Dr Weerawardane is the Head of Department for Accounting and Finance at Arden University. She is a Fellow member of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), and holds a PhD in Consumer Behaviour, an MSc. International Business Management, a BSc. (Hons) Applied Accounting, and an LLB (Hons) Business Law. Moreover, she is a Chartered Manager (CMI), a Principal Fellow of Advance HE and was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from Advance HE in 2022 for her work in promoting inclusiveness in higher education and empowering females into the finance profession.