Helianti Hilman | |
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 in 2018 | |
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| Education | Padjadjaran University, King's College London |
| Known for | CEO of Javara |
| Spouse | Dian |
Helianti Hilman (born ) is a lawyer involved in e-commerce in Indonesia with "Javara". The business's mission is to market indigenous Indonesian food products. In 2019 she became one of UNCTAD's "eTrade for Women Advocate".
Hilman was born in East Java and she was brought up there on a highland coffee plantation. [1] She studied law at Padjadjaran University and then continued her studies at King's College London taking a master's degree in intellectual property law. [2]
In 2014 she was a Forbes Indonesia Global Rising Star and in 2015 she was recognised as the Schwab Foundation's Social Entrepreneur of the Year. [3]
In 2008 she formed Javara. The company is actually called PT Kampung Kearifan Indonesia and it uses modern technology to manage both its supply chain and its sales. The business's mission is to bring indigenous Indonesian food products to the market. [4]
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