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THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS OF SRI LANKA
JANUARY 2021

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DATA ANALYTICS, CYBER SECURITY

AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY:

THEIR RAMIFICATIONS ON WORK

ENVIRONMENT

The Institute held its 19th successive EFM webinar Mr. Boshan Dayaratne, Group Director / CEO, CICRA
on the role of Professional Managers and how Holdings and Dr. Uthayasankar Thayarsivam Senior
crucial his role is when transforming the business Lecturer, Data Science, Engineering & Analytics
functions to the next level and how our operations Research Hub, University of Moratuwa co-delivered
must reinvent procedure as many organizations in all the key presentation expressing their expert views.
industries increasingly rely on data to make critical Dr. Nirmal De Silva, Independent Director-Regional
business decisions, with new products to develop, Development Bank, Entrepreneur, Consultant and
new markets to enter, new investments to make, Associate Professor in Business moderated the
and new (or existing) customers to target as they webinar.
use data to identify inefficiencies and other business The program was held on 20th August 2020.
problems that need to be addressed.

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THE DECADE OF HIGH-TECH

MANAGER

Continuing its success story, the Institute held its Marketing and Corporate Strategy, NeoChem
20th EFM webinar on 24th September 2020 on International Pvt. Ltd. delivered the key presentation.
‘The Decade of The High-tech Manager’ which Two learned panelists Ms. Nadeeka Opatha, Chief
deviated in a futuristic Marketing integration with the Executive Officer, LOLC Life Assurance and Mr.
technology. The program discussed how change or Ahamed M. Aroos, Chief Operating Officer, Rainco
adapting to change is a task rather than a habit. Pvt. Ltd. shared their expert views at the panel
Further the program pinpointed what will the discussion.
Social, Economic, Legal, Political, Ecological and Mr. Roshan Collas, Governing Council Member of
Technological landscape for the new Manager be CPM Sri Lanka and Chairman of Education & Training
in an age when Man is colonizing the moon and Committee & AGM-Bancassurance & Alternate
stepping on Mars Are our new managers ready for Distribution, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation
2030? How can we groom our future managers to be moderated the webinar.
AI or EI? What challenges us the most?

Mr. Hashan Haputhanthri, General Manager-Sales,
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