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Ranjeewa Kulatunga

Chief Consultant

DOUG ADAMS

Chief Consultant

Dr. Ajantha Dharmasiri

Chief Consultant

Lasantha Abeywikrama

Chief Consultant

Farzuhan Marlin

Chief Consultant

MARIUS VAN STADEN

Chief Consultant

Bradley Emerson

Chief Consultant

Ranjan De Silva

Chief Consultant

Nandipha Sishuba

Chief Consultant

Jude De Silva

Chief Consultant

Sanjeev Jayaratnam

Chief Consultant

Ayanda Mbanga

Lead Consultant

Nalin Rodrigo

Lead Consultant

Niroshan Silva

Lead Consultant

Loretta Gunawardene

Lead Consultant

Munshif Hussain

Lead Consultant

Dr. Manesha Kodithuwakku

Lead Consultant

Nilanthi Jayawardena

Lead Consultant

Rajeeva Gunasekara

Senior Consultants

Shamal Fernando

Senior Consultants

Shirley Silva

Senior Consultants

Thilini Ekanayake

Senior Consultants

Rukmani Manohar

Senior Consultants

Faraz Farook

Senior Consultants

Abeypala Hettiarachchi

Consultant

Ayin Shah Jahan

Consultant

Thejaka M. Pinidiya

Consultant

Chaminda Perera (Bonnie)

Consultant

Head Office

IIHRM Global HQ
25-1/2, Tower Building, Station Road, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka
Phone: +94 (0) 114 444 011
Email: info@iihrm.biz


Middle East Regional Office

IIHRM - Middle East
Talent Consulting Group Level 2, Mansouriah Center, Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz Street (Tahlia Street), Riyadh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Farzuhan Marlin
Phone: (+96) 654 146 6607
Email: info@iihrm.biz
farzuhan@gmail.com

African Regional Office

IIHRM - Africa
3 Rubenstein Street
Verwoerdpark, Alberton
1449, Gauteng
South Africa.
Mr. Marius Van Staden
Phone: (+27) 21 839 2925
Mobile: (+27) 82 262 3444
Email: info@iihrm.biz
marius@testyourworth.co.za

Pakistan Regional Office

IIHRM - Pakistan
Excelerate (Pvt) Ltd
2nd Zamzama Ln, Phase V Zamzama Commercial Area Phase 5 ,
Karachi City , Sindh 75500,
Pakistan
Mr. Zafar Aziz Osmani
Mobile: (+92) 300 824 0609
Email: afarosmani@yahoo.coma

Far East Regional Office

IIHRM - Thailand
Advanced International Training Network (Pvt) Ltd.
3076, 1106 Sukhumvit Rd,
Phra Khanong,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Mr. Chanaka Fernando
Tel: +66 (0) 2 117 1519
Mobile: +66 (0) 892025566
Email: info@aitnbangkok.in.th

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Ranjeewa Kulatunga

Ranjeewa Kulatunga is the Founder/CEO of the Intercontinental Institute of Human Resources Management (IIHRM), engaged in HR consultancy, training and recruitment services in Sri Lanka and Overseas. Ranjeewa is a MBA and a member of the Society of Human Resources Management USA, a certified practitioner of IPMA-HR USA, an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD).UK, a Founder Executive Committee Member of the Human Resources Professionals Association Sri Lanka. He is an Advisory Council Member of the World HR Congress since 2006 – He is the only Sri Lankan to serve the premier apex International HR body since its formation to date. Kulatunga is also a visiting Lecturer at the University of Colombo and of the Jr. Command College of the Sri Lanka Air Force in China-Bay, in Leadership Training since 2004 and he is also function as Consultant on Leadership Development for Senior Officer Development at OCDS for the Tri-Forces in Sri Lanka. Early 2015 Ranjeewa was invited to serve as the Head of the Advisory Council for the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force.

In 2006 Mr. Kulatunga was awarded the “Young HR Professional of the year” Award at the Global HR Excellence Awards and the “Indira Super Achiever Award for Human Resources” in 2007 by the Indira Institute of Management Pune, India. In August 2008, Ranjeewa won the “Global HR Leadership Award” at the Asia Pacific HR congress awards held in New Delhi – he also received the Most Prestigious ‘Prof. Dave Ulrich Achievement Award’ the highest Global honors an HR Professional could ever receive for his services to the World HR Congress in 2007 – He is the only Sri Lankan who has been decorated in our Motherland thus far by the Global HR guru himself Prof. Ulrich. Kulatunga was appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of Indira International Distance Education Academy (I IDEA), and he is a former Consultant to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Minister. He is also the Senior Advisor to The Cabinet Minister of Provincial Councils and Local Government in Sri Lanka at present.

Kulatunga has been in the field of Human Resource & People Development for over 22 years holding office in senior management roles in leading multinationals and conglomerates in Sri Lanka and overseas – his most recent assignment was as a tier one leader holding office as Group Chief Organizational Development Director at Al Arrab a US 30 Billion Dollar construction business in the Middle East. He also serve as HR Advisor to L.B. Finance PLC and a USD 10 Billion public quoted company in the ME as Advisor to the Group Chairman. He also served DHL International attached to the Middle East and Asia Pacific Region in many capacities such as Country Trainer, HR Manager, Head Crisis Team, Customer Service Development Manager; At Carson Cumberbatch Group PLC he held office as Group Training Manager; Group HR Manager; The LION Brewery PLC as Head of HR; He served SriLankan Airlines as Manager Human Resource Development & Training/Manager and International Aviation Academy and at Axiata/Dialog Telekom PLC he served as Group Senior VP Human Resources and Facilities Management prior to incorporating his own Educational Group in 2009.

He serves as consultant/Adviser to many State and Private sector organizations and Institutions in Sri Lanka and Oversees. Ranjeewa, was the Co-Chairman of the Global SIAS Partnership Summit in 2010 and has been the Keynote Speaker at many World Round Table Conferences.

Dr. Dinesh Watawana
Working Experience
  • Counts over 18 years of Consultancy and journalism
  • Well known for his uncanny ability to revitalize a unique blend of marketing and business strategy and coupling it with a dynamic employee brand which culminates in a start-up communication strategy.
  • His unusual ideas in CSR offer our clients enormous brand equity.
  • An accomplished inspirational speaker he is known to partner with customer organisations to reduce advertising cost, increase employee output whilst proposing commonsense solutions for recession hit businesses.
Positions held
  • Founder/CEO of Global Travel Oscar winning ‘Eco Lodge’ 2009
  • CEO of Award winning Advertising Company in Sri Lanka 7th Frontier (Pvt) Ltd
  • CEO – The 7th Frontier Leisure (Pvt) Ltd
  • CEO – Geo—Explore Foundation
Other honorary positions
  • Director – American Educational Institute
  • Advisor – Institute of International Air Transport (IIAT)
  • Senior Defense Consultant – Ministry of Defense of the Government of Sri Lanka
  • Senior Advisor to Hon. Minister of Local Government and Provincial Councils Sri Lanka
Awards
  • Award winning former international correspondent – highly acclaimed as a business strategist.
  • Known as a maverick ideas man Watawana masterminded a unique tourism model which won a world award at the travel Oscars in 2009.
  • As the defense correspondent for the leading Sunday newspaper in Sri Lanka (Sunday Times) he won the journalist of the year award and has won numerous awards in a multi faceted career spanning nearly two decades.
DOUG ADAMS

Doug is President of MDA Associates International and founded the Boston-based firm in 1985. He is a consultant, executive coach and speaker who has developed a reputation for being deeply skilled at helping senior leaders conceptualize, structure and execute important organizational change, strategic planning, leadership development, succession planning and team building initiatives. Doug has also developed a reputation as a thoughtful, engaging and results-oriented coach of CEOs and other senior leaders. Prior to starting his own firm he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company in New York and London in their organization, and strategy practice, Director of Global Leadership & Organization Development at Pepsi Cola Co., Vice President of Organization Planning and Leadership Development at Computervision Corporation and Vice President of General Computer. He earned his B.A. in psychology at City University of New York and a Masters with a specialization in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University. He is the coauthor with Priscilla Claman of The Challenge of Change.

