Kusum Liyanage

Kusum Liyanage

  • Head of RAFM, Cable & Wireless Seychelles

An experienced executive, currently Head of Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management with Cable & Wireless in the Seychelles, after earlier roles including Head of Internal Controls at Coca Cola, and Senior Manager – Assurance & Billing with Etisalat – both in Sri Lanka.
Her career has included leadership in Revenue Assurance & Fraud Management (RAFM) and Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC - including SOX 404), the development & implementation of new strategy & related plans, building / leading high-performing teams, setting up new departments / functions, business process design & implementation, internal auditing, data analytics, project & vendor management, financial & management reporting, managing international business and driving transformational change.
She possesses a very strong track-record of significantly improving departments, promoting operational excellence, fostering better cross-functional cooperation, reducing costs, preventing revenue leakages / frauds, and improving cash-flow and profitability.

Education & Professional Development

  • Bachelor’s Degree, Accounting, Monash University, Australia; 1998 (Graduated top 15% of class, recipient of one of just 20 Australian Government scholarship for high school academic excellence in Sri Lanka).
  • FCMA & CGMA - The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), United Kingdom; 2012
  • Associate - The Institute of Chartered Management Accountants (CIMA) Sri Lanka; 2010
  • Associate - The Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants (ASCPA); 1999
  • School Awards: Student of the Year, Deputy Head Prefect, Prefect of the Year, School Cadet

All Sessions by Kusum Liyanage

25/04/2023 04/22/2022 12:00 am