Ayanthi Gurusinghe

Currently: Secretary National Trade Policy Formulation unit under Ministry of Trade and Trade promotion and logistics key expert, to National Industrial Policy under the Ministry of Industries and former WTO- ITC Project Adviser for National Export Strategy initiated under Ministry of International Trade Sri Lanka.

She is also the Founder Director of www.Cord360.com connecting cross-board trade opportunities through an e-commerce trading platform for exporters, entrepreneurs and startups to engage with global trade.

She began her career in international development work as the Country Adviser for the global project of “making low-income settlers bankable with United Nations Human Settlement Program.

Thereafter she continued to work with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to Develop Exports Trends in Sri Lanka (trade facilitation) assignment in the development of value chain in food, spices, ICT/BPO clusters with Small and Medium sectors. During the same time, she was invited to give leadership to Sri Lanka under Alibaba.com the world’s number one e-commerce platform.

Mrs Gurusinghe was also the Project Adviser until June 2019, for the National Export Strategy of Sri Lanka and navigated the project for World Trade Organization – International Trade Council (ITC) under the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade.

In contributing her expertise to the region, she is a trained certified trainer for SAARC countries on “Promoting Gender Equality in Trade” creating awareness among women entrepreneurs on opportunities of e-commerce and provides training on technology, branding and communication skills. At present, she is also an Executive Council Member & Secretary of SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council & a General Council Member SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industries.

She is also one of the founder Board Directors of The Confederation Of Micro, Small And Medium Industries Sri Lanka .