Strategic & Corporate Planning
Corporate analysis and diagnostics, realistically achievable corporate plans, KRA/KPI frameworks, organisation restructuring, and management committees chartered for good governance.
Management & Strategic Planning Consultant
Four decades of building, leading and transforming businesses.
From front-line sales with Coca-Cola brands to Group CEO and trusted board-level consultant — Gamini Heraliyawala helps organisations diagnose what holds them back, design what moves them forward, and build the systems that make growth stick.
40+
Years of experience
10+
Organisations served
3×
World's highest growth — Sun Quick brand
C-Suite
CEO, GM & board-advisory roles
About
A career built on results, systems and people.
Gamini Heraliyawala is a senior management consultant with updated, hands-on knowledge of every core management function in a corporate entity. His career spans more than four decades and moves through every level of business — sales representative, area and district sales management, corporate planning, general management, chief executive officer, and independent consultant to boards of directors.
He specialises in spotting the larger issues inside an organisation, validating those observations with logical analysis, and then doing the harder part: implementing the fix. That includes documenting departmental charters for good corporate governance, establishing standard operating procedures (SOPs), developing realistically achievable corporate plans, and introducing internal management control systems.
As a trainer, he delivers management programmes on budgeting, forecasting, analysis and decision-making, planning and control methods — including advanced Microsoft Excel techniques — alongside leadership, personality development and staff motivation. He is also proficient in modern AI tools, particularly ChatGPT and Claude, which he leverages for strategic analysis, content generation, and accelerating business decision-making processes.
Expertise
Where he adds value.
Marketing & Sales Leadership
Marketing strategy, brand building, ATL/BTL promotions, distribution and channel development, sales administration and market-penetration programmes — proven from territory level to national leadership.
Management Consulting
Board-level advisory on restructuring, feasibility studies, risk assessments, project appraisals and negotiations with government agencies and regulators.
Systems, Process & Quality
Standard operating procedures, internal management controls, reporting and meeting structures, and quality management systems — certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor.
Corporate Training
Budgeting, forecasting, analysis and decision-making, planning and control with advanced Excel, leadership skills, personality development and staff motivation.
Project & Agri-business Development
End-to-end project delivery — from renewable-energy feasibility work to founding community-based farmer clusters and processing plants in post-war Sri Lanka.
AI Tools & Modern Technology
Proficient in ChatGPT and Claude AI for business analysis, strategy formulation, content generation, and decision-making support. Completed comprehensive courses in both platforms via Coursive.
Experience
Career journey.
Management / Strategic Planning Consultant
BG Solar Energy (Pvt) Limited
Advises on project undertakings, feasibility studies, risk assessments and project appraisals; negotiates with government agencies and Renewable Energy Authorities and explores new product developments and solutions.
Management Consultant
David Gram Stores
Board-level consultant to a diversified group spanning importing, manufacturing, trading, agriculture and plantations. Restructured operations, introduced policies and procedures, and managed David Plantations end-to-end. Initiated peanut cultivation across five provinces with farmer clusters and two processing plants in Mullaitivu and Thirukkovil — the first community-based farming project in the North and East after 30 years of civil war.
Management Consultant
PET Packaging (Pvt) Limited & subsidiaries
Analysed group operations across PET Packaging, My Beverages Marketing, InOut Enterprises and Sigma Overseas; recommended process improvements to the boards, introduced business plans for future growth, carried out risk assessments and ran staff skills-development programmes.
Chief Executive Officer
Scan Group (parent: C.W. Mackie Co., Limited — public quoted)
Held overall authority for Scan Products Holding, Scan Manufacturing, Scan Tours & Travels and Scan IT. Reported to the Chairman of C.W. Mackie and contributed the highest revenue and profit to the parent group. Achieved the group's ever-highest revenue and profit in his first year, and won the world's highest growth award for the Sun Quick brand for Sri Lanka three times.
Marketing Consultant
Strategic Initiatives Group (Pvt) Limited
Delivered consulting assignments in marketing, sales, distribution and sales administration: market studies, marketing audits, reporting systems, performance appraisal systems, trade audits and corporate training for client companies.
