Hendra Setiawan, obtained his BSc from Faculty of Mathematic and Science, Bandung Institute of Technology. He started his career as a government official with the Ministry of Environment in 1984 and the Environmental Impact Management Agency (EIMA) in 1990. He served in several positions in EIMA until 2008. In 2010, he was appointed as a Head of Education and Training Center in the Ministry of Environment until 2013, He was later promoted as as a Senior Advisor to the Minister of Environment for Economics and Sustainable Development since 2013 until present. Beside the position stated above, he has also been assigned as a Member Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development Affair of Advisory Council to the President of Indonesia (2008-2009) and served as a Permanent Representative of the Minister of Environment in the National Energy Council (2013).