About
Strategy & Leadership inc
An often heard and deeply felt need in today’s business world is, the availability of qualified people who lack in experience and if they do have experience, then they lack the practical acumen that is a critical fact in ensuring the success of the business.
Strategy & Leadership inc, a boutique advisory firm that partners with leaders in organisations and their executive teams to facilitate value transformation. We are at our best when we facilitate enterprises to overcome their most pressing strategic challenges. Our lead consultant and his team backed by more than forty years of hands-on experience in business transformation, bring industry and business insights with strategic thinking and change management skills to transform your organisation.
We also conduct, workshop based, training programmes, combining practical insights and expertise on leading and managing businesses in today’s world and of the future. The training will be based on ‘real-world business issues, global case studies, videos and peer-to-peer discussions.
Dr.Lasantha Wickremesooriya
Lasantha Wickremesooriya is a multi-disciplinary consultant cum trainer – a specialist in the practice of strategy, marketing, and change management, a researcher, and an academic teacher. He is a Senior Fellow of the Institute of National Security Studies of the Ministry of Defence and obtained his Doctorate at the faculty of management & finance, University of Colombo. His thesis endeavours to explain inter firm performance heterogeneity, enterprise evolution and organisational longevity from a capability perspective, a lacuna in the domain of traditional economic theory.
He counts extensive industry experience in the private sector and has held several C suite positions in both medium sized organisations and conglomerates. His engagement in the private sector cuts across diverse industries, including audit, tax and company secretarial practice, agriculture, aquaculture, food (fresh & processed), logistics, hardware & veterinary and have dealt in both, international and domestic markets. During his extensive career he has had hands-on experience in competitive strategy, operations, and marketing. He excelled in bringing about transformational changes to the respective businesses and established new paths of growth.
The learning and knowledge accumulated over the years have contributed to his specialization in strategic thinking, strategic leadership, change management and growth for sustainability. Whilst in industry, he provided leadership as Chairman to several trade associations which include, The Sri Lanka Fruit & Vegetable Association, Spices and Allied Product Processors & Traders Association (SAPPTA), Agriculture Machinery Manufacturers & Suppliers Association (AgMMA), and the Sri Lanka China Business Council and served as the Secretary of the National Chamber of Exports (NCE). In a professional capacity, he served as the Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Sri Lanka region and went on to be elected as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees of CIM-UK, and as the first international Chairman of the Audit committee of CIM-UK. He was the recipient of the Institute President’s medal (Global) in 2007, awarded for outstanding performance by a CIM Chairman.
It is this diversity, exposure (both in domestic and international markets) and practice that he brings forth in crafting directions to organisations. His advisory services spans across diverse industry and includes both private and public sector institutions. He has undergone training on entrepreneurship, management and corporate strategy in Japan at the prestigious Association for Overseas Technical Scholarships (AOTS).
Academically, his passion for sharing knowledge, in the fields of Strategic management, Change management, International marketing, International business and Leadership spans over 25 years, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has undergone training on the ‘Case Method Teaching’ conducted by the Harvard Business Publication Education and carries out customised corporate training programmes in his areas of speciality.
“Business wars are fought and won in the battlefield, not necessarily in Board rooms”
Lasantha Wickremesooriya
