Janashakthi Insurance PLC’s Director and Chief Executive Officer, Jude Fernando is to speak at the upcoming Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) - Institute of Supply and Materials Management (ISMM) joint seminar on ‘Why Supply Chain is considered key to profitability’.
The event is to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on January 24, at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s Auditorium. Insee Cement’s Procurement and Logistics Director, Tusith Gunawarnasuriya will also be speaking at this forum.
The key note addresses will be followed by a panel discussion with the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s Immediate Past Chairman of the Import Section, Dinesh De Silva and LAUGFS Holdings Ltd.’s Director / Group Head of Supply Chain, Danesha Perera as the panelists.
Jude’s key note address will focus on demonstrating the relevance and importance of supply chain management to profitability and how a seamless Supply Chain could offer businesses a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
He will be touching on the key drivers that influence supply chain success and supply chain best practices that help boost profitability. He will be also talking about the importance of risk mitigation and business continuity planning. Highlighting how more enterprises around the world are adopting sustainable supply chain management, Jude will go on to illustrate how organisations can build a sustainable supply chain over the long term through.
An Accountant by profession, Jude counts close to 30 years of experience in the fields of Supply Chain Management, Finance, Sales and Marketing, and International Marketing. Early in his career, he served as the Commercial Director of Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt) Ltd and went on to become the company’s Supply Chain Director.
He joined Janashakthi as the company’s Director and Deputy Chief Executive Officer in 2013 and was promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer in July 2014. He was appointed as the company’s Director / Chief Executive Officer in May 2018, post the divestment of its General Insurance business.
Jude holds an MBA from the University of Wales and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), a Fellow Member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (UK), a Chartered Global Management Accountant (UK), and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).
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