I'm Clive Shalindra, a business development professional with a track record spanning fintech payments, event sales, and cross-border e-commerce. I have cut merchant onboarding times from weeks to 2-3 days and consistently exceeded targets, including selling 250+ Disrupt Asia tickets and generating LKR 4.5M in revenue. I enjoy turning merchant feedback into product improvements and aligning cross-functional teams across London and Sri Lanka to drive growth. I'm seeking hybrid or remote BD or sales roles centered on customer success, where I can blend partnerships, onboarding, and strategic marketing to help businesses scale.

Clive Shalindra

I'm Clive Shalindra, a business development professional with a track record spanning fintech payments, event sales, and cross-border e-commerce. I have cut merchant onboarding times from weeks to 2-3 days and consistently exceeded targets, including selling 250+ Disrupt Asia tickets and generating LKR 4.5M in revenue. I enjoy turning merchant feedback into product improvements and aligning cross-functional teams across London and Sri Lanka to drive growth. I'm seeking hybrid or remote BD or sales roles centered on customer success, where I can blend partnerships, onboarding, and strategic marketing to help businesses scale.

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I’m Clive Shalindra, a business development professional with a track record spanning fintech payments, event sales, and cross-border e-commerce. I have cut merchant onboarding times from weeks to 2-3 days and consistently exceeded targets, including selling 250+ Disrupt Asia tickets and generating LKR 4.5M in revenue. I enjoy turning merchant feedback into product improvements and aligning cross-functional teams across London and Sri Lanka to drive growth.
I’m seeking hybrid or remote BD or sales roles centered on customer success, where I can blend partnerships, onboarding, and strategic marketing to help businesses scale.

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Work Experience

Business Development Associate at Maash
January 1, 2026 - April 1, 2026
Sourced and advanced 3 integration partnerships in Sri Lankan payments and enterprise services (Direct Pay, Payable, and Infomate / John Keells Holdings) through commercial discussions. Onboarded 6 merchants end-to-end across four verticals (exporters, med tech, education, and software services). Initiated and drove a redesign of the merchant KYB onboarding flow that broke the form into stages and added an in-app tutorial for non-technical users, reducing merchant onboarding time from weeks to 2-3 days. Ran outbound averaging 12 discovery calls per month with business-owner prospects, supported existing merchants on questions and follow-ups, and channeled merchant feedback into engineering and product roadmaps.
Project Coordinator & Head of Ticket Sales at Disrupt Asia
April 1, 2025 - September 1, 2025
Sold 250 of 400+ total tickets (LKR 4.5M in revenue), helping the event exceed its 350-ticket target. Drove sales through email campaigns, corporate partnership outreach, and social media content marketing. Served as the publicly listed point of contact for event inquiries, routed them to internal teams, and provided oversight on event content.
Marketing and Business Development Consultant at Ceylon Merch Hub
June 1, 2024 - February 1, 2025
Drove marketing strategy and content (scripting, copy, campaign work) for the brand, generating nearly 200K impressions across channels. Coordinated influencer partnerships to reach the Sri Lankan diaspora across international markets. Provided UI/UX design feedback and supported product launches and category expansion as the catalog grew.

Education

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Qualifications

SURF™ Certified Applied Behavioural Science Practitioner
January 1, 2026 - May 18, 2026
Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate
January 1, 2026 - May 18, 2026
SURF™ Certified Applied Behavioural Science Practitioner
January 1, 2026 - May 19, 2026
Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce Professional Certificate
January 1, 2026 - May 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Software & Internet, Media & Entertainment, Retail, Professional Services, Other