Handry Satriago
Handry Satriago (13 June 1969 – 16 September 2023) was an Indonesian businessman who led General Electric Indonesia as CEO. He joined GE in 1997 as a Business Development Manager and rose through roles in Indonesia, Singapore, and Asia, including positions in GE Lighting and GE Energy, before becoming CEO in July 2010. He helped grow GE’s business in Indonesia and was known as GE’s first leader born in Indonesia.
He was born in Pekanbaru, Riau, into a Minangkabau noble family. He studied mostly in Indonesia: a bachelor’s degree in Agroindustrial Technology from Bogor Agricultural Institute (IPB) in 1993, a master’s in management from IPMI Jakarta, and dual MBAs from Monash University in 1997. He earned a Ph.D. in Strategic Management from the University of Indonesia in 2010, with research on how followers influence leaders’ performance (Reverse Pygmalion). He also did executive education at Harvard Business School and GE Crotonville.
Beyond business, Handry served on educational advisory boards, helped lead GE Volunteer Indonesia, and participated in AmCham Indonesia and the US-ASEAN Business Council. He was married to Dinar Sambodja, a former GE colleague and a notary in West Java. Handry Satriago died on 16 September 2023 at age 54, in Jakarta.
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