Mr. Adrian Bastien is DFC’s Regional Managing Director based in Jakarta covering Indonesia, Malaysia, and Timor Leste. His role is to support DFC’s mandate to mobilize private capital globally, including in the Indo-Pacific region, to advance U.S. national interests, expand economic opportunity, and secure returns for American taxpayers. In this position, Mr. Bastien specifically oversees strategic financing initiatives that support U.S. foreign policy priorities and promotes economic growth across the Indo-Pacific region.

Mr. Bastien brings nearly 20 years of international finance experience to this role. At DFC, he structured and executed the 2021–2022 loan guaranty, alongside JBIC, in support of the Export Finance Australia’s direct debt financing to Telstra for its completed acquisition of Digicel Pacific’s cellular assets in East Asia and the Pacific Islands. This landmark transaction expanded the region’s telecommunications capacity and strengthened its economic resilience.

Before working for DFC, Mr. Bastien worked for the International Finance Corporation (a member of the World Bank Group) for over 14 years focusing on the Telecom, Media, and Technology sectors in emerging markets.

Mr. Bastien has an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.