Taufik Asril joined the Basel Institute on Governance in April 2026 as Senior Specialist, Grants Management. Based in Jakarta, Indonesia, he manages the subgrants to consortium partners in a multi-year programme led by the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption programme and supported by Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI).

Taufik has spent over 25 years working in international development across Indonesia and Timor-Leste, gaining experience across a wide range of organisations and roles. Prior to joining the Basel Institute, he was Rainforest Trust Project Manager at Fauna & Flora’s Indonesia Programme. Before that, he spent five years managing grants and contracts on the USAID-CEGAH project on combating corruption in Indonesia with Management Systems International.

His career has also taken him through similar work at Chemonics International and Cowater International, a programme management stint at International Relief and Development (IRD) and earlier roles at the Embassy of Japan in Jakarta and the British Council, where he led social development projects. Over time, he has become “fluent” in the compliance and operational demands of major donors including USAID, NORAD, DFAT Australia and the Asian Development Bank.

Taufik holds a Master of Arts in Development Studies from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Andalas University in Padang, Indonesia.