Business Development & Employment Officer

  • Location:
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sector:
  • Business Development
  • Profile Created:
  • 6 months ago

Education

Experience

  • Embassy of Sri Lanka (South Korea & Japan) 2020 - 2025

    Business Development & Employment Officer

    Cultivated and streamlined high-level corporate relationships with international business enterprises, chambers of commerce, and multilateral trade associations. Strategized and facilitated foreign direct investments (FDI), bilateral trade agreements, and profitable joint ventures between Sri Lankan entities and East Asian partners. Collaborated directly with ministerial bodies, state organizations, and global partners to efficiently structure and deploy macro socioeconomic development frameworks. Served as a chief organizational liaison, resolving structural operational disputes and optimizing operational efficiency across embassy bureaus.

  • Asia Asset Finance PLC 2017 - 2019

    Assistant Manager & Head of Micro Leasing (National Sales)

    Formulated and deployed rigorous credit underwriting, risk assessment matrixes, and compliance mechanisms aligned with central banking mandates. Engineered high-growth market penetration strategies, aggressively scaling national sales metrics and expanding the active microfinance client base. Produced critical analytical briefs, portfolio asset quality analyses, and corporate performance matrices for board-level strategic evaluations.

  • Abans Finance PLC (Gampaha Branch) 2015 - 2017

    Branch Manager /Acting Regional Manager

    Directed comprehensive day-to-day branch banking operations, bearing full P&L accountability while driving loan underwriting excellence and revenue targets. Mentored and supervised cross-functional branch personnel including credit underwriting, marketing, recoverables, and administrative teams. Executed aggressive collection and recovery campaigns to curb delinquency, maintaining non-performing loan (NPL) ratios well below target thresholds.

  • Central Finance PLC 2010 - 2015

    Marketing Project Manager

    Conceptualized, budgeted, and executed end-to-end promotional campaigns and asset-building initiatives for the specialized microfinance leasing tier. Steered cross-functional project teams to consistently hit aggressive deadlines and client acquisition targets within optimized operational budgets.

  • Seylan Merchant Bank

    Assistant Manager