Doug has developed a global consulting practice over the past 23 years with clients in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. He has helped more than a dozen Asian companies design and implement major organizational change, strategic planning, leadership development and talent management initiatives and has considerable experience working with the global operations of US companies as well. Among his international clients have been HSBC (Sri Lanka, Hong Kong & Indonesia), GoodHope Asia Holdings (Sri Lanka & Indonesia), Hirdaramani Group, Sony Music (UK, Germany & France), MAS Holdings (Sri Lanka & India), Sri Lankan Airlines, Gillette (Italy, Brazil, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Japan), Millipore Microelectronics (Japan), Citibank (UK, Switzerland, The Netherlands), John Keells Holdings (Sri Lanka), DFCC Bank and Bank of Ceylon.

Doug was the founder and for many years served on the Board of The HR Leadership Forum. He is a member of the Society for Organizational Learning and served on the Educational Planning Committee of the Human Resource Planning Society and on the Board of the Organizational Development Division of the American Society for Training and Development. Doug frequently speaks at conferences and programs including The Investment Company Institute, Harvard Business School, INSEAD (France), The Manufacturing Roundtable, Biotechnology Industry Organization, American Management Association, CEO Forum (Asia) and CIMA (Asia). In 2008 he presented for the Conference Board on, "Leading Change in Asian Companies."

Through his pro bono work Doug helps non profits address their organizational challenges and has worked with the Phoenix House Drug Treatment Center in NYC, The National Conference for Community & Justice, The Biomedical Sciences Career Program, Dimock Community Foundation and Hill House. Doug resides in Boston and Cape Cod and is a professional photographer whose images can be seen on his web site at dougadamsphotography.com.

Dr. Ajantha Dharmasiri
Educational Qualification
  • Ph.D. and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
  • B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Working Experience
  • Senior Faculty Member and a Management Consultant attached to the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka and its affiliated International Center in the United Arab Emirates.
  • A Fulbright Post-doctoral Fellow - Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, USA
  • Strategic role of Human Resources in South Asia, as a commonwealth AMDISA Doctoral Fellow
  • Over two decades of both private and public sector working experience in diverse environments including Unilever and Nestle
  • Conducted and facilitated sessions in Bahrain, Bangladesh, India, Oman, Saudi Arabia and South Africa.
International Consultancy Assignments
  • Development of a strategic human resource plan for SEDCO (Saudi Arabia)
  • Strengthening the best practices on teamwork at Transnet port operations (South Africa)
  • Implementation of Balanced Scorecard for Rahiemafrooz Group (Bangladesh)
  • Devising a 360 degree leadership assessment tool for MaerskZealand (Bangladesh)
  • Implementation of “5 S” as a productivity enhancer at Royal Park Residences (Bangladesh)
  • Implementation of “Enterprise Culture” in Unilever Arabia (in Bharain, Oman, Saudi Arabia)
  • Enhancing leadership skills of managers of MaerskZealand (Saudi Arabia)
Professional memberships
    Member of the Chartered Institute of Management (UK) as well.
Lasantha Abeywikrama
Educational Qualifications
  • Masters: Master of Business Administration (The American University, Washington DC)
  • Graduate: Bachelor of Science (University of Colombo)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing (The Chartered Institute of Marketing)
Working Experience
  • 15 years senior management experience in the FMCG industry
  • 9 years experience in consulting and training in a variety of industries in Sri Lanka and overseas
  • 2007-2010: Managing Director Symbiosis Business Partners &  Diventars Training
  • 2001– 2007:  Senior Consultant – Leading Consulting Company
  • 1998-2001: CEO Hemas/P&G operations
  • 1996-1998: Senior Brand Manager Sara Lee Household & Body Care Ltd., Melbourne Australia
  • 1993-1996: Marketing Director Hemas Consumer Division
  • 1989- 1992: Graduate Fellow The American University, Washington DC
  • 1989: Product Development Manager Hemas Consumer Division
  • 1985-1988: Brand Manager – Kraft Foods, Millers Ltd.
  • Past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Region
  • Chairman of the Blue  Print Committee and chairman of the panel of judges - Effies 2008
  • Member of the panel of  judges - Effies 2009
  • Chairman of the panel of judges  - Brand Excellence 2006
  • Member of the panel of judges  - Brand Excellence 2007
  • Member of the panel of judges  - SLIM Ad Awards 2002
Specialized fields for Consultancy/Training
  • Sales strategy, systems & structure
  • Marketing Strategy /p>
  • Business strategy
  • Re-structuring
  • Customer Service
Professional memberships
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
  • Chartered Marketer
Farzuhan Marlin

Chief Consultant - Business Strategy & Business Transformation

Educational Qualifications
  • Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Edith Cowan University, Australia.
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Management from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura.
  • Advanced Management Certificates in Strategic Management, Bank Human Resource Management and Corporate Business Finance from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura.
  • Advanced Management Certificate is Strategic Management from National University of Singapore.
Working Experience
  • 20 years of Industry experience in diverse industries; Manufacturing, FMCG, Logistics, Aviation, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Apparel, Travel, Leisure, IT, Banking, Insurance & Financial Services and International Trading in South Asia, Middle East and Africa.
  • He held several leading positions in the corporate world both in Sri Lanka and abroad, including Board positions with specialization in conglomerates and family owned businesses.
  • His experience encompasses Strategic Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Talent Management, Organization Development, Strategic Management, Leadership & Change Management and General Management. He counts over 20 years of corporate experience, of which 12 years has been at Senior Managerial/Board Level positions.
Training & Consultancy
  • Specialized trainer in Leadership & Management
  • Consultant on Strategic Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Human Resource Development, Talent Management, Organization Development, Leadership & Change Management, Business Transformation and Organization Renewal.
  • Keynote speaker at several international HR forums in the US, Europe and the Caribbean.
Professional memberships
  • He is a Fellow of the Australian Human Resource Institute (FAHRI).
  • Certified Professional of both, The Australian Human Resource Institute (CAHRI), and of the International Public Management Association for Human Resource,
  • USA (IPMA-CP) and a Founder Member of the Association of HR Professionals in Sri Lanka.
MARIUS VAN STADEN
Working Experience

Head of Talent Acquisition / Training Development / Recruitment Management
Certified SHL Assessor

PERSON PROFILE

I am a Qualified and experience Professional Talent Acquisition Manager / Recruitment Manager with more than 16 years’ experience in South Africa and Middle East. Resided in Abu Dhabi, Qatar and currently in Riyadh.

I have hands-on experienced in dealing with Large International Companies from all business sectors in end-toend talent acquisition and recruitment across a broad range of technical and professional disciplines including operational. I have knowledge of industries specializing in Construction, Engineering, EPMC, Finance, Retails, and Motor Industry etc.

Full talent acquisition life cycle * Social Media * Search & Selection * Head-hunting * Recruitment * International compliance & legislation (Saudi / Qatar / Middle East as well as International Laws) * Competency/behavioral based interview (CBI) * Record & Database management * Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) * Talent referral programmes * Employer branding * Employee value proposition * Supplier management * Selection training * Internal billing * Project management * internal recruitment * in-house recruitment * Staff Retention & Succession Planning.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS AND SKILLS TO DATE
  • Developed and managed large to mega client contracts in all sectors (Construction, Oil & Gas, Financial, and Hospitality.)
  • Recruitment of staff - this includes developing job descriptions, preparing advertisements, developing application forms, short-listing, and interviewing and selecting candidates.

