The announcement coincided with the Company’s Public Expose, where it reported steady financial performance for the first half of 2025 and reaffirmed its commitment to growth driven by innovation, disciplined execution, and strengthened talent capability.
In the first half of 2025, the Company reported net sales of IDR 18.2 trillion and a net profit of IDR 2.2 trillion, representing a year-on-year decline due to a reset across categories and channels. However, it demonstrated sequential improvement compared to the second half of 2024, signalling a resumption of growth.
Appointment of New Director
An Indonesian national, Hendri Widiarta brings more than 28 years of Human Resources leadership across diverse industries. His career spans senior roles at the national, regional, and global levels, with a consistent focus on driving culture, organizational transformation, and strategic talent development.
Most recently, Hendri served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources, APAC at B. Braun, a global medical and pharmaceutical device company headquartered in Germany with operations in more than 60 countries. In this capacity, he led HR for 17,000 employees across Asia Pacific, embedding people strategy as a key enabler of business performance.
Earlier in his career, he held senior HR leadership roles at SC Johnson, the RGE Group (APRIL, Pacific Oil & Gas), and PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk, underscoring his deep expertise in people capability building and organizational transformation.
Hendri succeeds Willy Saelan, who served as Director since 2015 and concludes a distinguished 30-year career with Unilever Indonesia, marked by enduring contributions to its culture, leadership pipeline, and people strategy.
Statement from Benjie Yap, President Director
“We thank Willy for his decades of dedicated service, leadership, and the strong human capital foundation he has helped build. His contributions will continue to resonate across the Company. With Hendri joining the Board, our leadership team remains focus on strengthening our people capabilities and advancing the next phase of our transformation. Together, we aim to foster innovation, embed a high-performance culture, and execute with discipline to deliver sustained growth for the Company and the communities we serve.
Given Hendri’s extensive experience, we are confident he will bring valuable expertise and make significant contributions to both the Company and the industry, particularly in strengthening our winning culture, developing future-ready talent and advancing our strategic ambitions.”
Statement from Hendri Widiarta, Director
“I have long admired Unilever’s values and its commitment to developing talent as a core strength. It is an honour to take on this responsibility, and I look forward to working with the team to enhance capabilities, accelerate performance, and create lasting value for our people, our consumers, our customers, and stakeholders.”
Effective Immediately
Following today’s EGMS, the Company’s Board of Directors is composed as follows:
- Benjie Yap, President Director
- Neeraj Lal, Director
- Alejandro Meinardo Jr Santos Concha, Director
- Vandana Suri, Director
- Enny Hartati Sampurno, Director
- Hendri Widiarta, Director