Husein’s role at SFACT is to create and manage internal and external communications, social media content, managing the webpages and supporting organisational events and initiatives.  

Graduated from Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, IPB University in Bogor, West Java, Husein spent almost a decade working as a journalist for couple national prominent weekly news magazines based in Jakarta. He completed his master program on communication science from University of Indonesia (2005). He worked 6 years with USAID Coastal Resources Management Project (CRMP) Phase 1 and 2 and USAID Local Governance Support Program (LGSP).  

Husein joined the International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Society (IFRC) –the largest humanitarian network in the world— in 2007 as communication coordinator and later as senior manager of national society development, covering Indonesia and Timor Leste. He left IFRC and worked with Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) – Indonesia Program as communication manager from 2020 – 2023. Husein is also a part-time consultant at Resolve Asia based in Jakarta as communication strategic partner (2024).