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Ganaka Herath

Partner and Managing Partner, Sri LankaColombo

Ganaka Herath

Partner and Managing Partner, Sri LankaColombo

Leads McKinsey’s client service work in Sri Lanka, with a focus on digital and analytics transformations, and coleads McKinsey’s transaction-banking service work in Asia

Ganaka is the managing partner of our Sri Lanka office, with more than 10 years of experience in serving global financial institutions and conglomerates in Asia, Europe, and the United States on a broad range of strategic issues. He is a core leader of our work in Sri Lanka and helps local, regional, and multinational companies pursue new opportunities through digital and analytics.

Before relocating to Sri Lanka, Ganaka was based in our London office, where he helped clients in the financial-services and banking sectors undergo large-scale digital transformations, specializing in digital enablement. He also advises corporate and commercial-banking clients on a broad range of strategic issues as well as infrastructure and innovation projects from a public-sector perspective.

Examples of his recent client work include the following:

  • developing a digital-economy footprint for a public-sector agency in Asia
  • designing and implementing one of the largest digital delivery labs in Europe
  • developing the market-entry strategy for a digital receivable-finance company
  • assisting a global universal bank to plan and implement the largest cost-transformation program in the organization’s history

Ganaka is passionate about technology and its role in helping developing countries accelerate growth. He is a regular commentator on these trends at key events such as the Future of Business forum hosted by the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

  • Serviços Financeiros

Published work

Redesigning apparel manufacturing in Asia: A pattern for resilience,” McKinsey & Company, May 2023

Unlocking Sri Lanka's digital opportunity,” McKinsey & Company, October 2018

Supply-chain finance: The emergence of a new competitive landscape,” McKinsey on Payments, October 2015

Past experience

Citibank
Transaction banking product specialist, relationship manager

Yahoo
Program manager

Education

University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
MBA

University of Nottingham
BA, economics