Appointment of three BP Batam deputies strengthens structure and focuses investment
Batam (ANTARA) — The Batam Authority (BP Batam), Riau Islands, has appointed three deputies as part of organisational strengthening and implementation of its strategic mandate as a Government Investment Operator (OIP) for developing national industrial zones.
Deputy for Investment at BP Batam, Fary Djemy Francis, emphasised that integrating investment functions with goods movement logistics is a crucial step to ensure Batam can provide “execution certainty” for investors.
“Investment does not end with promotion or licensing. Investors need execution certainty. Therefore, smooth goods movement must be a priority so that raw materials, machinery, and industrial components can move quickly and efficiently in the Batam zone,” Fary stated in a statement received in Batam on Friday.
He added that strengthening the Investment Division aligns with BP Batam’s new role as a Government Investment Operator.
“With this mandate, BP Batam is no longer merely a state asset manager or concessionaire, but also becomes the orchestrator of regional investment,” he said.
The objective is to ensure strategic projects proceed faster, with greater integration and delivering economic value-added.
BP Batam Head Amsakar Achmad stressed that this organisational restructuring is an important step to strengthen Batam’s competitiveness amid geopolitical dynamics and global supply chain shifts.
With a more adaptive structure and increasingly strategic mandate, BP Batam is expected to accelerate investment realisation while strengthening Batam’s position as an industrial and logistics execution hub in Southeast Asia.
On Friday (13 March), the officials appointed were Syarlin Joyo as Deputy for Zone Management, Fary Djemy Francis as Deputy for Investment, and Denny Tondano as Deputy for Operations.
This appointment implements the Batam Free Trade and Free Port Zone Area Council Regulation Number 1 of 2026 concerning changes to BP Batam’s organisation and working procedures.
The Zone Management Division focuses on integrating spatial planning management, land, coastal waters, environment, and zone control.
Spatial planning certainty is considered an important foundation for building investor confidence.
The Operations Division is responsible for optimising management of BP Batam’s strategic business units such as the airport, port, water supply system, and various zone assets to increase economic value and asset management professionalism.
The Investment Division now has a broader mandate, encompassing not only investment promotion and capital placement services, but also investment project development, investment realisation control, and industrial goods movement management in the Batam zone.