• Iqbal Maulana, CTO, Ammana

    Iqbal Maulana, CTO, Ammana

  • In the modern era, where businesses are dominated by technology and its innovations, the role of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is essential in ensuring organizational success. Playing a key role at the centre of Ammana FinTech’s tech operations is Iqbal Maulana. Presently serving as the CTO, Iqbal Maulana is leading technological innovations that have revolutionized the lending experience. His expertise spans from coding roots to spearheading the development of a secure and scalable lending platform, ensuring seamless operations while adhering to stringent financial regulations. Before Ammana, Iqbal was the VP of Engineering for Securities Crowdfunding, a role similar to his current one but in a different sector. Additionally, he served as IT Project Manager for Digital Micro Bank, where he initiated the digital micro bank from the IT perspective.

  • Iqbal Maulana: Building Resilient Financial Systems through Technological Innovations

What Makes You a True Tech Leader?

By: Sujith Vasudevan, Managing Editor

Meta’s Chief Technology Officer, Andrew ‘Boz’ ’Bosworth, recently talked about the initial days of Facebook and how they all survived on minimal sleep and missed socializing for a significant part of their 20s.

Traits of an Effective B2B Consumer Goods Industry Leader

By: Ivantius Limampauw, VP - Sales, PT Esensi Solusi Buana

Ivantius is a seasoned B2B industry professional with over 12 years of cross-functional experience across sales departments, especially in the consumer goods vertical.

Empowering Employees & Prioritizing Diversity & Inclusion

By: Yohanes Jeffry Johary, Chief Executive Officer, OCS Global Services Indonesia

With over 27 years of experience, Jeffrey excels in leading change and navigating organizational turbulence. He enhances agility and adaptability across talent management

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Education Leadership Strategies Enhancing Learning for Gen-Z Students

By: Alka Malik, MD & Founder, Ascentria

Alka Malik, visionary educator and founder of Ascentria, shapes destinies with profound commitment. Actively involved in day-to-day operations, she inspires staff and students, ensuring excellence in education.

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The Role of a New Age Leader in Bridging Industry- Academia Gap

By: Dr. Anuj Kacker, Chief Executive Officer (Interim), Aptech

Let’s uncover the problems behind this industry academia gap through the lens of a veteran who has been around the game for 37 years - 20 years in the education and training industry alone.

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Learning & Development – Need & Importance

By: Tulika Srivastava, Head – L&D, Altisource

I have spent approximately two decades in the corporate world and have passionately supported businesses through Learning &Development.

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  • Top 10 CTOs In Indonesia - 2024

    The Chief Technology Officers of Indonesia significantly impact the country's economic growth with most of them being innovators out in the front for certain industries. As businesses increasingly use technology, the need for a CTO is crucial and plays an important role in developing new strategies that might better assist a company in making operations more efficient and competitive. For example, they could oversee cloud computing or data analytics or even artificial intelligence in optimizing a process and customers' experience better. CTOs also promote an innovation culture, encouraging startups and established firms to embrace the new technologies, thus enticing investment and employment. Their leadership in tech adoption underpins the development of Indonesia's digital economy, which augments GDP growth. Moreover, through partnerships with government plans to improve digital infrastructure, CTOs place Indonesia on the maps as a regional tech center for sustainable economic growth.

    CEO Insights Asia in this issue presents a spotlight of ‘Top 10 CTOs In Indonesia - 2024' featuring leaders who have leveraged their extensive industry expertise and experience in offering effective skills to the market. The following list has been prepared after being closely scrutinized by a distinguished panel of judges including CXOs, analysts and our editorial board. We recognize their valuable contribution to the ever expanding and competitive market and their ability to sustain themselves and emerge as top contestants through their reliable knowledge.

Top 10 CTOs In Indonesia - 2024

Company Logo Company Management Company Name Company Description
PT Cinemaxx Global Pasifik Bijay Ketan, Chief Technology Officer PT Cinemaxx Global Pasifik A technologist having extensive experience across all aspects of the software development life-cycle including understanding business needs & gathering requirements
PT Bank Neo Commerce Tbk Daniel Armanto, Chief Technology Officer PT Bank Neo Commerce Tbk An experienced leader with 20 years of demonstrated leadership prowess, Accelerated and streamlined the development cycle to ensure top-tier quality builds
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Desmond Cheung, Chief Technology Officer Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Have experience in software product development, building products in B2B, B2C, and enterprise space, across multiple geographies and domains
Tokio Marine Indonesia Foster Kurniawan, Chief Technology Officer Tokio Marine Indonesia With more than 10 years of experience in financial and insurance industry across several multinational company in Indonesia, He leads the core IT division and digital division that incorporating innovative technology and IT management skill
Tokopedia Herman Widjaja, Chief Technology Officer Tokopedia With expertise leading corporate technical vision and strategic direction, leveraging business and technical acumen to generate solutions for complex issues
SinemArt Indonesia Ignatius Kurniawan, Chief Technology Officer SinemArt Indonesia With a proven track record of success in developing and executing innovative technology strategies that drive business growth and transformation
Ammana Iqbal Maulana, CTO Ammana With a focus on innovation, He is committed to advancing digital banking technology, envisioning a future where banking is seamless, personalized, and accessible
Amar Bank Kevin Kane, Chief Technology Officer Amar Bank A visionary leader with experience in the technology industry, also having expertise in leading the technical leadership roles, setting up and managing globally distributed technical teams
DANA Indonesia Norman Sasono, Chief Technology Officer DANA Indonesia With 20+ years career in technology, built an shipped various computing systems in startup, enterprise and big tech multinational environments, including 7+ years in Microsoft Developer and Platform Group
Standard Chartered Rolly A. Lahagu, MD, Chief Technology & Operations Officer, Indonesia & ASEAN Markets Standard Chartered With experience in implementing IT systems across various sectors, such as insolvency & bankruptcy, account aggregation, supply chain, logistics and banking

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