Event Reports

The Finance, Tax and Investment Working Group held their regular meeting on 26 March 2019. The main topic of discussion was Transfer Pricing considerations in Indonesia, presented by Peter Hohtoulas from PricewaterhouseCoopers Indonesia. Not only did the members obtain latest updates on Transfer Pricing implementation, the interactive session also allowed them to participate in the discussion. EuroCham very much appreciated all invited guest speaker, as well as Ginting & Reksodiputro (in association with Allen & Overy) for hosting the meeting.

On 19 March 2019, EuroCham launched the highly anticipated Technology Working Group. The rapid developments of technology in recent years means that the topic has become increasingly more important for businesses around the globe, and Indonesia is no exception. As a voice of European business in Indonesia, EuroCham believes in supporting both the Government and its member companies by way of policy advocacy, to contribute to the development of technology-related regulatory framework.

The introduction of EuroCham and Technology Working Group was given by Wichard von Harrach as the Board Patron. Afterwards, Alexander Kurth from Allianz Indonesia delivered an interesting presentation on Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Analytics. Despite its new establishment, the group will also launch its own Position Paper this year, with primary focus on important topics of Data Science, FinTech, Data Privacy, Industry 4.0, and foundation for Technology. The discussion on Position Paper was led by Aston Goad as the Head of the working group.