Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2026 — BAT has appointed Bambang Hartanto as Head of HR – BAT Indonesia, marking another significant leadership progression during his more than decade-long career with the company. In his new role, Hartanto leads the full people agenda across BAT Indonesia’s commercial, corporate and operations functions, with responsibilities spanning talent, culture, inclusion, organisational effectiveness and industrial relations.
Hartanto moves into the position after serving as Area Commercial HR Partner – Southeast Asia and Oceania, where he partnered with BAT’s marketing and commercial leadership across Australia, New Zealand and Southeast Asian markets. His responsibilities included multi-market talent management, commercial capability building, organisational effectiveness and people strategy supporting business transformation. Before this, he served as Head of HR – BAT South Asia Area in Lahore, Pakistan, where he established and scaled the HR function for the business, supporting workforce growth from approximately 150 to 450 employees within a year.
From 2021 to 2023, Hartanto served as Head of HR – Global Business Services & Global Senior HRBP Finance in Kuala Lumpur. He led HR for BAT’s Malaysia shared services hub, covering more than 800 employees across Finance, HR, Supply Chain and Commercial support functions, while also supporting a Global GBS Finance employee base of more than 1,400 people across multiple markets. Earlier, as Head of HRBP Sales & Marketing and Change Manager, he supported BAT’s operations across more than 30 cities in Indonesia and led people and transformation initiatives across a workforce of over 1,800 employees.
Hartanto’s earlier assignments at BAT include Senior HRBP Manager – Corporate Services, Regional Transformation Lead – Asia Pacific, and Reward Executive. His career with the company has taken him across Indonesia, Malaysia and Pakistan and has given him experience spanning HR transformation, talent management, compensation and benefits, organisational design, change management, employee engagement and industrial relations.
Before joining BAT in 2015, Hartanto spent nearly three years with Mercer as a Talent Information Consultant in Jakarta. In that role, he worked on talent and rewards projects for more than 200 clients, with a focus on organisational effectiveness, compensation design and grading reviews. With more than 13 years of HR and consulting experience, Hartanto now brings his combination of local, regional and global HR leadership experience to BAT Indonesia’s people agenda.
About BAT
BAT is a global consumer goods company founded in 1902, with an international presence spanning six continents and more than 180 markets. The company has a global workforce of approximately 50,000 people and operates a portfolio of international consumer brands.
BAT states that its purpose is to create “A Better Tomorrow™ by Building a Smokeless World,” with a strategic ambition to become a predominantly smokeless business by 2035. Its strategy includes developing and growing alternatives intended for adult smokers as the company transforms its portfolio and business for the future.
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