Nikhil Hirdaramani

Nikhil Hirdaramani is a Director of the Hirdaramani Group which is a 4th generation family business based in Sri Lanka. Its main business interest is the manufacture of apparel in its facilities spread across Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Ethiopia. The group has in recent years diversified into other sectors such as Hospitality, Sustainable Power and Retail.

Nikhil, in his 20 years experience has been involved in marketing and supply chain, developing and managing relationships with many customers and suppliers from various markets such as Europe, USA, India and Japan. In recent years Nikhil has taken a leading role in the group’s sustainability initiative, which has become a key aspect of the overall group’s strategy. Mihila, one of its newer facilities in Sri Lanka is the 1st ever carbon neutral facility in Asia.
Nikhil is a strong advocate in sustainability specifically from the angle of the supplier. He has been the chairperson at the Sri Lanka Sustainability Forum, which is part of the annual Sri Lanka Design Festival, bringing together stakeholders from across the supply chain to discuss current issues.

Nikhil has previously served as a director on the board of the American Chamber of Commerce Sri Lanka and Sedex in the UK and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition and as a member of the Steering Committee for the industry led Social and Labor Convergence Project.

Nikhil is a founding board member of the Sri Lanka chapter of Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO)

Nikhil has a BA in International Relations from Tufts University in the USA and a MBA from Imperial College, London UK.