Senior Management experience with consistent track record of high achievement in Administration, Community Care, Business Development, International Sports Tour organising, Sponsorship marketing and Events administration in United Kingdom, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Further complemented with work experience in Market Analysis, Project Formulation, Evaluation & Implementation.
Successful in Planning Strategies for Sports Development, Risk Assessments, Health & Safety practices, Contracting International Media Rights and Negotiations.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Jan. 2015 to present
Ceylon Shipping Corporation, Sri Lanka - Chairman
Magampura Port Management Company (Pvt) Ltd - Director
Lanka Coal Company Ltd - Director
CSC Kandia (Pvt) Ltd -Director
Ceylon Shipping Agency Pte Ltd., Singapore - Director
Oct. 2012 – present Vivanta Associates (Pvt) Ltd., Sri Lanka.
Promoter/Shareholder
Currently promoting one of the largest mix development projects in Sri Lanka with an investment of over US Dollars 350 million.
Aug. 2006-Oct 2012 Admire Tours & Events (UK) Ltd., Middlesex.
Managing Director/CEO
Jun 2003-Jul 2006 Whiteheather Care Ltd., Weeley, Essex.
Registered Manager
Managed a Residential Care Home for the people with severe learning difficulties with much success and secured highest standard of care rating awarded by the Commission for Social Care Inspections in UK. Responsibilities included staff training & development, inductions, care planning, risk assessments, activity planning, setting up policies & procedures, liaising with the National Health Service, Social Services and Commission for Social Care Inspection.
Oct. 2002-May 2003 International Cricket Council (ICC), Lords Cricket Grounds, London. Executive Assistant to CEO (on a Secondment from Sri Lanka Cricket)
Jan. 1999-Jun 2003 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Colombo.
Director Administration and Head of Tour Organising
1986 – Jan.1999: Mercantile Merchant Bank Group, Sri Lanka.
(In following positions…)
Two years General Manager – MTL/Mountain Hawk (Pvt) Ltd. – Garments and Textile Quality Assurance Laboratory in partnership with Mast Industries & Merchandise Testing Laboratories Inc. USA. Undergone extensive in-house training and overseas laboratory training in Hong Kong - 1998.
Two years Director/General Manager – Mountain Hawk Packaging (Pvt) Ltd. The Packaging Store Inc., USA (A franchisee). Trained and passed out as a ‘Professional Packaging Specialist’ from USA in 1994.
Two years Manager, Business Development - Mountain Hawk Express (Pvt.) Ltd.,/ FedEx Inc. USA. (A franchisee). Successfully marketed the brand (during the re-branding process, from Federal Express to FedEx) and its services, which had the innovative tracking system to compliment and challenge the competitors. I won a familiarisation tour to FedEx village in Memphis, Tennessee – 1994. Instrumental in introducing ‘The Packaging Store’ concept to FedEx in 1994 and see that specialised packaging services being offered globally as an incentive to FedEx clients, as well as a measure to cut costs of FedEx from damage claims.
Six years Market Analyst – Mercantile Credit Ltd. (This was the first finance company in Sri Lanka to reach a deposit level of One Billion Rupees). I was associated in project identification, formulation and evaluation. Data collection, analysis and preliminary project report productions for management decisions.
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