Shello Cosmetics
Marketing Consultant
Jan 2026 — Present
Clear commercial strategy.Hands-on execution.
Marketing, business growth, sales, operations, and digital transformation support for leaders who need the thinking and the work to connect.
- 10+Years across marketing, operations & technology
- 4Current consultancy roles
- 1,300+Applications for a new degree launch
- 1,000+Applications for a relaunched bootcamp
Experience across industries
- Consumer Brands
- Education
- Hospitality
- Technology & AI
- Government
- Retail
- Apparel
- Media
A marketer’s instinct with an operator’s discipline.
Kayen Akeel is a marketing and business consultant specialising in digital strategy, brand positioning, growth, sales, operations, and hands-on campaign execution.
An MBA and BSc (Hons) Computer Science underpin experience that spans integrated media, customer acquisition, workflows, compliance, enterprise IT, digital transformation, and stakeholder management.
MBAStrategic leadership
BSc (Hons)Computer science
Current consulting. Current market perspective.
Four ongoing roles keep Kayen directly involved in campaigns, customer acquisition, operations, compliance, and brand growth.
Finez Furniture & Interior
Head of Operations & Compliance / Marketing Consultant
May 2025 — Present
Mogo Media Academy
Marketing Consultant
Aug 2024 — Present
Lakmedura
Marketing Consultant
Aug 2024 — Present
Strategy and support, built around the work.
Four connected service areas spanning marketing, business growth, sales and operations, technology, people, stakeholders, and contingencies.
Marketing, Brand & Campaign Strategy
Strategy and hands-on execution across brand positioning, integrated campaigns, paid digital, social media, content, influencer, and user-generated content.
Business Growth, Sales & Operations
Business expansion, sales, customer acquisition, and operating strategy designed around practical execution and sustainable growth.
Digital Transformation & IT Strategy
Business-led technology strategy, workflow improvement, data visibility, and implementation support grounded in hands-on IT experience.
People, Stakeholder & Contingency Management
Stakeholder alignment, people management, compliance coordination, and contingency planning for complex operating situations.
A process built for clarity and momentum.
Understand the business context
Kayen reviews the objective, audience, operating reality, people, constraints, and current performance before prescribing a route.
Set a clear strategy
The situation becomes an outcome-led plan with priorities, choices, owners, measures, and decision points.
Work alongside your team
Advice becomes action through campaign delivery, operating coordination, stakeholder alignment, or implementation support.
Measure, adjust, embed
Performance and feedback are reviewed honestly, the plan is refined, and learning stays with your organisation.
Focused thinking. Practical direction. Hands-on support.
Local perspective · International standard
Based in Sri Lanka. Built for global engagements.
Grounded local judgement, cross-sector experience, and practical strategic support—available wherever the work takes your organisation.
Start a conversationIdeas grounded in real operating work.
Marketing
From positioning to integrated campaign execution
How brand, media, content, paid advertising, and measurement work as one commercial system.
Operations
Growth plans need an operating model behind them
Connect sales, marketing, workflows, responsibilities, and compliance before scale exposes the gaps.
Transformation
Digital change that starts with the business
A practical approach to modernising operations without losing clarity or momentum.
How strategy becomes useful action.
Commercial focus
Strategy begins with the business, audience, growth, or operating outcome that matters.
Hands-on ownership
Kayen stays close to teams, campaigns, workflows, stakeholders, and the practical work of delivery.
Measured improvement
Performance data, customer behaviour, and operating feedback inform what changes next.
Bring the growth challenge into the room.
Start with a private, no-obligation conversation about the market, campaign, operation, or digital change you need to move forward.