Business leader, Harvey Goldstein, has extensive experience working in Indonesia. Today, Harvey Goldstein draws on his international business experience in Indonesia to provide consulting expertise on matters such as foreign direct investment (FDI).

Foreign direct investment entails investment in a company in a given country by a company or individual from another country. Often, FDI is the top source of external funding for developing economies. Furthermore, FDI recipients may attain benefits such as job creation and the influx of technical knowledge.

Southeast Asia has benefited from increased foreign investment in recent years. In fact, during 2013, FDI in five Southeast Asian nations outpaced FDI in China for the first time. The five nations (Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand), which are collectively known as the ASEAN-5, received more than $125 billion in foreign investment in 2013. During that period, FDI in China dropped by 2.9 percent to less than $120 billion. At the same time, China has grown to be the third largest foreign investor in the world, with much of its investment directed to the nearby Southeast Asian economies.                            

Harvey Goldstein is the current chairman of PT Harvest International Indonesia and former executive vice president of PT Resources Management Indonesia. When he is not overseeing business operations at his company, Harvey Goldstein supports groups such as the Young Presidents’ Organization.

The Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) will take part in the 2015 Global EDGE event between March 25th and March 27th in Melbourne, Australia. The annual event is expected to attract more than 3,000 chief executives, innovative thinkers, and special invited guests. Melbourne, known as the Land of Connected Cultures, has provided 2015 Global EDGE with a theme of Dreamtime, which lends itself to the YPO’s mission of interconnectedness among business professionals. In Australia, Dreamtime is the name given to a legend told by the country’s aboriginal people that acknowledges that all humans are connected through a shared point of origin, known as Bunjil. Today, Australia’s aboriginals represent the oldest continuous living culture on earth.                             

American entrepreneur, Harvey Goldstein, is a well-established business professional with several decades of experience in Southeast Asia. In past years, he served as the chairman of the Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce. Furthermore, Harvey Goldstein has shown commitment to inspiring a new generation of business leaders: He previously served as the chairman of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) in Indonesia.

Established in 1950, the YPO brings together 20,000 business leaders from over 120 countries. It promotes education and the exchange of ideas, offering a safe forum for the discreet discussion of issues.

The YPO held its most recent Global Edge Summit in Los Angeles in February 2014. More than 3,000 attended the event, which was themed, “Connecting the Stars.” The theme was a reference to the summit’s goal: connecting business leaders with stars from the spheres of media, technology, sports, science, business, and the arts. The speakers included Neil deGrasse Tyson, a renowned astrophysicist, and cinema titan, James Cameron.