forests.