Perry Warjiyo was born in Sukoharjo, Indonesia in 1959. He received a bachelor degree in Accounting in 1982 from Universitas Gadjah Mada, a master degree in 1989 and PhD degree in 1991 both in Monetary and International Finance from Iowa State University.

Perry Warjiyo served as Governor of Bank Indonesia for the 2018-2023 period and reappointed as Governor of Bank Indonesia for the 2023-2028 period. Before serving as the Governor of Bank Indonesia, he was the Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia from 2013-2018 for monetary policy,

international policy, sharia economics and finance, and financial market deepening. Prior to this position, Perry Warjiyo served as the Assistant Governor for monetary, macroprudential, and international policy, the post he had held after the Executive Director of Economic Research and Monetary Policy Department, Bank Indonesia since 2009. Before re-joining Bank Indonesia since July 2009, he had served for two years as the Executive Director in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), representing the 13 member countries in the South-East Asia Voting Group (SEAVG). He has a long-standing career in Bank Indonesia in the areas of economic research and monetary policy, central banking studies and training, office of the Governors, monetary policy strategy and organization transformation, foreign exchange management, and international issues.

Perry Warjiyo is also an extramural lecturer in the post-graduate studies at the University of Indonesia, a distinguished lecturer on international economics and monetary economics at Gadjah Mada University, and a visiting lecturer at a number of reputable universities in Indonesia and abroad including University of Sydney.  In addition, he has authored and published a number of books, journals, and papers on economy, monetary, and international issues. Some of his latest books are “Central Bank Policy Mix: Issues, Challenges, and Policy Responses” published by Bank Indonesia Institute in 2020, and “Central Bank Policy: Theory and Practice” published by Emerald Publishing Limited in 2019. He has also delivered numerous high-level keynote speeches that have influenced public policy around the globe.