Janet Dyah Ekawati is Co-founder and Senior Consultant at Srikandi Adhirajasa Nayyotama (SAN), a consulting group on military language and defence issues. She has worked for the Indonesian military, particularly in the Indonesian Navy, for 10 years as an interpreter and a writer. She is also a special staff to Admiral Dr Marsetio (Ret.), senior advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs as well as Indonesia’s Special Envoy to IMO.