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"De Risking Sri Lankan Apparel is addressing the biggest challenges facing our industry"
Jeevith Senaratne, Operations Director, Star Garments
The Launch:
De-Risking Sri Lankan Apparel
De-Risking Sri Lankan Apparel was an exclusive invitation only event for AMCHAM members and apparel leaders
We brought together 50 industry leaders, US & UK Buyers and technologists to explore innovative solutions that will reduce the risk profile of Sri Lankan apparel and build resilience into the industry.
The forum is bringing together all parts of the value chain to re-build Sri Lankan apparel's risk and resilience strategy.
The new VUCA world (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity & Ambiguity) has meant the old ways of working will no longer be sufficient. We're bringing together the best minds to collaborate on new solutions to navigate through the new world
Apparel accounts for 15% of the countries workforce and accounts for 59% of industrial exports. It is the backbone of the economy.
A resilient apparel industry is a resilient Sri Lanka.
60+
Executive Attendees
5+
Brand Attendees
20+
Manufacturer Attendees
Meet our speakers
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Director, Star Garments Group
Jeevith is the Operations Director at Star Garments, a Komar Group garment manufacturer. Star are a leading provider of garment solutions to US and UK brands and retailers with over 11 factories in Sri Lanka. Jeevith has been responsible for driving Star Garments digital transformation and leveraging new technologies such as digital prototyping.
Director Sustainability Solutions, QIMA
Anouschka Jansen is the Director of Sustainability Solutions at QIMA, a leading supply chain compliance solutions provider that partners with brands, retailers, and importers to secure, manage, and optimize their global supply network. In this role, she supports the company in delivering sustainability solutions for QIMA’s clients and their supply chains which include household global brands and retailers.
Maz Majid
Fmr. Supply Chain Director Clothing & Home, M&S
Maz Majid is a Supply Chain Transformation Director at Pets at home and former Supply Chain Director at Clothing & Home, M&S. He specializes in Supply Chain Management, Project Planning and more.
Global Data/Transformation Director, Pentland Brands
Suren Sornalingam is the Global data & Transformation Director at Petland Brands. He is a customer centric and data driven strategic thinker with proven digital, transformational and supply chain expertise gained from retail and wholesale businesses including Arcadia, Storehouse, Kingfisher and Nike
Sanjeewa Kodikara
Chief information officer, Hidramani Group
Sanjeewa Kodikara is the Chief Information Officer at Hidramani Group and a senior IT management professional with 23+ years of expertise in IT strategy and development
Krishan Hundal
Consultant/Advisor, Trusted-Circle
Shanaka Rabel
Group Chief Digital and Transformation Officer, Stretchline Holdings Ltd
Shanaka Rabel is the Group Chief Digital and Transformation Officer of Stretchline Holdings Ltd - the world's largest supplier of narrow elasticated fabrics, covered yarns, dyed yarns and textile innovations. He contributes to driving innovation by ensuring his company and customers are at the forefront of digital, Industry 4.0 capabilities and operational technology
Jehan Jayasuriya
Chief Marketing Officer, MAS Intimates
Jehan Jayasuriya is the Chief Marketing Officer at MAS Initmates with over 10 years of experience in business strategy, financial analysis, financial modelling, business analysis & more
Anam Rahman
Founder and CEO, Kavida
Anam Rahman is the Founder and CEO of Kavida Technologies, a fulfilment workflow tool which helps procurement managers ensure on time deliveries by managing all your fulfilment interactions.
Having spent time working with early stage ventures and consulting for large corporates, Anam has first hand experience of the tension between the pace of innovation & the challenges of adoption
Sumit Sinha
Founder & CTO, Kavida
Sumit is the founder and CTO of Kavida.ai and looks primarily at advancing the technology roadmap for the company by combining artificial intelligence with supply chain domain knowledge. His fully-funded Ph.D. was in artificial intelligence applications for digital twins at the University of Warwick (U.K).
Aran Fernando
Head Of Sales, Kavida
Aran Fernando is the Head of Sales of Kavida.ai an UK, VC-backed tech Start-up; which is focused on making procurement and supply chain teams lives easier. He is a
Nottingham University and UCL graduate focused on
developing solutions for constrained global supply chains and ESG.
Werangi Wijeysinghe
Strategic & Technical Supply Chain Specialist
Werangi Wijeysinghe is a dynamic and motivated supply chain solution specialist with over 8 years of professional experience working in diversified industries globally. Werangi is highly skilled in material management, supply chain solutions, business process improvements & project management
Philip Loosli
US high commission Representative
Event attendees
Themes
Risk & Resilience
Building resilience into your supply chain with digital technology
Industry 4.0
Utilising technologies in manufacturing and supply chain to provide Sri Lankan apparel with a competitive advantage
ESG
How to build your ESG risk management strategy, data available and actionalising intelligence
Supplier Collaboration
Improving supplier collaberation to drive improvements in inbound OTIF