Maheshi Anandasiri is the Chief Strategy Officer at Ben Holdings and is an engaging professional equipped with around eighteen years of work experience covering the corporate and media world. She has multi-layer of skills and competencies having worked with Sri Lanka's top media companies in news and current affairs covering print and electronic media and was a key member of the Strategic Communications and Corporate Planning team of Sri Lanka's leading Retail and FMCG Company. Maheshi is highly experienced in turning around non-performing teams and companies, and is currently a part of the leadership team turning around some of Sri Lanka's foremost brands in the fields of media, entertainment and gold jewellery. She is extremely skilled in Integrated communications, strategic planning and partnership building. Overall, Maheshi is a strong business development professional with Bachelors in International Relations and Law as well as a Masters in Economics from University of Colombo.