Bank Neo Commerce shareholders approve Christian Lesmana as president director
The appointment requires regulatory approval. Adrian Soewardjo will lead the bank on an interim basis until it takes effect.
Shareholders of Indonesia’s PT Bank Neo Commerce Tbk (BBYB) approved Christian Lesmana as president director at an extraordinary general meeting in Jakarta on 29 October 2026. He will replace Eri Budiono, whose resignation was accepted at the meeting.
Shareholders also approved Yosea Iskandar as compliance director. Both appointments are conditional on passing the Financial Services Authority’s (OJK) fit-and-proper assessment and meeting applicable legal requirements.
Adrian Soewardjo, the bank’s director of operations and information technology, will serve as interim president director while Lesmana awaits approval. Bank Neo Commerce is a digital bank owned by Akulaku Group.
Lesmana has more than 24 years of experience spanning digital lending, consumer banking, business transformation, risk management and financial services. His previous senior banking roles include positions at HSBC Indonesia, Citi Indonesia, DBS Bank Singapore, Bank OCBC NISP and Bank Danamon Indonesia. He has also worked at digital wallet company DANA.
Iskandar brings more than three decades of legal and financial-sector experience, including banking. His previous posts include Country Counsel at Citibank N.A. Indonesia and Head of Legal and Corporate Secretariat at PT Bank DBS Indonesia.