Biggest Achievements at ACC (Saudi Arabia).

  • Developed. Structured and implemented one of the most successful Saudization Drives for ACC.
  • Successfully recruited a number of Saudi Nationals into various roles within our company in 60 days.
  • Implemented brilliant training and development program for Saudi Nationals to stay and grow with ACC.
  • Selected to Chair steering committee for all airport development, recruitment and manpower.
CAREER BACKGROUND

ABDUL LATIF JAMEEL (TOYOTA) SAUDI ARABIA – JEDDAH SNR GM – RECRUITMENT
MARCH 2014 – TO DATE

  • Main responsibility is to design and implement success factors to development a smooth recruitment operation system for both SAP / Oracle.
  • Managing & training a team of 1 Recruitment GM, 4 Recruitment Managers, 10 recruitment specialists and Hiring managers for all recruitment and hiring request throughout the Kingdom.
  • Dealing directly with all stake holders, HR Business Partners, Recruitment Head (Regional)
  • Busy designing and implementing talent management & database development components for smooth (centralized) recruitment operation
  • Currently responsible for Writing of new recruitment policies, procedures, SOP, process documents, and SLA’s
  • Involved in Training and Development for all recruitment staff
  • Managing all contracts and dealings with Recruitment / Manpower agencies
  • Organizational Development and streamlining relationship
  • Responsible for interviews and dealing with all Middle – Senior Management Candidates
  • Success factor implementation into SAP.

NB!. The position was intended for 6 months only, transferring of skills to Saudi National.

ACC (AL ARRAB CONTRACTING COMPANY)
Construction & Engineering,15 000 employees + Saudi Arabia
April 2012 – Dec 2013
HEAD OF TALENT ACQUISITION & DEVELOPMENT

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  1. Managed the full Talent Acquisition management responsibilities within the whole ACC Group
    1. Talent Acquisition (Mid to Senior)
    2. Recruitment Team – Manpower & Professional
    3. Outsourcing Team – Manpower Outsourcing service to Projects & JV
    4. Training & Development Team
    5. Assessment & Development Centers
  2. Managed a Team of 6 Internal talent Acquisition Specialists (Head Office), 2 Contract Administrators, 1 Departmental Head (VISA & Mobilization), & dotted line to HR Site Recruiters (Projects Based)
  3. Managed Training & Development Team (Assessment & Development Center).
  4. Overseeing the full recruitment life cycle, manpower and work force plans for 20+
  5. Selected as HR Steering Committee Member for 2 of ACC’s Largest Airport Projects with Joint Ventures worth USD$ 10 billion +.
  6. Part of the HR Team to develop and Implement new HRMS / ATS System for the Group.
  7. Designed and implemented recruitment systems and reporting system for smooth recruitment operations
  8. Structured and Implementing Metrics for Talent Acquisition & HR Team to drive quality deliverables.
  9. Implemented and managing daily/weekly and monthly TQM (Total Quality Management) meetings with Teams.
  10. Reported directly to Organizational Development Director, CEO, and COO.
  11. Managed all recruitment and manpower agencies and controlling preferred suppliers agreements.
  12. Part of Organization Development Team to structure, implement and manage Saudization Training & Development Program.

ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR

  • Creating and expanding personal networking structures, through the use of tools such as LinkedIn and online blogs, in order to understand, map market and to create future talent pipeline, attracting TOP talent and super branding of ACC.
  • Designing appropriate selection methodologies to obtain solid, measurable evidence of candidate suitability, based on competency framework and technical specifications
  • Continuously reviewing selection methodology to ensure best practice is being followed at all times ensure quality applicants provided by HR, fast effective and efficiently.
  • Ensuring all vacancies are entered into the Recruitment Management System, monitoring key metrics and striving for continuous improvement
  • Acting as key contact for new employees/transfers and managing the on boarding process from souring of candidate right to mobilization.
  • Responsible for full Talent Acquisition Budget, review and reporting.
  • Part of Development Team to Implement HAYS Salary structures in the group.
  • Handle the recruitment & selection process for different departments. Work closely with the recruiting managers on assessing their direct needs.
  • Make recommendations when necessary to the head of departments and management related to the assigned positions i.e.: Job Description, Title, Job analysis, Organizational Chart, offers withdrawals, duplication of positions across the company etc…
  • Engage in headhunting for key positions.
  • Handle the face to face interview process for expatriates and oversee travel arrangements for expatriates.
  • Perform reference and background check on applicants. Negotiating and discussing the final offers with the candidates. Coordinate with candidates till their joining date in all aspects. Prepare the new appointments.
  • Coordinate with available recruitment agencies to identify/headhunt candidates.
  • Identify and suggest new ways to attract potential candidates for different positions.
  • In charge for senior and executive positions placement from initial sourcing, organizing the communication with the management, arranging and attending interviews and negotiating the offers.
  • Participate in overseas recruitment campaigns, and participate in Job Fairs when required.
  • Prepare monthly reports related to daily recruitment activities identifying the status of manpower and housing.

CA GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL
Recruitment Specialist 50 Employees Cape Town / Middle East
November 2011 – April 2012
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL OIL & GAS RECRUITER (MIDDLE EAST)


RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Responsible for Oil & Gas Recruitment /staffing services to companies in the Middle East for upstream/downstream for both onshore and offshore.
  • Business Development ( SA and International)
  • Global souring of Oil & Gas professionals
  • Successfully setting up an international networking blog to attract Top candidates for Middle to Senior Management roles.
  • Client Visits to local and international clients & Database Development (clients and applicants)
  • Sales and Marketing (All possible advertising mediums)
  • Advert Response Handling
  • Responsible for full life cycle recruitment
  • Daily TQM Meeting with individual SBU and structuring of daily activities
  • Training of staff and recruitment systems
  • Responsible for setting and monitoring of daily activities, desk operations, business development and client relationship development
  • Network partnership building
  • Branding of CA Global Oil & Gas Middle East using LinkedIn, blogs and internet marketing.

Reason for leaving: Opportunity came up to join one of the Large Construction companies in Saudi.


ARIBIA GROUP
Recruitment & Management Consultants SA & International
August 2010 – November 2011
TALENT ACQUISITION / RECRUITMENT MANAGER


RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Full Life cycle recruitment for various clients in the Oil & Gas, Hospitality, Banking, construction & Engineering / Mining Industries.
  • Training and development of recruitment staff.
  • Head Hunting / Executive Search
  • Networking with clients and other recruiting partner to deliver best possible candidate for available client roles.
  • Workforce Planning and recruitment system Implementation.
  • Recruitment division structuring for clients for in-house recruitment.
  • Advert response handling for client (advert design and newspaper allocation)
  • Managing Team of 4 recruiters who handled different sectors / industries.

EMIRATES TOWERS - TECHNICAL & SPECIALIZED SERVICES
ABU DHABI MIDDLE EAST
April 2008 – February 2010
MANAGER (HR RECRUITMENT/TALENT ACQUISITION / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT)


RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Responsible for the day to day running of the branch and Business Development Division
  • Responsible for a large number of scopes (Business Development, Staff retention, Assessments, Staff Development, Long Term & Short Term Goal Planning, Staff Career Planning, Training, System Planning, Company Growth
  • Managing and Developed business in financial, accounting, construction, IT, banking etc.
  • Dealing with Governmental Departments and managing over 40 of the top Construction Companies and Property Developers in the UAE, South Africa and other GCC Countries.
  • Managing 3 consultants, 1 finance manager, 1 admin. (Branches in UAE, UK and South Africa) reporting to MD
  • Responsible for staff training on recruitment techniques, industry developments, “the right” recruitment methods, motivation, positive thinking etc.
  • Responsible for all Head Hunting (Executive Search) for client (interviews, selection, shorlisting and placement, mobilization and demobilization)
  • Implementing new systems (files, applicants, JD’s, consultative selling techniques and more.)
  • Attending Business Networking Groups for networking and capacity building.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Increased motivation and personal drive of staff – doing recruitment the right way!
  • Training staff on recruitment processes, motivation, agency methods and business ethics.
  • Changing attitudes of client HR and recruitment agencies. Stronger collaborations and integration.
  • Mind shift of working together as a team ----- team development.

