Mr Janaka Ratnayake is a successful and award-winning entrepreneur of Sri Lanka. He earned his Master of Business Studies from the University of Colombo in the year 2010 and obtained BSc (Public Administration) degree from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura in the year 1990.

He also earned Executive Education “Marketing Corporate Boards more effective” from the Harvard Business School in 2008 and Diploma in Russian language and International Relationship from Russia in 1985.

Mr Ratnayake is the Chairman and Chief Executive of Trillium Property Management & Services Ltd., City Housing and Real Estate PLC, Rent a Comp Services (Pvt) Ltd. and Trillium Hotels.

Mr Ratnayake was appointed as the Chairman of Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka (MBSL) in year 2008 by the Government of Sri Lanka. During his successful tenure at MBSL, the institution thrived and Mr Ratnayake successfully stabilized the financial turbulence faced by The Finance PLC, Asian Finance, Ceylinco Sussex College, Finagara Town & Country Club, Ceylinco Housing & Real Estate PLC through the active restructuring process.

Mr Ratnayake was also appointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive of the Export Development Board of Sri Lanka (EDB) in the year 2010 to 2013. During his time with EDB, Mr Ratnayake was able to host the largest Export Symposium – EXPO 2012 which gave a platform for Sri Lankan exporters to showcase their products for local and foreign investors and clients with the purpose of developing foreign exchange for Sri Lanka.

Ms. Chathurika Wijesinghe

Ms. Wijesinghe process 34 years of a lucrative career as a Senior Attorney at Law and the Precedent Partner of Wijesinghe Associates, a firm specializing in various disciplines in law, handling a multitude of cases representing clients of both locally and internationally.

Ms Wijesinghe is a member of the Commission and currently holds a number of positions as Secretary to the Political Victimization Commission, Member of Public Service Commission Western Province and Member of Women Lawyers Association.

She also serves on panels of Bank of Ceylon, Commercial Bank, Seylan Bank and National Lotteries Board currently and she was previously enrolled in the panels of the Pan Asia Banking Corporation, National Savings Bank, Sampath Bank and Government officers Beneficiaries Association.

Ms Wijesinghe’s corporate clientele include Jeam Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Tire House Trading (Pvt) Ltd, Assets Broadcasting Radio Pvt Ltd and many other corporate giants.

Ms Wijesinghe’s current company secretarial work includes Maga Naguma Construction Equipment Company (Pvt) Ltd, Expressway Transport Company Limited, D S S Tea’s (Pvt) Ltd, Blue Lagoon Chalet Kalpitiya (Pvt) Ltd and many other corporate clients.