HSBC has been the BritCham Patron Sponsor for many years. It has also put forward a Treasurer to our Board for the same period. Its President Director, Sumit Dutta has also delivered his personal 'State of the Nation’ address at each of our Annual General Meetings. Alas, the AGM due around now, has been postponed until at least October. After presiding over the integration of Bank Ekonomi and the transition to PT HSBC Indonesia, Sumit closes his Indonesia career chapter in a few days.

Whilst there will be no AGM, we are delighted to invite all members and friends to join tomorrow’s webinar during which Sumit Dutta will offer his farewell thoughts on Indonesia, looking back and looking forward. He will also introduce you all to his successor-in-waiting.

Register now to avoid disappointment!

On Tuesday, 16 June 2020, BritCham Indonesia held a webinar entitled, “Navigating Supply Chain Disruptions in the Time of COVID-19”. The session features three honorable speakers, which are Chris Buono (Managing Director at UPS Philippines and Indonesia), Lisa Widodo (EVP Operations at Blibli.com), and Ivy Kamadjaja (Deputy CEO at Kamadjaja Logistics), and is proudly supported by JIIPE. It covered various important aspects in the context of logistics and was an interactive session with over a hundred attendees.

The session began with the introduction of what most businesses are currently going through under the impact of the pandemic as well as what is going on within the logistics field: the shifts, strategies and measures, and challenges in order to keep the supply chain moving. Concerns on various topics such as air cargo reduction, transportation barriers, and changes in consumer behaviour and expectations are also addressed and further elaborated. In accordance with the key discussion points, the panelists also managed to answer several questions from the attendees on topics such as data management and transparency as well as supply distributions to remote areas.

We would like to thank all the panelists for sharing their expertise, JIIPE for supporting this webinar, as well as the attendees for participating. BritCham Indonesia is committed to offering relevant webinars aimed at providing solutions to problems faced in this current crisis.

BritCham Indonesia is proud to have hosted the exclusive webinar “In Love with English Football!: Unique & Exclusive Insights” on Thursday, 18 June 2020. This webinar features three esteemed speakers, namely Mark Palios (Chairman of Tranmere Rovers, Former CEO of the Football Association), Emmanuel L. Wanandi (Wandi) (Director of Santini Group, Investor at Tranmere Rovers) and Anindya Bakrie (CEO & President Director of PT Bakrie & Brothers Tbk., Investor at Oxford United). Attended by over 70 enthusiastic attendees, this webinar discusses various topics perfectly suited for those interested in the world of English football.

This session covers themes including the current condition of English football, especially with the lower league clubs, fascinating reasons for investing in lower-league English clubs, as well as the engagement between Tranmere Rovers and Surabaya. Questions raised by the attendees regarding topics such as new business models for airing football games, governance in regard to foreign investors, and government support for lower-league clubs are also answered by the panel.

We would like to thank all the panelists for sharing their expertise as well as the attendees for participating in the webinar.