Professor Hemanthi Ranasinghe is a Senior Professor in Forestry and Environmental Science of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. She is also a Chartered Environmental Professional, Trainer, Researcher with more 200 publications in scholarly journals, Consultant on Environment, Natural Resource Management and Climate Change both locally and internationally, Consultant to SL Government, World Bank and ADB , Melsen Canada and Government of Bangladesh

More than 15 years hands on experience in designing and implementing Lean programs in various Organizations, locally as well as overseas. He was the chief architect of designing and implementing the DPL operating System (DOS) during his tenure, as the group manager Lean at Dipped Products Ltd. Qualified as a polymer technologist, started a career as a Research Investigator with Cookson Group PLC, UK and later served various manufacturing and service industries, including teaching (Stanmore College, UK), for well over three decades.

He has 20 plus years of experience in top level management in industry. He has conducted many programs of management, marketing and sales. He blends his academic knowledge with his practical experience and conducts very interactive, interesting and useful programs where participants can use the techniques immediately to develop their skills. In addition to his business and consulting he conducts lectures at several universities including Sri Jayewardenepura, Kelaniya and professional institutes such as SLIM.