PANCELTICA – QATAR
BARWA PROJECT – CONSTRUCTION , 20 000 EMPLOYEES , UK / MIDDLE EAST / QATAR / DUBAI
Oct 2007 – April 2008
RECRUITMENT ADVISER


RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • IMPLEMENTING SAFETY STANDARDS, INSPECTION & MONITORING
  • TOOLBOX MEETINGS AND CONDUCTING TRAINING FOR OVER 4000 NEW EMPLOYEES
  • STAFF INSPECTION, CONFORMANCE & COMPLIANCE
  • COORDINATING WITH CONTRACTORS REGARDING RECRUITMENT & SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION.
  • PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IMPLEMENTATION, INCIDENT TRENDS, SAFETY VIOLATIONS & NON CONFORMANCES
  • RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF VARIOUS POSITIONS AND RECRUITMENT OF STAFF FROM SOUTH AFRICA
  • MANPOWER PLANNING AND RECRUITMENT ADVISORY TO QATARI RECRUITMENT TEAMS.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • CREATING JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR SA WORKERS & MANAGED WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS.

HOELIMO HR SOLUTIONS
HR CONSULTANTS / RECRUITMENT, CENTURION, SOUTH AFRICA
April 2003 – October 2007
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / RECRUITMENT MANAGER


RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Supply of temp, contract and perm staff to various organizations from hospitality, construction, road freight, banking etc.
  • Developing and securing business by taking over and managing full outsourced HR capacity from clients with large head counts and labour force.
  • Pro-actively developed new business throughout South Africa through cold calling, leads, client presentations, proposals/tenders and consultative selling.
  • Sole responsibility for the recruitment and management of advert response handling team, temp desk team and perm teams and following up with client HR manager on recruitment satisfaction.
  • Daily and weekly management reports to Head Office, on manpower stats, mobilization figures, salary survey, training and development.
  • Handling of all client queries and matters pertaining to products, payroll, call center, staff, company, rates negotiations, contracts, candidates and future opportunities.
  • Ensuring that all staff is fully compliant to recruitment standards and work ethics.
  • Day to day management 6 staff members (typist, 2 temp consultants, 2 perm consultant and telemarketer)

FEMPOWER RECRUITMENT
Holding Company - Workforce Group
May 2001 – February 2003
ACTING RECRUITMENT BRANCH MANAGER / SNR. RECRUITER


RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Full Life Cycle Recruitment, Business Development, Interviewing, selection and recruitment of staff across board from contractors, temp and perm staff.
  • Managing 9 consultants, 1 financial officer, 2 admin and 1 receptionist.
  • Head Hunting for various large listed companies.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Winning over Super National banking Contracts as Preferred supplier to all banking positions, Secured over 1000 positions per month.

GRAFTON RECRUITMENT - AFRICA
IRISH BASED COMPANY HEAD OFFICE South Africa / Dublin
July 1997 – Feb 2001
SNR RECRUITER / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT


RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

  • Business Development Manager and Senior Support Consultant for 13 Senior Recruitment Consultants
  • Interview, select and recruitment of staff across board from contractors, temp and perm staff.
  • International Recruitment from SA to Dublin and other countries such as medical staff, hospitality, engineering and construction.

ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Most recruited applicants for international positions.

 

TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS

Education
1995 – Florida High School (Matriculated) – Grade 12
2003 – BCom (MBM) - Marketing & Business Management
2013 – SHL Accredited Assessor (Assessment & Development)

Professional Courses/Additional Training (Successfully Completed)

  1. APSO (Association for Personnel Service Organization) 2003 -2006
    • Managing Recruitment Desks and Performance
    • Managing contracts
    • Professional Recruitment
    • Managing Contactors and Labourers.
  2. Discus
    • Attended training and worked on personality profiling for middle to senior management over 3 years with Grafton and Fempower Recruitment
  3. Thomas International
    • Good workable knowledge on Thomas personality profiling for individuals and groups.
Bradley Emerson
Positions held during the past fifteen years prior to CIMA

July 2003 to April 30 2007   Deputy CEO, PABC Bank

  • Overall in charge of the entire operations of the bank, including ALCO, Credit, Business development, marketing and IT steering Committees.  Also attend the Board, Board Audit Committee. Board Credit Committee and represent the bank at meetings with Central Bank. Since I joined the bank in 2003, I initiate the new retail focused business formula.  In 2003 the bank was able to fully write off the carried forward losses.  In 2004 the bank recorded post tax profit of RS 42Mn for the first time in five years, which won the SLIM “Silver Award” as the turnaround brand.  In 2005 the Bank crossed the 100Mn mark to record to record a post-tax profit of RS 108 Mn.  The profitability trend continued through a tough year in 2006 and should achieve post tax profits in the region of RS 150Mn recording a 50% growth.
  • Balance sheet, Deposits and Advances recorded 120% growth in the 40 months I was with the Bank , which is way above industry average
  • Branch network grew by 70% from 13 to 22 despite capital constraints
  • Launched three innovative products; a)  The first ever mini credit card, b) ‘Gedarata Mudal” the first ever cash delivery services to home for middle-eastern remittances, c)  “Dasalakshapathi” a simplest of savings certificates that mobilized RS96 Mn low cost funds in six months

July 2000 to July 2003:   Head of Operations/Retail Banking , Nations Trust Bank

  • As Head of Operations was responsible for the areas of Central Operations. HRD, Marketing. It was at the early stages of the bank, streamlining central operations, writing operational and BCP procedures, and managing the operations of the branches and other delivery channels for service delivery channels were my key result areas.
  • As Head of Retail Banking was responsible for the growth of deposits, retail advances and profitability of the branch network. During my tenure as Head of Retail Banking NTB acquired the business of SCB Kandy and AMEX Colombo. Member of the IT steering and HR steering Committees.  Also attend the Board Credit and Audit committees.  Member of the AMEX Credit Card launch team.  Evaluated the credit card software (Currently used) in Bombay India.
  • Member of the Corporate Management team, representing the ALCO, Credit and HR and IT Steering Committee.

March 1994 to July 2000:  Senior Manager - Bank and Card Operations, Commercial Bank

  • Re- engineering of Business process consequent to the new Software implementation.
  • As SMG operations accomplished the Cirrus connectivity for “CAT” card
  • Launched the Combank International” Credit card in Jan.2000.

 

Coaching and Training Skills
  • I have been the Chief Examiner for the subject “ Bank Marketing” for the CBF and ACBF levels of examinations 2001/2002 conducted by Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka.
  • Visiting faculty at Post Graduate Institute of Management affiliated to the University of Sri Jayawardenepura for MBA – Banking & Finance for the subjects of Business Performance Analysis  and Financial Services Operations 
  • Visiting faculty at the University of Kelaniya for MBA Banking and Finance ( 2007-2008), covering the subject of  Banking and Capital Markets

 

Other Achievements
  • I have been appointed at judging panel of MTI Consulting for “MTI Venture Start up Challenge
  • Judge for Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing for “SLIM Brand Excellence awards 2010 and 2014”.
  • Chairman of the Judging Panel for Jaycees Ten Young Outstanding Persons in 2013

 

Research, Publications & Presentations
  • A management article on the “Paradigm Shift in Managerial Responsibility” highlighting the need for good governance was in the convention publication of the Association of Professional Banking
  • Finding Nemo an article on finding talent published on the FT
  • “Slow and steady no longer wins the race” Published in Daily FT 19/06/2013
  • Key note Speaker at SAICON Islamabad 2014, 2014
  • Opening Speaker at Business Leaders Summit – Colombo 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 2015
  • Opening Speaker at business leaders Summit – Karachi 2013, 2014
Ranjan De Silva

Ranjan L G De Silva is a CEO Success Coach and Team Leadership Specialist, leading the Sensei International operations in Asia.

