Speaker

Selyna Peiris (Attorney-at-Law) is the Director-Business Development at Selyn, Sri Lanka's only fair-trade handloom company and one of the country’s largest social enterprises. She is also Co-Founder and Partner at Positive Impact Consultancy, an advisory service assisting stakeholders in various sectors to make purpose led transformation to create a positive impact. She was previously the Deputy Director - Programmes at the Office for National Unity & Reconciliation (ONUR), Government of Sri Lanka and has consulted for the UN and other international and non-governmental organizations.

As a proven practitioner, she sits in many high-level advisory committees for both Government, international organizations, and private sector entities. As a youth activist, she has spear-headed and worked along many movements working towards a racism free Sri Lanka and continues to be a strong advocate for equitable development especially for the women of Sri Lanka.