Summary of Qualification
Kirana joined Banpu Group as Head of Strategic Planning in 2009 to lead the team of strategic planners, while serving as the group’s Investment Committee to oversee corporate investment abroad. In early 2013, Kirana relocated to Australia to assist Banpu’s Australian and Chinese subsidiaries in their underground mining operations, which resulted in the companies’ success in significant cost cutting and streamlining. In 2015, Kirana transferred to Indonesia and assumed the role of President Director at the publicly listed PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk (ITM), where he led the company to add over USD 750 million into retained earnings from 2016 to 2020. Since April 2020, Kirana has been in charge of the power generation business as Chief Executive Officer of Banpu Power PLC (BPP), a Banpu subsidiary which has power generation assets in various countries across the Asia-Pacific region.
Kirana has a successful record of academic achievements, including a doctorate from the University of Warwick and an executive MBA from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration.
Education/Training
• Executive MBA, Sasin School of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University
• Ph.D. Sociology, University of Warwick, UK
• M.Sc. Industrial Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
• B.Econ, Chulalongkorn University
• Graduate of Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)
• Director Certification Program, Indonesian Institute of Corporate Directors (IICD)
Work Experience in the Last Five Years
Banpu Group
• 2020 – Present : Director/Chief Executive Officer, Banpu Power Public Company Limited
• 2020 – Present : Head of Power Business, Banpu Public Company Limited
• 2020 – Present : Director, Power Vietnam Co., Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Coal Power Co., Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Power (Japan) Co., Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Power US Corporation
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Power International Limited
• 2020 – Present : Director, Pan-Western Energy Corporation LLC
• 2020 – Present : Director, Hongsa Power Company Limited
• 2020 – Present : Director, Phu Fai Mining Company Limited
• 2020 – Present : Director, BLCP Power Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, BKV-BPP POWER LLC
• 2020 – Present : Director, Zouping Peak Pte. Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu NEXT Co., Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu NEXT Green Leasing Co., Ltd
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Energy Holding Pty Ltd
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Innovation & Ventures LLC
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Energy Australia Pty Ltd
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Australia Co. Pty Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, AFE Investments Pty Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Director, Banpu Australia Resources Pty Ltd.
• 2020 – Present : Commissioner, PT. Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk
• 2020 – Present : Alternate Director, Centennial Coal Co. Pty Ltd.
• 2016 – 2020 : President Director, PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk (Indonesia)
• 2015 – 2016 : Senior Vice President, Office of the President Director, PT Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk (Indonesia)
• 2013 – 2015 : Executive Director, Banpu Australia Co Pty Ltd (Australia)
Other Organizations
2019 – 2020 : President, Thai Business Club Indonesia (TBCI)