Sarani Jayawardena

2021
Written By WHTrust
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Sri Lanka

MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation, 2020
Kofi Annan Scholarship, Mansfield College
Funding: Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann-Barnett

Sarani holds a BA in Government from Harvard College. She worked for a year for Sri Lanka’s State Minister of National Policies and Economic Affairs, during which time she co-led the writing of the state’s economic policy Outlook Vision 2025.

She was previously a Strategic Transformation Executive for MAS Holdings, one of South Asia’s largest apparel manufacturers. She has also worked as the Grants and Partnerships Manager of the MAS Foundation for Change, a non-profit organisation tackling the social and environmental challenges faced due to biodiversity loss, ocean pollution, and lack of access to clean water. Sarani is now transitioning to a consulting role on an international development project working with the Sri Lankan government.

Sarani is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarani-jayawardena-68b769160/

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