Welcome to Silva Associates
We provide tailored consulting services for clients to support their business success. We believe that with great things can be achieved through support and expert advice. With specialist knowledge, experience and techniques we support our clients to achieve business and personal goals.
Purposeful work, considering social and community impact to support sustainable business is our goal.
Supporting clients for over 2 decades with:
- Business mentoring with advice on setting up, scaling and managing your business
- Mentoring for entrepreneurs and organisations
- Sustainability consulting and training services, business transformation, employee engagement measurement
- Corporate Sustainability measurement and management expertise
- Technology consultancy
- Leading with purpose for managing ethical and inclusive business
Dr Nayanee Silva
FCA FCMI FRSA
Founder & Managing Partner
Nayanee Silva is a business professional and founder with over 30 years varied experience in business, educational consultancy and coaching. Following a corporate career in the management consulting and finance sector, she transitioned to managing her own business consultancy 25 years ago, working with clients in the UK and abroad.
Nayanee completed her PhD in Environment and Sustainability as the University of Surrey and works as an academic and consultant in Corporate Sustainability Strategy and executive training programmes in sustainability.
She is a mentor for the King's Trust, leading mentoring on their Envirobility Programme to support youth into careers in sustainability. She is also the Founder President of a charitable foundation engaged in community projects in welfare, education, capacity building and sustainable development projects in Sri Lanka.
Certifications and positions:
-Asociate Lecturer, Corporate Sustainability
-Senior Advisor Corporate Sustainability and Strategic Partnerships CIFAL UNITAR Surrey
-Research Fellow - Centre for Social Innovation Management, Surrey Business School.
- Fellow Chartered Accountant (ICAEW)
-Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management (FCMI)
-Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
-Member Insititute of Directors and IEMA.
-Member of the Zero Emissions Enterprise (ZEE) Network of researchers working on decarbonisation for SMEs.
-Steering group member for the Surrey Women's Entrepreneurship Network (SWEN)
Research Interests and Activities
Nayanee's research interests include sustainability measurement and management in organisations, sustainable development, Corporate Social Responsibility and approaches to decarbonisation/ net-zero. Her work has practical implications for improving business sustainability management.
Nayanee's research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at international conferences and to business audiences. She is actively enagaged in collaborations with business and sustainability groups, through advice and training on sustainable business themes.
She founded The Sustainable Business Project to support businesses with sustainability training, advice and best practice.