Bernardus Djonoputro - Founder/Chairman

Mr. Djonoputro has had more than 20 years of experience in business and the professional services industry. He served as Director of Marketing of Ernst & Young Indonesia for five years before moving to PricewaterhouseCoopers. As Director of PWC he was responsible for business development and go-to-market strategy of the firm in Indonesia, until he co-founded HD Asia Advisory.

Mr. Djonoputro also spent 6 years with American Express International in Indonesia as Head of Business Partnership, Marketing & Sales Division. While at American Express he was awarded the American Express Worldwide Best Performer Award in 1993, the highest chairman’s award for performance and customer service (he remains the only Indonesian to have received the award).

Mr. Djonoputro graduated from the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)'s School of Regional & City Planning. He is an alumni of the Indonesia-Australia Intergovernmental Youth Exchange Program. During the peak of reform in 1997, he co-founded SPUR (Solidarity of Professionals for Reform), a loose association of young pro-reform professionals set up to support the student movement that pushed for reformasi.

Mr. Djonoputro currently serves as member of the advisory board of the ITB School of Business and Management. He is also elected as Secretary General of the Indonesia Association of Planners (Ikatan Ahli Perencana –IAP) for 2007-2010.