Post by Thushan Shanmugarajah

As startup founders, moments like this are pivotal. For Jitto Arulampalam and me, this is an important inflection point — the opportunity to team up with someone of Sumal Karunanayake ’s calibre is both meaningful and exciting. Sumal brings exceptional enterprise leadership across Amazon Web Services (AWS), NetSuite, SAP and beyond — alongside a deep understanding of how Boards and CFOs think about governance, risk and value creation. At RedOwl, we’re embedding AI directly into financial decision points — moving intelligence upstream so organisations can prevent value leakage before it happens, not after the fact. With Sumal joining the leadership team, we’re doubling down on taking this innovation closer to enterprise clients — helping re-architect how the Office of the CFO governs, controls and allocates capital in real time, and redefining finance from a reporting function into an intelligent, always-on decision engine. Excited for the journey ahead. Onward 🚀