Sahala Sianipar is a director with Golin/Harris in Singapore, focusing on corporate/financial communications and public affairs counseling for clients in Singapore and Indonesia. He is also Indonesia market leader, responsible for new business development and affiliate relationship.

At Golin/Harris, Sahala provides positioning, financial communications, investor relations and issues management counsel to corporations, organizations and government agencies in Indonesia and Singapore. He directed the communications program supporting the privatization of Indonesia’s largest bank in June 2003. He has also been active in supporting cross-border M&A communications for clients in the telecommunications and financial services industry.

Sahala has also advised on new market entry, crisis communications, media relations, litigation support and internal (employee) communications to clients in Singapore and Indonesia.

Prior to joining Golin/Harris, Sahala managed economic reform and decentralization programs for the Asia Foundation in Indonesia, planning and implementing policy research for trade and investment, decentralization, small business reform, corporate governance, and small business networking projects.

Before joining the Asia Foundation, Sahala counseled multinational and leading domestic clients on all aspects of corporate and financial communications and public affairs at a major international public relations firm in Jakarta. Prior to that, Sahala worked in the research and communications department at the Jakarta Stock Exchange.

Sahala has received his M.A. in International Studies and Communications from Ohio University, Ohio, USA. He earned his B.A. in Business Administration and Finance from Wittenberg University, Ohio, USA.