Hi! Many who land on this page will already know me. But for those who haven’t met me in person — or via LinkedIn or any of the other rabbit holes we call social media — here’s a small intro to V, as everyone calls me. (Except my mates from college, who still insist on ‘Nath’.)
My name is Vidusha Nathavitharana. I am a leadership trainer and HR consultant by vocation, and a dreamer at heart. But above all else, I am a father of two — a daughter and a son, 23 and 17 in 2026 — a husband of 25 years, and a son of 49. These are the three responsibilities I take most seriously, and try to get a little better at, each day.
I started my career in Branding and Advertising. After graduation, I moved into manufacturing, working for the local arm of a Fortune 500 organisation, and ended my corporate chapter as Head of HR and HRD — overseeing HR, L&D, Compliance, Risk, Health & Safety, and CSR. At 28, I started High Five Consultancy, a boutique consulting and training firm. Then in 2017, as the training side of the business grew beyond all expectations, I founded Luminary Learning Solutions — today the largest soft-skills training company in Sri Lanka, with a team of over 20 trainers and coaches, assignments in 15+ countries, and online programmes that have reached participants across 40+. Our clients have included The World Bank, the UN, MAS Holdings, Hirdaramani Group, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Sampath Bank, Commercial Bank, Nike, Levi’s, George, Wataniya Telecom, Mobitel, Al Rajhi Takaful, Union Assurance, AIA Insurance, and organisations like CARE International.
I hold a Bachelor’s in Business Management from the University of Lincoln, UK; a Master’s in Leading Innovation and Change from York St John University, UK; an MBA from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK; and an MA in HR, from the University of Northampton, UK. I am currently a PhD candidate at NSBM Green University, Sri Lanka, researching the emergence of Collective Leadership within for-profit, hierarchical organisations.
In 2019, I handed over the reins of the company and moved to Kandy — partly to escape the rat race, mostly to give my two kids the kind of childhood I was lucky enough to have. I now live in what I can only describe as a veritable jungle, 16km from town, with porcupines, monkeys, tiny deer, rabbits, and flying squirrels for neighbours. And five dogs who make absolutely sure I never get close enough to actually see any of them.
V Over Tea 