SOEs Ministry presses for more involvement of younger staff, women – Press Release

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JAKARTA, Feb 28, 2022 – (ACN Newswire) – The State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry aims to involve more women, millennials, and Papuans either in its companies or in the ministry itself, in a bid to build a diverse, equal and sustainable leadership.

SOE MInister Erick Thohir during the ministry’s Girls Take Over Program (27/9/2021) (ANTARA FOTO/Dhemas Reviyanto/hp)

SOEs Minister Erick Thohir will target the promotion of 10 percent of young leaders in the SOEs by 2023, or double from five percent of young leaders promoted this year.

Young leadership and women’s leadership is viewed as a driving force to help expedite the realization of the SOEs programs, as well as to transform the human capital.

“I am fully concerned about the human capital transformation, since it is the start to push the transformation in the ministry. We are changing the structures, leaderships, mindsets, and core values we own,” he said.

In addition, young people are blessed with outstanding intelligence and mindsets that, in nature, may function differently when they are older, according to Thohir.

“In terms of leadership, we know that God blesses extraordinary intelligence and mindsets to humans, but in the limited ages,” he said.

Hence, the Indonesian younger generation should be offered the opportunities to become leaders and take positions in SOEs that align with their competence.

By 2021-end, the minister installed some young leaders under 42 years in several strategic positions, such as Soleh Ayubi, 38, who currently serves as Chief Digital Health Officer at PT Bio Farma. He formerly worked and built a career in the United States.

Muhammad Fajrin Rasyid is also among the young leaders who was promoted to become a director at PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia. He formerly served as Bukalapak co-Founder and President.

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