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Helianti Hilman

Founder & Executive ChairpersonJAVARA Indonesia

Biography

Helianti Hilman is a serial entrepreneur focusing on impact-driven businesses. In 2008, she founded JAVARA, a value-driven sustainable food company that turns forgotten food biodiversity of the Indonesian archipelago into organic nourishing gourmet food products with market relevance. Working with tens of thousands farmers and indigenous communities across Indonesia, Javara brings hundreds of products from rural Indonesia to national and international markets. To nurture rural enterprises as an effective tool in building an inclusive economy, in 2017 she founded Sekolah Seniman Pangan (School of Food Artisans) an action-based rural entrepreneurship school and business ecosystem support services. Helianti received numerous awards and recognitions, including EY 2013 Indonesia’s Social Entrepreneur of the Year and Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur in 2015. Helianti received her master of law from King's College London, and bachelor of law from Universitas Padjadjaran Indonesia

Regional Focus

Southeast Asia