Jakarta, 8 June 2022 - Gojek began life in a humble office in South Jakarta with a small number of staff and a dream to revolutionize urban mobility. It has since grown to become a key part of life for people throughout Indonesia and Southeast Asia. The company’s Co-Founder and CEO, Kevin Aluwi has played a constant role in the life of the company, helping to steer and grow it into the iconic business it is today.
This week, it was announced that he will transition from his executive position as Gojek CEO, to GoTo’s Board of Commissioners, where, as a Commissioner and holder of Multiple Voting Shares (MVS), he will continue supporting GoTo's senior leaders in delivering the Company's vision and mission.
Kevin has been a driving force behind Gojek’s strategy, as the company has become Indonesia’s leading on-demand business, with more than 2.6 million driver partners and over one million food merchants. Over the years, he has held significant leadership roles across its product and functional teams, where he pioneered the use of data for decision-making and developed deep technological expertise across functions.
One of Kevin’s most significant contributions includes working with the engineering team to develop a matchmaking and allocation system for driver partners in 2015, which effectively enhanced the user experience across the Gojek ecosystem. He also led the launch of the GoCar service in Indonesia, which has become the market leader in the country today, with a growing presence in Singapore and Vietnam.
During his time at Gojek, Kevin has held the positions of Co-CEO (2019-2021), CEO (2021-2022), and Director of GoTo (2022). Prior to co-founding Gojek, Kevin was Head of Business Intelligence at Zalora Indonesia (2012-2014), a business development manager at Merah Putih Inc., an investment company based in Indonesia (2011-2012) and an investment banking analyst at Salem Partners LLC (2010) in the United States of America.
On his proposed transition to the Board of Commissioners, Kevin commented: "I am extremely proud of how Gojek has grown to become Indonesia’s leading on-demand business that is relied on by millions of people, both at home in Indonesia and throughout Southeast Asia. The business, led by our strong and experienced management team, is performing well, with on-demand services gross revenue growing 58% in 1Q22 alongside positive signs of recovery in mobility. I am incredibly optimistic about the future, especially following the creation of GoTo and our listing on the Indonesia Stock Exchange.”
"We have invested significantly in building a diverse management team with a strong work ethic and a deep understanding of our values, and I am confident that they, under Andre’s steady leadership, will continue executing the strategy that has turned on-demand services into such a powerful part of the GoTo Group."
“After almost a decade of leading Gojek, I feel that the time is right for me to move to a less day-to-day role. As a member of the Board of Commissioners, I will continue to be involved at a strategic level with GoTo management, and also have more time to explore my personal interests within the technology space. I’m a builder at heart and I’m deeply passionate about how technology can be used to move the world to a better place; some areas I’m particularly excited to be more involved in are web3, gaming, and climate tech.”
Kevin will remain an MVS holder, and there will be no changes to GoTo’s overall MVS structure. Kevin will continue to hold the Company’s Series B shares and be subject to the two-year lock up period for the shares. This is in line with the Regulation of the Financial Services Authority (POJK) Number 22/POJK.04/2021.
The transition will have no impact on the Company’s financial performance. The business will continue to operate as usual, with Andre Soelistyo, GoTo Group CEO, assuming Kevin's roles and responsibilities working closely with Gojek's leadership team to execute GoTo's on-demand strategy.
Kevin’s transition to the Board of Commissioners will be effective after obtaining shareholder approval at GoTo’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 28 June 2022.
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Company Overview
PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo Group) is the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia. GoTo's mission is to "empower progress" by offering technology infrastructure and solutions that help everyone to access and thrive in the digital economy. The GoTo ecosystem consists of on-demand services (mobility, food delivery, and logistics), e-commerce (third party marketplaces + official stores, instant commerce, interactive commerce, and rural commerce), and financial technology (payments, financial services, and technology solutions for merchants) through the Gojek, Tokopedia, and GoTo Financial platforms.
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