Vansa Yatawara, Secretary to President, Council & CEO/Executive Director

Vansa Yatawara

Secretary to President, Council & CEO/Executive Director

Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM)

Location
Sri Lanka - Kandy
Education
High school or equivalent, DIPLOMA - PASS
Experience
21 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months

Secretary to President, Council & CEO/Executive Director at Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM)
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 10
  • My current job since June 2016

• Setting up meetings and circulating minutes.
• Handling personal files of Managers and above positions.
• Handling local and overseas correspondents of President, Council, Executive Committee members and CEO/ED.
• Setting up local and overseas appointments.
• Maintaining file inventory of President, Council, Executive Committee members and CEO/ED.
• Updating the diaries of President, Council, Executive Committee members and CEO/ED.
• Handling overseas travels and of visas of President, Council, Executive Committee members and CEO/ED (UK, USA, AUS, Schengen, Japanese, China etc;) and arranging hotel accommodation and transport locally and internationally
• Proof Reading and writing PR Articles.
• Monitoring weekly tasks of managers and reporting to CEO/ED.
• Compeering office events.

Personal Assistant to CEO & Director at EWIS Peripherals (Pvt) Ltd., (Formally a division (Formally a division of EWIS Information Systems)
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 3
  • June 2010 to June 2016

• Personal and official Correspondence.
• Updating and following up the Diary.
• Handling of visas (UK, USA, AUS, Schengen, Japanese, China etc;) of CEO, Director and the entire organisation
• Arranging hotel accommodation and transport locally and internationally for CEO, Directress and staff.
• Arranging Training programmes, organising events and parties for staff.
• Proof Reading
• Handling accommodation and air travel of the Company’s official rugby team.
• Taking down meeting minutes.
• Appointed as the Administrator of organisation’s Teamwork PM application since January 2015.

Officer at Seylan Credit Card Company Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 3
  • November 2006 to June 2010

Selected to work at Seylan Credit Card Company Ltd., in November 2006.
Appointed as a Junior Officer Grade II and promoted to Officer Grade III.

Was responsible for;
MCQ balancing & posting, funds transfers to other bank Credit Cards, Lost Cheque inquiries, Credit Card Insurance Policies, Insurance Claims, Credit Card Travel Insurance issuance & payments to the Insurance Company. P

Promoted as the Operations In-Charge of the Pre-Paid Travel Cards and concluded my tenure while working at the Legal Department as a Coordinator/Administrator in 2010 and handled administrative work.

Secretary cum Personal Assistant to the Managing Director at Lanka Leisure Holidays (Pte) Limited,
  • Sri Lanka - Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
  • June 2004 to October 2006

Handled confidential correspondence and documentation pertaining to the business matters, maintained staff attendance registers & leave records and their personal files and maintained the stationary stocks etc;.

Secretary to the Director / General Manager. at Royal Vacations Limited (Formally known as GAC Tours,Colombo, Sri Lanka. A member of Mclarens Group
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 2
  • July 2003 to May 2004

Handled confidential correspondence and documentation pertaining to the business matters, maintained staff attendance registers & leave records and their personal files and maintained the stationary stocks etc;.

Secretary to the Director Operations and Manager Administration. at The Kandy Hotels Co. (1938) Ltd, Kandy, Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka - Kandy
  • October 2002 to January 2003

Handled confidential correspondence and documentation pertaining to the business matters, maintained staff attendance registers & leave records and their personal files and maintained the stationary stocks etc;.

Travel Assistant (Trainee). at Superlink Travels (Pvt) Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 3
  • February 2002 to June 2002

Handled customer inquiries regarding airfares, reservations and ticketing.

Education

High school or equivalent, DIPLOMA - PASS
  • at London Business College, ColomboWigan & Leigh College
  • June 2013
High school or equivalent, ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION
  • at Hillwood College
  • January 1995
High school or equivalent, PRIMARY SCHOOL
  • at Seethadevi Girls’ College
  • January 1983

Specialties & Skills

Business Correspondence
Follow Up
Organizing Meetings
Hotel Reservations
Airlines
DOCUMENTATION
GESTIÓN
INSURANCE
PERSONAL
POLICY ANALYSIS

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Beginner
French
Beginner

Memberships

Chartered Corporate Secretary at the Institute of Chartered Corporate Secretaries of Sri Lanka - – (
  • Student
  • June 2016

Training and Certifications

The Secretary 2017 (Training)
Training Institute:
McQuire Rens & Jones, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Date Attended:
May 2017
Duration:
8 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Traveling