Director of Digital Business
MNC Media
A Next Generation from MNC Group, Valencia Tanoesoedibjo is a young executive with 6 years of experience in the entertainment and e-commerce industry. After earning a master’s degree in communication from University of Technology Sydney, Valencia began her first year of professional career working at MNC Group’s production house, MNC Pictures and news portal, Okezone. She became a producer and executive producer for a few FTVs (Film Television) and movies and contributed to the growth of Okezone in 2016. In late 2017, Valencia began venturing out to a different line of business, she became the Founder and CEO of The F Thing; the first e-commerce within the Group, focusing on fashion, beauty and lifestyle.
In May 2018, Valencia was appointed as one of the board members of MNC Studios International (MSIN), which is the holding company of all content businesses throughout MNC group, starting from SMN (Talent management company), Star Hits (Multi-channel network company), MNC Pictures, AMP (Production house on series and movies), HITS record (Music label company), Mediate (Advertising agency), MNC Animation and MNC Games.
Throughout the years, her passion in the entertainment industry grew, and in early 2019, Valencia created the group’s first music festival; Futurepublic, under MNC Studios International. With success of more than 7000 attendees on its first event, she strongly believes that it was the first of many more to come. Aiming to be one of the anchor events of MNC Lido City (MNC’s 3000 hectares lifestyle and entertainment property site), her ambition is that Futurepublic will someday become South East Asia’s Coachella.
In November 2019, Valencia was appointed to become the Managing Director of GTV (one of MNC’s Free to Air TVs), and a Co-Managing Director of RCTI+, a superApp, a one stop entertainment application with Video, Audio, News, Games and a User Generated Content features.
With her presence in GTV, in 2020, Valencia delivered the first E-Sports Talent Search in Indonesia: Esports Star Indonesia, which was well received by the public. This has also become the first footprint of MNC Group going further in the E-Sports scene.
As of January 2021, Valencia was appointed as the Director of Digital businesses in MNC TBK (MNCN), also appointed as a Director in MMIL; MNC E-commerce limited, the parent company of The F Thing, MisterAladin and MNC Shop.
Valencia is passionate, driven, and hungry. Her 6 years of experience in the entertainment, production, music, technology, e-sports, e-commerce, and retail industry does not stop her from learning and growing further. Valencia is also a candidate of EMBA Global Asia (An EMBA joined program between CBS, LBS and HKU) class of 2023.
Valencia sees herself to continuously progress in her career, bringing in fresh, new perspectives and further breakthroughs in MNC group. Her vision is to be able to create products and businesses that are evergreen and are able to compete internationally, but moreover to create products and businesses that are meaningful, inspirational, and impactful for the better of the society and Indonesia.