Profile Of Nicke Widyawati, Managing Director Of Pertamina Who Enters 100 Most Involved Women In The World

Nicke Widyawati (instagram/nike_widyawati)

YOGYAKARTA - Nickey Widyawati, President Director of PT Pertamina (Persero), was selected as the 100 most influential women in the world (The Worlds 100 Most Powerful Women) veris Forbes 2022. There are two Indonesian women who are included in the list of important people.

Nickey Widyawati ranks 49th as the most influential 100 women. Meanwhile, in 47th place is Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati. The top position is held by Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission.

The assessment of the person included in the list is determined by four metrics, namely income, media, impact, and scope of influence.

"For political leaders, we are considering gross domestic product and population; for company leaders, from income and number of employees; and the media mention and reach all of them. The result is a collection of women who fight the status quo," Pertamina said in a written statement.

Nickey Widyawati was born in Tasikmalaya on December 25, 1967. Nicke studied undergraduate at the Industrial Engineering Study program at the Bandung Institute of Tenology in 1991. He also continued his master's degree in Business Law at Padjadjaran University in 2009.

Nicke's career journey in big companies and SOEs has been quite experienced since 2009. Prior to entering Pertamina, he held a number of important positions, namely as Director of Strategic Procurement of 1 PT PLN (Persero), President Director of PT Mega Eltra, Business Director at PT Rekayasa Industri (Rekind), Vice President Corporate Strategy Unit (CSU) at Rekind.

Currently, he serves as President Director of Pertamina based on the Decree of the Minister of SOEs number SK-97/MBU/04/2018, dated April 20, 2018 concerning the Dismissal and Appointment of Members of the Board of Directors of the Company PT Pertamina.

Previously, Nicke occupied the position of Director of Human Resources Pertamina in 2017. After that, he held the position of Acting Director of Logistics, Supply Chain and Pertamina Infrastructure in 2018.

Many people are curious about the figure of Nicke Widyawati. Nicke is considered capable of being a leader who brings her company to support the policies of the Indonesian government. Forbes said that Pertamina is the largest gas importer in Asia.

By shareholders, Nicke is considered successful in bringing Pertamina to carry out the company's transformation as well as achieving the best performance during the first period of his leadership, namely April 2018 to September 2020. He was elected as President Director replacing Elia Massa Manik.

Nicke is also trusted to hold the position of Pertamina's boss for two terms. His appointment as President Director was carried out last October based on the Pertamina General Meeting of Shareholders (GMS).

Women who will enter the age of 55 are also considered capable of consolidating the company's strength in maintaining national energy security and carrying out energy transitions in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, geopolitical conflict.

During the holding of the G20 Presidency in Indonesia, Nicke was trusted to be Chair of B20 Energy Sustainability & Climate Task Force.

Nicke has repeatedly received international awards. She received the Women's Work of Female Grace award from the Indonesia Asia Institute in 2013. In 2020, she was named one of the most influential women outside the US according to Fortune.

That is Nicke Widyawati's profile as well as the contributions and a series of awards she has received. Nicke stated that the achievements she received could not be separated from the support of all management and workers.

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