Shanti Poesposoetjipto
A Royal Award

To Shanti Poesposoetjipto, the current chairperson of the board of Samudera Lines, awards come easily. Under her belt are at least 20 acknowledgements of her busy and productive life in business and in civil society. Before she was conferred the 'Order of the Crown' from the Belgian government and witnessed by visiting HRH Princess Astridwho was in Indonesia to lead a business delegation of about 300 peopleshe has, under her belt, the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year (2009), the Asia-Pacific Entrepreneurship Award in that same year, and most impressively, she was listed as the 14th most powerful out of 100 women in Indonesia (2007, 2008) by Globe Asia magazine, which named her the 10th most powerful woman in Indonesia the following year.

The list goes on and on, yet little known by the public at large is her dedication to environmental and governance issues, having founded a few environmental NGOs and who sits in the boards of transparency and governance organizations. Because of her business acumen, she was selected to also be a presidential as well as ministerial advisory council member.

March 29, 2016