Speakers

Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake Chairman/CEO - Aitken Spence Maritime, Chairman – Ace Cargo and Director - Aitken Spence PLC, is former Chairman/CEO of Sri Lanka Ports Authority and also a former Chairman of state owned Jaye Container Terminals Ltd. and Sri Lanka Port Management Consultancy Services Ltd.

Dr. Dissanayake who has served on the UN/UNCTAD Panel as an expert on Ports & Shipping is a Past Chairman of the Central Advisory Council of Sri Lanka Transport Board and Past Co-Chairman of the Transport Cluster of the National Council for Economic Development which is under the Presidential Secretariat.  He is a member of the Faculty Industry Consultative Board – Dept. of Transport & Logistics Management of the University of Moratuwa and Chairman of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce -Steering Committee on Ports, Shipping, Aviation and Logistics and Director of CINEC Maritime and Management Campus.

Dr. Dissanayake a University of Oxford Business Alumni has successfully completed an Executive Education Programme on “Global Economy” at Harvard Business School in Boston.

He is also a Past Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Sri Lanka branch), and is a recipient of the Best Shipping Personality award conferred by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Contribution to society Award by PIMA of the University of Sri Jayewardenapura.