Our People

We have over 40,000 multi-national employees operating farms, manufacturing facilities and offices in across Asia.

As we grew in scale, products and geographical locations; our industry know-how has also expanded from animal feed to livestock breeding, commercial farming, dairy and consumer food production.

Our corporate culture is a key contributing factor to our success in building agri-food infrastructure in some of the most challenging emerging markets.

For five decades, we have abided by a set of founding values based on integrity, mutual benefit, and cohesiveness in achieving common goals. These values that are handed down from one generation of Japfa employees to another have shaped our approach to product quality, business and community relations.

Key Management Team

Handojo Santosa

Executive Chairman

Mr Santosa was appointed Executive Director on 19 December 2008.
Mr Santosa joined our Group in 1986 as a manager in the edible oil division at Nilam in Surabaya.

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Mr Santosa was appointed Executive Director on 19 December 2008, and subsequently elected as Executive Chairman of the Board on 25 June 2020. He is in charge of the overall management of our Group’s business and operations. He oversees the formulation of our Group’s corporate planning, strategic direction, business and corporate policies.

Mr Santosa joined our Group in 1986 as a manager in the edible oil division at Nilam in Surabaya where he was in charge of the edible oil division’s day-to-day operations.

From 1989 to 1997, he served as Vice-President Director of our subsidiary, PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk. In 1997, he was appointed as President Director of PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk, a role in which he has oversight of the PT Japfa Group’s operations. His responsibilities include overseeing the entire operations of the PT Japfa Group including the Aquaculture Division, Trading Division and the Beef Cattle Division.

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Tan Yong Nang

Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer

Mr Tan was appointed Executive Director on 1 June 2009 and last re-elected on 25 June 2020
Mr Tan joined our Group in 2007 as an assistant to the CEO and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of Corporate Services before taking on the position of COO of our Group in 2011.

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Mr Tan was appointed Executive Director on 1 June 2009 and last re-elected on 25 June 2020. Concurrently, he has been the Group’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) since 1 January 2014. As CEO, he is in charge of leading the development and execution of our long-term strategy, and responsible for all day-to-day management decisions.

Mr Tan joined our Group in 2007 as an assistant to the CEO and Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) of Corporate Services before taking on the position of COO of our Group in 2011. Mr Tan spearheaded the growth of our Group’s operations in the region such as the expansion of our swine and dairy business segments, and had oversight of the management functions across our Group’s businesses. Mr Tan is also involved in the management of our Group’s financial liabilities and has assisted our Group in diversifying our financial relationships to include regional and international banking organisations.

Mr Tan started his career as a statistician at the Department of Statistics, Singapore in 1985 and went on to become a research economist with Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry in 1986. He joined the Prudential group in 1988 as an investment analyst based in Hong Kong and the USA.

From 1991 to 2003, Mr Tan was employed by the PAMA Group Inc.’s group of companies (“PAMA Group”), becoming a partner of PAMA BVI in 2001. He was involved in setting up several equity funds of the PAMA Group and handling the funds’ investment portfolio in South East Asia. He was also an Investment Committee member of PAMA BVI from 1997 to 2003. In 2003, Mr Tan joined Delifrance Asia Ltd as its CEO, and in 2005, he joined Li & Fung Group in 2005 as its Project Director and COO.

Mr Tan graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree from the University of Cambridge, UK in 1983. He was also registered as a Chartered Financial Analyst with The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts, USA in 1992.

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Kevin John Monteiro

Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

Mr Monteiro was appointed Executive Director on 16 April 2014 and last re-elected on 25 June 2020
Mr Monteiro was previously the Head of Corporate Finance of our subsidiary.

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Mr Monteiro was appointed Executive Director on 16 April 2014 and last re-elected on 25 June 2020. He is also our Chief Financial Officer responsible for developing a balanced capital structure, to source for adequate funding for our Group, and to ensure the integrity of the Group’s financial data. He has oversight over all the financial operations of our Group.

Mr Monteiro was previously the Head of Corporate Finance of our subsidiary, PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk and has over 14 years of experience in the agri-food industry, having joined PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk in 1999. His responsibilities included overseeing the company capital structure and managing equity-related matters such as investor relations, annual reports and IDX-compliance.

Prior to joining PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk, Mr Monteiro was a financial advisor to another IDX-listed company between 1995 and 1999. Between 1985 and 1995, Mr Monteiro practised as a chartered accountant, first as a sole practitioner, and later as a partner of Callaway & Hecht in Melbourne. Whilst in practice, Mr Monteiro was a registered tax agent and registered company auditor in Australia.

Mr Monteiro obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree from Monash University, Australia in 1979 and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia since 1982.

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Bambang Budi Hendarto

Chief Operating Officer, Operation 1 - Poultry Indonesia

Mr Hendarto oversees the entire poultry operations, including the feed, breeding and commercial aspects.
Over the course of his career with our Group, Mr Hendarto held various positions of increasing seniority and responsibility

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Mr Hendarto oversees the entire poultry operations, including the feed, breeding and commercial aspects. He is also responsible for establishing corporate objectives and strategic plans for our poultry operations. Mr Hendarto joined our Group in 1978 as a Nutrition Manager in the Production Planning Control Department where he was involved in supervising and coordinating the activities for the production of formula feed. He became a Vice Director (Deputy Director) of PT Comfeed Indonesia in 1981 and led the Feed Division of our Group’s operations in Indonesia.

