About Ponder Indonesia

Ponder Indonesia was founded on a simple principle: to provide private clients with the discreet, competent, and patient advisory they need to succeed in a complex market. Discover our unique approach and the experienced leadership that guides our work.

Our Philosophy

Ponder Indonesia is unique among business advisory services in Bali. We do not offer off-the-shelf solutions. Instead, we provide confidential, customised programs to both international and Indonesian investors through our hand-picked network of associates.

Our entire approach is built upon a foundation of four key principles. We are:

Private
Your confidentiality is our highest priority. All matters are handled with the utmost discretion.
Professional
We hold ourselves to the highest international standards of conduct, ensuring all work is competently executed.
Pragmatic
Our advice is grounded in commercial reality, focused on delivering practical and effective solutions.
Patient
We take the time to understand complex situations and never rush a process that requires diligence and care.

This philosophy ensures that all instructions are implemented to the satisfaction of our clients and are fully compliant with the laws of both the client’s home jurisdiction and Indonesian requirements.

Meet Our Founder

Mark Shipman Director of PT Ponder Tanah Kelompok (Ponder Land Group), owner of Ponder Indonesia, is an Australian lawyer with over 30 years commercial experience in Indonesia and Australia. He understands the language and cultures and is well connected in private and government sectors both in Australia and Indonesia.

As Director he provides a steady oversight to ensures all transactions undertaken by Ponder Indonesia advisors are legally complaint, commercially effective and competently executed.

He is one of the few who has traversed the international and local landscapes to fashion Ponder Indonesia services as unique, discrete and sought after. His oversight ensures our Advisers continue to embody Ponder Indonesia’s mantra: Private Professional Pragmatic and Patient

Doing the right thing,
at the right time.