Manggi Taruna Habir holds a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and two Master's degrees in International Business Administration from the University of Michigan and Public Administration with a focus on Economic and Financial Policy from Harvard University, USA.

Before officially becoming an Independent Commissioner at Adira Insurance, he accumulated over 40 years of professional experience across various sectors in finance and banking including positions at the Multinational Finance Corporation, Bank Danamon Indonesia, Citibank, and Bahana Securities. Additionally, he served as the President Director at Pefindo and contributed to the Far Eastern Economic Review from 1998 to 2001.