Erick Thohir Officially 'Resigns' Today From The Minister Of SOEs, Replaced By A Woman From West Java Named Sharon

Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir together with the #GirlsTakeOver participants. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of SOEs)

JAKARTA - Today, Thursday 30 September, Erick Thohir "resigned" his position as Minister of SOEs. Instead, Erick will be replaced by a young #GirlsTakeOver finalist named Sharon, a woman from West Java.

As her first assignment, Sharon will chair a meeting on the equality program in BUMN and programs in her ministry. The meeting was due to take place today.

"Of course there will be a leadership meeting on Thursday. Sharon will chair the meeting later on two things, one of which is to ensure whether the equality program in BUMN is running, and the second task is how we, the BUMN Ministry's programs will now focus on taking sides in three things, firstly in education. , second in the environment and third in MSMEs. These four things will be reviewed at the leadership meeting," said Erick Thohir, quoted from Antara.

Apart from Sharon, Erick said there were five other millennial finalists who would replace the position of the main director of BUMN for a day. First, Virdha from Central Java who will replace the duties of the President Director of Angkasa Pura I, namely Faik Fahmi.

"We know that our tourism is currently in a slump because of COVID-19, but we are sure that it will rise, because the majority of our tourists are domestic tourists. Of course, the facilities at airports need to be reviewed to support disability. Later I will assign Virdha to "Take over Angkasa Pura Group to review how the facilities are prepared for people with disabilities, please report the results to me later," he said.

Second, Adinda from Central Java who will replace the duties of Bank Mandiri President Director Darmawan Junaidi.

Minister of SOEs, Erick Thohir together with the #GirlsTakeOver participants. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of SOEs)

"Adinda's background is interesting because she is in the field of informatics, and we know that digital banking is currently trending. Therefore, I asked Adinda to go to Bank Mandiri as the Managing Director, later report to me how the digital transition is at Mandiri," said Erick Thohir.

Third, Indira from South Sulawesi will replace Kimia Farma President Director Verdi Budidarmo.

"With the discussions we had, I also saw the importance of Indira trying to see how to improve our health industry, especially in medicine. I assigned Indira at Kimia Farma to check rather than two things, namely mapping or mapping any imported raw materials at Kimia Farma. Both Kimia Farma are also currently integrating services with IHC Pertamedika, try to see for yourself what the advantages and disadvantages are," said Erick.

Fourth, Sicily from East Nusa Tenggara who will replace BRI President Director Sunarso.

"Sicily from Kupang, NTT likes to help school children every day. We know how now that BRI, PNM and Pegadaian, have become a single entity in raising capital for the largest successful rights issue in Southeast Asia, second in Asia and number seven in the world with a value of Rp. 96 trillion. We will focus on ultra micro and MSMEs," he said.

Fifth, Putri from West Java was assigned to replace Telkomsel President Director Hendri Mulya Syam

"My daughter is assigned to Telkomsel as the President Director, Telkomsel is doing a very big integration. I assigned Putri to review Telkomsel's preparations to face the second wave of digital disruption, later give me input," said Erick.