Colombo School of Business & Management CSBM has organized a seminar on “Keeping up with the future of work – are we ready?” which is conducted by Dilani Alagaratnam who is the former president Group HR Legal Sustainability and ERM for John Keells Holdings. It will be held on January 30 from 9 am to 11.30 am at CSBM.
This is an important area of discussion and knowledge sharing tailored to meet the growing demands made on an institution to re-invent themselves to stay ahead and have work forces ready to meet challenges and overcome them.
Alagaratnam was a long standing 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 Masters Degree in Law. Currently, she is also the Chairperson of the Legislation Sub Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, and a director of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce -ICLP Alternative Dispute Resolution Centre and Womens’ Fund Asia.She has also been the Chairperson of the HR & 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 2 issues of the Echelon Magazine and Career Woman Role Model of the Year 2014/15 by Women in Management.
CSBM is a certificate awarding institution registered under the Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission of Sri Lanka (TVE) (Amendment) Act No 50 of 1999. All our educational programmes are in compliance with the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) approved Sri Lanka Qualification Framework (SLQF). CSBM was established with the patronage of prominent corporate leaders and institutions in Sri Lanka intending to promote a novelty in higher education, professional, executive training, career development, research, business support and consultancy. CSBM has successfully built international partnerships with AIT Extension in Bangkok, University of Lincoln UK and INSEAD Singapore, an European commission registered research and innovation centre.
The main objective of CSBM is to create a varied and inspiring learning environment in order to enhance the learners usual ways of doing business, thereby influencing them to explore new ways of thinking to face today’s global business challenges.
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