Conducted by Prof. Phil Young & Shirantha Peiris MBA
Phil Young is a corporate education consultant who designs and implements seminars and training programs in finance, marketing, and strategy and leadership. He has over 30 years of experience in this area of consulting as a course developer, instructor, and facilitator.
Phil was a Professor of Economics and Finance at Pace University in New York, where he taught in the MBA program for 25 years. He has also taught in executive education programs sponsored by Columbia University, The University of California at Berkeley, Thunderbird School of Global Management and Cornell University. He has also developed an online course in finance and economics for the University Of North Carolina Flagler School Of Management. He continues to be an adjunct professor for the Doctoral Program of the International School of Management (Paris).
He is the co-author of a major economics textbook, Managerial Economics: Economic Tools for Today’s Decision Makers, published by Pearson Prentice- Hall (2009, 6th edition.) The 7th edition will be published in 2013. He is also the co-author of The Portable MBA in Economics, John Wiley & Sons. International editions of this book have been translated into Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.
Phil received a B.A. from the University of Hawaii, a Master’s degree in International Relations from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. In Economics from New York University.
Shirantha is a Business Professional and Service Excellence Guru and founder and Managing Director of PDTI.
He has been in the aviation industry for over 30 years in different roles and has a wealth of experience in service excellence, performance management, leadership and business awareness.
Shirantha has trained people from over seventy five countries and made a difference in their approach to customers, demonstrating the right leadership as well as career progression etc. In this capacity, he also trains the banking sector in service excellence and leadership making a difference to many people.
