Well experienced senior professional with extensive exposure of 40 plus years in trade & industries across different countries, gained valuable leadership qualities with a demonstrated history of working in many leading roles in organizations and industries covering various sectors like tea exports, garments & textiles, steel trading, travel & leisure, general trading, money exchange, construction, automobile, real estate, power generation and corporate advisory services in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Singapore and UAE.
KEY SKILLS
- Broad Leadership
- General Management
- Finance & Capital raising
- solutions
- Corporate restructuring
- Re-engineering
- Budgeting and Cost control
- Strategy Formulation
- Financial Policy Formulation
- IFRS Advisory
- Management Consultancy
- Company Secretarial practice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Deal Structuring
- Regulatory Compliance
- Due Diligence
- Capital, Liquidity| Crisis
- Management
- Risk & Project Management
- Staff Recruitment |HR &
- Administration
- Investor Relations and
- Business appraisals
- System Study | Change
- Management
- Digitalization | Marketing
- Audit | Tax | VAT & Transfer
- Pricing
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
- 2022 – Appointed as an advisor – Al Rostamani Group Transformation Team
- 2019 – Assisted restructuring and strategic development of the Group
- 2018 – Acting GM for Automobiles, Travels and construction companies
- 2017 – Head of Group Corporate assurance
- 2016 – Acting Group COO, Head of HR and GM – Real Estates
- 2015 – Acting Group CFO for one year
- 2014 – Managed recycling plant relocation
- 2012 – GM for the large recycling projects (CDW & Tyre)
- 2011 – Managed debt collections and recovered huge amount during crisis
- 2010 – Restructured crisis struck industries and trading outfits as GM
- 2009 – Appointed as an advisor for the CEO during economic downturn
- 2007 – Commercial Manager for subsidiaries of Al Rostamani Group, UAE
Sri Lanka, Singapore & Indonesia
- 2006 – Successfully carried out public listing for HVA group in Sri Lanka
- 2005 – Turned around a large firm and a listed hospital in Sri Lanka
- 2003 – Management consultant- Inland Revenue – Sri Lanka
- 2000 – Operations controller for oil, gas & energy company in Singapore
- 1998 – Management advisor for a listed conglomerate – Indonesia
- 1995 – Director of subsidiaries – Aitken & Spence Group – Sri Lanka
- 1988 – Subsidiary company director and Per pro – F & W Group – Sri Lanka
PRIOR ASSIGNMENTS
- 1984 – Accountant – James Finlays Group – Sri Lanka
- 1981 – Senior Audit officer – SJM Associates / Accounting services – Sri Lanka
- 1975 – Management Trainee – Ceylon Ceramics Corporation – Sri Lanka
EDUCATION
Academic and Professional Qualifications
- MSc in Accounting & Finance – University of Gloucestershire – UK
- Chartered Manager – FCMI -Chattered Institute of Managers -UK
- Member – Worldwide Chartered Accountants Forum
- Member – UAECA – The Chartered Institute of Accountants – UAE
- Fellow member – FCPA – CPA – Australia
- Chartered Global Management Accountant – CGMA
- Registered Company Secretary , SEC/1(b) (1)/ (1V) /2003/83
- Fellow Member- FCMA (SL) – CMA Sri Lanka
- Fellow Member –FCCA – ACCA – UK
- Fellow Member – FCA – ISCA Singapore
- Fellow Member – FCMA – CIMA – UK
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