Executive Director, Leimena Institute, Indonesia

Matius Ho is the executive director of Leimena Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia. He leads the development of a cross-cultural religious literacy program that reaches thousands of educators in Indonesia every year and is being adopted in other Southeast Asian countries through regional collaborations. He has been invited to speak on religious literacy in more than a dozen countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. Formerly he was a technology and management consultant at Accenture. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. The Henry Martyn Institute: International Centre for Research, Interfaith Relations, and Reconciliation in India awarded him the honorary degree of doctor of divinity for his contributions toward building a peaceful and harmonious society.