Kingsley Bernard Joins SLIIT lecture panel

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Kingsley Bernard, a well known corporate executive, a veteran marketer and a marketing guru has joined SLIIT as a senior lecturer attached to the Faculty of Business, having completed an excellent corporate career for more than three and half a decades. He has held senior and top management positions both in the public and private sector institutions in Sri Lanka and has completed a few assignments for international agencies.

His last employer was Daya Group Ltd. where he held the positions of Group Director-Corporate Planning and Business Development, Director/Accountable Manager of Daya Aviation and Director/CEO of Bimputh Finance PLC. Kingsley Bernard is highly respected in the corporate world for his significant contribution to the development of the country’s export sector having held the positions of Director Marketing of the Export Development Board (EDB), Management Consultant of the Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation(SLECIC) and President of the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka(NCE) during a vibrant era for the export sector in Sri Lanka. During his tenure as CEO of Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC, the company was adjudged the “Most Outstanding Exporter of the Year” for three consecutive years at the NCE Export Awards, ushering a golden era in company’s history. He was also the Chairman of the Joint Business Forum of Trade Chambers of Sri Lanka (JBiz). His outstanding leadership qualities earned him to be the first President of the Students Council of Jaffna University and the President of the Science Student’s Union as well. As a student leader he vigorously promoted ethnic harmony within and outside the university community. He is also a keen social worker and was elected as the District Governor of Lions International District 306B2, in 2009-2010, during this period the district enjoyed an outstanding year of Lionism. While working in the corporate sector he also served as a visiting lecturer for the Postgraduate Faculty of the University of Colombo from 1987 to 2008 uninterruptedly and served as a visiting lecturer to the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Institute of Personnel Management (IPM), University of Sri Jayawardenapura, University of Kelaniya and Open University of Sri Lanka, teaching postgraduate level subjects such as marketing management and global marketing. He is a holder of a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Colombo, Postgraduate Diploma in International Marketing from Colorado State University-USA and Bachelor of Science Degree (BSc) from the University of Jaffna. He has received specialised training in Export Development and Computer Software from CBI Netherlands and CICC Japan respectively among many other professional qualifications. He was also a former Group Director of Capital Maharaja Organisation, Deputy Director Marketing of the Agricultural Development Authority, Managing Director of Walker and Grieg, and Senior Manager of Unilever Sri Lanka. Prior to joining SLIIT as full time Senior Lecturer, he has served as a visiting lecturer for the SLIIT - SHU, MBA program.