MTI Consulting

One of Australia’s leading educational service providers IIBT (International Institute of Business & Technology) is further extending the 11 year agreement it has had with their Sri Lankan Representative MTI & Hilmy Cader, by using Sri Lanka as the launch pad for some new services in regional markets

MTI HRM Solutions (www.mtihrmsolutions.com) was recently retained by Janashakthi Insurance, Sri Lanka’s leading Insurance Brand, on a successful HR assignment
 

MTI HRM Solutions is a subsidiary of fast growing boutique management consultancy MTI Consulting and offers the full suite of HR consulting and advisory services. This includes: Integrated Audit & Strategy, Organizational and Job design, Recruitment & Selection, Motivation & Talent Retention, HRD/Training Need Identification, HR Capacity/Manpower planning, Performance Management and Employee Engagement/Organizational Climate Surveys.
 

MTI HRM Solutions believes that success of an organization in a highly competitive environment is significantly influenced by the organization’s ability to develop and optimize returns from its human resources. This requires a strategic and holistic approach to Human Resource Management.

The research and intelligence team of MTI, in the last quarter has completed two assignments in the African Continent.
Last month, MTI carried out a study of the market for retail banking in Algeria, with particular focus on Time Deposits, Auto Financing, Cards and Infrastructure Funding. This study was on behalf of one the world’s leading banks.

 

Previously, MTI had completed an assignment on the market for hair care for one of India’s leading personal care companies with a growing international footprint “Although we had previous done work on Egypt, these two assignments have provided us the opportunity to work on two diverse and exciting markets.
MTI Consulting CEO Hilmy Cader said, “We have also formed a strategic alliance in Tunisia, which was signed just before the Arab Spring, which we now hope to resurrect. Our Partner in Tunisia has already completed an intensive two week orientation program in Sri Lanka.”

MTI Consulting recently completed an extensive strategic planning and organizational development initiative with the Lalan Group, for their operations in Sri Lanka and the international operations in the UK.  The Lalan Group, which is one of Sri Lanka’s leaders in rubber glove manufacturing has in its group portfolio businesses including plantations and other related value chain activities.
 
The 6C MTI model was utilized for this project, looking at the Lalan Group’s Cause (Strategy), Configuration (Organizational Structure), Core Processes, Controls, Competencies and Consider-it-done (Implementation Impact Management). An involved process was adopted, with the Lalan senior management team in a series of consulting workshops and assignments.

 
Lalith Hapangama, Chairman, said “The MTI initiative has helped the group define its direction, and importantly, laid out how we will put into action the critical initiatives that will take us there.”
 
MTI Consulting, with its own operations in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Dubai, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, UK and Associates worldwide, offers solutions in the areas of Strategy Consulting, Corporate Finance, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Technology, Supply Chain and Research & Analytics. MTI has worked on over 400 client-specific assignments across 40 countries.

Access Engineering is pioneering ‘Pre-ERP’ in Sri Lanka – a solution research and developed by MTI Technology (www.mtitechnology.com). At a time when companies are spending very high sums on ERP solutions, the Pre- ERP study helps business clearly assess what business outcomes they want from their IT systems and what is critical to a business-process-systems fit.
 
MTI’s Pre-ERP audit serves to provide an independent assessment of the business’ readiness, looking at areas Business/IT Management Interface, Information Management and Policies, Application Management and Data, Compliances and Business Continuity Management. This provides a critical perspective of the gap between business outcome objectives and organizational readiness and transition ability.

Caption: Access Engineering Management team with MTI at Project Launch; L to R: Mr. Yusuf Isaam, Associate Consultant – MTI Technology, Mr. Kapila Liyanage, Business Lead - MTI Consulting, Mr. Hilmy Cader - CEO – MTI Consulting,  Mr. Christopher Joshua, Jt Managing Director, Access Engineering, Mr. Rohana Fernando, Director/Chief Operating Officer – Access Engineering, Mr. V.K Manatunge - Senior General Manager – Access Engineering.

Van Rees, one of the world’s leading tea traders, has just completed a successful HR assignment with MTI HRM Solutions, for their Sri Lankan operations.
MTI HRM Solutions (www.mtihrmsolutions.com) is a subsidiary of MTI Consulting and offers the full suite of HR consulting and advisory services. This includes: Integrated Audit & Strategy, Organizational and Job Design, Recruitment & Selection, Motivation & Talent Retention, HRD / Training Need Identification, HR Capacity / Manpower Planning, Performance Management and Employee Engagement / Organizational Climate Surveys.
MTI HRM Solutions believes that the success of an organization in a highly competitive environment is significantly influenced by the organization's ability to develop and optimize returns from its human resources. This requires a strategic and holistic approach to human resource management.

