Dhammika Perera, Consul of the Republic of Senegal

The President of the Republic of Senegal Macky Sall appointed Dhammika Perera as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Senegal in Sri Lanka, recently.

Dhammika Perera

The appointment was approved by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on December 07, 2012.

Renown for his business acumen, Dhammika Perera has commercial interests in a wide range of sectors including Banking and Financial Services, Power and Energy, Leisure, Manufacturing and diversified holdings. Entities under his purview provide employment to approximately 50,000 individuals, contribute 5% of Sri Lanka's tax revenues and accounts for 3% of the nations’ export turnover.

His renewable energy portfolio contributes close to 50 MW to the nations’ power grid. At present he serves as Chairman of Sampath Bank, Vallibel One, Vallibel Finance, Vallibel Power Erathna, The Fortress Resorts PLC, Delmege (Private) Ltd and Greener Water Ltd. He is Deputy Chairman of Hayleys, Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC and LB Finance.

He is also on the Boards of several other public and privately held companies.

In addition, Dhammika Perera lends his expertise to national policy development. He is Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and serves on the Board of the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency and of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation.

He also served as Chairman of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka from April 2007 to May 2010.

It is envisaged that as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Senegal Perera will assist Sri Lanka and Senegal develop a variety of links in pursuant of mutually beneficial interests.