Board of Directors

Shafiq Dhanani

President Director & Founder

D.Phil. Development Economics, Oxford University, UK.

Previous Positions: Senior Consultant for several international organizations including UNIDO, FAO, ILO, World Bank and ADB in Africa and Asia. Programme Officer, FAO and WFP, Africa. 15 years of experience in Indonesia, working with Ministries of Manpower, Agriculture, Industry, Education and National Development Planning. Founder, Ganesha Microfinance Foundation. First branch manager of Ganesha/MBK.

Founded MBK in 2003.

Achmad Ramdani

Deputy President Director, Operations

Degree in Economics, Krisna Dwipayana University, Jakarta.

Previous Positions: 17 years of experience in Bank Anrico, starting as Credit Analyst and ending as Head of Operations Division, responsible for 30 branches around Indonesia.

He joined MBK as Operations Manager, then became Finance Manager, before being promoted to Director of Operations in Early 2015.He become Deputy President Director in 2019

Joined MBK in 2008.

Elizabeth Sweeting (Liz)

Director of Treasury & Co-Founder

Ph.D. in Education, Sussex University, UK.

Previous Positions: Senior Consultant for several international organizations including World Bank, ADB and British Council in Africa and Asia. 15 years of experience in Indonesia, working with Department of Education. Founder, Ganesha Microfinance Foundation. First Head, HRD and currently Head of Treasury MBK.

Joined MBK in 2007.

Prawoto

Director, Compliance / Corporate Secretary

Degree in Accountancy, University of Indonesia, Jakarta.

Previous positions include Finance and Accounting Manager in publicly listed PT. Ancora Indonesia Resources Tbk, Jakarta for 3 years; Division Head, private Bank Indovest, Jakarta for 11 years; Deputy Branch Manager in private Bank Pinaesaan, Jakarta, for 8 years; and Audit Manager for Capelle Tuanakotta & Co., public accounting firm for 3 years.

He joined MBK as Finance Manager before being promoted to Director of Finance in November 2011

Joined MBK in 2011.

Susanti Gandaatmaja (Santi)

Director, HRD and Administration

Junior Degree in Economics, Borobudur University, Jakarta.

Santi joined MBK as field officer, then was promoted to branch manager and Area Supervisor, before assuming the post of Manager, Business Expansion. Moving to head office, Santi became Head of Personnel. In March 2011, she was promoted to Director, HRD and Administration.

Joined MBK in 2003.

Chrismanto Saragih

Risk Director

Magister of Public Notary, Pelita Harapan University, Jakarta.

Master of Business Administration, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio, USA.

Previous positions: SVP-Business Development at PT Bank Andara, President Director at PT Bank Universal, SVP-Head of Consumer Credit at PT. Bank DBS Indonesia, VP-Head of Credit Initiation at Bank International Indonesia, and as VP-Consumer Risk Head at ABN AMRO Bank Indonesia.

Joined MBK in 2017.