Ranjan has an ideal mix of practical and theoretical grounding, which makes his input value adding to the clients. His practical experience comes from 33 years of corporate experience that included over 23 years in Director & CEO roles in 3 leading Asian conglomerates; John Keels Holdings, Rahimafrooz Group and Apollo Hospitals, in addition to the current role and for various SENSEI INTERNATIONAL clients.

He has provided consultancy and training for people at all levels of organizations in 24 countries in Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, and North Africa.

His multinational clients in these various countries include Unilever, VF Asia, Svister Wijsmuller, Siemens, SriLankan Airlines, Nestle, Nokia Siemens Networks, Novartis, Maersk, HSBC, Hilton, Glaxo Smith Kline, DHL, British American Tobacco and 3M. Additionally, he has served leading companies in various local markets including; John Keells Holdings, MAS Holdings, Jetwing Group, Hirdramani, Pan Asia Bank, Millennium IT, Rahimafrooz Group, Grameen Phone, BRAC Bank, Alrajhi Bank, SEDCO, and Mashreq Bank.

His theoretical grounding is derived from the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing [CIM] UK, where he received the gold medal for the best results in the world at the final examination. His MBA is from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenepura. He is an accredited trainer in delivering the personal transformation programme, ‘Mastery of Self through Neuro Linguistic Programming’ and its derivatives.

He is currently pursuing his Doctoral Studies in ‘Organisational Change’ at Ashridge Executive Education in the UK, a member of Hult University USA, inquiring in to ‘Purposefulness for Leadership Effectiveness’.

Ranjan is a Fellow of CIM, A Chartered Marketer and a Past Chairman of CIM, Sri Lanka Branch. These roles and his current role at SENSEI have enabled him to network with corporate leaders of top companies.

He has also shared the stage and networked with management gurus of the calibre of Tom Peters, Edward De Bono, Jack Trout and Omar Khan.

He is the author of Mind Programming for Sales Success and the new, further enriched edition of the book, A Better Way to Sell – Sales Mastery through Self Mastery published by Pearson Education.

He is promoted globally by the world’s leading speaker’s bureau Big Speak. More details of Ranjan can be seen in his website and Blog.

Nandipha Sishuba
Educational Qualifications
  • BA (Personnel Management), BAdmin Hons and Masters in Administration - University of Fort Hare
  • MBA - South-eastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, USA
  • MSC in Public Management and Development - University of London
  • Diploma in Project Management - Damelin
Working experience
  • 10 years experience of managing   international and official donor funded projects and programmes
  • Eastern Cape Provincial - Administration  Head of  Department and Accounting Officer  : Department of Human Settlements
  • Eastern Cape Provincial Administration (ECPA) - Deputy Director General Policy and Governance
  • General Manager: Provincial Organisational Development and Governance: Office of the Premier (Appointed August 2002 after a reorganization of the Office of the Premier)
  • Chief Director: Provincial Human Resources Management Office of the Premier
  • University of Fort Hare - Human Resources Director (Acting) 01/10/1998 - 30/09/2000.
  • Deputy Director 01/10/1997 - 30/09/1998
  • Training & Development Officer - 01/10/1996 - 30/09/1997
  • Human Resources Manager (Acting) - 08/02/1996 - 22/08/1996
  • Chief Human Resources Officer (Acting) - 10/08/1995 - 08/02/1996
  • Training and Development Officer - 01/08/1995 – 30/09/1997
  • Human Resources Officer (Generalist) - 14/07/1994 - 30/09/1995
  • University of Fort Hare: Human Resources Director (Acting)
  • Mayibuye Transport Corporation (MTC) - Personnel Officer (Generalist) -11/02/1991 - 10/07/1994
  • Ciskei Government : Department of Foreign Affairs - Training Officer: Personnel Division - 01/06/1990 – 08/02/1991
  • Third Secretary: Foreign Policy Division - 14/04/1988 - 12/09/1988
  • Teaching - Teaching at the University of Fort Hare for approximately seven years
  • Guest lecturing in the Masters in Public Management Programme
Sanjeev Jayaratnam

Sanjeev has successfully motivated and inspired individuals, groups, and organizations to push their boundaries, and explore their true potential. From working at IFS R&D Ltd.., as Consulting Services Director for South Asia; to heading the Services Division of Microsoft in Sri Lanka; to working in senior management positions at Unilever and MIT, Sanjeev has always inspired his colleagues and team to go the extra mile and really explore unchartered territory.

Sanjeev has touched the lives of over 21,000 individuals in Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Australia, United Kingdom, Portugal, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Cambodia, Japan, Nigeria, Philippines, Singapore, Qatar, Kuwait, Brunei, Malaysia, Maldive Islands and Saudi Arabia, inspiring them to achieve extra-ordinary feats that they never thought was possible. He has been able to motivate both children and adults, to achieve their divine potential.

Through his ‘Ignite’ program Sanjeev has helped people find their true selves and inspired them to actively chase after and realize their dreams. Individuals who have participated in the long term Ignite program have gone on to over achieve their sales targets, and enroll for and complete examinations crucial to their career progression, which they had otherwise postponed. They have made significant changes in their behavior resulting in a sense of self achievement and selffulfillment, which has given them an immense amount of satisfaction and strength of mind to continue this never ending journey of learning and continuous self-development.

Through his Speed Reading programs, Sanjeev has coached people to push their boundaries, enabling some who kept failing exams because of the time taken to read the questions, to finally pass; others to excel in their studies as they can now read so much faster, with increased focus and also understand and retain more. On average his students have ended up reading over 8 times faster than they started, understanding and retaining over 60% more.

Sanjeev is also a World Champion Choral Conductor and has led his choirs to success in Austria, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia; and has performed as a member and choral director of ‘The Revelations’ in Austria, Hong Kong, China, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. He has also been on the international jury at competitions held in Singapore.

Further Sanjeev has led ‘The Revelations’ to becoming World Champions twice over (Austria, 2008) competing with 20,000 choirs from 93 countries and to becoming Asian Champions in 2007 (Indonesia, 2007); The Revelations to be ranked #4 in the World among male choirs in 2008; lead the Methodist College Choir to win Sri Lanka’s first Platinum Medal in international competition (China, 2012), together with other prestigious awards including being the first school choir to win a category in International Competitions (Vietnam, 2011); The Visakha Vidyalaya Senior Choir to win the first Gold Diploma by a Government School in international competition (Malaysia, 2010) and also the Revelations Academy to win a Gold Diploma (Vietnam, 2015) and two Silver Medals (Indonesia, 2010). In the Asia Pacific Choir Games (Sri Lanka, 2017) Sanjeev became the only conductor both Sri Lankan and International to have the most phenomenal success with his three choirs – children, teens and adults with a phenomenal haul of – One Grand Prix of Nations Trophy, Two Champion of the Asian Choir Games Trophies, 5 Gold Medals and One Silver Medal.

Sanjeev is a visiting lecturer at the Moratuwa University and previously at the Postgraduate Institute of Management (Sri Jayawardenapura University). He was also a lecturer for 19 years for programs of study leading to Bachelors and Masters Degrees awarded by the Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Westminster and the University of Wales.

Sanjeev, has an MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenapura; is a Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP) and Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS); a Chartered Engineer (CEng) from the engineering council, UK; a First Class Honors degree (Gold Medalist) from the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; and also a post graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.

