Shevanthi Jayasuriya at February Members Speak

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Shevanthi Jayasuriya will be the speaker at the February Members Speak. She will be speaking on a very interesting topic which will be notified shortly.

Shevanthi is a TMC Colombo Founder Life Member and has been a part of the corporate world for many years, including 16 years working with Capital Maharaja Organisation – where she worked across Travel, Television and Radio, Mobile Communication, Public Affairs and Merchant Banking.

She was the Chief of Party for USAID’s Accelerated Skills Acquisition Programme, where she managed and implemented programs in the war-affected North, Central and Eastern provinces of Sri Lanka. Her experience includes program design, resource mobilisation, donor relations, monitoring and evaluation, administration, budget management and leadership of large-scale development programmes. She served as Head of Communications for the Peace Secretariat, Sri Lanka and contributed to the peace process at a crucial stage in Sri Lanka’s history. She is currently the Country Director of Room to Read Sri Lanka, a literacy and girls’ education focused organisation.

She holds a MBA in business administration from the University of Hull, United Kingdom.

Members and guests, kindly diarise the date and time – 6 p.m. on 21 February – at the VIP Lounge, Galadari Hotel. Details to follow.