Ranks 16 for the Most Powerful Women in the World, Nicke Widyawati as President Director of Pertamina that Makes Indonesia Proud
Jakarta, October 22, 2020 – Global business media, Fortune has given the President Director of Pertamina, Nicke Widyawati, as one of the Most Powerful Women International 2020.
Nicke ranks 16 out of 50 women in the world who can control their respective companies. Fortune assessed that Nicke could handle a state-owned company with annual revenue of more than USD 54,6 Billion and 32.000 workers worldwide.
Nicke's ability to control the company is strengthened by the government's trust to choose her once again to lead the company's transformation to become a holding company in the oil and gas sector.
In response, Nicke is grateful and accept the ranking as one of the most powerful women in the World by Fortune positively. Nicke believes that the Fortune ranking is an appreciation that is not only for her but also for the whole team in Pertamina.
According to her, as a peak of leadership in the National Oil and Gas SOE, she has the responsibility to assure that Pertamina continues to provide energy for the country and brings Pertamina as a global energy company that can moves the national economic growth.
"The challenge of the future of energy is near, and we are still prioritizing service for the nation, community service, and answering the global energy challenge. This position is the result of the hard work of all elements in Pertamina along with the support of all stakeholders and the Indonesian nation," said Nicke.
Fortune also considered Nicke Widyawati as the President Director of Pertamina to be very worthy of being ranked 16 because she could make a breakthrough in controlling the company during the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, Pertamina's losses could be suppressed, much better than other global oil and gas companies.
Vice President of Corporate Communication of Pertamina, Fajriyah Usman, said that this list is an annual ranking highlighting the most powerful women in business that is based internationally. Nicke Widyawati is the only Indonesian woman in Fortune's 2020 list of the 50 Most Powerful Women International.
Furthermore, Fortune also placed the President Director of Pertamina ahead of the CEOs of various well-known companies in the global arena, such as Temasek, the largest state-owned company in Singapore, Dutch multinational oil and gas company Shell, and other leading CEOs such as Unilever, PepsiCo, Novartis, Puma Energy, Starbucks, Morgan Stanley, and more.
"This achievement makes Pertamina and Indonesia proud. Ms. Nicke has represented all women in Indonesia in world recognition," said Fajriyah.
Fajriyah believes this recognition will be an inspiration and role model for all Pertamina employees to continue to work hard to provide energy and bring Pertamina as a global oil and gas company. The concern of Pertamina's Board of Directors, the Board of Commissioners, and all Pertamina's management levels is how to manage a company that can produce the best performance that can contribute to the nation and state.
"We hope that international trust will continue to increase in Pertamina, which has a vision as a world-class national energy company and can face global energy challenges in the future," she concluded.**