Rohan Liyanage is the Chief Financial Officer for Signify (formally Philips Lighting) for the Pacific region. Signify is the leading lighting company in the world, with a strong sustainability focus, achieving carbon neutral status already in 2020.
Rohan started his career in Chartered Practice in London. Then he moved to Amsterdam to join Royal Philips global HQ in Group Finance.
Later he moved to business holding number of senior commercial roles in Consumer Electronics, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Marketing and Business transformation across US, Europe and Asia.
Rohan came to Philips in Sydney in 2013 as the group CFO of Royal Philips AU and NZ, then moved to Philips Lighting (later became Signify) in 2016.
Prior to that he spent 2 years in Boral in Sydney , heading FP&A.
Rohan is a member of CPA Australia and CIMA UK. He also holds an MBA from University of Lincoln and Disruptive Strategy from Harvard Business School.