DILRUKSHI KURUKULASURIYA

She is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Diesel and Motor Engineering PLC. She is an Attorney at Law, Law College, Sri Lanka, and an alumna of Hillwood College, Kandy.

DELYSIA GUNEWARDENE

Her philanthropic endeavors have shaped and changed the lives of an uncountable number of children over the decades.

ASHANI JAYASINGHE DABARE CEO, GIS SOLUTIONS (PVT) LTD.

She became CEO at the age of thirty-six. She has been recognized as being a ‘Pioneering Women Leader’ at the sixth World Women Leadership Congress and Awards held in Mumbai, India.

ZAKIRA RASOOLI

She is a Human Rights Activist who fled Afghanistan with the help of an international team, most of whom she is yet to meet in-person, and included Sri Lankan’s, Israeli’s and Qatari’s, to name a few.

SHERENE GOONETILLEKE

She is the Chief Operating Officer, Just In Time Group, Sri Lanka. She is the Chief Executive Officer, Just In Time Consultancy Services, Sri Lanka.

YASMIN CADER

She is the Queen of PR in Sri Lanka, the undisputed power woman in the industry; her position remains the same even forty years on.

NADIJA TAMBIAH

She is the President, Legal, Secretarial and CSR, John Keells Group. She has a LL.B (Hons) from the University of Manchester, UK, and she is a Barrister at Law (Middle Temple), UK.

GILLIAN EDWARDS

She is a Non-Executive Independent Director of Commercial Credit and Finance PLC. She was the Former Senior Vice President, DFCC Bank PLC.

AROSHI NANAYAKKARA

She is the CEO of the Global Consulting Company. She is a dynamic leader in the fields of Strategic Planning, HR and Risk Management,

SANDRA DE ZOYSA CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER, DIALOG AXIATA PLC.

She is the Chief Customer Officer of Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest telecommunications service provider, and the country’s largest mobile network operator.

SAVITHRI WIJESEKERA

She is the Executive Director of Women in Need, Sri Lanka; an organization dedicated to eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls.

Dr. Ruvini Abeygunaratne

She is a Consultant Neurosurgeon trained in the U.K., specializing in Neurooncology. In 2011, she was appointed as a Consultant Neurosurgeon in UK. She is a resident Neurosurgeon at Lanka Hospitals PLC, and she continues to visit the Hope Hospital in Manchester, UK as a visiting Consultant at regular intervals.

DESHAMANYA INDRANI FERNANDO (MBMA, UK)

She is the Chairperson and Managing Director of New Philip Hospitals (PVT) Ltd, Philip Health Care (PVT) Ltd, and is a Director of Ayu Health Ceylon (PVT) Ltd.

NILOUFER ESUFALLY ANVERALLY

She is the Founder of Cotton Collection; one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic fashion retail brands. She is the Founder and the Managing Director of Leather Collection; the first dedicated store in the country for leather accessories.

ROSY SENANAYAKE

She is the first female Mayor of Colombo and the first international winner of the coveted Mrs. World title in 1984.

SHEHARA DE SILVA

She was the first female Brand Manager at Reckitt Benckiser Group, Sri Lanka, and the first female Senior Manager at Singer Sri Lanka.

RAMANI FERNANDO

She started her first Hair Salon inside the box-room of her house with no employees.

TANIA POLONNOWITA WETTIMUNY

She is the Group Managing Director and Local Partner of IAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd; a company that represents many global transportation and logistics companies in Sri Lanka,

Aruni Goonetilleke

She is a Director of Tea Small Holder Factories PLC, Softlogic Finance PLC and Sunshine Holdings PLC. She was the Former Head of Corporate Banking, People’s Bank PLC, the Former Head of Risk,

SHE CAN: DEHARA GOMES

She is the Founder and Former Managing Director of interior design company, Westgate International. Since its inception, thirty-five years ago,

Kasturi Chellaraja

She is the first female Group CEO of a Public Quoted Conglomerate in Sri Lanka and the recipient of the Trailblazer of the Year Award 2021 by Women in Management (Sri Lanka).

DR. SULOCHANA SEGERA

She is the Founder and Chairperson of Women in Management (Sri Lanka, Maldives, Canada and Australia). She is the Founder of the Women in Management, Top50 Professional and Career Women Awards (Sri Lanka and Maldives). She is the Founder of the Next Gen Awards Sri Lanka.

Varuni Amunugama Fernando

My guest this week is a patriotic Sri Lankan, who firmly believes that ‘Sri Lanka Can.’ A graduate of the Faculty of Law, University of Colombo and an Attorney-at-Law by profession, she counts over twenty-eight years of experience in the field of Communication.

She Can: Featuring Otara Del Gunewardene

She is the Founder of Odel PLC; Sri Lanka’s most stylish Department Store, and the first fashion-retail business in the island to be listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Embark, Who We Are and the Otara Foundation.

She Can: Featuring Shiromal Cooray

My guest this week needs no introduction. She is one of Sri Lanka’s most accomplished, corporate power-women and an advocate for gender-equality in the workplace.