Meet Our Team

Arsjad holds several key leadership roles in one of Indonesia’s largest energy group, Indika Energy with market capitalisation of US$2.5 billion. He was appointed as Vice President Director of the group in May 2013 as part of the company’s succession plan. He was previously held the CEO position for the group for eight years from November 2005 to May 2013. Under his leadership, Indika becomes Indonesia’s first Global Growth Company awarded by the World Economic Forum. Subsequently, in 2011 he was also appointed as the Forum’s Young Global Leader.

It is his passion in education and his love for the spirit of making a difference that brought him to join YCAB’s international team to help YCAB scale globally.

Studied at University of Southern California, United States, in Computer Engineering in 1990 and graduated from Pepperdine University, California, United States with Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 1993. An alumnus of Harvard Kennedy School, United States on Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century program and at the NUS’ Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, both in 2012. In the years that followed, he also studied Impacting Investing at Said Business School, University of Oxford, UK and completed the Executive Education on Leadership and Decision Making in the 21st Century program at Yale University, United States.

Ms. Albandjar is currently the Special Staff to the Chief of Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia. Prior to that, she worked as the Market Access and Policy Director of Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) Indonesia. She used to worked at Microsoft as Corporate Affairs Director, and at Pfizer Indonesia as Public Affairs and Communications Director, in addition of years working in broadcasting and telecommunication companies. In the public sector, Ms. Albandjar worked as the Expert Advisor to the Commission I DPR RI responsible for Information Communications, Foreign Affairs, Inteligence and Military Policy for more than 4 years. Born in Jakarta, Ms Albandjar graduated from Airlangga University Surabaya Indonesia and received her bachelor degree in International Relations at the Social & Political Science Department. She is also the recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship, acquiring her Masters of Arts (in Electronic Media) from the San Francisco State University where she received the university’s highest award as the outstanding graduate student; in addition to acquiring Master of Business Administration (Marketing Management) from the Prasetiya Mulya Business School – Jakarta. Currently she is pursuing her Doctorate Degree in Business Administration at Pelita Harapan University, Jakarta.

Ms. Albandjar carries with her more than 18 years of Information and Communication experience, in Journalism, Management and Public Policy. After she returned from the US, she is heavily involved in the telecommunication industry in the rural areas and ICT issues especially regarding digital divide issues. Her expertise in information, communications, information technology policies made her a frequent speaker at forums related to her field. She held several organization positions including Executive Committe for Indonesia Chamber of Commerce; and several youth social movement non profit organizations in the area of building capacity and enabling youths, and also animal welfare. As a professional, Ms. Albandjar visions re-position the paradigm of politics and economy in Indonesia to that of a professional stature.

Ms. Albandjar played many roles in the political shaping of Indonesia’s new governmental map, and anti corruption movements.

Over 12 years experience in the marketing communications industry in both client and agency side, started out as a public relations executive in the tourism and hospitality industry before moving on to FCB in 1996 followed by EURO RSCG in 2000 where she opened the agency’s marketing services arm in 12 cities nationwide. She moved up the ladder and became the GM for EURO RSCG Adwork! in 2002 with multinational FMCG clients such as Nestle, Reckitt Benckiser, Sara Lee, and EFFEM Foods. Others such as Volvo,Intel and Panasonic. And local brands such as Telkom Indonesia, Bakrie Telekom/Esia, Bank Mandiri, BII, Indofood, Gudang Garam and Konimex. In 2005 she joined Y&R/Wunderman as General Manager and since 2010, she is the Executive Director of Leo Burnett Indonesia.

Lia was voted “Best PR executive 1999” from Bali Post and “10 Best Female Executive 2006” from Dewi Magazine; Fellow of Asia 21 Young Leaders, an initiative by Asia Society.

Born January 1972 in Sydney, Australia, Lia spent most of her childhood in Zurich and Frankfurt, before her 10 years education in the country she calls her second home, Singapore.

Today, she is happily married with one “racer to be” son, Raihan Raul.

