Thusantha Wijemanna

Mr. Thusantha Wijemanna is an Attorney — at- Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka and a Notary Public with over 20 years of experience in the Banking Industry. He holds the degree of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) (First Class Honours) from the University of Colombo and Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of London. His last assignment was as Director-General of the SAARC Arbitration Council (SARCO) in Islamabad, Pakistan. Prior to that, he was Legal Advisor to the Ministry of External Affairs in Colombo, General Counsel of DFCC Bank, and Company Secretary/Chief Legal Officer of Sampath Bank. He was also a Commissioner of the Sri Lanka Law Commission.

He is a Commonwealth and Chevening Scholar of the United Kingdom, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London, and an Alumni of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Manila.

At present, he is a Council Member of the Open University of Sri Lanka and a Director of the Swadeshi Industrial works PLC.