Tissa Aunilla is the CEO of Pipiltin Cocoa, an inclusive business, a bean to bar, chocolate company from Indonesia. Indonesia is the third largest cocoa bean producer in the world, yet the domestic market is flooded with imported chocolate, so she started Pipiltin Cocoa, with her brother, Irvan Helmi, to introduce single origin premium chocolates of Indonesia. She committed to source cocoa ethically from smallholder farmers in Indonesia’s Bali, Aceh, Flores, East Java, and West Papua. Direct sourcing allows Pipiltin Cocoa to support the sustainability of cocoa farming by working with farmers to promote sustainable practices. In preparation to founding the company, Tissa took a Master Chocolatier Program in Schwyz, Switzerland. She is one of ASEAN Young Business Leaders Initiative members, a program managed by Asia New Zealand Foundation on behalf of the New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Prior to founding Pipiltin, Tissa was a corporate lawyer. Tissa took the Law and Economics Master’s Program at the Utrecht University in 2004.

He has more than 17 years of experience advising corporates, financial investors and governments on their global acquisitions, joint ventures, project developments and divestments. Philip’s practice focuses primarily on three areas: transactions and projects in the energy and natural resources sector, Indonesian transactions and matters across all sectors, and emerging markets M&A.

Since relocating to Southeast Asia 12 years ago, Philip has acted for clients on many of the most significant energy M&A transactions in the Asia-Pacific region and globally, as well as a number of landmark and first of their kind transactions and projects in Indonesia and throughout Southeast Asia.

Philip has been recognised by Chambers Asia Pacific for many years as a Leader in the Field (Singapore, Energy) as well as a Recognised Practitioner for Indonesia work, and by IFLR 1000 Energy and Infrastructure Guide as a Rising Star. He is a member of the Jakarta steering committee of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators and an occasional lecturer at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta.