Tommy Watimena has officially become CEO of Great Giant Foods (GGF). A company that has a vertically integrated food business line, where one of its subsidiaries is PT Great Giant Pineapple (GGP) which is the controlling shareholder of PT Sreeya Sewu Indonesia Tbk.
As the new CEO of GGF, Tommy Watimena directly came to Lampung to introduce himself to the Top Management of GGF Lampung, which is a part of the Gunung Sewu Group (GSG) business. In front of the leaders of GGF Lampung, he started by first telling about his childhood.
“When I was little, I moved to Malang, where I was put in a dormitory in the hope that it would help me develop myself. It turns out that even though I live in a hostel, I still need time to develop myself. I was never ranked in school, but I always tried to improve what I received at the time . I came to Lampung at this time wanting to learn, in the question and answer session later I will not only ask questions but also give input,” said Tommy, laughing.
While occasionally walking up to the guests, he told stories when he joined the big family of Gunung Sewu Kencana (GSK) 4 years ago. He was interviewed directly by Mr. Husodo Angkosubroto and Mr. Setiawan Ahmad, at that time it was clear where PT Sierad Produce would be taken because the company was in trouble. “In the first month, it was said that they did not have money to pay employee salaries. Pak Husodo asked me to help GGF, I asked where to take GGF and the answer was instead returned to me, where would I take GGF. That’s why today I want to ask all of us the same thing,” said Tommy Watimena.
Tommy said that if you have the will and commitment, you can do it. Sierad, who used to have problems with the same thing profit table, but to become a great company is extra work. “GGF is different, let’s build GGF together. Today I see that we as a company have good production and quality, but are we able to communicate the quality that we have built to consumers so they don’t have to change prices, “said Tommy while ending the Townhall Dinner.