Ranjeewa

Educational Qualifications
  • B Journalism (Hons) (Rhodes University)
  • Copywriting Diploma (AAA School of Advertising)
  • Marketing & Research Certificate (UNISA Bureau of Market Research)
  • MBA Level 1 (Incomplete) (University of Natal)
  • Finance for Non-Financial Managers (Wits Business School)
  • Art & Science of Negotiation (Wits Business School)       
Professional Experience
  • Founder & Managing Director - Ayanda Mbanga Communications (Pvt) Ltd
  • Director: Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising (SA)
  • Association for Communication & Advertising (ACA), formerly known as the Association of Advertising Agencies (AAA)
  • Jhb Fresh Produce Market (R1bn Company owned by the City of Johannesburg)
  • Saatchi & Saatchi Recruitment Advertising
  • PinPointOne Human Resources
  • Snr Consultant: Saatchi & Saatchi Recruitment Advertising, Johannesburg
Awards
  • Top 3 Finalist: Business Woman of the Year (2008)
  • Nominee: SA’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government (2009)

Ranjeewa

Overview & expertise

Dynamic and entrepreneurial management strategist with over 20 years of aviation management experience in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Australia and South Asia. Solid knowledge of the fundamentals of Commercial Airline Management, Air Cargo and Supply Chain Industry, Logistics, Aircraft Leasing, Commercial Airline Operations, Warehouse Design, Cargo Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Brokering and Negotiating.

Effective leadership in highly competitive markets with success at driving multi-million dollar sales growth, and analytical dexterity in assessing the viability of new ventures. Increase profitability through cost reduction initiatives, process re-engineering, and the utilisation of appropriate resources in complex layered environments.

  • Manage Multicultural Workforce             
  • Team Leadership & Team Building
  • Exceptional Mentoring & Coaching Skills            
  • Strategic Marketing Management
  • Public Speaking & Presentation Talent    
  • Strong Relationship Building Skills
  • Continuous Improvement Strategies       
  • Forge Global Business Partnerships
  • New Business Generation & Acquisition 
  • Lateral & Analytical Thinking Prowess
  • Project Development & Management      
  • High Level Negotiation & Persuasion
 
Key achievements
  • Operational Business Development. Currently in the process of setting up a helicopter company in South East Asia to cater to offshore drilling companies scheduled for full operational status in 2009.
  • Business Negotiations. Negotiating the set up operations of a Fixed Base Operator (FBO) in Dubai.
  • Sales Generation & Conversion. Brokered a $1.5 million aircraft sale, which involved sourcing a seller a matching with an interested buyer.
  • Marketing Management & Leadership. Redesigned and launched the Sri Lankan Cargo and ‘Hub in the Ocean’ brands using a worldwide media, promotions and advertising campaign.
  • Revenue Generation & Optimisation. Maintained double-digit growth over a period of four years (2003 to 2007) resulting in a 150% increase in business turnover by effecting strategic sales initiatives and service delivery improvements.
  • Business Systems Development. Built a world class efficient hub by implementing and re-organising processes, and by motivating and building a team to support the new product – an ERP system which handled the 2005 Tsunami Relief project
  • Key Note Speaker. Delivered presentations to industry leaders, global representatives, media, and consulting companies on ‘Regional hubs in Asia introducing the flying trucks concept’, and the ‘Significance of air freight at the time of natural disaster’.
  • Business Process Re-engineering. Sourced, designed, negotiated and implemented advanced cargo ERP systems to facilitate the re-engineering process of cargo handling, management planning, accounting and sales. This resulted in an increase in the efficiency and productivity of the cargo movement in the supply chain processes.
  • Business Operations Management. Launched a Sri Lankan Cargo Regional Freighter network, which involved creating an approved business plan; designing a route structure which supplemented the core network; sourcing aircraft; re-engineering handling process to handle  increased freight volumes; designing training programs; and negotiating advantageous ground handling agreements.

 

Professional profile

Chief Operating Officer 2010- current

MCH Holdings Australia Ltd- General Sales & Services Agency  for Delta Airlines Cargo , Malaysia Kargo and Australian Air Express -Domestic

Manage  and direct a team of sales and operations personnel Australia wide.  Formulate Budgets, Sales & Marketing strategies.


Regional Manager Strategic Sales (Asia-Pacific) 2007 Current
Air Charter International, Sydney Australia

Provide Aviation solutions to start-up carriers (passenger and cargo), oil and gas companies, regional airlines, and logistics companies; build a regional charter and lease network for cargo and passenger charters, executive jets, helicopters and medical evacuation using web-marketing strategies.


Head of Worldwide Cargo2007
Manager Cargo Sales & Marketing 2003
SriLankan Airlines, Colombo Sri Lanka SriLankan Airlines / Emirates Airlines, Dubai UAE

Head of Worldwide Cargo: Managed business operations and cargo commercial operations; led a multicultural team of 400 professionals worldwide; directed, designed, implemented and maintained effective business processes to meet global clientele demands; and oversaw continuous process re-engineering of the Colombo Hub and the cargo product.

Cargo Sales & Marketing Management: Directed and implemented the worldwide cargo advertising and promotion campaigns; and designed products to meet customer demand, which included a freighter network; and achieved annual sales targets through worldwide sales operations.


Sales Manager (Passenger & Cargo) 1995 – 1999
Cargo Manager (Strategy) 1992 – 1994
 AirLanka Limited, London UK

Sales Management: Administered inventory to optimise revenue which included seats and freighter capacity; undertook promotional and advertising programs to maintain brand awareness; and negotiated tour operator and agents’ contracts.


Sales Manager (Cargo) 1990-1992
British Airways World Cargo

 

Educational qualifications

Master of Business Administration (MBA)1995
University of Sri Jayawardanapura, Colombo Sri Lanka

Diploma in Air Transport 1986
Chartered Institute of Transport, London UK

 

Professional affiliations

Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport (MCIT) since 1986

Niroshan Silva

Educational Qualifications
  • A Double Degree in Business management / HR Management from Australia
  • MBA from Britain has re-enforced his ability to relate to people
  • Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming & Hypnosis from London (Society of NLP Trainers UK)
Working Experience
  • A consultant/ trainer with over a decade of experience, sees himself as a 'people person' within the vast tapestry of business and Society. He enjoys and thrives upon his involvement with numerous groups of people with diverse backgrounds and schools of thought
  • Strategic HR practitioner
  • Managing Director of Training Consortium (Pvt) Ltd - Trained over 138,000 participants - 65 topics in 7 countries
  • Serves the academic frontier of endeavors being in the University Grants Commission as well as in standing committees of the government from time to time
  • He has developed many training courses and programs for well over 143 companies including some of the top brands such as Nestles, Coca Cola, Microsoft, Caltex, Sri Lankan Airlines, World Vision, MAS Group of companies, Holland Cement, HSBC, UNICEF, Family Planning Association, FAO, the tree forces (army Navy and Air force), Central Bank, Dialog GSM, Hulhule Island hotel Maldives, Airline operators in Dubai, Hiroshima Robotics Japan, Transnet - South Africa, Danish Delight - Denmark to many other leading organizations
  • Reputed for training the trainers of over 14 industries as well, toils to build a critical mass of trainers where ever he completes his training to carry out his work forward

His work in quality management with TOYOTA, his negotiation skills with trauma stricken prisoners, his passion for child safety by helping the UNICEF Child protection manual, a decade of labour negotiations and court room battles have brought together a fine blend of education, training and tacit knowledge to support him in whatever training he conducts.

