Jakarta, 18 January 2021 –Nicke Widyawati is no stranger to hard work, having started her career early while still studying industrial engineering at the Bandung Institute of Technology. But as the President Director of Indonesia’s largest state-owned energy company, Pertamina, the COVID-19 pandemic has given her a global level challenge.
“COVID-19 has rapidly changed the way we do business, making us think how can we be more effective and help our employees work despite the social distancing policies. And we knew that technology has the potential to be a game changer,” says Nicke Widyawati, who recently was named one of the Most Powerful Women in the World by Fortune magazine International. “We already began a digital integration project with Microsoft in late 2017, but the pandemic accelerated the overall process.”