Academic and professional heads SLIC
 

Dr. Nalaka Godahewa

Dr. Nalaka Godahewa the newly appointed Competent Authority of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation upon the reversal of its privatisation last week, is the man largely credited with turning around the moribund state entity into a dominant and competitive corporate body in 2006-07.

Dr Godahewa is a product of Ananda College, and is academically and professionally qualified in the multiple fields of engineering, marketing and Finance. He holds a PhD from the University of South Australia as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the Moratuwa University and an MBA from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

He is also a Chartered Management Accountant and a Chartered Marketer. Dr. Godahewa honed his managerial and leadership skills at some of Sri Lanka's leading corporate institutions including Unilever where he was Head of Business Development, Suntel where he served as Marketing Director and apparel giant MAS where he overlooked overseas operations in the Far East and Sub Saharan Africa.

He was appointed CEO of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation in September 2006 with a mandate to propel SLIC to the status of a world class financial service powerhouse.

Delivering on that promise, Godahewa, during his tenure, instituted benchmark systems and processes, instilling a customer-centric culture across the company.