Wijetilleke receives international award

Nalin Wijetilleke, a veteran professional in business continuity and disaster recovery management received the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Asia Award 2011 in Singapore.

Based on the nominations received from BC professionals in all Asian and Asia-Pacific including Middle East countries, they were rigorously assessed, for this prestigious award. Wijetilleke is an alumnus of St Aloysius College, Galle and the Postgraduate Institute of Management - Sri Jayewardenepura University, and holds many professional certifications.

Till recently, he was the Business Continuity Management Head RAKBANK - a United Arab Emirates based large Bank, where he pioneered the implementation and gaining certificate of compliance of Business Continuity Management standards - BS25999 and was the first organization to be certified in the Middle East and Africa.

A frequent contributor to various professional journals, Wijetilleke is currently pursuing his doctorate with the Oulu University, Finland.