Yohannes Izmi Ryan is the Coordinator of RSPO Program at PT Agro Harapan Lestari, one of the world's best oil palm plantation. The company RSPO program supports the fulfillment of Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) principle and criteria implementation which focused on best management practices, environmental sustainability and stakeholder partnership.
Ryan studied forestry at Bogor Institute of Agriculture, Indonesia and later completed his master degree in Management of Bioresources and Tropical Environment at the Institute of Technology Bandung. He attended environmental course such as Environmental Impact Assessment at University of Indonesia and Institute of Technology Bandung, as well as Sustainable Environmental Management from University of California, Berkeley. He has 15 years experience as a forester and an environmentalist and he mostly works on environmental management system and sustainability issues before he is in charge of the RSPO programs.