IU Alumni and Coral Triangle Center (CTC) at the Mangrove City Forest, Denpasar, Bali, right after the IU Asia Paci c Conference back in 2015 (Siti in the middle).
Photo credit CTC
Siti graduated from the full time MBA program at the Kelley School of Business, IU Bloomington in 2001. Post MBA, she had worked in the oil and gas industry for 12 years building her career to executive leadership positions. Her last corporate job was the Regional Financial Controller for the Southeast Asia and China business unit covering six countries at a multinational drilling company.
In 2013, she started working as sustainability and development consultant, assisting companies in addressing business, investment and nancing challenges as well as working with non-pro t organizations to grow in a sustainable manner.
IU alumni strolled through the Mangrove City Forest
Her current work is with the Coral Triangle Center where Siti assists in developing and implementing a business plan for the new purposely designed CTC learning center, “CTC Center for Marine Conservation” with the objective to set it up as a nancially self-sustainable facility. The Center will open its Phase 1 in August 2017 showcasing the underwater beauty of Coral Triangle region, the most diverse reefs in the world and its preservation e orts. Working with various partners, artists, and communities, the Center combines world-class art and science to inspire all to care for the oceans.
Guardians of the Legacy, Uma Seminyak, Bali, April 8-24, 2017
In her personal time, Siti with her two friends also founded CEVA Bali, a social enterprise based in Bali working with women groups and artisanal communities to create beautiful keepsake items and helping the crafters to sustain their artistic endeavors. CEVA promotes ethically sourced materials, responsible processes and fair trade. In this framework, CEVA has co-organized three photography and traditional textile exhibitions and two art book launching events.
Just recently, commemorating the International Women’s Day and Hari Kartini, CEVA Women’s Circle was launched—the circle convenes regularly as a learning exchange platform between experienced community champions and professionals with emerging youth leaders, the millennials, to share best practices and lessons learned in various topics of interest. The rst event was titled “A Talk with Millennials. Finding Your Vision” where ve young leaders from Jakarta and Bali shared their experiences in building their businesses and community organizations.
“My hope that we all can appreciate more of
and preserve the beauty of our nature and the richness of our traditions, customs and culture. It is also important that we pass this legacy to the next generations.”
The Earth Day with the Coral Triangle Center, Bali, April 30, 2017
CEVA Women’s Circle, April 22, 2017. A Talk with Millennials: Finding Your Vision
“I am glad that my education experience at IU gave a balance of working in both professional business setting without losing perspectives of the community you interact with and the nature you live in. The triple bottom line approach: people (social), planet (environmental), and pro t (economic) shall guide us in our endeavors towards a better future.”
Siti Syahwali
(MBA Class of 2001)