 

Having successfully completed the re-structuring and turnaround of its operations, Seylan Bank will be starting work on a 4 year strategic plan aimed at regaining and surpassing the strong market position the bank enjoyed pre 2008. After a competitive selection process, Seylan Bank has selected MTI Consulting to work with the Seylan Team to research and develop a 4 Year Strategic Plan, with greater focus on the Banks Products, Channels and Operating Processes.
“In developing this strategic plan, we hope to get a wide cross section of the Seylan Team actively involved to chart the future direction of the bank. We are pleased to work with MTI Consulting who have impressive credentials in Financial Services and Strategic Planning, both in Sri Lanka and regionally” said Kapila Ariyaratne, CEO/GM of Seylan Bank


Photo: At the signing ceremony, Mr. Eastman Narangoda (Chairman, Seylan Bank) congratulating Mr. Mano Tittawella (Associate – MTI Corporate Finance), watched by Mr. R. Nadarajah (Executive Director, Seylan Bank), Mr. Kapila Ariyaratne (GM/CEO, Seylan Bank), Mr. Hilmy Cader (CEO, MTI Consulting) and Mr. Kapila Liyanage (Business Lead, MTI Corporate Finance)
 

The diversified conglomerates Abans has signed up MTI Consulting to research and develop their Strategic Plan for the Group’s Financial Services business.

Abans Financial Services (AFS), which is a Registered Finance Company is a recent entry to the highly competitive financial services market in Sri Lanka . Abans Financial Services has its own network of 10 branches and importantly access to over 400 Abans Group Retail Outlets all over the country. Speaking at the signing ceremony of the agreement with MTI Consulting, Mr. Rusi Pestonjee, Director and Alternate to the Chairperson of the Abans Group said “We see high growth potential for financial services in Sri Lanka and we feel Abans as a Group is well poised to capitalize on this opportunity”



Photo Caption: (L-R) Mr. Rusi Pestonjee, Director & Alternate to the Chairperson - AFSL, Mrs. Mano Alles, Managing Director - AFSL, Mr. Kithsiri Wanigasekara, Executive Director - AFSL, Kapila Liyanage, Business Analyst -MTI Consulting and Hilmy Cader, CEO - MTI Consulting

Commercial Credit, one of Sri Lanka’s largest & fast growing finance companies launched an initiative to define its overall strategic direction with MTI Consulting. Commercial Credit is a registered finance company with Central Bank of Sri Lanka and reported an asset base over Rs.5Bn as at the end of March 2011. MTI Consulting is an international strategic management consultancy with operations in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Dubai, Pakistan, India & Malaysia.
The strategy consulting initiative will provide Commercial Credit the roadmap to market leadership in financial services industry and will align its business units towards the strategic objectives through focused and effective strategies. MTI’s 8S model is used as the primary consulting tool in the project – the 8S has applications for Business Strategy and Marketing as a comprehensive auditing and planning tool, with a proven track record over many industries inclusive of financial services.
“The MTI initiative will help Commercial Credit to define strategic direction and to identify critical initiatives which will take us to the world class standard which we want to aspire” said Roshan Egodage, CEO of Commercial Credit.
MTI Consulting has provided 400 client-specific projects in 40 countries across 5 continents since 1997. Its’ consulting solutions include Strategic Planning, Re-Structuring, Marketing, Brand Management, Sales and Channel Management, and Service Quality. MTI recently launched out into specialist consultancy business areas in Corporate Finance, Market Research, Human Resources and technology.


Commercial Credit & MTI team at a strategic planning workshop

MTI Technology (www.mtitechnology.com); a subsidiary brand of MTI Consulting has taken a strategic stake in Respere. (www.respere.com), by investing Intellectual Capital – a concept that MTI has pioneered.

Respere is a leader in Humanitarian ICT Solutions, ranging from Disaster Management to Donor/Aid Management software solutions.

MTI Technology will start off by developing an international strategic plan, after which MTI will estimate the investment needed for Respere, to take its business model to the next level on a Global scale. Based on this, MTI’s Corporate Finance (M&A Unit) will identify suitable investors, possibly both debt and equity, along with the new investor (who would ideally be able to bring in domain or market access experience).The 3 parties will aggressively roll out the new strategic international expansion plan. The concluding game plan would be to sell a stake of the company to international technology investors, thereby having all 3 parties benefit from a premium return for their investment.

Respere is a technology company which has specialized in providing Humanitarian Technology Solutions- combining world class professionalism with high skilled engineers and cutting edge delivery. Respere was founded in 2007, to provide solutions, services and support for the Sahana Disaster Management System and related technologies. Over the years it has grown into a company that provides niche products and bespoke solutions that cater to the humanitarian domain.


Photo: MTI Consulting CEO Hilmy Cader and Respere Director Mr. Pradeeper at the signing ceremony at Taj Sanudra this week, watched by the Business Leads from both MTI & Respere