One Year On, Danantara Strengthens Foundation of National Economic Transformation
Danantara Indonesia marked one year of institutional operations through a reflection gathering held at Wisma Danantara in Jakarta on Tuesday, 11 March 2026. President Prabowo Subianto issued directives to all Danantara Indonesia staff regarding the importance of maintaining integrity, disciplined governance, and long-term orientation in state asset management to strengthen the foundation of national economic development.
“We are grateful that Indonesia now has a state investment management institution that can be compared with sovereign wealth funds at the global level,” said Prabowo.
Prabowo acknowledged that state asset management performance has improved significantly over the past year thanks to good management, disciplined governance, and strong commitment. He called on Danantara to continue strengthening governance and improving performance so that state asset management truly delivers maximum benefits for the Indonesian people.
Danantara Indonesia Chief Executive Officer Rosan stated that the first year of Danantara Indonesia’s operations focused on building institutional and governance foundations whilst launching various strategic initiatives that form the basis for transformation of state asset management.
As the parent entity carrying the mandate for strategic state asset management, Rosan said that Danantara focused on building institutional governance foundations in its first year. “Throughout 2025, Danantara’s Board of Commissioners developed more than 27 governance policy frameworks aligned with regulations to ensure state asset management operates transparently, accountably, and professionally,” Rosan said.
In supporting stability and strengthening state enterprises, Danantara has also supported implementation of several government priority programmes, including the Red and White Village/Neighbourhood Cooperatives, the Free Nutritious Meals programme, and housing development for communities whilst creating employment opportunities.
Rosan said Danantara also strengthened the social impact dimension through establishment of the Danantara Indonesia Trust Fund Foundation in October 2025.
“This initiative is designed as a sovereign wealth fund philanthropy platform that encourages social investment in priority sectors such as education, health, and water and sanitation,” Rosan added.
As part of developing a global ecosystem, Rosan continued, Danantara also initiated the SWF Philanthropy Learning Lab forum with various international institutions to strengthen best practices in long-term social fund management. Rosan noted that strengthening institutional foundations is also reflected in public perception, with approximately 93 per cent of reporting regarding Danantara Indonesia maintaining positive sentiment.
“This demonstrates increasing confidence in the direction of the transformation being carried out,” Rosan said.
Through Danantara Asset Management (DAM), Rosan conveyed that Danantara Indonesia carries out the mandate of managing and transforming state-owned enterprise portfolios with focus on business and financial restructuring, portfolio streamlining and consolidation, and business development in strategic sectors.
These efforts are directed at building companies within the Danantara Indonesia ecosystem that are more adaptive, competitive, and capable of creating sustainable economic value whilst delivering tangible social contributions to the national economy.
“DAM carries out a phased streamlining process through various strategic measures such as liquidation, merger, and divestiture of entities that are no longer a priority,” Rosan added.
Rosan said this process is conducted with strong governance principles, portfolio discipline, and a performance-based approach to ensure each state-owned enterprise has a clear strategic role within the national economic ecosystem. This step is also aimed at building a more efficient, focused state-owned enterprise structure with a healthier and more sustainable business foundation.
On national industry development, Rosan continued, Danantara is also promoting various cross-sector downstream industrialisation initiatives with potential investment value of approximately $26 billion that is expected to expand industrial capacity.