An accomplished professional with over four decades of experience in strategic positions within both the private and public sectors. Skilled in leading institutional transformations, strategic thinking, complex project management, negotiations and mediation, and public communications.
Private sector: played a pivotal role in the transformation of Colombo Dockyard PLC into a leading international shipyard. Subsequently, held short stints as the Secretary General and CEO of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and later as the Director General and CEO of the Employers Federation of Ceylon.
Public sector: served as the Technical Advisor to the Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade of Sri Lanka (2016 to 2019) and as a Member of the Board and subsequently as Chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI) between March 2016 and November 2019. During this period, engaged in areas of international trade, investment, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Served on several Boards of State institutions and Cross Functional Task Forces/Committees.
Contribution during Post Economic Recession: between 2021 and 2022, functioned as a Member of the SOE Reforms Units, the Oversight Committee on Investments & Exports, and the Experts Committee on High Impact Fisheries, supporting multi-faceted economic restructuring, on invitation, in a voluntary capacity.
Present Engagements: engaged in various other consulting, visiting lecturer, university council member, and board member roles, including ICLP – Institute for Commercial Law and Practice, CCC-ICLP Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) Centre, Local branch of the IMarEST (UK) – Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology, and the Steering Committee on Public Sector Reforms of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.