Sukirno Tarjadi, born in 1962, is a counselor, public speaker and trainer. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (a family therapy model) from the Satir Institute of the Pacific (Vancouver) and a doctorate degree in family therapy, counseling and corporate coaching.

He is also licensed by the Institute to conduct training for counselors. He regularly conducts classes in counseling and family therapy, parenting and life enrichment, Sukirno also sees individual clients for counseling and therapy. He and his wife are both certified in Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis® (T-JTA) and Common Sense Parenting®.

Rofikoh Rokhim, Ph.D is head of the Bisnis Indonesia Intelligence Unit. She is also faculty member at the Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia. She received her doctoral degree with concentration in corporate finance from Université de Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France, in 2005.

Dr. Rokhim’s research interest covers banking, finance, capital market, good governance, economic crisis, development of domestic finance, foreign direct investment, micro credit, and other studies. She joined Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa (YCAB) in Februari 2006 after she come back from her studies.

Besides acting as the deputy editor of South East Asia Journal of Management and the Indonesia Capital Market Review since 2007 and 2008 , she has given lecture at the Graduate School of Management, Faculty of Economics, University of Indonesia, since February 2007.

Dr. Rokhim was a visiting scholar at the Economic Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia in 2004. About four years later, she was awarded the fellowship of MIT IDEAS Indonesia Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States of America.

She started her career as a reporter at Bisnis Indonesia daily in 1994 with concentration in financial market, macro-economy, and small-medium enterprises/micro credit. This journalistic career ended in 1999 when she pursued a postgraduate degree in France. She has traveled abroad extensively for journalistic duties and academic purposes.

Dr. Rokhim has published on finance and economic-related issues. She has edited, co-edited, authored, or co-authored several scientific publications such as; to mention some,

“Debt and Entrenchment: Evidence in Thailand and Indonesia”, European Journal of Operation Research, Vol. 185, page: 1578-1595 (with Pramuan Bunkanwanicha and Jyoti Gupta, 2008), and “Chapter 2: Asia Pulp & Paper: A Business Rationale Based on Debt Entrenchment and Financial Expropriation”, Corporate Governance in the 21th Century, Editor: Kellan V. Lovery, Nova Science Publishers, New York (with Roman Pirard, 2008).

Rofikoh Rokhim, Ph.D can be reached at rofikohrokhim @gmail.com

Lisa Luhur-Schad began her career in RCTI, the pioneer of Indonesian private television company. Over the years she expanded her portfolio covering not only television, but also print media. Aside from her role as the President Director at Media Indonesia Daily, she is also the Secretary General of Sukma Foundation – an social organisation founded by Media Group to manage humanitarian aid for tsunami and other natural disaster victims which has raised hundreds of billions of Rupiah to transform the lives of displaced people across the Archipelago. In addition to this, Lisa is also the Chair of Kick Andy Foundation which has initiated many movements to support the marginalised people. KickAndy is a well known talk show host that has inspired millions in Indonesia through his weekly program.

While busy in her professional life, Mrs Luhur-Schad is also in advancing her education, including her participation in the IDEAS Fellowship Program, MIT-Sloan School of Management, Boston (Innovative Dynamic Education & Action for Sustainability). In 2010, Ms Luhur-Schad kindly accepted her role of as an international advisor to YCAB.

Ali has over twenty years of professional experience in financial, accounting and tax consulting. He is a co-founder of AH Strategic Consulting (AHSC) that provides tax consulting and transaction services. Prior to forming AHSC, he held various roles including Tax Partner in a Big Four accounting firm and CFO of an Indonesian based oil and gas group.

One of his passions is helping Indonesian children to access (better) education, and this is reflected in his involvement in YCAB.

Ali graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Tarumanagara University majoring in Accounting in 1995. He obtained his MM Strategic Management degree from Prasetiya Mulya Business School in 2015. He is also a registered Tax Consultant (Brevet C) and a registered Chartered Accountant (CA) with the Indonesian Institute of Accountants.

He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Padjadjaran. He took and graduated from post-graduate study at Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington, Indiana, USA in 2005.

