President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has officially appointed members to the Port City Economic Commission.
The official letters of appointment were handed over to the members by the Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake at the Presidential Secretariat today (13).
Accordingly Harsha Amarasekera, President’s Counsel, has been appointed as the Chairman of the Port City Economic Commission. Harsha is an eminent legal practitioner in the legal fraternity of Sri Lanka with a wide practice in both the Commercial Courts as well as the Appellate Courts. His areas of expertise include Commercial Law, Business Law, Securities Law, Banking Law and Intellectual Property Law. He also has significant experience in arbitration and cross-national disputes. He was admitted to the Bar in November 1987 and took oaths as a President’s Counsel in November 2012.
Harsha served as a Director of Amana Bank and Non-Executive Non-Independent Chairman at Sampath Bank PLC. Harsha also has extensive experience in the corporate sector and served as an Independent Director of several leading companies listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange including CIC Holdings PLC (Chairman), Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC (Chairman), Vallibel Power Erathna PLC (Deputy Chairman), Vallibel One PLC, Expolanka Holdings PLC, Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC, Ambeon Capital PLC and Amaya Leisure PLC. He also the Chairman of CIC Agri Business Ltd. and Swisstek Aluminium Ltd.
The other appointed members are Damien Amal Cabraal, Mohan Ray Abeywardena, Sanjaya Kulatunga, and Dr. Harsha Subasinghe.
