Abandoned By Arief Prasetyo Adi, Erick Thohir Appoints Frans Marganda To Be The President Director Of RNI

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir, officially appointed Frans Marganda to be the President Director of PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia (Persero) or RNI. The chair for the President Director of RNI was vacant because Arief Prasetyo Adi had been appointed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) as Head of the National Food Agency (NFA).

Frans previously served as Commercial Director of the food holding ID Food. Meanwhile, the position of Commercial Director is now held by Ardiansyah Chaniago.

Besides Frans, Erick Thohir also appointed Endang Suraningsih as HR Director; Febriyanto as Director of Business Development and Control; Thomas Hadinata as Director of Finance and Risk Management; and Adhi Cahyono Nugroho as Director of Supply Chain Management and Information Technology.

The appointment of Frans and the inauguration of other directors were based on the Decree of the Minister of SOEs No. SK-83/MBU/03/2022 dated March 21, 2022.

Assistant Deputy for Food and Fertilizer Industry at the Ministry of SOEs, Zuryati Simbolon, congratulated the new Board of Directors of PT RNI (Persero). He hopes that the new directors can continue to contribute to advancing the Indonesian Food Industry.

Similarly, Head of NFA Arief Prasetyo Adi also congratulated the President Director and the new Commercial Director of the Board of Directors of PT RNI (Persero). According to him, today the challenge or challenge is food restructuring and transformation.

"I hope SOEs can continue to collaborate together, this is in line with the expectations of President Joko Widodo and the Minister of SOEs, to jointly advance the Indonesian food industry," he said in an official statement, Monday, March 21.

Meanwhile, President Director of PT RNI (Persero), Frans Marganda Tambunan promised to continue the vision and mission of Food Holding and collaborate with various parties to optimize the sustainable food ecosystem.

"Thank you to the Shareholders of the Ministry of SOEs, the Head of the National Food Agency, hopefully this mandate can jointly advance the Indonesian Food Industry," said Frans.