Robby TulusRobby Tulus pioneered the Credit Union Movement in Indonesia in the late 1960s, and co-founded the Credit Union Counseling/Central Organization (CUCO) in Indonesia. He started his career as managing director of CUCO Indonesia (Jakarta 1971-80), Trainng Specialist of ACCU (Seoul, Korea 1981-83), Asia Region Director of the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA, Ottawa, Canada, 1983-1993), Senior Policy Advisor of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA, New Delhi & Manila - 1993-96), and Regional Director for Asia Pacific of the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA, based in New Delhi and Singapore: 1996-2002). His experience and expertise as a co-operative practitioner led him to a multitude of consultancies with International Development Agencies such as CIDA (Canada), ILO and UNDP, MFA (Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Singapore), and the Asian Development Bank.

In the Academic sphere, he engaged himself actively in co-operative research work. He was instrumental in initiating the development of the SANASA Campus in Sri Lanka, the Institute of Co-operative Development Studies in Indonesia, and the Aceh International Society of Micro Finance (AISMIF). He was Associate of the British Columbia Institute of Co-operative Studies (BCICS), and is an Associate of the Center for Asia Pacific Initiatives (CAPI) at the University of Victoria, Canada. He was the Commissioning Editor of the International Journal of Co-operative Management when it was set up under the auspices of Leicester University (UK).

Mr. Tulus held various board chairs and memberships in Canada and in Indonesia throughout his professional tenure. Lately, in his voluntary capacity, Mr. Tulus has been appointed as Chief Advisor to the Karl Albrecht Foundation in Indonesia to introduce new generation co-ops with a multi-stakeholder's concept. More recently he founded and pioneered the establishment of the National Association of Strategic Socio-Economic Cadres (NASSEC in 2012) and the National Federation of People-Based Co-operative Enterprises (INKUR in 2016) in Indonesia. Read More Read Less