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Mandiri pins future on young talent
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Kartika Wirjoatmodjo, Bank Mandiri’s president director, announced on Oct. 25 that Bank Mandiri’s net profit stood at Rp 12 trillion in the third quarter of 2016, down 17.6 percent compared to the same period, last year. (JP/win)
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tate-owned lender Bank Mandiri is intensifying efforts to nurture its pool of young talent through dynamic tours of duty and furthering education to stay competitive in the digital era.
With such a strategy, which the bank claims will create “new DNA”, is expected to unleash the potential of its 40,000 workers, 65.8 percent of whom are millennials, Bank Mandiri’s president director Kartika “Tiko” Wirjoatmodjo said.
“If we’re not ready, we will be late in facing the new revolution in digital banking. This is why we have to groom our employees,” Tiko said Thursday in a public forum, which invited executives of major state-owned enterprises.
Mandiri, the country’s largest lender by assets, has implemented a talent mobility system that allows its employees to discover new challenges. For instance, those stationed at branches can request a transfer to a Mandiri subsidiary, such as venture capital firm Mandiri Capital Indonesia or securities firm Mandiri Sekuritas, Tiko said.
(Read also: Mandiri to employ 180 workers with disabilities)
To attract the country’s best graduates, the bank, Tiko added, also offered various career advancement opportunities. After four to five years of working with the company, employees, for instance, have the opportunity to pursue a Master’s degree at one of the 50 top business schools abroad with financial support from the lender.
Tiko said the strategy to nurture young talent could be a driver to achieve the lender’s vision to become Indonesia’s best and ASEAN’s prominent bank by 2020. (win/hwa)
