Chairperson
Putera Sampoerna
Mr. Sampoerna founded the Putera Sampoerna Foundation in 2001 and has been involved in philanthropic work throughout ASEAN for over 25 years. He founded and currently directs the Sampoerna Strategic Group, which has a global portfolio of diversified businesses.
Member
Katie Sampoerna
Wife of Mr. Putera Sampoerna. She has been involved in charities and family philanthropic activities throughout ASEAN for over 25 years. Mrs. Sampoerna has been “on point” for numerous company design initiatives for Sampoerna family businesses, as well as for Putera Sampoerna Foundation. She directed the establishment of the Sampoerna Museum in Surabaya.
Member
Farah Khristina Sampoerna
Youngest daughter of Mr. Putera Sampoerna, Ms. Farah Sampoerna studied in Asia and the United States, receiving a degree in Fashion Design and Merchandising at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, US. After initially working with a fashion house in New York, she has taken a sabbatical to raise her sons.
Member
Michael Joseph Sampoerna
The youngest son of Mr. Putera Sampoerna. Formerly president director of PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna and president commissioner of a number of its subsidiary companies. Mr. Michael Sampoerna studied at the London School of Economics in the UK. Currently, he is the Sampoerna Strategic Group’s chief of operations.
Member
Edward Harvey Frankel
Formerly the group chief operating officer and a director for PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, Mr. Frankel has worked for Sampoerna companies for over 25 years. He received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in administration from the University of Portland.
Chairperson
Jacqueline Michelle Sampoerna
Eldest daughter of Mr. Putera Sampoerna. Formerly communications manager at PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna and director of Sampoerna Jones Designs, Ms. Michelle Sampoerna received her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from St. Mary’s College in California. She was “on point” with her father for all preliminary research and planning regarding the Putera Sampoerna Foundation and has led the foundation since its inception.
Member
Eka Dharmajanto Kasih
Formerly a director and chief financial officer of PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, Mr. Kasih has spent over 25 years in financial control. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Indonesia, where he currently serves as an economics lecturer. Mr. Kasih is currently an independent commissioner of Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna, an executive at Sampoerna Strategic Group and president director of PT Sampoerna Agro.
Member
Bambang Sulistyo PIK
Mr. Sulistyo is a commissioner of PT Sampoerna Telekomunikasi Indonesia. He formerly served as commissioner of PT Sungai Rangit, as well as the Indonesian head of production and country head of Myanmar for PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna. He earned a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Dortmund in Germany.
Member
Yos Adiguna Ginting
Yos Adiguna Ginting began his career as manager for strategic alliances at PT Indah Kiat Pulp and Paper. He earned a Ph.D. in theoretical chemistry at the University of Tasmania in Australia in 1997. Mr. Ginting was eventually appointed to the position of vice president for trade alliances based in Singapore. He joined PT Hanjaya Mandala Sampoerna in April 2002, and was named director of human resources in June 2003. In 2008, Mr. Ginting was appointed director in charge of corporate affairs.
Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer
George Yudistira Irawan
Mr. Irawan received his MBA, with honors, from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and his bachelor’s degree in Management, from the University of Surabaya. Before leading the Foundation, he served in some of Indonesia’s most reputable companies, e.g., HM Sampoerna, Danone, and Indofood, where he led various senior management roles, from marketing, commercial, operations, and later to General Management.
Secretary & Senior Director
Elan Merdy
Formerly manager of the business and financial consulting division at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting, Mr. Merdy received his bachelor’s degree from the Philippines School of Business and his MBA from De La Salle University in the Philippines.
Treasurer
Amelia Tjendra
Ms. Tjendra received her bachelor’s degree in Education from IKIP Negeri Malang, the State University of Malang, and her master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Cornell University in New York, U.S.A. After four years of teaching and research in Indonesia and the U.S., she joined Citibank where she began her career in human resources and organizational development. During her ten years at Citibank, she progressed through a variety of positions with varying degrees of responsibility. She ultimately became the Indonesia Country HR Director responsible for the overall management of all of the business groups’ HR functions. In 2000, she left Citibank to create her own consultancy. As a consultant, she served a number of leading companies and other organizations in both the public and private sectors. In 2014, Ms. Tjendra joined Sampoerna Strategic as the Head of Organizational Engineering.