He is member of The Indonesian Bar Association (IKADIN) and Indonesian Intellectual Property Society.

He works on corporate/debt restructuring, refinancing, and acquisition of major Indonesian business group and formation of several mutual funds, including those based on Syariah (Islamic law). He works in bankruptcy litigations and represents clients in liquidation process of a failed Indonesian bank. He has major role in one of the biggest settlement case using the mediation system supervised by Indonesian court

Wayah Surya Wiroto joins Endeavor Indonesia as the new Managing
Director with a background in Strategic Planning and Organizational Development for over 20 years.

Wayah spent over 4 years in GE Indonesia in different functions
namely Country Sales Director GE Renewable, and Market Development Director GE Global Growth Indonesia. Wayah also served as HRD Director and Corporate Planning & Learning Director of PT. Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk. since 2011 – 2014. Prior to that, Wayah
was the Vice Rector for International Collaboration and Marketing Director of Universitas Bina Nusantara in Jakarta Indonesia. Currently sits as External Advisor at YCAB Foundation since 2011.

He earned a Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering from Bogor
Agricultural University in 1993, MSc in Community Nutrition from SEAMEO TROPMED, Regional Center for Community Nutrition at the University of Indonesia in 1996 and PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Institute of Agriculture Policy, Market Research and Economic
Sociology, Bonn University, Germany in 2002.

Philmon Tanuri has been exposed to the social sector and its intricacies since a very young age. In the 6th grade, he created a website dedicated to raising awareness and inspiring visitors about the issue of poverty in Indonesia. In 2010, he launched an online micro finance with a social investment model in the form of a website that allows visitors to fund underprivileged youths education.

He has also embarked on two projects in 2012-2013 – The Water Project and Revamplify. The Water Project sought and succeeded in bringing 5000 underprivileged people in Kampung Lemo sustainable access to clean water. Revamplify was an event that raised awareness and funds for multiple causes.

He is currently a junior at UC Berkeley double-majoring in the fields of Economics and Business Administration, estimated to graduate in 2017. Aside from his responsibilities for YCAB International Inc. as Vice President, he also serves as the President of Berkeley Indonesian Student Association (BISA) and an Operations Manager and Consultant for Voyager Consulting, a consulting club on campus that caters to high-growth tech companies and Fortune 500 companies.

Michael Mitterlehner is an Investment Professional with Vitruvian Partners, a London-based a growth capital fund.

Prior to that, Michael was the Managing Director and Co-Founder of a private equity backed e-commerce business. Previously, Michael was with Goldman Sachs Capital Partners where he focused on investment opportunities in the Retail and Industrial sectors.

Michael has an MSc in International Business Administration from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and a CEMS Masters degree in International Management from HEC Paris.

Michael has been involved with YCAB since he spent time with the team during a year-long sabbatical that led him to work with Social Entrepreneurs across the globe.

Michael lives in London with his wife and their young daughter.

Andre Louhanapessy is the Dean of Studies at the University College, The University of Melbourne and has been working in the Tertiary Education Management sector for the past 6 years. Previously, Andre spent 9 years working in the international development field with the United Nations Development Program and with the Church World Service in Indonesia. During his tenure at the United Nations his responsibilities included Head of Peace and Development Cluster for UNDP Bangladesh, Special Assistant to Head of Office (Programme Specialist) for UNDP South Sudan and Deputy Section Head for the Crisis Prevention and Recovery Unit of UNDP Indonesia. Andre’s area of specialization is in the design and the management of programs that focuses on conflict prevention, post conflict and post disaster recovery. He has a Master’s Degree in Development Studies from the University of Melbourne and a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Engineering from the Trisakti University in Indonesia. Andre is a member of School Council for Alamanda College P-9 and was a member of the Board of Directors of Melbourne Girls Grammar School. He is an International Advisory Board Member of the YCAB Foundation.

Janine Teo heads Solve Education!, an education technology not-for-profit with the mission of delivering quality education to everyone, focussing on the BOP (Bottom of Pyramid) demographic.

