Helianti Hilman

Helianti Hilman
in 2018
Born	East Java
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".

Life

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]

L to R: Xiaofei Yao, Patricia Zoundi Yao, Claudia de Heredia, Helianti Hilman and Nina Angelovska at the UN General Assembly

In September 2019 the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development announced seven "eTrade for Women Advocates" from the developing world. The awards were announced on the periphery of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The other six were Nazanin Daneshvar, Clarisse Iribagiza, Patricia Zoundi Yao, Nina Angelovska, Claudia de Heredia and Xiaofei Yao. She was one of the five winners who were present.^[5]

References

1. "Helianti Hilman, Founder of Javara". Retrieved 2019-10-19.
2. "Helianti Hilman". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
3. "Helianti Hilman". Manusia |. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
4. "unctad.org | UNCTAD unveils 7 top advocates for women in tech, e-commerce". unctad.org. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-18.
5. AfricaNews (2019-09-20). "Successful Digital Women Entrepreneurs at UN Assembly". Africanews. Retrieved 2019-10-19.