Administrative Manager - Variant Services Inc - Richmond, British Columbia
(2024-07)
- Operational Leadership: Direct and assess comprehensive departmental operations, driving efficiency and aligning administrative frameworks with core corporate objectives.
- Financial & Budgetary Controls: Strategically manage departmental budgets, executing precise cost analyses, expense tracking, and contract evaluations in collaboration with procurement to optimize capital expenditures.
- Corporate & Legal Liaison: Act as the primary internal point of contact for external legal counsel, managing regulatory compliance matters and representing the organization in formal legal proceedings and contractual negotiations.
- Executive Reporting: Engineer and present data-backed reports, proposals, and briefing materials to senior executives to optimize organizational infrastructure.
- Talent Management: Spearhead the end-to-end recruitment cycle, designing tailored onboarding, professional training, and certification programs to scale team capabilities.
Sectional Head – Legal Division / Legal Officer & Company Secretary - Central Engineering Services Private Limited - Colombo, Sri Lanka
(2021-04 - 2023-09)
- Boardroom Governance: Orchestrated Annual General Meetings (AGMs) and monthly Board of Directors meetings; drafted executive minutes, resolutions, and statutory filings for the Registrar of Companies.
- Contractual Risk Mitigation: Reviewed and finalized high-value commercial agreements, construction contracts, commercial leases, and Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs).
- Litigation Management: Formulated plaints, written submissions, and legal motions for judicial matters; managed corporate proxy representations and collaborated closely with the Attorney General's Department.
- Compliance Frameworks: Designed and audited legal governance frameworks across diverse corporate divisions to ensure 100% regulatory compliance.
Regional Retained Lawyer - National Development Bank - Colombo, Sri Lanka
(2017-08 - 2021-04)
- Risk & Compliance Oversight: Provided comprehensive legal compliance management for multiple branches across the Northwestern region.
- Asset Evaluation: Conducted meticulous title searches, engineered comprehensive title reports, and structured legal remedies to rectify complex property title defects.
- Client Consultation: Delivered high-level legal consultations to corporate banking clients, executing legal instruments and deeds to facilitate multi-million-rupee banking and credit facilities.
Regional Legal Officer - Seylan Bank PLC - Colombo, Sri Lanka
(2016-06 - 2017-08)
- Managed regional branch legal frameworks, executing property titles, processing deeds, and steering regional banking litigation processes.
Junior Counsel - Chambers of President's Counsel Mr. Shammil J. Perera - Sri Lanka
(2011-01 - 2016-05)
- Drafted trial pleadings, plaints, and legal opinions; represented high-profile clients before the Labour Department, Consumer Affairs Authority, and Magistrate Courts, and actively participated in commercial arbitration.
