Stax Academy Celebrates First Class of Graduates

The Stax Academy, an initiative by Stax LLC recently conducted its graduation ceremony for the students of its first class in Colombo. The academy was established as a platform to upskill future business leaders to take on the challenges of the global economy. The class consisted of 30 students representing various universities across Sri Lanka who successfully completed the four-month certification program.

In his address at the graduation ceremony, Dr. Kumudu Gunasekera, Managing Director, Stax said, “Due to the current economic condition in Sri Lanka, lots of youth are seeking foreign employment opportunities and leaving our shores. As corporates, I believe that we can support our youth by providing these opportunities within the country so that they have the same overseas experience right here at home.” He also spoke about the importance of being dreamers and not followers. And the importance of dreaming big to achieve individual goals. “Age is not a barrier in achieving your dreams. This is a critical notion to break in Sri Lanka,” he added.

Adding his thoughts, Ruwindhu Peiris, Managing Director, Stax said, “It is important that our new talent enter the workforce, ‘corporate prepared’ and ‘global ready’. The Stax Academy introduces young talent to modern skill sets demanded by the evolving corporate world. It nurtures and cultivates essential competencies to develop and transform them to be Sri Lanka’s future corporate leaders.”

Kethaka Weerasuriya, a graduate of Edith Cowan University (ECU) noted that being able to embrace challenges makes you a competitive job candidate in any field. “Teamwork put us outside our comfort zone, and we realized that surrounding ourselves with the best people can help us achieve great things in life,”

A student from National School of Business Management (NSBM), Kavinda Hasaranga who joined the certification program spoke about how they learnt many things that they didn’t know about the corporate world and how much they loved the work culture at Stax.

“Through data analytics we learnt advanced excel, and about web creating tools, social media analytics, work cloud and so on. Even though data analytics was for our skill development, I have been using them for budgeting my personal expenses”. Omar Zaneefer, a graduate from Royal Institute of Colombo (RIC) stated in his remarks.

A panel discussion was also held in parallel to the graduation ceremony and the panelists included Stax Managing Directors, Dr. Kumudu Gunasekara and Mr. Ruwindhu Peiris; ECU Program Convenor/Lecturer, Dr. Anushka Siriwardana; RIC Chief Coordinator, Corporate, Alumni and Student Engagement, Ms. Sharmain Abeykoon; and NSBM Lecturer, Ms. Vageesha Rajapaksa.

The Certification program offers a combination of micro-learnings across specific functional and professional skill pillars needed to establish a successful career in Management Consulting as well as in general industries. The program focuses on delivering practical learning experiences. This exposes candidates to different types of workstreams and projects to discover their strengths and aspirations. It is centered on the principles of Ikigai with the objective of enabling candidates to explore workstreams that are value-focused, fulfilling, and purposeful.

To learn more about the Stax Academy program and to register, please visit https://www.stax.com/staxacademy.

About Stax LLC 

Stax is a global management consulting firm serving corporate and private equity clients across a broad range of industries including software/technology, healthcare, business services, industrial, consumer/retail, and education. The firm partners with clients to provide data-driven, actionable insights designed to drive growth, enhance profits, increase value, and make better investment decisions. Please visit www.stax.com and follow Stax on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.