Ishari M (née De Silva)

Experienced operations, strategy and process transformation leader with a strong, demonstrated track record of directing, driving, and delivering ambitious operational success. Promotes and embraces positive engagement with stakeholders, creates and nurtures collaborative relationships with local, national, and international partners, and exercises sound commercial expertise across a broad range of critical business areas. Exercises sound judgement and makes informed decisions by the demonstrated ability to process and analyse large quantities of disparate information quickly, resulting in high levels of credibility across both hierarchical and cultural boundaries.
• Champion of high-performance culture, committed to the encouragement, promotion, and propagation of inclusive, respectful values to facilitate organisational change, improve strategy, and enhance productivity. Well-established reputation for ‘getting things done’ on time, to specification, and within budget, without detriment to people or process.
• Exceptional communicator at all levels. Able to explain complex or technical information to non-technical people, and has the intellect, patience, listening and interpersonal skills to ensure successful delivery and complete understanding. Empowers leaders and managers to encourage open, transparent discourse.
• Strong team player. Consistently contributes to the success and achievement of well-led teams and is instrumental in their development. Selfless in supporting and mentoring peers and colleagues, and ‘drives from within’ to help focus on the desired collaborative result.
• Creative and pragmatic problem-solver. Detail orientated and standards-driven; able to design and implement low-cost/high-value solutions to business challenges. Regarded by peers, colleagues, and stakeholders as a ‘safe pair of hands’ in a crisis.
• Innovative and enterprising; commercially astute but politically sensitive driver with a cooperative ‘can do’ attitude. Reputation for honesty, integrity, and transparency. Possess an innate ability and expertise to operate across multiple sectors and disciplines, focused on industry best practices.