Managing Director of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC and Horana Plantations PLC. Holds a B.Sc. In Plantation Management, MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, a D.Sc. from Wayamba University and a Ph.D from University of Hawaii, USA. Since 1993 – 2001 held Senior Plantation Management position in Kelani Valley Plantations PLC and from 2002 – 2012 joined Kahawatte Plantations of Dilmah and was Director/CEO 2008–2012. He was also the Chairman of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon and was/is a member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Rubber Research Board, Tea Research Institute, Tea Council of Sri Lanka and the Tea Small Holdings Development Authority of Sri Lanka. He was the Chairman of the Consultative Committee on Estate and Advisory Services, a member of the Experiment and Extension Forum of the Tea Research Institute, a Member of the Consultative Committee on Research of the TRI. He is also a member of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Veterinary and Animal Sciences of the University Grant Commission as well as a member of the Arbitration and Mediation Steering Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.