IIM was founded by Susanto Onie, MCom., M. Quality Management (Australia), a long time senior executive with over 30 years of experience in the local and global banking, and financial services industry. He led several of Indonesian financial institutions operational turn around, mergers and acquisitions and initially held senior executive position at UOB as Executive Director of Channels, in Bank Danamon as Chief Credit Officer, Westpac Banking Corporation Indonesia as Head of Corporate Banking and Financial Institution, and the Chase Manhattan Bank (prior to JP Morgan Ins Head of Corporate Banking Team and Marketing Director of Chase Leasing/Finance). Susanto is also a Fellow at the Australian Institute of Management (AIM) and Senior Associate at the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA)