Tasa Nugraza Barley

Tasa is a Senior Associate at Royston Advisory Indonesia (RAI), a consulting firm that focuses on public affairs and strategic communications. The firm mostly deals with companies in highly-regulated industries, helping them protect their investments and business interests.

Before transforming himself into a communications strategist, Tasa spent almost three years as a Senior Features Writer at The Jakarta Globe, a leading English-language newspaper in Indonesia. He keeps his passion for writing on his blog The Bright Nation. He is now working on his first book, which he hopes to have it published this year.

In 2009 he founded Berburu Center, a non-profit organization that promotes progressive cultural values to the young generation. The movement has been widely covered by national publications.

Tasa is also involved in several entrepreneurship initiatives, as he has never stopped dreaming of becoming a businessman one day.