Suren Gunatillake

Suren Gunatillake has over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. Suren began their career in 1997 as a Web Designer at FrontierOne. In 2000, they worked as a Support Analyst at Active Concepts. The following year, they were a Business Analyst/Product Specialist at Quest Software. From 2002 to 2007, they worked at Zeratex Pty Ltd as a Marketing Manager and was also the Founder of Shangcorp Limited. In 2007, they co-founded Totuba, an Internet startup that focused on education search. In 2010, they began working at Cathay Pacific Airways as Head of Distribution, eCommerce Platforms, and Payments. In this role, they were responsible for GDS budget, functionality and relationships, new distribution initiatives including NDC, cost of sales oversight, Cathaypacific.com flight booking engine, travel retail platform, CXAgents.com travel agency portal, cross-channel commercial oversight, revenue integrity, and new payment initiatives. In 2017, they became Director at SGCW and in 2018 they were appointed Managing Director, Asia-Pacific at EveryMundo.

Suren Gunatillake received a GradDip.DipTrade from Monash University between 2003 and 2009, where they studied Diplomacy, International Business, International Law, and Contemporary Politics. Suren also obtained a B.Business from RMIT University between 1997 and 2001, where they studied Information Systems, Usability, Software Design, Management, and Organisational Behaviour. In addition, Suren Gunatillake has attended Bentley University for Information Technology Project Management and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology for International Business/Trade/Commerce.