FOR FOUNDERS & SENIOR EXECUTIVES

Leadership Coaching from experience, not theory.

Over 30 years leading global teams as CTO at Microsoft and VP at Red Hat taught me one lesson above all others: results don't come first. Leaders create clarity, build psychological safety, generate positive energy and earn trust. Results follow.

Today I coach leaders to be more human, and more fulfilled, in the age of AI.

Vajira Weerasekera
30+Years Leading
Global Teams
FORMER MICROSOFT CTO - ASIA
FORMER RED HAT VP - ASIA
30+ YEARS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE COACH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
FORMER MICROSOFT CTO - ASIA
FORMER RED HAT VP - ASIA
30+ YEARS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE COACH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
FORMER MICROSOFT CTO - ASIA
FORMER RED HAT VP - ASIA
30+ YEARS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE COACH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
FORMER MICROSOFT CTO - ASIA
FORMER RED HAT VP - ASIA
30+ YEARS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE COACH
KEYNOTE SPEAKER

TRUSTED BY LEADERS FROM

Harvard Business School
University College Dublin
Microsoft
Red Hat
Google
Amazon
LinkedIn
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Adobe
Harvard Business School
University College Dublin
Microsoft
Red Hat
Google
Amazon
LinkedIn
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Adobe
Vajira Weerasekera

Built on experience.
Ways to engage.

01

Executive Coaching (1:1)

One-on-one coaching for senior leaders navigating high-stakes decisions, transitions, or team performance challenges.

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02

Emerging Leaders Program

A structured program for high-performing individual contributors stepping into people leadership — building the judgement, clarity, and confidence to lead others well from day one.

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03

Executive Offsites

Facilitated offsites that align leadership teams around a shared framework for decision-making, trust, psychological safety, and performance.

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04

Strategic Keynotes

Keynote talks on building high-performing teams, psychological safety, and leading through the AI era — delivered at conferences, offsites, and leadership summits.

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Proven at the highest levels of leadership.

Having observed Vajira during the Harvard Business School General Management Program, I was struck by his ability to pair sharp strategic thinking with a genuine care for people. He embodies the kind of leadership that builds both trust and results, the kind that matters most in an era where humans and AI increasingly work side by side.
Stefan Thomke
Stefan ThomkeHarding Professor & Chair, General Management Program · Harvard Business School · Boston, MA 02163
For almost 20 years, I've admired Vajira's integrity, calm leadership and ability to bring out the best in people. He leads with purpose, earns trust, and consistently delivers results.
Dr Michael Harrison
Dr Michael HarrisonRegional Leader, Global Financial Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vajira is a thoughtful and diligent leader who consistently demonstrated a high degree of ownership, treating our shared goals with the same care as if they were his own. His warm and collaborative nature makes him an exceptional partner. It was a pleasure to work with him.
Gunnar Hellekson
Gunnar HelleksonVP & GM, Linux, Red Hat
Vajira is a transformative leader who aligns strategy with execution, builds high-performing teams, and creates trust wherever he leads. He scaled the organization, brought new products to market, and built a strong AI team.
Marjet Andriesse
Marjet AndriesseExecutive/GM
Vajira is a thoughtful and diligent leader who consistently demonstrated a high degree of ownership, treating our shared goals with the same care as if they were his own. His warm and collaborative nature makes him an exceptional partner. It was a pleasure to work with him.
Miho Miura
Miho MiuraPresident & Representative Director, Red Hat
I highly recommend Vajira as a leader and contributor who drives results across an organization. During our time working together, I was consistently impressed by his exceptional leadership and management style, which fostered a supportive and goal-oriented team environment.
Luka Debeljak
Luka DebeljakDirector (CTO), Customer Engineering, Google Cloud, Southeast Asia
Having observed Vajira during the Harvard Business School General Management Program, I was struck by his ability to pair sharp strategic thinking with a genuine care for people. He embodies the kind of leadership that builds both trust and results, the kind that matters most in an era where humans and AI increasingly work side by side.
Stefan Thomke
Stefan ThomkeHarding Professor & Chair, General Management Program · Harvard Business School · Boston, MA 02163
For almost 20 years, I've admired Vajira's integrity, calm leadership and ability to bring out the best in people. He leads with purpose, earns trust, and consistently delivers results.
Dr Michael Harrison
Dr Michael HarrisonRegional Leader, Global Financial Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Vajira is a thoughtful and diligent leader who consistently demonstrated a high degree of ownership, treating our shared goals with the same care as if they were his own. His warm and collaborative nature makes him an exceptional partner. It was a pleasure to work with him.
Gunnar Hellekson
Gunnar HelleksonVP & GM, Linux, Red Hat
Vajira is a transformative leader who aligns strategy with execution, builds high-performing teams, and creates trust wherever he leads. He scaled the organization, brought new products to market, and built a strong AI team.
Marjet Andriesse
Marjet AndriesseExecutive/GM
Vajira is a thoughtful and diligent leader who consistently demonstrated a high degree of ownership, treating our shared goals with the same care as if they were his own. His warm and collaborative nature makes him an exceptional partner. It was a pleasure to work with him.
Miho Miura
Miho MiuraPresident & Representative Director, Red Hat
I highly recommend Vajira as a leader and contributor who drives results across an organization. During our time working together, I was consistently impressed by his exceptional leadership and management style, which fostered a supportive and goal-oriented team environment.
Luka Debeljak
Luka DebeljakDirector (CTO), Customer Engineering, Google Cloud, Southeast Asia

Become the leader you wished you had.