Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources Republic of Indonesia

Ignasius Jonan, grew up in Surabaya and later graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from Airlangga University’s School of Business and Economics in 1985. He took executive and management programs between 1999 and 2000 from Columbia Business School and John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Ignasius Jonan was appointed as head of PT. Kereta Api Indonesia in 2009, in the midst of the railway company's output and financial troubles, He was faced with PT. KAI's 27,000 employees with low expectations in terms of work quality and financial deficit yet succeeded in bringing profits in 2009 of Rp. 154,8 billion compared to 2008 with a loss of Rp. 82.6 billion.

This principle of professionalism is always held by Jonan until President Jokowi appointed him as Minister of Transportation in the 2014-2019 working cabinet. Two years into being Minister of Transportation, Jonan was hit by a wave of cabinet reshuffles and was replaced by his subordinates. However, two months later, President Jokowi raised Jonan again as Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources on 14 October 2016.

Author of Employee Experience Advantage

After having terrible jobs working for other people Jacob went off on his own to research and explore how work and everything we know about it is changing. Today Jacob Morgan is one of the world’s leading authorities on the future of work, employee experience, and how the workplace is changing. He is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, and futurist who advises business leaders and organizations around the world. Jacob’s work has been endorsed by the CEOs of: Cisco, T-Mobile, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Schneider Electric, Best Buy, KPMG, AARP, Pandora, and many others.

Governor of West Java

Ridwan Kamil is the elected Governor of West Java Province since 2018. He was previously Mayor of the city of Bandung, which is the capital of West Java, during 2013-2018. He studied architecture at the Bandung Institute of Technology, and continued to study for a Master of Urban Design at the College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley.

Ridwan Kamil’s expertise as urban planner attracted the attention of Bandung resident when he participated in a show at Bandung local TV called ‘Kamil’s Solution’ when he offered solutions for every problem faced by the city of Bandung in the field of urban planning. He was then elected as Mayor of Bandung in 2013.

In the hands of Ridwan, Bandung won Smart City award twice with technological breakthrough based on public service applications.

Founder Ancora Group

Gita Wirjawan earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Texas, in 1988, a master's degree in Business Administration from Baylor University in 1989, and a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, as a Mason Fellow, in 2000. He also qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas, U.S.A., and holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Gita Wirjawan was appointed as Indonesia's Minister of Trade in October 2011. Before this, he was Chairman of Indonesia's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM). The Harvard-educated investment banker has also held key positions in Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, and was senior advisor to JPMorgan for Southeast Asia. Before he joined the government, he was the founder and Chairman of Ancora Group, a Jakarta-based private equity fund, Commissioner of state-owned oil giant, Pertamina, and an Independent Board Director of Axiata Group Berhad.

President PetroChina International Jabung Ltd

Gong Bencai has 30 years of experience in oil and gas industry. He joined PetroChina International Companies in Indonesia as president in February, 2016. He got his bachelor degree in South West Petroleum University in China and his MBA in Washington University in USA.

Despite his geological background, Gong Bencai has been involved in many different areas such as public relations, administrates, news, geology, engineering, economy and so on. His overseas experiences with PetroChina spanned from China, Africa, North America and South America. Before he came to Indonesia, Mr. Gong held position as country manager of Petrochina International (Peru) for 7 years.

Commissioner NET Mediatama

Wishnutama was born in Jayapura, He moved to Australia went to Kooralbyn International School, Brisbane, then continued studying at the International School Singapore. After finishing ISS, he joined the Military College of Vermont at Norwich University, USA. Later on, he took a major in Liberal Arts at Mount Ida and Communication at Emerson College, Boston, USA. He also attended a production course of television at Emerson College and the GE Southeast Asia Executive Program at Crotonville in New York.

He started his career as a production assistant with New England cable news, he then became Assistant Director of on-air promotion at WHDH-TV, Boston. After several years of experience in the broadcasting industry, he then served as CEO of Trans7 from 2006 to 2008, CEO of Trans TV from 2008 to 2012, and has been CEO of NET Media since 2012 and now he been commissioner NET Mediatama. Known as Indonesia’s Influential Person in Creative Industry (TV and Radio), Wishnutama has produced several creative and famous program during his previous leading at TransCorp such as Indonesia Mencari Bakat, Opera van Java, Extravaganza and many more.

Vice President Human Resources ConocoPhillips

Heather joined ConocoPhillips in May 2006 as Human Resources Business Partner for HSE and Finance. She then moved into successive human resources leadership roles, including: director, Human Resources – Commercial; director, HR Shared Services; manager, Human Resources – Lower 48; and most recently general manager, Human Resources.

She has 25 years of human resources experience in varied industries. Heather joined ConocoPhillips from ScheringPlough Pharmaceuticals, where she served as human resources director, Global Information Technology and Legal.

Prior to Schering-Plough, Heather held human resources roles in publishing (Fairchild Publications), financial services (Standard & Poor’s) and retail (Macy’s). Heather holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and Spanish from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Founder of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia

Dino Patti Djalal is a career diplomat and ambassador, best-selling author, accomplished academic, youth activist, app designer (Itunes: "diplomat to do"), Presidential hopeful.

Dino Patti Djalal joined Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs in 1987. He quickly rose through the ranks, with postings in London, Dili, and Washington DC. In 2002, he was appointed Director of North American Affairs. In 2004, when President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono began his term, Dino was appointed Special Staff of the President for International Affairs. In that capacity, Dino assumed many roles: Presidential spokesperson, foreign policy adviser to the President, speech writer. Dino kept this job for 6 years until 2010, making him the longest serving Presidential spokesperson in Indonesia's modern history.

Dr. Dino is also Chairman of the Board of Directors, World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia, and a member of Board of Governors of Institute for Peace and Democracy, based in Bali. He also founded Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) in 2014. Dr. Dino is also widely known as the father of Indonesian Diasporas, given his role in launching the first World Congress of Indonesian Diasporas in Los Angeles in 2012.