Academy of Finance

Dr. Indunil Liyanage
General Manager, Condominium Management Authority of Sri Lanka

Ph.D (Colombo), M.Sc (USJP), Dip.M.(U.K), FCIM (U.K), FSLIM, Chartered Marketer CIM (U.K)
Certified Management Accountant (ICMA) Australia

Dr.Indunil Liyanage, senior management and marketing professional assumed duties as the General Manager of Condominium Management Authority(CMA) of Sri Lanka.Prior to joining CMA, Dr.Liyanage served as a Director/ Consultant at CCPI Management Holdings (Pvt) Ltd and the former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Bank of Ceylon since 2012. He was the Assistant Vice President – Head of Marketing at NDB Bank, Sri Lanka since 2005.

Dr Indunil Liyanage is professionally and academically qualified in three different disciplines namely Marketing, Management and Finance. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) from the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Also he holds a Master of Science (M.Sc) in Management from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura, Sri Lanka. He is a Postgraduate Diploma holder of Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K) and is a Certified Management Accountant (ICMA) Australia.

Dr. Liyanage is a Chartered Marketer since 1997 attached to the first batch of Chartered Marketers in Sri Lanka. He was awarded the Fellowship (FCIM) of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K) and the Fellowship (FSLIM) of the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) for his outstanding contribution made to the marketing profession in Sri Lanka.

Dr.Indunil Liyanage is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (U.K) since 1995 and a member of the Certified Management Accounts (ICMA) Australia since 2017. He was the first Sri Lankan selected for “Intercultural Education for Global Managers” programme at the Japan America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS) in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Dr. Liyanage was awarded a full scholarship by the Fujitsu Foundation of Japan to complete this programme, in recognition of his academic excellence and potential contribution to international understanding and goodwill in 1996.

Dr. Liyanage has over 31 years of marketing and management experience in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), electronics, agriculture and financial services industries in Sri Lanka. Presently Dr. Liyanage is the General Manager/ Board Member of the Condominium Management Authority of Sri Lanka and a Non-Executive Director of the CCPI Management Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. Prior to joining CCPI Management Holdings, he was the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka’s No.1 Bank since 2012 and he was a member of the BOC Corporate Management team for 7 ½ years. He also served as the Assistant Vice President – Head of Marketing at NDB Bank, Sri Lanka since 2005. After working for many organisations and holding senior positions in multinationals and local organisations in the capacity of Product/Brand Manager and Marketing Manager, he built several key international and local brands/products for them to become No.1 Brands/ products in the country.

He was honoured with the “50 Most Talented CMOs Award” at the Golden Globe Tiger Awards 2013 at the World Marketing Summit (WMS) held in Putrajaya International Convention Centre (PICC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and also honoured in the “Most Influential Marketing Leaders Listing” at the World Marketing Congress 2015 in Mumbai, India. Awarded prestigious National APEX Award 2016 (Pinnacle award 2016) for Marketing by the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA).