GUEST SPEAKERS
Mr. Ajit Gunewardene
Ajit Gunewardena spoke from the Heart on Entrepreneurship & Innovation to our MBA and MSc Students.
Ajit Gunewardene is the Founder & CEO of Bluestone Capital Private Limited. He was the Deputy Chairman of John Keells Holdings PLC and has been a member of the Board for over 24 years.
Mr. Shalin Balasuriya
“Our ambition is to have 2000 Spa Ceylon stores around the world in the next 10 years” Shalin Balasuriya from Spa Ceylon addressing the Doctoral and Masters Students at Cambridge College..
Mr. Dulith Herath
‘An Epic Entrepreneurial Journey’ by Dulith Herath
Eisenhower Fellow Dulith Herath will speak to our Doctoral, MBA & MSc in Entrepreneurship Students at Cambridge College.
Founder and Chairman of kapruka.com Co-founder of Grasshoppers (a logistics company to the SME sector)
Mr. Sahan Rajapakse
CIM UK’s Case Study for Dec 2019 is on NIKE Inc. and we bought in a NIKE Expert & CEO from MAS Holdings., Sahan Rajapakse to share the NIKE Brand Experience.
The Insightful discussion enabled our potential Chartered Marketers to acquire a granular knowledge of strategic insights and disruptive thoughts about the NIKE brand which has a balance sheet size of 1/3rd the Sri Lankan Economy. The Role of a CIM Student is to act as a Marketing Consultant to NIKE Inc. and propose strategic options to
a) Double NIKE’s Revenue in 3 years
b) Improve NIKE’s GP Margin to 60%
c) Expand aggressively into Double Digit Growth enabling emerging markets such as China and India grow
d) Double PAT in 3 years
Ms. LeIgh Hopwood
Past Chairperson and Current Vice Chair of CIM UK visited Cambridge College to meet our Level 7 Post Graduate Professional Diploma Students
Mr. Jonathan Alles
HNB was ranked the #1 company in Sri Lanka by Business Today. Jonathan Alles (CEO HNB) spoke to our students today on the topic of Transformational Leadership and explained the path to HNBs success.
Mr. Supun Weerasinghe
Dialog Axiata PLC Director/CEO Supun Weerasinghe spoke to our Final Year CIM UK Students (Startegic Level) on Disruptive Innovation & Growth Strategies.
