Karen & Omar, new leader of Pertamina

Government appointed Karen Agustiawan as PT Pertamina's president director, the first woman chief executive officer of an Asian national oil company.

State-Enterprises Minister Sofyan Djalil installed Agustiawan, 50, in the position today. Omar Anwar, head of Rio Tinto Plc Indonesian unit, was appointed vice president.

Agustiawan graduated from Bandung Institute of Technology and was a manager at Halliburton Co. a Indonesian unit. She had been an adviser to Ari Soemarno, Pertamina's current president,
before she was promoted to upstream director on March 5. Soemarno term was slated to end in 2011.

Anwar is replacing Iin Arifin Takhyan, who, with Soemarno, was appointed in March 2006.
The government is keeping the other executives in the board, including Achmad Faisal, director of marketing, and processing director Rukmi Hadihartini, said Agustiawan, who will
hold on to her position as upstream director.