Other positions held
  • Immediate Past President of the Association of Human Resource Professionals of Sri Lanka
  • JCI National President in 2008 and a Senator
Professional Membership
  • Member of the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Training and Development Sri Lanka currently

Loretta Gunawardene

Working Experience
  • Global exposure with experience of 27 years in the field of Effective Communication, having reached the epitome in the field of training with wide experience in India, Sri lanka, New Zealand and Australia is back in Sri Lanka to share her knowledge and expertise in
    • Presenting yourself as a Professional
    • Communicating with a difference
    • Call Centre Success
  • Trained a multitude of Companies in Sri Lanka and overseas and is a trainer who has been honoured for her outstanding service as a visiting lecturer. She is the author of “Leadership, Mobilizing and Communicating” and presented a programme in three languages to 160 leaders of the country at the request of the national Peace Council.
  • Trained the top blue chip companies in Sri Lanka like HSBC, American Express Bank, Canadian high commission, Sri Lankan Airlines, Carson’s Cumberbatch, DHL Courier, Dialog; Nations trust Bank, Peoples Bank, Commercial Bank, Lanka bell, Janashakthi Insurance, Amana Takaful , Mast group ( Slimline ) and many others.
  • 5 years consulting experience in marking, strategy, team and individual development
  • Specialises in Call Centre training as she is the only trainer who has the experience in an International Call Centre such as the New Zealand Visa at ANZ and banking experience in one of the top banks in Australia
  • Hand in hand with banking knowledge, experience and training skills, she has trained most of the top call centers in Sri Lanka.

Munshif Hussain

Educational Qualifications
  • Advanced Training Management –The Postgraduate Institute of Management (University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka) in 2000
  • Post-Graduate Diploma in Youth in Development Work (with Merit Pass) –University of Huddersfield, UK in 2002
  • Recognized as an Official ‘Certified Member Trainer’ from Sri Lanka by the Junior Chamber Training Institute (USA) since 1992
  • ILO (UN) Certified Trainer from Sri Lanka to delivery ‘Expand Your Business’ EYB Training Module in 2004.
  • Visiting Verifier – City & Guilds (UK) for the ‘Train the Trainer program’
  • Auditor/Lead Auditor Training Course (ISO 9000) conducted by the SGS Yarsley UK Ltd, Training Services in 1999.
Working Experience
  • A Professional Management Coach and Learning Facilitator
  • Commend his corporate life in 1980 with the Browns Group
  • Counts over 25 years of hands-on exposure across several industries with senior appointments and the rare distinction in serving multinationals such as – Glaxo, Novartis, Roche, Ciba, Stiefel, Schering-Plough, Biochemie, Serono, ICN, Vifor
  • He has conceptualized, designed and directed over 2000 customized human talent development interventions across - Sri Lanka, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, UK and the entire Middle-East
  • Consultancy expertise and training capabilities in the areas of – Strategic Customer Management, Personal Effectiveness & Productivity, Strategic Selling & Client Relationship, Team & Interpersonal Skills Enhancement has been utilized by several leading corporate / business establishments in Sri Lanka and overseas.

Dr. Manesha Kodithuwakku

MBA (AU), DIP. M (UK), MCIM (UK), Chartered Marketer (UK)

Dr. Manesha Kodithuwakku is an inspiring corporate trainer with high quality content backed by her unique and entertaining style of delivery. Her energizing sessions stimulate participants to unleash their innate energies, fulfill their potential and create intense desire for success. Her service in developing individuals has extended not only to the private sector, to the public sector (SLIDA) as well.

A Chartered Marketer (UK), she holds Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia and Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from Chartered Institute of Marketing – UK and currently reading for a PhD in People Development at Management and Science University of Malaysia. She has over 10 years of experience in private sector multinational organizations covering Customer Services, Marketing, Sales, Corporate Solutions and Business Development.

Manesha embarked on her professional career as a corporate marketing professional, with successful careers at Suntel in the Customer Care and Sales and Marketing arena and then at 3M Lanka in Marketing and Business Development arena. Currently she has engaged her professional service as a visiting lecture at University of Moratuwa and SLIDA (Sri Lanka Institute of Development Authority) apart from the corporate professional development training in the past 8 years.

The innovation, flexibility and dedication which are necessary to build a truly dynamic organization, comes from well-trained and supported employees. One of the best ways to encourage and support individuals in an organization is through professional development and training opportunities.

Her passionate in providing human resource development solutions, has resulted in many organizations and people to unleash their true potential.

 

Testimonials

‘We have worked with Ms. Maneesha Kodithuwakku on several training assignments. She is a highly committed  and passionate trainer, also appreciated by the training participants and clients.’

Janaka Kumarasinghe
Director HR Services
Kent Ridge (Pvt) Ltd.

 

We experienced one of the best marketing training programs we ever had. We truly enjoyed the entire session, I think mainly because, all of us understood what exactly we were missing to organize our tasks.. I believe now our team is ready for the battle with all required ammunition to become an effective marketing team for the organization. You guided us there.

Suranga Gallage
Head of Planning & Execution
Antler Group of Companies

 

I had the pleasure of dealing with Manesha on several occasions as she delivered some training programs for couple of our clients. She was very professional in her dealings  and was very approachable and flexible. The feedback from the participants on her delivery has always being positive and that’s the very reason why we wish to work with her on a long term.

Dulendra Udukkubure
Growth Artist
361 Degrees

 

Dr. Manesha Kodithuwakku has been working with SLIDA as a visiting Lecturer for SLAS Introductory programs, Capacity Building Programs and other scheduled programs for managers and non managerial public sector employees. Over the years she has contributed remarkably to enhance the knowledge and the attitude of the participants and always has been evaluated as "excellent". It has been a pleasure working with her.

Menik Wakkumbura
Consultant
SLIDA - Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration

 

The Professional Development Series
  • Expert Presentation Skills
  • Developing Team Work
  • Mastering the art of Business Communication
  • Developing Leadership Skills
  • Creating High Performing Sales Teams and Strategic Account Management
  • Excelling Customer Service
  • Developing Winning Marketing Plan
  • Time Management
  • Business Etiquettes

 

Customer List
  • SLIDA – Sri Lanka Institute of development Authorities
  • Fentons  Ltd                                                        
  • DPJH Holdings                                          
  • B R De Silva & Company      
  • Yamaha Motors Put Ltd
  • Link Natural Pvt Ltd              
  • LECO
  • IIHE – Institute of Higher Education
  • Antler Fabric Printers
  • CTC tobacco
  • Leader Group
  • Kent Ridge (Pvt) Ltd
  • Nayon Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
  • Finetech (Pvt) Ltd
  • TT Services (Pvt) Ltd
  • R H Constructions Pvt Ltd

Rajeeva Gunasekara

MBA(Aus)

Educational Qualifications
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) from University of Western Sidney, Australia. 2005
  • Qualified as an Advanced Lead Auditor, Internal Auditor
  • A System Development &Documentation consultant on following:
  • QMS ISO 9001:2000 (Quality Management System)
  • FSMS ISO 22001:2005 (Food Safety Management System)
  • EMS ISO 14001:2004 (Environmental Management System) from Marsden International, IEMA - UK 2008
  • OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety) From EQMS, IRCA - UK 2008
  • HACCP and 5S System Implementation from Sri Lanka Standards Institution, SLSI 2008
Working Experience
  • Trainer and Executive Coach for management skills such as Business Process Improvement, Business Letter and Report Writing, Presentation Skills, and Value Chain Management
  • Consultant for Local Economic Development projects; LogFrame (LFA) implementation, documentation, and Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Conducts project and business evaluations with in-depth analysis for sustainable business systems and process improvements
  • Writing Evaluation Reports: Trained staff of MDF-SA. 2009
  • Diploma Course for Administrative and Professional Secretaries: 48-hr public course for Lexsys (Pvt) Ltd. 2007-2009
  • Customer Service Excellence: Trained staff of John Keells. 2004
  • Management Skills and Interpersonal Communication Program: 72-hr course for public tertiary education sector, and delivered over a period of 6 months. 2003
  • Course Director and Consultant - Lexsys (Pvt) Ltd.  2003 - To date
  • Training Consultant - The Training Partnership (Pvt) Ltd.  2000 – 2003
  • Managing Director - Techmate (Pvt) Ltd.  1998 – 2000
  • Qualified as a trainer on Training of Trainer Programs - Jointly conducted by Swisscontact Sri Lanka and NITESL 2004
Professional Membership
  • Member of Sri Lanka Evaluation Association (SLEvA) Since 2009

