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Dr Parakrama Dissanayake, President of the Institute new role as Sri Lanka Port Authority Chairman

Posted on Thursday, June 1, 2017 and tagged as Sri lanka port authority new chairman, Dr Parakrama Dissanayake

 

Dr Parakrama Dissanayake - ICS President

Dr Parakrama Dissanayake, President of the Institute, has been appointed new Chairman of Sri Lanka Port Authority

Top professional and maritime economist Dr Parakrama Dissanayake FICS has been appointed the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) by Ports and Shipping Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe.
Dr Dissanayake was also the Chairman of SLPA from 2001-2004. He was recently elected the first Non-British International President of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers UK, founded in 1911.

Before assuming duties as Port Chief, Dr Dissanayake was Chairman/CEO Aitken Spence Maritime, Ports and Logistics and a Main Board Director of Aitken Spence Plc. 
He guided Aitken Spence Ports International, the first Sri Lankan company to venture into port management overseas and the first Sri Lankan company to pursue a Public Private Partnership in ports overseas.
Some of the industry-related leadership positions he has held include Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (Sri Lanka), Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (Sri Lanka), Chairman of the Sri Lanka Transport Board Advisory Council and Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (SC) on Ports, Aviation and Logistics.
Professionally he has obtained the highest Chartered qualification in Shipping FICS (UK) and Logistics/Transport FCILT (UK).
He is a University of Oxford (UK) Business Alumni, Alumni of University of Sri Jayawardenepura and a Fellow of the Harvard Business School (USA), Norad and JICA.

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