Ramesh Shanmuganathan

Ramesh Shanmuganathan
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Religion Hindu

Ramesh Shanmuganathan is an entrepreneur and corporate executive. He is the current Executive Vice President and Group CIO of John Keells Holdings PLC, the largest listed conglomerate on the Colombo Stock Exchange, and has held this position since January 2006.

Education

Educated at the Royal College Colombo, Shanmuganathan graduated from the University of Moratuwa with a first class honours BSc in Engineering (Electronics & Telecommunications). Later he went on to gain a MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and received a Hayes-Fulbright Scholarship to study for a MSc in information technology & computer science at the Rochester Institute of Technology and graduated with Phi Kappa Phi Honours. He is currently reading for a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) at International School of Management, Paris, France. He is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered IT Professional and a Fellow of the British Computer Society.

Career

Shanmuganathan is also a member of the John Keells's Group Management Committee for the Information Technology - Industry Group. He was the former CEO of Keells Business Systems Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC, since January 2000 to December 2005, a systems integration company in the country as well as Director- Strategy and New Business Initiatives of John Keells Computer Services, another fully owned subsidiary of John Keells Holdings PLC, a leading Software Development house.

He has active memberships in several other professional institutions and is a visiting faculty member for several post-graduate programs. He is also the Chair of the Sri Lanka Association of Software and Services Co’s (SLASSCOM) CIO Council and is actively involved with the ICTA and the Presidential Task Force on IT in steering IT to greater heights within the country.

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