Mangala P. B. Yapa appointed as Ceylon Chamber new Secretary General / CEO
View(s):Mangala P. B. Yapa, who recently retired as Managing Director of Colombo Dockyard, was on Thursday appointed as CEO / Secretary General of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce with effect from 1st October 2014.
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Mangala P. B. Yapa
His appointment follows the retirement of Harin Malwatte, who served as the Secretary General/CEO of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce for a period of five and a half years.
Mr. Yapa is the present President of the National Chamber of Exporters, a member of the Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce & was previously a Council Member of the National Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Sri Lanka. A Chartered Engineer by profession, Mr. Yapa, holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering (Hons.) from the Astrakhan Technical University of Russia and a MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), Sri Lanka.
Hailing from a deep rural area in the Badulla District, Mr. Yapa had his initial education at Muttewegama Vidyalaya and Kandegedara Maha Vidyalaya, before completing his secondary education at Nalanda Vidyalaya, Colombo.