User:Nico Lieke

Nico Lieke is majority shareholder of Jobubu Group. Jobubu has business portfolio in property, plantation, mining and Information Technology. Jobubu has partnerships with China Export Import Bank.

Early life Nico was born in Manado, North Sulawesi in Indonesia on 11 August 1975. He is the eldest son of Mr. Johnny Lieke and Mrs. Ilawaty Wijaya. He has two siblings: Lenny Lieke and Audy Lieke. Nico’s family owned movie cinema in 6 locations, including Bioskop Plaza in Manado, the pioneer of malls and movie cinemas in Manado. Nico went to SMP Eben Haezar in Manado.

Education Nico received his Bachelor’s degree from The Wharton School of Business, the oldest business school in the world, in Philadelphia, United States. He was President of PERMIAS (Indonesian students association) in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. At Wharton, Nico was co-founder and co-president of Wharton Asian Capital Markets Conference, one of the first ammual conferences done by Wharton. Nico received his MBA from University of Oxford, in Oxford, United Kingdom. Nico was elected first President of Oxford Business Forum.

Career Nico started his career as Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, a consulting company. Nico worked in Jakarta, Chicago, Singapore, Malaysia, Tokyo and Seoul. One of publicly-known projects is to lead merger of Bank Mandiri in Indonesia. The Four state banks were merged into one while at the same time restructuring management and rebranding the bank. Nico became a Director at age 24 at webMethods Inc (WEBM) in Fairfax, Virginia, United States. WebMethods is the leading middleware sofware and solution provider. At age 27, Nico was appointed Visiting Fellow at Institute for Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia, a position previously held by Mrs. Marie Pangestu (Former Minister of Trade of Indonesia). With Nori Badawi (First lady of Malaysia in 2005) and Tan Sri Noordin Sopiee, Nico drafted several Malaysia’s economic blueprints. In 2004, Nico became Group Factory Coordinator (Director of Sugar Production), producing 20% of Indonesia’s sugar domestic production. This was a company turn-around situation, turning from a money-loosing company into the best sugar plantation/producer in Indonesia. Sugar Group achieved 8.1 Ton Sugar per Hectare, record highest productivity and double the nation’s average. At age 33, Nico as Commercial Chief Operating Officer of PT Smart Fren Tbk. Nico is currently shareholder and currently serves as Commissioner of PT Jobubu National Investment. They own majority shares in companies in gold mining, bauxite mining, property and banking softwares.

Social Activities Nico is active at Entrepreneur's Organization (EO) and has served as Learning Chair, Integration Chair and Mentorship Chair. At EO, Nico established mentorship whereby Bapak Boyke Gozali, Bapak Chairul Tanjung, Bapak Edwin Soeryadjaja, Dr Boenjamin (Kalbe Farma) served as Mentors for the EO Indonesia members. Nico has served as National Treasurer for Perhimpunan Hotel and Restoran Indonesia (PHRI). Nico has also served as Wakil Ketua Komisi Tetap Pajak & Bea Cukai KADIN Indonesia (Vice Head of Tax and Customs Team, Indonesia’s Chambers of Commerce). Nico loves Indonesia and has graduated from LEMHANAS RI (Lembaga Ketahanan Nasional Republik Indonesia) Taplai 2017.