Mr. Perera counts over 27 years following financial markets and managing research and financial services businesses based in South-East Asia and South Asia. He spent over 10 years (1995- 2005) with the ABN AMRO Group heading research operations in Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Mauritius in addition to covering strategy and several other sectors during that period. He was also a part of the Group’s equities management team for the ASEAN region.
Upon leaving ABN AMRO, Mr. Perera co-founded Insite Equity Ltd and subsequently established Insite Holdings as an investment holding company in Sri Lanka. Insite Equity entered into a partnership with KAF Seagroatt & Campbell Securities in 2006 in Malaysia where Chehan was the lead in building a competitive and well-respected institutional equities business.
Mr. Perera worked two years (2017 and 2018) at Malaysian sovereign fund Valuecap Sdn Bhd as Head, Capital Market Research to set up an ASEAN research team with an ESG focus.
He holds a BA (Hons) from Ithaca College, NY with a major in Economics and a minor in Mathematics. He received his CFA charter in 1999.