Rory Asyari is an independent journalist, public speaker, and social media influencer based in Jakarta, Indonesia. He had worked as a prime-time news anchor for 9 years with Indonesia’s news channel Metro TV. Rory hosted Prime Talk, a flagship political debate program on Metro TV for 2 years before stepping aside in Sept 2020.
During his tenure as a TV journalist, Rory took a break for 1.5 year to work as a PR consultant with a US-based PR consultancy, FleishmanHillard Indonesia in 2017-2018.
Rory is also a public speaking coach with Sepikul Indonesia, a fast-growing public speaking school in Jakarta. He trains C-level executives, PR managers, marketers, university students and the public.
Obtaining a Master’s in International Political Communications from the University of Sheffield, UK, Rory is passionate in public affairs and social issues. He writes op-eds and uses his social media platforms to campaign on social causes from gender equality, entrepreneurship, healthy lifestyle, to HIV awareness.
Along with his recent experiences in social movement, Rory, are active within social media and offline platform, such as:
- MC for the launch of Gerakan 1000 Startup Digital by Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika (Virtual 2020, Indonesian language)
- Moderator at Siloam Connect Webinar (Virtual 2020, Indonesian language)
- MC and moderator at UNDP Webinar – Road to SDG Academy Indonesia (Virtual 2020, bilingual)
- Host of OPPO and Forbes Ultimate Talks Series at Youtube (9 episodes, Indonesian language)
- MC and moderator for the launch of Danone AQUA’s 100% recycled bottles (Bali 2019, bilingual)
- MC for PYC International Energy Conference (Jakarta 2019, bilingual)
MC and moderator for Indonesia Knowledge Forum by BCA (Jakarta 2019, English) - MC and moderator the launch of USave PRUStar UOB Indonesia (Jakarta 2019, Indonesian language)
- Host of Piala Citra Indonesia, live from Taman Ismail Marzuki (Live broadcast 2018, Indonesian language)
- Moderator for Conference of Indonesian Foreign Policy by Dino Patti Djalal (Jakarta 2018, bilingual)