Managing Director

Andrew Thornley

Andrew has lived and worked in Southeast Asia since 1998. He has managed and evaluated a range of pioneering innovation programs, managed large multi-year democracy and governance projects in Indonesia, advised on the establishment of a human rights organization in Cambodia, coordinated humanitarian assistance to refugee camps in West Timor and worked as an election manager for the UN in Timor-Leste.

Project Assistant

Chairunnisa

Chica is a Public Relations graduate with several years of experience in marketing and administration in the education sector in Jakarta as well as in accounting for a private company. She supports the design and management of Saraswati’s administration system and manages DEVI's social media account. She helps to manage Saraswati's events and trainings, working closely with event collaborators and participants.

Technology Associate

Dimas Satrio

Dimas is a developer, designer and community organizer. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Ordent, a company that specializes in complex and integrated software solutions for public and private sector clients. Dimas has been a Technology Consultant with The Asia Foundation and is active in his hometown of Bandung as a community leader for the Google Developer Group and Forum Web Anak Bandung, a tech-based community and creative circle.

Director of Financing & Administration

Kadek Sudianti

Kadek manages Saraswati's day-to-day operations and coordinates Saraswati events. She previously worked for several years in Villa management before building and managing a successful small business in Bali.

Women Innovators Associate

Saniyaayu Sekarpramesi

Niya is a computer scientist based in Surabaya, East Java. While studying at Sekolah Tinggi Teknik Surabaya, Niya has been a content writer for ziliun.com. In 2016, Niya and her partners at Solidaritas Perempuan won an award from Innovation and Collaboration for Development in Jakarta for their app designed to facilitate information and communication among women migrant workers.

Design Associate

Ola Santo

Ola is an innovator and entrepreneur. In 2000, she established Studi Rancang Imaji, a Creative Design Company, in Jakarta. Since then, she has launched a successful café called Bean There, and co-founded babacucu.com, the first free commerce startup in Indonesia – which was recognized by Tech in Asia in 2015 as one of the "10 Bootstrap Alley startups that caught our eye". Ola also has significant development experience, including pioneering designs for online monitoring and evaluation platforms since 2012.

Finance & Accounting Associate

Rahadjeng

Rahadjeng has over thirty years of experience working in accounting and financial management in the private sector, for the United Nations Development Programme, in support of local non-government organizations, and for an international organization that invests in independent media.

Project Manager

Tiara Permadi

Tiara establishes and maintains effective partnerships to support innovation for development. Her role includes developing strategic communication plans, executing offline and online campaigns, as well as actively promoting women innovators. She was previously a university lecturer as well as a researcher at Nagara, a civic tech initiative focusing on technology, data, and governance. She received her Master of International Relations from the University of Melbourne.

Project Manager

Diah Setiawaty

Diah has managed planning, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation for a range of development programs. Prior to joining Saraswati, she was a senior planner at Weber Shandwick Indonesia, where she shaped strategic communication plans, crisis communication, and digital strategy for multi-stakeholder clients. She also previously worked at the Association for Election and Democracy (Perludem) as a project officer. During that time, she worked closely with Indonesia’s Election Commission and some other non-government bodies to implement civic-tech projects in the field of elections, including an award-winning open data project called API Pemilu.

Technology Associate

Pratiwi Sukmawati

Tiwi is a front-end developer and community organizer. She is Creative Director of Ordent, a company that specializes in complex and integrated software solutions for public and private sector clients. Tiwi leads design and front-end development team so the application will express what the owner feels, imagines, emotional self-expression, and high art. Tiwi is also working as technology consultant of The Asia Foundation and active in developer community GDG, FOWAB, and also Women Techmaker of Bandung.

Assistant Project Manager

Ester Margaretha

Ester manages and supports several Saraswati projects. Her professional interests include climate change, gender, and child participation. She has project management, research and communications experience in development and humanitarian projects, primarily working with child-focused organisations. Ester has also worked independently with a range of institutions on gender equality, economic justice, disability and inclusion, and UNGP for SMEs. She holds a degree in International Relations from Universitas Gadjah Mada.