Thilankka Marasinghe

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DISC Type : DC

Manager Data Governance at Suncorp Group

Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia

Overview

Thilankka Marasinghe is a Senior Data Governance Manager at Suncorp Group with extensive experience in the insurance, superannuation, and banking sectors. He focuses on implementing value-driven data strategies and holds a B. SC. (HONS) from the University of Westminster. Colleagues describe him as positive, committed, and resourceful.

He is passionate about creating an organizational culture that is grounded in the candid and constructive use of trusted insights. His early academic work and interests involved research into developing effective and sustainable Green IT strategies for businesses.

His university thesis on a framework for implementing Green IT won the runner-up prize for Business Innovation.

Personality Overview

Thorough Evaluator

Fast But Analytical

Rigorous & Demanding

More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.  They are very proud of what they do. They like to act fast and expect others to do the same.

Topics They Care About

Data Governance
His core expertise and current role. He actively posts about moving beyond simple fixes to achieve deeper, more meaningful progress in data governance practices.
AI & Data Safety
His role at Suncorp explicitly includes AI Safety, and he emphasizes that trusted AI is only possible when built upon a strong foundation of governed data.
Enterprise Data Culture
A stated passion is to foster an organizational culture where data insights are trusted and used constructively to drive business decisions.

Media Appearances

Thilankka has no verified media appearances

Work History

6-2023
Manager Data Governance at Suncorp Group
7-2022 - 6-2023
Senior Manager - Data Governance at Hollard Insurance Australia
5-2020 - 7-2022
Senior Manager Investment Data at Australian Retirement Trust
2-2020 - 5-2020
Data Governance Manager at Australian Retirement Trust
9-2019 - 2-2020
Data Governance Consultant at Suncorp Group

Education

2006 - 2010
Information Systems with Business Management from Informatics Institute of Technology
2006 - 2010
B.SC. (HONS) from University of Westminster

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