Our Team

GTE Advisory is an international operations led by five of it's founders.

Budhi Santoso Sugiarto

Budhi Santoso Sugiarto was born in Indonesia and studied at Satya Wacana University, Indonesia, where he graduated in Economics.

Budhi has more than 17 years of work & business experience in the Indonesian Oil & Gas sector and Financial & Retail sectors. He previously held a Director positions at PT Mitra Petroleum Indonesia, PT Gunung Indah Lestari and PT Mina Padi Sekuritas. Today he specialises in designing and implementing strategic communications and lobbying campaigns for major Asian and European multinationals in Indonesia. Currently, Budhi is also a CO-Chairman of Sami Djaya Foundation.

Liza Hartati

Liza Hartati has a Bachelor Degree in Economics from Trisakti University Jakarta, Indonesia.

Before joining GTE Advisory, she has experienced working at property sector in Indonesia mainly at Bukit Sentul Property Management and at Agung Sedayu. She started her career in the energy sector in 2009. At the moment she is the President Director at PT GG Energy, Financial Director and Chairman at Nusatala Energi Persada and a Director at PT Golden Triangle Energy Pte Ltd.

Melisa McKinnon

Melisa Mckinnon was born in Jakarta and studied at The London School of Public Relations, Indonesia, where she earned her Bachelor Degree in Public Relations and Master Degree in Marketing Communication.

MM Al Muhtadi MD

MM Al Muhtadi MD was born in Depok, Indonesia. He earned his International Diploma from NIIT-CCIT FTUI, got his bachelor degree in Information Technology STTI I-Tech. Then, continued his Masters Degree at The London School of Public Relations, Jakarta for Corporate Communication study.

With more than one decade experience in the digital industry, he started his career as a programmer since 2007.

Dara Indahwaty

Dara Indahwaty was born in Jakarta and studied at Universitas Indonesia, where she earned her Bachelor Degree in faculty of Humanities.

The team consists of 60 staff, with a variety of specialties from strategic public relations, product marketing communications, graphic design and animation, to search engine optimization and social media campaigns.