I/D/E/A/S Founder Members

Dr W M Tilakaratna

Senior Deputy Governor Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Secretary, Ministry of Finance & Planning; Adviser, Asia Department, IMF, Washington

Mr Lalit Godamunne

Director National Institute of Business Management (NIBM); Secretary General & Executive Director Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL); Country Director, World Food Programme (UN-WFP)

Mr Douglas Ladduwahetty

Chartered Engineer, Chairman Mahaweli Development Board (MDB)

Mr Ronnie Weerakoon

Director, External Resources, Ministry of Finance Sri Lanka; Alternate Executive Director Asian Development Bank (ADB), Manila

Mr Nanda Abeywickrama

Secretary Ministry of Lands & Land Development Sri Lanka; Vice Chairman & Director, International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI)

Mr Suneeta Jayawickrema

Secretary General Ceylon Chamber of Commerce; Director Sri Lanka Tea Board; Member Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka

Ms Shakuntala Kuruppu

Director General External Resources Department, Ministry of Finance & Planning Sri Lanka

Mr Yaseen Marikkar

Regional Director Engineering, Intercontinental Hotels, Middle East Operations

Ms Manel Abeysekera

Career Diplomat Sri Lanka Foreign Service

Mr Hector Abeysekera

Regional Adviser UN-ESCAP; Consultant UNIDO, ILO and IFAD

Mr Gamini Wijesinghe

Chartered Accountant, Senior Partner KPMG/Ford Rhodes & Thornton

Mr Romesh Ilangakoon

Chartered Engineer, Planning Manager Unilevers Sri Lanka; Director Mahaweli Development Board

Ms Jezima Ismail

Educationist & Communty Sociologist

Mr K Gunaratnam

Assistant to the Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka; Chief, International Trade Division, UNESCAP

Dr Abhaya Attanayake

Director Planning & Monitoring Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL); Managing Director, Sri Lanka Business Development Centre (SLBDC)