Ayanthi Gurusinghe

Managing Director, Cord360 and Chairperson, Global Council for The Promotion of International Trade

Cord360 (Pvt) Ltd connects cross board trade opportunities through an ecommerce trading platform creating opportunities for exporters, entrepreneurs and startup to engage with global trade. 

Mrs. Gurusinghe began her career in the international development work as the Country Adviser for the  global project of “making low income settlers bankable with  United Nations  Human Settlement Program.

Thereafter she continued to work with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to Develop Exports Trends in Sri Lanka (trade facilitation) assignment in development of value chain in food, spices, ICT/BPO clusters with Small and Medium sectors. During the same time Mrs Gurusinghe was invited to give leadership to Sri Lanka under Alibaba.com the world’s number one e-commerce platform.

Mrs Gurusinghe was also the Project Adviser until June 2019, for the National Export Strategy of Sri Lanka and navigated the project for WTO- International Trade Council (ITC) under the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade.

In contributing her expertise to the region, she is a trained certified trainer for SAARC countries on “Promoting Gender Equality in Trade” creating awareness among women entrepreneurs on opportunities of e-commerce and provides training on technology, branding and communication skills. At present she is also an Executive Council Member & Secretary of SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council (SCWEC) & a General Council Member SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SAARC-CCI)

With expertise on National Quality & Infrastructure Mrs Gurusinghe is a consultant to many national ventures for the public & private sectors, and was a Board Director during 2019 for National Science Foundation, Ministry of Science Research and Technology and also a founder Board Director of The Confederation Of Micro, Small And Medium Industries