Pekerti’s director, Mochamad Ichwani, has a law degree from Brawijaya University in Malang, graduating in 1987. He started work at Pekerti in 1989 in Export Administration, working his way up to Head of Export in 1993 and Marketing Manager in 1998.

During this time, he has attended a number of development workshops for professional development. Pak Iwan attended training by the IPPM-Institute for Management Education and Development in 1991, with the topic of export marketing, and in corporate strategy in 1993. In 1994 he attended a seminar on the influence of the Uruguay round on the export of textiles. Within Jakarta he attended a New Product Development and Launching Plus workshop with MarkPlus Education and Marketing & Business Plan Workshop with Pranata Consulting in 2000. In the same year he was present at the Market2000 Seminar in Oxford, conducted by Traidcraft Exchange UK.

In 2005 Pak Iwan took part in the Ha Tay Entrepreneurship Program (Marketing Management and Product Development) in Hanoi, conducted by Magasin du Monde Belgium.