‘Talk of the month’ by Colombo School of Business & Management

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Talk will feature Dilani Alagaratnam speaking on ‘Keeping up with the future of work – are we ready?’

Colombo School of Business & Management (CSBM) initiated a corporate knowledge sharing platform in August of 2019 and have found the response of the corporate sector to be very positive. This is known as ‘Talk of the month’ where a corporate ‘celebrity’ or influencer is invited to share trending topics to an invited focused audience.

John Keells Holdings former Group HR Legal Sustainability and ERM President Dilani Alagaratnam

These sessions are bilingual for maximum reach and involve a question and answer time as well as networking opportunities. Previous speakers in this CSBM Signature series include Deepal Sooriyararchchi, General Daya Ratnayake, Bathiya and Santhush (BnS).

This month, CBSM is featuring Dilani Alagaratnam, who is the former President Group HR Legal Sustainability and ERM for John Keells Holdings as the speaker and she will cover the topic ‘Keeping up with the future of work – are we ready?’

This is a very valuable area of discussion and knowledge sharing tailored to meet the growing demands made on an institutions to reinvent themselves to stay ahead and have work forces ready to meet challenges and overcome them.

Dilani Alagaratnam was a longstanding member of the Group Executive Committee of John Keells Holdings PLC until her retirement in December 2019. In this role she was responsible for the Human Resources, Legal and Secretarial, Corporate Communications, Sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management, Group Initiatives, CSR functions of the Group and also its Social Responsibility Project.

She also overlooked the business of John Keells Office Automation. At the time of her retirement she was a Director of Union Assurance PLC and several unlisted companies within the John Keells Group. A lawyer by profession, she has been with John Keells Holdings PLC since 1992 and is a law graduate and a holder of a Master’s Degree in Law.

Currently, she is also the Chairperson of the Legislation Sub Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, and a Director of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce – ICLP Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre and Women’s Fund Asia.

She has also been the Chairperson of the HR and Education Sub Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, a Council Member of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and a Director of ICTA. She has received many accolades in her career including being chosen 10th and 15th most influential women leaders by in two issues of the Echelon Magazine and Career Woman Role Model of the Year 2014/15 by Women in Management.

This CSBM Talk of the Month session by Dilani Alagaratnam is scheduled for 30 January from 9 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. and entrance is free through prior registration on a first-come-first-serve basis.

For enquiries/invitation please contact,

Nalin – +94 70 3338 338/[email protected]

Poorwaka - +94 70667684/[email protected].