Thilan graduated with honors from the State University of New York and Cornell University, USA, with three BSc degrees in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering and Economics. Having commenced his career as a Senior Management Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Colombo, he was the Head of Planning at Sampath Bank.
In 1992 Mr. Wijesinghe pursued entrepreneurial interests by co-founding Asia Capital, which became Sri Lanka’s largest investment bank in terms of market capitalisation. Mr. Wijesinghe was a key initiator in successfully launching the Regent Sri Lanka Fund in 1993, the first ever country fund dedicated to Sri Lankan equities. He served on the Board of this Dublin-listed Company for 3 years. Having exited his investment in Asia Capital, Mr. Wijesinghe has served as Chairman/Director General of the Board of Investment and CEO/MD of Asian Hotels Corporation PLC, Forbes & Walker Ltd and Overseas Realty PLC.
Mr. Wijesinghe is a co-founder of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), Sri Lanka’s largest IT University, where he serves as a Board member for life. He functions as Chairman/Shareholder of TWCorp (Pvt) Ltd, a real estate focused investment advisory and development management Company, Digital Commerce Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, an e-commerce partnership with Dialog Axiata PLC, and Sapphirus Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, a Company exporting precision manufactured sapphire to premium international jewelers. He is also on the Board of leisure companies affiliated to MJF Group, makers of Dilmah Tea and several other public and private companies.