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Nishadi Liyanage
Specialist, Sustainability Reporting at Teck Resources LimitedNishadi is a sustainability professional with over nine years of experience working in industries such as leisure, apparel, and mining and metals in Sri Lanka, Australia and now Canada. She holds a master of sustainability degree from the University of Sydney, which she completed on a full-ride Australia Awards scholarship. Nishadi is a UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network Local Pathways Fellow and is part of the Global Shapers - the youth arm of the World Economic Forum. She also has a personal interest in education for sustainability and volunteers her time to advocate for such programs in Sri Lanka.
Rahal Jayawardene
Head of Innovation & Technology Alliances at MillenniumIT ESPAn Intrapreneur, creating insights for change & growth.
Rahal currently heads Technology Alliances & Innovation for MillenniumIT ESP, and is responsible for Technology Advancement, Strategic Partnerships, R&D and Innovation Management.
He is a researcher in the areas of "Motivation", “Learning”, "Creativity” and Organizational Change".
Rahal graduated from University of Moratuwa in Electronics and Telecommunications engineering in 1999.
Beshan Kulapala
Director of Vega InnovationsDr. Beshan Kulapala is the Director and co-founder of Vega Innovations, based in Colombo Sri Lanka. Since 2013, Beshan has been leading a team of young multi-disciplinary engineers developing high performance electric super cars, and new automobile technologies in the electric vehicle market. In addition Beshan is also the director of chargetNET and AIGrow startups, pushing technological boundaries in EV charging and advance agriculture fields.
He is also a Research Scientist with CodeGen International since 2013, the parent company of Vega, chargeNET and AIGrow. Previously, Beshan was an Engineering Manager at Intel Corporation, USA, during which he led a team of engineers to develop integrated debug and survivability capabilities for all CPU products across the company. He was also the co-founder of the Validation Core Unit (VCU) - Center of Expertise at Intel Corporation.
Beshan volunteers his time in the director board of TRACE as well as serving as a Scout Master for his local Boy Scout troop.
Peter D’ Almeida
Former CEO & Managing Director of N-able (Pvt) LtdPeter is a passionate and intellectually curious individual determined to make the best of everything. He was the CEO and Managing Director of n-able Pvt Ltd which is a technology company that helps business grow through innovation. Peter also potrayed the charachter of Dudley Maldeniya in the local TV Series "Koombiyo" to the utmost excitement of the show's fans! With a career span of three decades he has been involved in fortes ranging from IT to the involvement in politics and labour rights and from acting to director.