Over the course of his career with our Group, Mr Hendarto held various positions of increasing seniority and responsibility. In 1997, he was appointed the Vice-President Director of PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk, a role he still holds today, leading the breeding and commercial poultry operations of our Group and overseeing the execution of our Group’s corporate objectives and strategies relating to such operations.

Mr Hendarto graduated from Brawijaya University in 1972 with an Engineering degree in Animal Husbandry.

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Edgar Dowse Collins

Head of Dairy

Mr Collins is responsible for the day- to-day operations of our Group’s Dairy Division and is in charge of formulating, developing and implementing both strategic and long-term business plans for our Group’s dairy operations.

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Mr Collins is responsible for the day- to-day operations of our Group’s Dairy Division and is in charge of formulating, developing and implementing both strategic and long-term business plans for our Group’s dairy operations.

Mr Collins has accumulated many years of industry experience having been involved in beef and cattle operations throughout his career. He has been with AustAsia Food Pte. Ltd. (“AustAsia”), a subsidiary of the Group, since 1999 and is currently its Managing Director. Before AustAsia, he was Head of Operations of another of the Group’s subsidiaries, PT Santosa Agrindo, where he was involved in the development of a cattle and beef business in Indonesia.

Prior to joining our Group, Mr Collins was General Manager for approximately two years at BxE Commodities Pty Ltd, a company engaged in the business of import and trading of cattle feed commodities in Australia’s and New Zealand’s dairy industries. While there, he was involved in establishing a system for the importation, trading and distribution of its feed products such as coprameal and palm kernel extract to commercial farmers and feedmills.

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Antonius Harwanto

Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Operation 1 - Poultry Indonesia

Mr Harwanto is responsible for setting up the vision, mission and strategies to achieve sustainable growth for the Group’s poultry business in Indonesia.
In addition, Mr Harwanto has been serving as a Director of PT Indojaya Agrinusa since 1995.

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Mr Harwanto is responsible for setting up the vision, mission and strategies to achieve sustainable growth for the Group’s poultry business in Indonesia. Mr Harwanto has been with PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk since 1979. From 1979 to 1999, he held various positions in transportation, sales and marketing and served as the unit head of Cikupa, Cirebon and Sidoarjo, respectively.

In addition, Mr Harwanto has been serving as a Director of PT Indojaya Agrinusa since 1995. From 1999 to 2012, he was the Commissioner of PT Multibreeder Adirama Indonesia Tbk. Concurrently, he served as a Director of PT Multiphala Agrinusa from 2001 to 2008, and was subsequently appointed to its President Director from 2008 until 2010.

Between 2003 and 2017, Mr Harwanto was the Head of Feed Division, before he was promoted to his current position. Mr Harwanto graduated from the 17 August 1945 University in Jakarta, Indonesia, with an Economics degree in 1986.

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Christina Chua Sook Ping

Head of Legal and Compliance

Ms Chua oversees all legal, compliance and secretarial functions of our Group’s operations.
Ms Chua has more than 20 years of experience in legal practice.

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Ms Chua oversees all legal, compliance and secretarial functions of our Group’s operations. She joined our Group in 2010.

Ms Chua has more than 20 years of experience in legal practice. She joined Drew & Napier LLC in 1990 and later joined Rajah & Tann LLP in 2007. During her time in practice, Ms Chua was a partner in the corporate and tax departments of both firms and was recommended in the 2003/2004, 2004/2005 and 2006/2007 editions of The Asia Pacific Legal 500 for Mergers & Acquisitions with a technology specialisation, for her role in advising in the Bharti Changi Consortium in respect of the modernisation and restructuring of the Mumbai and Delhi airports and as a leading individual, respectively.

She was also named in both Who’s Who–Legal (Singapore) for Mergers & Acquisitions and the International Tax Review 2004 as a leading tax practitioner in Singapore. She was highly recommended for tax (particularly infrastructure and cross border) transactions in PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook Singapore 2008/2009 edition and was also named as a highly recommended tax lawyer in PLC Tax on Transactions Handbook 2009/2010 edition. Ms Chua graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (Honors) degree from the National University of Singapore in 1989 and was admitted as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Singapore in 1989. She has been a member of both the Law Society of Singapore and the Singapore Academy of Law since 1990.

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Arif Widjaja

Country Head, Japfa Comfeed Vietnam Limited Company

Mr Widjaja was appointed Country Head of Japfa Comfeed Vietnam Limited Company in 2017.
Mr Widjaja started his career with the Group in 1989 as an Overseas Coordinator, managing the logistics and trading of the Edible Oil Division at Nilam in Indonesia.

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Mr Widjaja was appointed Country Head of Japfa Comfeed Vietnam Limited Company in 2017. Mr Widjaja started his career with the Group in 1989 as an Overseas Coordinator, managing the logistics and trading of the Edible Oil Division at Nilam in Indonesia.

He subsequently joined the procurement department of PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk as Assistant to Head of Procurement Feed Division before his promotion to Head of Procurement for the Group – a position which he held for 18 years, from 1999 to 2017.

Mr Widjaja holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Portland, Oregon, USA.

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