Dynamic business leader and accomplished academic professional with over 14 years of progressive experience spanning marketing leadership, strategic business development, and higher education. Co-Founder & CEO of Good Grooming Global and Co-Founder of Hope Digital Global, where he served as Chief Operating Officer. He is Country Head for the Institute of Analytics (IoA UK), Sri Lanka Chapter, and a Visiting Lecturer and moderator at Queen Margaret University, York St John University and other institutions.
Alongside teaching, he develops curriculum for soft skills and professional development programmes and supports universities in shaping and delivering them. He works with ATHE, an Ofqual-regulated awarding organisation, representing education providers seeking programme endorsement, alongside similar accreditation work with CPD UK.
His career began at SriLankan Airlines, where he moved from inflight service into marketing and training leadership, the foundation of a hospitality-first approach he still brings to brand and guest experience today. He holds an MBA in International Business from the University of the West of Scotland, and is currently reading for a Doctor of Business Administration with the International Business Academy of Switzerland, delivered in Sri Lanka by IIHE.
EducationDBA (reading), MBA (International Business), PGDip HRM, Adv. Dip HRM
Based inColombo, Sri Lanka (working globally)