Jayasiri Wickremeratne

Biography

Mr. Jayasiri Wickremaratne initially joined the Board of Directors of the Company in November 1997, and rejoined in July 2009. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Surveyors in Sri Lanka and Australia, A Member of the Institute of Spatial Sciences, Australia, a Member of the Royal Institute of Navigation, UK and during the period 1987-2006 a Vice President of the Organization of Professional Associations, Sri Lanka. He is also the Chairman of the Summa Amarasinghe COPEDEC Fellowship Trust and Chairman of the LHI Share Trust. Since the formation of LHI in 1984, he was its General Manager until March 1996 when he retired at the age of 55 years. Since then, he worked as Project Director to the USAID / University of Rhode Island / Coast Conservation Department, Coastal Resource Management Project, and as Team Leader of several multilateral and bilateral funded CRM Projects. Prior to joining the Company he was the Manager of Coastal Resources Planning and Development in the Coast Conservation Department in which capacity he led the Planning Team that prepared the Coastal Zone Management Plan (1978-1985) for Sri Lanka, and was responsible for implementation of the Coast Conservation Law under which all development activities in the Coastal Zone became subject to regulations under a permit process. 

Research Interest

 management