Anderson Tanoto is Managing Director at Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) and a member of its Executive Management Board. Headquartered in Singapore, RGE is a global group of resource-based manufacturing companies operating in Indonesia, China, Brazil, Canada, Spain, and Malaysia. With assets exceeding US$35 billion, RGE employs more than 80,000 people globally. Anderson is also a member of the executive committee of APRIL Group, a leading pulp and paper producer.
Anderson drives RGE’s strategic growth initiatives and is closely involved in the group’s fibre operations and business transformation activities, specifically on sustainability and conservation efforts. These include the Riau Ecosystem Restoration (RER) initiative, a first-of-its-kind that integrates production plantations with forest conservation and restoration, located in Riau, Indonesia. He also spearheaded the construction of the world’s largest fossil-fuel free pulp mill in Brazil.
He serves as Chairman for the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (KADIN), Brazil Committee, and has been its representative to Canada since 2018. Anderson is also a Champion for Nature at the World Economic Forum (WEF). He has held memberships in the Tropical Forest Alliance 2020’s Southeast Asia Regional Committee, Wharton Executive Board for Asia, and WEF’s Global Agenda Council on Forests.