About Muraly Srinarayanathas
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Updated: August 31, 2026
Full name: Muraly Srinarayanathas
Headquarters: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. Servicing Greater Toronto Area and globally.Â
Professional roles: Global strategist, third culture leader, entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker
Current leadership roles:
- Chairman and Co-Founder, 369 Global
- Chairman, Computek College
- CEO, station 369
- Founder and Publisher, 3 magazine
- Host, Third Culture Leaders podcast
- Chair, Srinarayanathas Foundation
Areas of expertise: Cultural intelligence, third culture leadership, global expansion, workforce development, global talent mobility, cross-cultural leadership, education, media and storytelling
Published book: Between Borders, Beyond Boundaries: Strategies for Authentic Business Engagement in an Interconnected World (Forbes Books, 2024)
Signature framework: The EIA Method—Embed, Interpret, Act
Awards and recognition:
- King Charles III Coronation Medal for contributions to Canadian education
- EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2025 Ontario finalist
- Pioneers for Change Entrepreneurship Award
- Town of Ajax Mayor’s Award
- CanadianSME Business Awards Inspirational Leader of the Year finalist
Who is Muraly Srinarayanathas?
is a global strategist and third culture leader whose work connects cultural intelligence, workforce development, education, media and international business.
Born in London and raised across Sri Lanka, India and Canada, Muraly learned early that people can experience the same situation through very different cultural lenses. That experience shaped how he understands identity, trust, leadership and belonging.
Across more than 25 years, Muraly has built businesses, developed partnerships and led projects in Canada, the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Kenya and the United Arab Emirates.
His central belief is that culture is not separate from strategy. It influences how people communicate, build trust, make decisions, lead teams and enter new markets.
Muraly describes his work as globalizing leaders. Through his companies, media platforms, writing and speaking, he helps people develop the cultural intelligence and global perspective needed to lead across borders.
You don't have to grow up between worlds to lead in more than one. You just need to think like someone who did.
Leadership and organizations
369 GLOBAL
Muraly is Chairman and Co-Founder of 369 Global, an international group working across education, workforce training, media and global business.
His work includes workforce innovation, international expansion, talent development and partnerships across Canada, Kenya, India and the United Arab Emirates.
COMPUTEK COLLEGE
Muraly is Chairman of Computek College, a Canadian career college offering programs in healthcare, business and technology.
Since acquiring the college in 2014, Muraly has scaled Computek 20x into an institution serving thousands of diverse learners. Its approach connects practical education with changing labour-market needs, career readiness and meaningful employment.
Computek College was recognized among The Globe and Mail’s Canada’s Top Growing Companies in 2024 and 2025.
3 MAGAZINE
Muraly is the Founder and Publisher of 3 magazine, a quarterly smart-luxury publication for culturally curious global citizens.
The magazine explores identity, ideas, style, lifestyle and hospitality through a third culture lens.
THIRD CULTURE LEADERS PODCAST
Muraly hosts the Third Culture Leaders podcast, where he speaks with founders, creators and visionaries whose lives and work cross cultures, industries and borders.
STATION 369
Muraly is CEO of station 369, an independent film and media company bringing world cinema to Canadian audiences and diverse Canadian and international stories to audiences around the world.
SRINARAYANATHAS FOUNDATION
Muraly chairs the Srinarayanathas Foundation, which supports Canadian charitable organizations working to improve education, healthcare and community outcomes for underrepresented communities
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
What Muraly is known for
- Cultural Intelligence as a Business Advantage
- Leading with a Third Culture Mindset
- The EIA Method for Global Expansion
- Building Borderless Organizations
- Global Workforce Trends and Talent Mobility
- Canada’s Role in a Globalized and Polarized World
- Mobilizing Talent Through Global Workforce Trends
The EIA Method: Embed, Interpret, Act
Muraly introduced the EIA Method in Between Borders, Beyond Boundaries. It is a practical framework for leaders navigating unfamiliar markets, cross-cultural partnerships and diverse teams.
Embed
Enter the context before trying to change it. Build relationships, observe how people communicate and make decisions, and learn what trust looks like locally.
Interpret
Turn observation into understanding. Test assumptions, identify meaningful cultural patterns and consider how local context should influence the strategy.
Act
Make informed decisions with cultural context in view. Adapt the strategy, communication or operating model without losing the organization’s purpose or integrity.
The principle behind the method is straightforward: sustainable global growth begins with understanding people, context and local meaning.
Third Culture Leadership
A leader can be sitting in one city while managing remote colleagues, newcomer talent, diaspora communities, international partners, and customers whose expectations were shaped somewhere else. The challenge is no longer whether cultural difference is present. It is whether the leader can understand what that difference changes.
Third culture leaders have spent years doing exactly that. They learn that trust does not look the same everywhere, that a clear message can still land badly, and that belonging does not require one fixed cultural home. With reflection and discipline, those lessons become a leadership advantage.
Between Borders, Beyond Boundaries
A leader can be sitting in one city while managing remote colleagues, newcomer talent, diaspora communities, international partners, and customers whose expectations were shaped somewhere else. The challenge is no longer whether cultural difference is present. It is whether the leader can understand what that difference changes.
Third culture leaders have spent years doing exactly that. They learn that trust does not look the same everywhere, that a clear message can still land badly, and that belonging does not require one fixed cultural home. With reflection and discipline, those lessons become a leadership advantage.
Speaking Topics
Drawing on more than 25 years of international business experience, Muraly helps leaders navigate culture, talent and growth across borders.
Keynotes for a borderless World
Muraly speaks to business, public-sector, education and community audiences about culture, talent and leadership in an interconnected world.
His topics include:
- Cultural Intelligence as a Business Advantage
- The EIA Method for Global Expansion
- Building Borderless Organizations
- Leading with a Third Culture Mindset
- Building High-Performing Global Teams
- Global Workforce Trends and Talent Mobility
- Canada’s Role in a Globalized and Polarized World
FAQ
What does Muraly Srinarayanathas do?
Muraly builds and leads organizations across education, workforce development, media and international business. He also writes and speaks about cultural intelligence, third culture leadership, global talent and cross-border growth.
What is Muraly Srinarayanathas known for?
He is known for connecting culture with business strategy and showing how cultural intelligence can help leaders build trust, manage diverse teams and enter new markets.
What is the EIA Method?
The EIA Method stands for Embed, Interpret, Act — is Muraly Srinarayanathas’s framework for applying cultural intelligence at the strategy level. Embed: understand the cultural context before you move. Interpret: turn that context into actionable clarity. Act: make decisions with the confidence that comes from having done the work. The EIA Method is introduced in Between Borders, Beyond Boundaries (Forbes Books) and operationalizes cultural intelligence for leaders navigating global expansion, cross-cultural partnerships, and diverse team management.
What book did Muraly write?
Muraly Srinarayanathas wrote Between Borders, Beyond Boundaries: Strategies for Authentic Business Engagement in an Interconnected World, published with Forbes Books in 2024.
Is Muraly available for speaking engagements?
Yes. Muraly delivers keynotes and participates in conversations about cultural intelligence, third culture leadership, global workforce trends, global expansion and borderless organizations. Book Muraly for a speaking engagement
What is third culture leadership?
Third culture leadership is the ability to lead across cultural contexts without treating one cultural frame as the default. It involves reading context, translating meaning, adapting communication and connecting perspectives.