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Coca-Cola has announced the appointment of Kaushali Kusumapala as the new Country Director for Sri Lanka and Maldives. Making history as the first Sri Lankan woman in this position, Kaushali succeeds former Country Director, Pankaj Sinha, who assumed the role in 2019. In this position, Kaushali will closely collaborate with bottling teams, customers, partners, consumers and external stakeholders in Sri Lanka and Maldives. With a career spanning back to 2009, Kaushali has garnered diverse experience having worked with organisations and brands such as Leo Burnett, Fonterra Dairy and Domino’s Pizza. Notably, her journey to leadership includes significant achievements at Hemas International, where she served as Director of Marketing, contributing to market entry strategies, international market development and pioneering marketing initiatives. Expressing excitement on her appointment, Kaushali said, “I am thrilled to embark on this journey with Coca-Cola and collaborate with our bottling partners, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka and Male’ Aerated ...

The rise of Personal Delivery Devices: Will a robot deliver my items? By Aditya Abeysinghe Ever since 1920s, drones have gained popularity for their lightweight, remote controllable freight delivery nature. They have been used for military activities, logistics, agriculture and for recreational activities too. Drones are aerial, terrestrial or aquatic in nature, although, aerial and terrestrial drones are mostly used today. Aerial drones are used mostly for lightweight, fast transport and terrestrial drones are used mostly for heavyweight transport. Of these two types, a new class of drones have emerged in the past few years for transport of goods or rather packages, between sellers and clients requesting items from them. They are collectively called Personal Delivery Devices (PDD) s and are classified in metropolitan areas as a class of pedestrians. Companies such as Google and Amazon have developed aerial drones for package delivery and high priority supply delivery. Hence, ...