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Dr. Parakrama Dissanayake

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  • Dy. Chairman/Managing Director – Aitken Spence PLC
    Aitken Spence has been ranked by the Forbes Magazine as amongst 200 best companies outside USA, for 03 consecutive years.
  • Chairman – Elpitiya Plantations PLC
  • Chairman – Aitken Spence Plantations Management PLC
  • Managing Director – Aitken Spence Hotels PLC
  • Chairman – Aitken Spence Subsidiary Companies
  • Co-Chairman – CINEC Campus
  • Council Member – Fiji National University
  • Professor (visiting) – Shanghai Maritime University
  • Professor (visiting) – Dalian Maritime University
  • Hon. Consul General – Republic of Fiji Islands

Past Positions

  • Secretary, Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Southern Development
  • Chairman, Sri Lanka ports Authority (two stints)
  • International President, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (UK)
  • Chairman/CEO, Aitken Spence Maritime & Logistics
  • Chairman, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) S/L Branch
  • Board Director, Urban Development Authority
  • Board Director, Ceylon Shipping Corporation

About Me
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With Hon.President of Sri Lanka-2018
With Hon.Prime Minister of Sri Lanka- 2002
With Hon.Minister of Ports & Shipping – 2002
With Hon. Minister of Finance – Rep.of Fiji Island 2012
With Hon.Prime Minister of Rep. Of Fiji Island – 2014
With Hon.Prime Minister of Rep. Of Fiji Island – 2023
With Hon.Prime Minister of Rep. Of Fiji Island – 2023
With British Minister of MARITIME Affairs in 2018
As the first Non-British International President (2016 -2018) of the institute of Charted Shipping Brokers UK. He was succeeded by Lord Mountevans in 2018.
With President and Minister Ports in 2017