Eric Alexander Sugandi joined the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) as a Project Consultant in February 2017

His research interests include monetary economics, banking, and international economics. He was a senior economist at Standard Chartered Bank in Indonesia and has been quoted by Bloomberg, Reuters, Dow Jones, BBC, ABC News, and CNBC, among others. He was a management associate at Citibank N.A., in Indonesia, a macroeconomic analyst for Bank Mandiri, an economic researcher at the University of Indonesia, and a senior business analyst at Synovate Business Consulting. He has a BA in international political economy and an MA in economics, University of Indonesia; an MA in economics, University of Virginia; a PhD in economics, University of Indonesia; and a PhD in international studies, Waseda University.