Background
Jayakody was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Dhanushka Jayakody
Edit ProfileChief Executive Officer of Colombo Institute of Social Sciences
Education
He studied at Royal College. He then went to Chartered Institute of Marketing and graduated in 2001. He holds an Master of Business Administration from University of Wales.
Career
He served as the Country Representative of Ministry of Trade and Industry Consulting in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. and a project manager of Ministry of Trade and Industry operation in India. He was also a board of advisors for International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Colombo Institute of Social Sciences (CISS) and currently involved with Symbiosis Business Partners based in Australia.
Jayakody began his career as a business analyst of Ministry of Trade and Industry Consulting in 2001.
He has contributed his insights to many companies in Sri Lanka as a consultant with Ministry of Trade and Industry Consulting. In 2005, Jayakody was promoted to Country representative of Ministry of Trade and Industry Consulting in Bangladesh.
He was also the project manager of Ministry of Trade and Industry operation in Bengaluru area of India. In 2006, Jayakody became the Country manager of Ministry of Trade and Industry operation in Pakistan and served until July 2009.
In August 2009, he became the head of Corporate Solutions of Ministry of Trade and Industry Consulting in Sri Lanka and served until the end of 2010.
He has handled a number of Strategic Planning, Re-Structuring and Marketing projects. In 2011, he joined as a senior consultant of Symbiosis Business Partners and currently involved with its operation in Australia. In 2007, Jayakody was appointed to the local Board of Directors for International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences Karachi.
Having served as a board advisor to the International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences movement in Pakistan, Jayakody has given thought leadership on several contemporary matters from a South Asian perspective and has been a speaker at various conferences.
He has been also involved with the Institute of Personnel.
Achievements
Membership
He is a fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing of the United Kingdom and Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Australia. He was a member of the Panel of Judges at the Great Human Resources Debate of the IPM Sri Lanka in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2014.