Shamal Fernando

MBA(USQ Aus.), PCBS(USQ Aus.), EDBA(Col. Uni.), PSS(UK), MIM (SL),C&G(UK)

Educational Qualifications
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Southern Queensland,  Australia
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Business (PCBS) from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia
  • Executive Diploma in Business Administration (EDBA), University of Colombo,  
  • Faculty ofManagement and Finance- Merit pass
Professional Qualification
  • Certificate course in Professional Selling Skills by Smith Kline Beecham Academy in collaboration with Learning International –United Kingdom.
  • Approved tutor of City and Guilds, UK
  • Associate member of the Institute of Management of Sri Lanka
Work Experience
  • Nestle Lanka (Ceylon Nutritional Foods Ltd)  worked as a Junior Executive
  • SmithKline Beecham (Multinational Company) served as an Executive/ Product Specialist
  • Lanka Medical Imports Ltd. a leading pharmaceutical company as a Field Manager and subsequently promoted as a Business Development Manager.
  • Raptakos Brett and company Limited ( large Indian pharmaceutical company ) Country Manager
  • Human Development Trainer and Lecturer (for the past 8 years)
  • Currently lecturing at Institute of Personnel Development (IPM), Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), Edexcel International, Northumbria University and Central Bank of Sri Lanka Study Centre.

Shirley Silva

Educational Qualifications
  • BSc in Physical Science - University of Ceylon (Colombo)
Professional Qualifications
  • He was trained by Hay management of Singapore in Performance Management.
  • Trained in USA, UK, Geneva, Singapore, Dubai, Nepal, and Bangladesh in various disciplines including HR, Security, Good Governance, Risk Management etc.
Working Experience
  • Started his career as a Teacher at Ananda College
  • He was commissioned as a full Lieutenant and posted to the Education Service of the Sri Lanka Army
  • A trainer in academics at the Army Education Center and later at the newly established Officer Cadet School
  • Was promoted as a  Major where he held the position of Second in Command of the SLAGSC
  • Director Field Programs at the Family Planning Association
  • Personnel Executive at the newly formed National carrier Air Lanka
  • Personnel Services Manager and later Security manager (Training) – Air Lanka
  • Held all senior positions in the National Council culminating in becoming President in 2003
  • Served in many International Committees.
  • Resource person for the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing, INGRED, Sri Lanka Jaycees
  • Industrial Security Foundation, Business Contact, Skills Lanka
  • A training consultant and trainer for Sri Lankan Airlines
  • Conducted numerous in-house and Public Courses during the last fifteen years and made presentations at International Conferences including the WHO General Assembly in Geneva and the prestigious Asia Pacific Aviation Security Conference on four consecutive occasions
  • He has conducted interactive training programs for over thirty five years in State, Private Sector and NGO sectors and has developed a wide repertoire of training courses both in English and Sinhala.
Other honorary positions held
  • He was elected as the National President of the Sri Lanka Jaycees a youth organization which pioneered management education in Sri Lanka.

Thilini Ekanayake

Educational Qualifications
  • Pending Results MBA at University of Colombo
  • Second-Upper Honours in BA (Hons) Business Administration from the University of East London, United Kingdom.
  • Certificate in HRM - Institute of Personnel Management
  • WNS Trainer Certification program – Design Delivery and Management of Training
  • Trained Assessor for Competency Based Assessment and Development Centres
  • Trained in Six Sigma – Green Belt, Lean Sigma and FMEA / quality-function deployments for HR
  • ISO Internal Auditor under International Quality Standard by Bureau Veritas
Working Experience
  • 6 years of Human Resource Management/Training experience in FMCG & Service sectors (specializing in Business Process Outsourcing) ,Based in Sri Lanka
  •  Manger HR – MediGain (Pvt) Ltd
  • Manager Talent and Learning – Unilever Sri Lanka - Responsible for Talent management, employer branding and training
  • Manager HR and Training – WNS Global Services - Responsible for Recruitment, Performance management, HR Development and Employee Engagement

Rukmani Manohar

Work Experience
SriLankan Airlines (Formerly Air Lanka)
  • SECRETARY TO MANAGER PERSONNEL
  • ACCOUNTS/ADMIN CLERK, CHENNAI
  • PERSONNEL OFFICER (PERSONNEL POLICIES), HR Division, Colombo
  • SENIOR PERSONNEL OFFICER (PERSONNEL POLICIES) - Upgrading
  • HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES EXECUTIVE
  • SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES EXECUTIVE – Upgrading
HUMAN RESOURCES SERVICES MANAGER

In addition to managing a team of 7 (Executives & Officers) who carried out functions under Senior HR Services Executive, carried out the following functions.

  • Ensuring a uniform approach is made across all departments in respect of HR Policies by providing advice/assistance to Line Managers.
  • Meeting Departmental Managers/Supervisors/Employees regularly through HR Service visits and addressing issues raised in order to facilitate Management with sensible decision making and ensuring employee morale is at its highest.
  • Following up on Performance Appraisal exercise and facilitating Line Managers in identifying potential and training needs.
  • Monitoring Job Description writing and carrying out Job Evaluation.
COMPENSATION & OVERSEAS HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
  • Responsible for overseas pay services, to ensure a competitive salary, benefits and reward system is in place for work force in overseas stations.
  • Handling all HR matters pertaining to overseas staff
PERFORMANCE ADMINISTRATION MANAGER
  • Training all Line Managers on writing Job Descriptions.
  • Carrying out Job Evaluation exercise.
  • Handling Disciplinary matters local and overseas
    • Analysing Investigations Reports.
    • Issuing Charge Sheets.
    • Organising Disciplinary Inquiries.
    • Preparing reports and making recommendations to higher management.
    • Issuing letters of punishment
  • Responsible for staff
Intercontinental Institute of HR Management
  • Functioned as Assessor at Assessment/Development Centres using Group Exercise, Case Study, In Tray, Verbal and Numerical tests, Brainstorm tools for Organisations such as Brandix, Nations Trust Bank, Softlogic, Korean SPA, Leo Club etc.
  • Functioned as Centre Manager for above Assessment/Development Centres
  • Wrote Job Descriptions for all titles at Korean SPA and educated Line Managers on same.
  • Wrote Job Descriptions and Job Proficiency Guides for all titles at Coats Thread Exports (Pvt) Limited and educated Line Managers on same.
Professional Qualifications
  • National Diploma in Personnel Management – Institute of Personnel Management
  • National Diploma in Counselling Psychology – Navajeevana Institute of Psychology
Training
  • Basic Fares & Ticketing - SriLankan Airlines
  • Workshop on Appraisal System - SriLankan Airlines
  • Customer Services - SriLankan Airlines
  • Time Management & Goal Setting for Success - SriLankan Airlines
  • Seminar on ‘Problem of Absenteeism At Work’ - Institute of Personnel Management
  • Supervisory Management - NIBM
  • Employee Development - Institute of Personnel Management
  • Targeted Selection Interviewer - DDI Asia/Pacific International
  • Coaching Skills - SriLankan Airlines
  • Presentation Skills - SriLankan Airlines
  • Project Management - SriLankan Airlines
  • Assessment Centre training - SriLankan Airlines