memperoleh gelar S-1 dan S-2 dari Universitas Erasmus, Negeri Belanda, dan PhD Ilmu Ekonomi di universitas yang sama pada 1994. Lahir di Jakarta, 6 Mei 1958 dan saat ini merupakan Guru Besar Ekonomi di Fakultas Ekonomi dan Bisnis Universitas Trisakti, selain menjabat Kepala Center for Industry, SME and Business Competition Studies, FEB Universitas Trisakti. Fokus utamanya adalah ekonomi pembangunan, UMKM, ekonomi internasional dan industri. Pernah bekerja sebagai Head of Public Policy Advocacy and Regional Autonomy Team (ACTIVE), Kamar Dagang dan Industri Indonesia (2012-2014), EU financed project (2012-2014), Senior Policy Analysist, Crisis Monitoring Center-UNDP, Jakarta (2009-2010), Country researcher, GTZ (2009), dan Kepala Divisi Penelitian, Kadin Indonesia-Jetro (2005-2008). Aktif menulis dalam berbagai publikasi, di antaranya, bersama Himachalam Dasaraju, “Covid 19 and Its Reflection on SMEs in Developing Countries (2022)”; bersama Budi Santosa, Economic Crises: A Review and Directions for Research (2022); “The Role of MSMEs in Achieving SDGs in Developing Economies. The Case of Indonesia (2021)”; “Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Indonesia (Some Research Findings) (2021)”; penyunting Development of MSMEs in Developing Countries Stories from Asia, Africa and Latin America (2019). ASEAN Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises toward AEC 2015, 2015. The Readiness of MSMEs in Facing ASEAN Economic Community 2015, 2014. Economic Crisis and Vulnerability: The Story from Southeast Asia, 2011. Global Economic Crisis and ASEAN Economy. Theory and Empirical Findings, 2010.