General Manager
Isuru Engineering (Pte) Limited
Ran overall company administration and engineering project delivery to ICTAD rules and guidelines — project reviews, cash-flow and payment recoveries, subcontractor and logistics management, tender and BOQ quality control, and client and consultant relations through to timely handover.
General Manager — Marketing
Male' Aerated Water Co. Pvt Ltd (Authorized Coca-Cola Bottler)
Held overall authority for marketing and sales under the Coca-Cola franchise agreement, liaising with the Coca-Cola India Division. Built distribution to remote atoll islands through appointed stockists, extending product and brand presence across the Maldives.
Deputy GM Marketing · Corporate Planning Manager · Marketing Consultant
D. Samson & Sons (Pvt) Ltd — DSI Samson Group
Chaired the group marketing committee and amalgamated subsidiary marketing functions for cost efficiency and wider market access. As Corporate Planning Manager, introduced policy frameworks, KRA/KPI foundations, Marketing Centres as a retail channel and a governance charter. These initiatives helped DSI overtake Bata to become the market leader in the Sri Lankan footwear industry. Introduced the SUPERSPORT National Volleyball Championship as principal sponsor.
Marketing Consultant
Asian Foods (Pvt) Limited
Led business development, marketing planning and market surveys; advised the board on strategic decisions and established reporting systems, policies and procedures.
Sales Representative → District Sales Manager
Pure Beverages Company Limited
Rose through six roles in nine years — Sales Representative, Marketing Representative, Sales Supervisor, Executive Assistant (Sales), Area Sales Manager and District Sales Manager. Delivered 20%+ year-on-year growth in the Colombo base market, earned upgrading from ASM Grade D to Special Grade (the highest-paid category), and served on the corporate planning committee.
Achievements
Results that made a difference.
Took DSI past Bata to market leadership
Authored the five-year corporate plan and led the strategic initiatives that saw DSI overtake Bata — then holding over 60% share — to become Sri Lanka's footwear market leader.
World's highest growth for Sun Quick — three times
As CEO of Scan Group, won the global top-growth award for the Sun Quick brand for Sri Lanka on three occasions, while delivering the group's ever-highest revenue and profit in his first year.
First post-war community farming project in the North & East
Established farmer clusters and two peanut processing plants in Mullaitivu and Thirukkovil in 2009 — the first community-based farming project in the region after 30 years of civil war — in coordination with government ministries.
Built distribution across the Maldivian atolls
For the authorized Coca-Cola bottler in Malé, created a stockist network in atoll capitals that made distribution to remote islands feasible and extended brand presence nationwide.
Credentials
Qualifications & professional memberships.
Education & certifications
- Claude AI Mastery Course Coursive · Jan 2026 · Comprehensive training in advanced AI applications for business analysis and decision-making
- ChatGPT Proficiency Course Coursive · Jan 2026 · Complete course in ChatGPT usage for productivity and strategic business applications
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Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing
CIM — The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK · 2009
UK NQF Level 7 — master's-degree-equivalent qualification -
Postgraduate Diploma in Business & Financial Administration
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka · 2009
Passed with 3 subject prizes — incl. Organizational Behavior, and Marketing Strategy & Consumer Behavior - Certified Professional Marketer (Asia) — CPM Asia Marketing Federation · 2009 · Postgraduate-level qualification recognised across 17 Asian countries
- ISO 9001:2008 Lead Auditor Nigel Bauer & Associates · 2009
- Diploma in PC Hardware Engineering & Network Administration Pearson Assured (ESOFT Metro Campus) · 2016
- Diploma in Marketing Management Polytechnic Limited, Colombo · 1985
Professional memberships
- Member — MCIM The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK · since 2010
- Fellow Member — FCPM Institute of Chartered Professional Managers of Sri Lanka · since 2010
- Life Member — MSLIM Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (national body of marketing) · since 2009
Foundation
- Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala GCE Advanced Level — Bio Science (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Physics) · 1980
Contact
Let's talk about your organisation.
Available for board advisory, strategic planning engagements, management systems implementation and corporate training programmes.