Bankers recruited in new PBSI board of directors
Bankers recruited in new PBSI board of directors
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The new executive board of the Indonesian Badminton Association
(PBSI) was divulged here on Friday, which exposed the
organization's allegiance to several prominent bankers and
businesspeople.
PBSI chairman Chairul Tanjung decided to do away with the
executive director post and introduce new posts such as legal
directorate, regional development directorate, sport expansion
directorate and athlete certification directorate.
The elimination of the executive chief post could mean that
Chairul is seeking greater access in day-to-day activities,
assisted by the four deputies.
"We are supposed to be a 'flat' organization. The chairman is
assisted by deputies who should optimize their functions properly
as advocated in the job description," Chairul told reporters.
Chairul, who was elected earlier this month, also looks to be
seeking out links to a wider business as evidenced by his
recruitment of a few names heretofore only familiar to the
business community.
DE Setiyoso, Arwin Rasyid and Peter B. Stock, the three
presidents of BCA, Danamon and Niaga Bank, are among the 83-
strong PBSI board members.
Also included in the lineup are TP Rachmat, the president of
PT Astra Internasional, Eva Rianti Hutapea, the CEO of Indofood
Sukses Makmur, and Rachman Kustomi, a top official of Tugu
Insurance.
"I warn against being suspicious about their presence in the
organization. Instead, we have to thank them for their
availability amid their hectic business schedules," Chairul,
himself the president commissioner of Mega Bank, said about the
banking and commercial recruits.
Chairul added that he had been involved in a series of
important talks over the appointment of his aides with a number
of people from badminton circles as well as those regarded as
possessing a commitment to badminton development.
"I want to instill their views and get acquainted with people
with a variety of characteristics. I don't want subjectivity in
our decision-making.
"For sure, not only have I tried to accommodate other views
but I have also determined that it is vital that the right person
must be in the right place, and these things were taken into
account," he said in reference to the large number of businessmen
on the board.
In the non-functional ranks, he has named Taufik Kiemas,
husband of President Megawati Soekarnoputri and Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono, Coordinating Minister for Political and Security
Affairs, as two of the nine members of the Honorary Council.
The inception of a regional development board testifies to
Chairul's outward vision that he is pursuing in order to make the
regional areas the base of national badminton development.
"This is what I pledged at the convention, that I would seek
to prioritize the development at the regional level," he said.
To back up his mission, Chairul has brought in as few
provincial chapter officials as possible, "so that they can focus
on their respective regions."
As part of his regional improvement policy, Chairul is set to
provide the provincial chapters of badminton organizations with
long-term financial support.