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.
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.