Maneesha Abeyarathne Email & Phone Number

Sri Lanka

- Responsible for building and maintaining client relationships, identifying client requirements, definition of scope and objectives, submitting proposals, and communicating with the client on progress. - Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for smooth execution of projects- Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget

- Involved in providing corporate secretarial services, such as company registration, submission of annual returns, drafting board resolutions. - Involved in implementing financial record keeping as per the standards, and streamlining the invoicing and payment collection functions. - Assisted in book keeping for clients and company. - Business development, which included planning and executing new marketing initiatives, building the corporate brand etc. - Liaise with the Registrar of Companies, Inland Revenue Department, and Banks on behalf of clients. - Working with the senior management to establish systems, processes and controls, to automate and simplify the workflow.

Sri Lanka

- Responsible for preparation of winning project bids, and leading projects, which included project planning and goal setting, work delegation, client coordination and report writing. - Business Development for PwC’s Advisory arm reporting directly to the Advisory Leader/COO, which included the responsibilities of monitoring country economic climate, government policies and decisions for outlook on investments, meeting with government officials and policy makers and securing projects. - Involved in feasibility reporting for all projects in the scope of International Development Assistance, with an outlook on investments, timelines, beneficiaries and outcomes.- Was involved in developing an international branding campaign to strengthen the ICT/BPO sector in Sri Lanka. Undertook the tasks of liaising with the External Development Board, conducting focus group discussions with industry stakeholders, recruiting a branding agency and coordinating activities thereon.- Involved in capacity building of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the rubber cluster which included conducting a GAP analysis of the rubber value chain, meeting stakeholders across the country, conducting focus group discussions to identify the issues in the Rubber industry, and structuring a cluster-based loan for the rubber sector.

Sri Lanka

- Directly involved in primary and secondary research for several World Bank and ADB funded projects in South Asian and ASEAN countries.- Preparation of reports for internal management and funding bodies to aid in post investment evaluations. - Conducting sector and donor analysis for prospective Business Development.

Education record

A-Levels, 2013 - G.C.E. Advance Level: Accounting – A, Economics – A, Business Statistics

2012 - Senior Prefect 2011/12 - Secretary | Interact Club of St. Bridget's Convent 2011 - Junior Prefect 2003 - 2012 - Swimming