Shani is a Principal Consultant in Clear Horizon’s Social Impact team. Shani has extensive experience in community-led initiatives, organisational strategy, and social enterprise. She specialises in incorporating design thinking into evaluative practice. Having completed a Master of Environmental Management and Development, Shani is proficient in sustainability discourse and has contributed to achieving sustainable outcomes across corporate and not for profit sectors in Sri Lanka. In Australia, Shani is deeply embedded in innovation and collaborative change-making, currently functioning as the Strategy Lead at Moral Fairground, a Melbourne-based platform organisation for ethical businesses and social enterprises.

At Clear Horizon, she applies her experience in organisational strategy, social business, evaluation and design to support social innovators. An experienced researcher and facilitator, Shani brings her appreciation for diversity (in thought and culture) and a commitment to collaboration to her work in design and evaluation.  She is most passionate about community-led change and is committed to supporting people to shift the systems that they are within.