Janine is a passionate entrepreneur who has founded and sold companies in the technology, beauty and consumer goods industries. On top of her entrepreneurial experience, Janine has also a strong international track record in sales, marketing and revenue management in the corporate world, mostly in the highly competitive hospitality industry. She has worked in 8 different countries, and has trained and supported hotels across almost 100 countries. As an enthusiastic linguist, she is fluent in 5 languages.

Janine’s research paper on Solve Education!: “How gaming, artificial intelligence and big data is changing education” is published in IEEE’s International Conference on Game, Game Art and Gamification 2016. She has also published her research paper in IEEE, ACM and SCS conferences in the field of parallel simulation.

Education is the key to solve the many challenges we face in the world today, and because of this, Janine is an avid speaker on topics like education, edtech, and poverty alleviation.

She is born and raised in Singapore, and has a Bachelor degree in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.

At the age of fourteen, Tracy Trinita was the first Indonesian model ever won the prestige Elite Model Look International competition in 1995. Prior to that, she was named the Cover Girl of the Year from Mode magazine, Indonesia. That was the start of her international modeling career that brought her across the globe: New York, Paris, Milan, Spain and Sydney to name the few.

Grew up in Bali with mixed religion background yet in 2001, she first encountered Christian faith that immediately touched both her heart and mind. In 2002, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior and King. Since then, she has been involved in ministry including mission trip to the jungles of Kalimantan. In 2006 by God’s grace, she received a full scholarship to study at Oxford Christian Centre for Apologetics, Oxford University, UK. Finished with her postgraduate work, she continued her study in Christian Theology in Wycliffe Hall, Oxford (2007- 2009).

Tracy speaks extensively in many Christian meetings and universities in countries outside Indonesia such as Singapore, United Kingdom, Australia, and US.

Ms. Catharina Widjaja was appointed as a Director for Corporate Communication and Investor Relations of Gajah Tunggal in 2004. Ms. Widjaja was the Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications of the Gajah Tunggal group from 2000 to 2004.

Prior to joining the Gajah Tunggal group, Ms. Widjaja worked for various multinational companies including Deutsche Bank AG, Jakarta, as a Foreign Exchange Dealer for two years from 1986 to 1988, and HSBC Indonesia, for nine years, where she last held the position of Country Treasurer.

She received a Master of Science in Control Engineering from the University of Bradford in 1986, and Graduated in Mathematics and its Applications from Sheffield Polytechnic, in 1985 and HND in Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Studies from Leeds Polytechnic, United Kingdom, in 1983. Ms. Widjaja is also an alumni of MIT Sloan School of Management for the Executive program.

Ms. Widjaja is also the Director of Alun Alun Indonesia, an Indonesian retail concept which promotes Indonesian products and artisans, under the retail group of MAP. She is also active in several social activities including in the United in Diversity Forum, YCAB, IBCA, CCPHI and Yayasan Mitra Museum Jakarta.

Ms. Widjaja was nominated in the 2017 Telstra Business Women Awards and was recognised as Top Leader on CSR Commitment by Business News Indonesia.

Wayah Surya Wiroto joins Endeavor Indonesia as the new Managing
Director with a background in Strategic Planning and Organizational Development for over 20 years.

Wayah spent over 4 years in GE Indonesia in different functions
namely Country Sales Director GE Renewable, and Market Development Director GE Global Growth Indonesia. Wayah also served as HRD Director and Corporate Planning & Learning Director of PT. Multistrada Arah Sarana Tbk. since 2011 – 2014. Prior to that, Wayah
was the Vice Rector for International Collaboration and Marketing Director of Universitas Bina Nusantara in Jakarta Indonesia. Currently sits as External Advisor at YCAB Foundation since 2011.

He earned a Bachelor of Agricultural Engineering from Bogor
Agricultural University in 1993, MSc in Community Nutrition from SEAMEO TROPMED, Regional Center for Community Nutrition at the University of Indonesia in 1996 and PhD in Agricultural Economics from the Institute of Agriculture Policy, Market Research and Economic
Sociology, Bonn University, Germany in 2002.