Guest Speaker on the 6th April @ 6.30pm @ Royal College

Kushil Gunasekera
Founder/ Trustee - Foundation of Goodness
Manager - Muttiah Muralidaran, Sri Lankan Cricketer
(Holds the world record for the highest international tests & ODI wickets)

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Established the Foundation of Goodness, a Sri Lankan NGO, in 1999.
• Outstanding professional record, e.g. no. 1 market leader for Nissan vehicle sales in Sri Lanka and the attainment of no.1 supplier of Rice & Sugar under his able leadership.
• Tournament Secretary for inaugural under-19 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka (2000).
• International Cricket Council (ICC) acknowledged his man and event management as “outstanding. . . surpassing all expectations. . . and a showcase to the world”.
• Secretary of the Governing Body for Cricket in Sri Lanka & Chairman of the Sri Lanka
• Cricket Board Tour Organising Committee for several years.
• Manager, for almost a decade, of World-Record holding cricketer Muttiah Muralidaran.
• President of a scholarship fund for 500 children of diseased soldiers.
• Donated the remains of his home to be used as a Relief Coordinating Secretariat- which later evolved into the MCC Centre of Excellence and associated Sports Academy.
• Established partnerships with internationally acclaimed philanthropic bodies and
• individuals, e.g. USAID, AusAID, KPMG, MCC and Steve Waugh.
• Coordinating a well-established and rewarding international volunteer program
• maximising the participation of all ages, interests and levels of commitment.
• Facilitating the construction of over 1,000 homes for Tsunami affected families including 4 housing complexes containing essential modern amenities.
• Masterminding the utilisation of the USAid grant for the reconstruction and upgrading of several remote schools across Southern Province, Sri Lanka.
• The inspiration and realisation of numerous entrepreneurial ventures such as a Diving School, Brush Factory, Women’s Enterprise and International Sports Academy.
• Mentoring of the visionary Children's Goodness Club initiative.
• Arranging the sponsorship for 1000 poverty struck children, mediated through Rotary in support of the “Sevana Sarana, Foster Parents Programme”- an initiative of former President HE. R. Premadasa.

Please Visit: www.unconditionalcompassion.org