LEADERSHIP TEAM

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Shanil Dissanayake
Co-Founder and Director

Shanil brings to Swivel over a decade of Finance and Accounting expertise across numerous ASX listed companies in Australia. Previously a Group Financial Controller, he brings with him strong Commercial Finance, Business Partnering and Analytical skillsets. Shanil holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Monash University and is a member of CPA Australia. Shanil is also a Director at Synergex Consulting.

Dmitry Loukine
Co-Founder and Director

Dmitry brings a range of skills to Swivel with over 8 years experience in large scale operational management for the New Zealand Defence Force, delivering leadership frameworks and training to all ranks. Subsequently he has worked close to 5 years within the Australian recruitment industry, with Robert Walters PLC and Method Recruitment Group, managing the Commercial Finance Division. His key skillsets are business development, business partnering and talent attraction. He has experience managing recruitment for businesses ranging in scale from start-ups through to ASX 20.

Sujatha Nadesan
Director, Sri Lanka

Sujatha is a serial entrepreneur, who was instrumental in setting up the IT Sector of John Keells Group. She was the pioneer in bringing Microsoft Dynamics to Sri Lanka and was instrumental in securing the agency rights for Google in Sri Lanka. She accounts for more than 35 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Marketing & IT. Currently, she also functions as CEO of T.T. Services.

Shanil Dissanayake
Co-Founder and Director

Shanil brings to Swivel over a decade of Finance and Accounting expertise across numerous ASX listed companies in Australia. Previously a Group Financial Controller, he brings with him strong Commercial Finance, Business Partnering and Analytical skillsets. Shanil holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Monash University and is a member of CPA Australia. Shanil is also a Director at Synergex Consulting.

Dmitry Loukine
Co-Founder and Director

Dmitry brings a range of skills to Swivel with over 8 years experience in large scale operational management for the New Zealand Defence Force, delivering leadership frameworks and training to all ranks. Subsequently he has worked close to 5 years within the Australian recruitment industry, with Robert Walters PLC and Method Recruitment Group, managing the Commercial Finance Division. His key skillsets are business development, business partnering and talent attraction. He has experience managing recruitment for businesses ranging in scale from start-ups through to ASX 20.

Romani Rupasinghe
Head of Engineering
Romani is a technology savvy, decisive and results-oriented professional who brings over 13 years of IT experience to Swivel Group. She exhibits a vast amount of knowledge and exposure in managing highly-available, massively scalable, data-driven enterprise software solutions. Romani has been involved in overseeing software development activities, ensuring on-time delivery of business solutions along with client management, and offering architectural and business solutions. She has demonstrated excellent skills in working with and managing offshore software development teams throughout her career. She is passionate about building high calibre technology teams, creating a strong engineering culture and fostering technical innovation.

Shalani Kutty
Head of Growth

Shalani brings with her over 13 years of diversified career experiences to Swivel Group, covering Banking & Finance, IT, Tourism and Recruitment sectors. She displays expertise in Business Development, Talent Acquisition, Branding, and effective Resource Management while gathering exposure through building successful business units by working with renowned international organizations and building up businesses from grass-root level to a global presence.

Shalani conducts corporate training, provides career guidance and is keen to cultivate a positive working culture in the organizations she has served in, while showing immense passion and ardency in achieving growth and financial goals by strategically utilizing existing resources to create and manage winning teams.

John Norman
Head of Operations, People & Culture

John brings to Swivel over 12 years of experience working in demanding HR & Operations roles with experience spanning across FinTech, Software & Services. Skilled in Management, Organizational Development, Recruiting, Training, and Human Resources.

As a positive, flexible and commercially astute professional, John has oversight over all Operational, HR and Cultural aspects across the group.

John holds a Master’s Degree focused on Psychology from Cardiff Metropolitan University and Postgraduate Certificate in Management from London Metropolitan University.

Romani Rupasinghe
Head of Engineering
Romani is a technology savvy, decisive and results-oriented professional who brings over 13 years of IT experience to Swivel Group. She exhibits a vast amount of knowledge and exposure in managing highly-available, massively scalable, data-driven enterprise software solutions. Romani has been involved in overseeing software development activities, ensuring on-time delivery of business solutions along with client management, and offering architectural and business solutions. She has demonstrated excellent skills in working with and managing offshore software development teams throughout her career. She is passionate about building high calibre technology teams, creating a strong engineering culture and fostering technical innovation.

Sujatha Nadesan
Director, Sri Lanka

Sujatha is a serial entrepreneur, who was instrumental in setting up the IT Sector of John Keells Group. She was the pioneer in bringing Microsoft Dynamics to Sri Lanka and was instrumental in securing the agency rights for Google in Sri Lanka. She accounts for more than 35 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Marketing & IT. Currently, she also functions as CEO of T.T. Services.

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Shalani Kutty
Head of Growth
Shalani brings with her over 13 years of diversified career experiences to Swivel Group, covering Banking & Finance, IT, Tourism and Recruitment sectors. She displays expertise in Business Development, Talent Acquisition, Branding, and effective Resource Management while gathering exposure through building successful business units by working with renowned international organizations and building up businesses from grass-root level to a global presence. Shalani conducts corporate training, provides career guidance and is keen to cultivate a positive working culture in the organizations she has served in, while showing immense passion and ardency in achieving growth and financial goals by strategically utilizing existing resources to create and manage winning teams.
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John Norman
Head of Operations, People & Culture
Shalani brings with her over 13 years of diversified career experiences to Swivel Group, covering Banking & Finance, IT, Tourism and Recruitment sectors. She displays expertise in Business Development, Talent Acquisition, Branding, and effective Resource Management while gathering exposure through building successful business units by working with renowned international organizations and building up businesses from grass-root level to a global presence. Shalani conducts corporate training, provides career guidance and is keen to cultivate a positive working culture in the organizations she has served in, while showing immense passion and ardency in achieving growth and financial goals by strategically utilizing existing resources to create and manage winning teams.

Manzir Mawjood
Head of Recruitment

Manzir brings with him almost of decade of experience in sourcing and recruiting global human capital for large conglomerates such as Frontera, Dialog Axiata, London Stock Exchange, Gapstars and Millennium IT. Manzir has also played advisory roles for multiple head-hunting startups in Colombo. He is no stranger to the technology community in Sri-Lanka and his experience operating in a niche space in human capital greatly expands our ability to reach scare talent needed for the growth of our clients. Manzir also holds a BSC in Leadership and Management from the University of Northumbria (UK).