Novita Bachtiar

Novita Bachtiar is a Director at OJK's Digital Finance Innovations and Digital Assets Regulatory and Development Unit. She has been working at Indonesia Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan/OJK) for more than 10 years handling a wide range of international issues and digital finance innovations for the institution.

Her background is law, having her bachelor degree from the University of Indonesia and a Masters of Law in International Legal Studies from the American University in Washington DC. Prior to her career at OJK, she worked at the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C., USA, at the Southeast Asia Group, for over 11 years. She also worked at a law firm and several tech companies in Washington D.C. area and, prior to embarking on a career in the United States, served as an in-house legal counsel at one of Indonesia’s largest telecom companies.

In addition to her professional duties, she taught at the International Class Program of School of Law, University of Indonesia and was a principal editor of OJK’s publication titled “Supporting Financial Inclusion for MSMEs through FinTech”