New boss at Perhutani

New boss at Perhutani

JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Forestry and Plantations Muslimin
Nasution installed A. Fattah DS on Tuesday as the new president
of state-owned forestry company Perum Perhutani.

Fattah, a longtime insider in the ministry, previously served
as president of another state timber firm, PT Inhutani I, which
manages forests in East Kalimantan, South Sulawesi and Maluku.

He assumes Perum Perhutani's helm after it was left vacant by
Harnanto H. Martosiswojo, appointed the ministry's director
general of forest utilization in April.

Fattah said he would focus his efforts on increasing
Perhutani's exports in line with the government's policy to earn
more foreign exchange through this approach.

Perhutani, founded in 1972, currently manages over 2.5 million
hectares of forests in Java, West and East Nusa Tenggara and East
Timor.

The company, which has teak and pine plantations as its core
business, earned 75 percent of its total revenue of Rp 881
billion last year from sales of teak. (gis)