Sabam Hutajulu currently serves as the Independent Commissioner and Chairman of the Audit Committee at PT AirAsia Indonesia since October 2022. He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of Indonesia and then continued his education to earn a Master of Accountancy and Ph.D. in Accountancy from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, USA. In 2002, Sabam Hutajulu served as the Assistant Manager for Finance Internal Control at PT Pertamina, and later became the Strategic Planning Manager in 2003 and Finance Internal Control Manager from 2004 to 2007.

In 2007, he continued his career at Pertamina Energy Services Pte Ltd– Singapore, as Senior Manager Treasury, and then as CFO/Vice President of Finance & Administration from 2009 to 2011. He then joined PT Elnusa Petrofin Trading Company Jakarta as Chairman of the Board of Commissioners from 2011 to 2012, and also joined PT Elnusa Tbk as Finance Director from 2011 to 2015. After that, he joined PT Tugu Pratama Indonesia as President Director from 2015 to 2017. Subsequently, he joined Jardine Lloyd Thompson Indonesia (JLT) as Chief Executive Officer from 2017 to 2018. In 2019, he joined PT Asuransi Jiwa Tugu Mandiri as Chief Executive Officer until 2020.

He continued his career at ISEA-Indonesia Senior Executives Association as Head of Consultancy & Advisory from 2020 to 2023, concurrently holding the position as Independent Commissioner and Head of the Audit Committee at Asuransi IFG (IFG/BPUI Group) from 2021 to 2023.