“BRI will continue to focus on the MSME segment to achieve its aspirations of becoming the most valuable banking group in Southeast Asia and champion of financial inclusion by 2025,” said Sunarso, president director, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI). He added, “With the national economic structure dominated by MSMEs, providing loans to MSME players is expected to create a high multiplier effect, so that it can have a significant positive impact on the Indonesian economy."
This vision for BRI has gained the attention and respect of its peers in the business as can be seen by the 130-year-old bank’s impressive performance in FinanceAsia Asia’s Best Companies Poll 2024 and the FinanceAsia Awards.
In FinanceAsia Asia’s Best Companies poll, the bank won gold in the following categories: Best CEO for Sunarso, president director, BRI; Best Managed Company – Indonesia, and Best Investor Relations – Indonesia.
BRI also won three silver medals in the categories best CFO – Indonesia for Viviana Dyah Ayu Retno K; Most Committed to DEI – Indonesia; Most Committed to ESG – Indonesia, and bronze for Best Large Cap Company – Indonesia.
The bank had a stellar run at the FinanceAsia Awards 2023-2024 winning Best Bank for Financial Inclusion (Domestic) and Best Commercial Bank - SMEs (Domestic), apart from securing commendations for Best Sustainable Bank (Domestic), Most Innovative Use of Technology – Banks (Domestic)
View the acceptance speech by BRI’s president director Sunarso below:
