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Dr. Sumith De Silva
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Dr. Sumith De Silva has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management (SLITHM), the Government’s premier institute for tourism and hospitality education.
He brings expertise in strategic marketing, business management, marketing research, strategic planning, and service marketing. He counts corporate-level experience for over 17 years, out of which seven years in the aviation industry. He currently serves as the Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications at Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Ltd., which manages and operates five international airports in the country, stationed at Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).
With a distinguished academic and professional background, Dr. De Silva holds a Ph.D. in Business Management and Marketing from the Management and Science University (MSU), Malaysia. He is a Practicing Marketer (SLIM), a Certified Professional Marketer (Asia) under the Asia Marketing Federation, and an MBA graduate specialising in marketing. Dr. De Silva is also a member of the Asia Pacific Institute of Event Management (APIEM).
He serves as the Vice President (Sri Lanka) of the Academy for Global Business Advancement (AGBA), USA, and he is a member of the Asia Pacific Institute of Event Management (APIEM) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Sri Lanka too. Dr. Sumith represents several visiting faculties of leading government and private universities for leading master’s and bachelor’s degree programs, including the University of Colombo.
Dr. Sumith has attended many international research conferences and published research papers in international journals and was awarded the best paper award two times by the Academy of Global Business Advancement (USA) at the World Congress held in Kenya in 2017 and the AACSB-accredited National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand, in 2018.
As a leading professional in the fields of marketing and communication, Dr. De Silva brings invaluable expertise to SLITHM, further strengthening its mission to develop Sri Lanka’s tourism and hospitality industries. His appointment underscores a commitment to innovation and strategic growth within these sectors.
