OPPORTUNITY IN
CHAOS

ONE LAST CHANCE
FOR SRI LANKA: A NATION IN CRISIS,
A MODEL NATION
IN WAITING?
AMANTHA PERERA
The writer is an award-winning journalist, and is a regular contributor to a leading national weekly newspaper.
  ANGELO FERNANDO
The writer is a MarCom Director at a finance company in the US.
As LMD’s Contributing Editor, he covers e-commerce, marketing and
media. Angelo ‘blogs’ at hoipolloi.typepad.com/. His other website is at www.angelofernando.com. You can reach him at angelo@swlink.net.
ANOMA PIERIS
The writer is an architect with an academic focus on cultural theory.
ANTHEA SENARATNA
The writer enjoys creativity and pursues many hobbies in this field.
ASGAR HUSSEIN
The writer is a freelance journalist. He was the head of the business desk
of a leading national newspaper and has contributed to other publications
as well. He holds a BA (Hons.) degree in the social sciences.
BRIAN TISSERA
The writer is a senior journalist at a national newspaper, and a copywriter.
CARL MULLER
The writer is an author and a journalist. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Association of Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.
DARSHANA ABAYASINGHA
The writer has been a news reporter at a
leading multimedia network in Sri Lanka.
DAWN RODRIGUEZ
The writer has experience in the field of corporate communications
and public relations. She has won awards for her writing from the
British Council and the United Nations. She currently works for an
international organisation in Sri Lanka.
GEHAN DE SILVA WIJEYERATNE
The writer is the CEO of a wildlife and luxury travel company, which appears regularly in the media. To subscribe to his wildlife ‘e-newsletter’, contact him via email at gehan@jetwing.lk.
JANAKA PERERA
The writer is a senior journalist and a former News Editor
of two national newspapers. He was also an Information
Assistant at the American Embassy in Colombo.
DR. JEHAN PERERA
The writer is Director – Research and Media of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka. He is also a political columnist of a national newspaper and contributes regularly to international publications.
JUSTIN BELAGAMAGE
The writer is the Principal Consultant at Quantum Consulting, an executive training and management-consulting firm specialising in organisational reform, change and strategic management, and leadership. He can be reached on 2784189 or 0777 880601 or via email, on belagama@sltnet.lk
PATA PRESIDENT EMERITUS LAKSHMAN RATNAPALA
The writer was formerly the President and CEO of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA). He currently helms ENELAR INTERNATIONAL,
based in San Francisco, in the US, which provides advisory services worldwide. His email address is Ratnapala@aol.com.
MAHINDA WIJESINGHE
The writer was the instigator of the ‘third umpire’ concept, and
the first to detect an arithmetical error in the laws of cricket. He
can be reached on email, at mahindaw@sri.lanka.net.
MIHIRI WIKRAMANAYAKE
The writer is a freelance journalist who contributes
to local and international publications.
NAYOMINI RATNAYAKE WEERASOORIYA
The writer is the Managing Editor of Satyn magazine. She
also runs Elan Corporate Etiquette, a business etiquette
consultancy, and can be contacted at satynmag@eureka.lk.
NIRESH ELIATAMBY
The writer is a journalist and media consultant. He was a
correspondent for The Associated Press, Media Manager at the
Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka, and has experience in
newspapers, radio, television and the news-wire services.
OMAR KHAN
The writer is a globally acknowledged leadership development innovator
and success coach. He is a sought after change catalyst and a pioneer in transformational learning. He is the author of the acclaimed book,
Synergy, as well as the upcoming work, Timeless Leadership.
RAJIKA JAYATILAKE
The writer has almost 20 years of journalistic experience and
was LMD’s Special Correspondent before taking up a five-year
diplomatic assignment, to serve in Thailand and the US on an
image-building campaign for Sri Lanka.
DR. SANJIVA WIJESINHA
The writer – MBBS (Ceylon), MSc (Oxford), FRCS, FRACGP – of
Melbourne’s Monash University, is the 2004/05 Rotary Foundation
visiting professor at the faculty of medicine, University of Kelaniya.
SAVITHRI RODRIGO
The writer is a freelance electronic and print media journalist,
and has been a news presenter for state television and radio.
She is a Fellow of the ICSA (UK).
DESHAMANYA DR. VERNON MENDIS
The writer is Sri Lanka’s most senior career diplomat. He is not a representative of a publisher or other similar organisations.
VIJAY WATSON
The writer is the founder and Managing Director of E-Nertia,
a management and technology consultancy based in Sydney, Australia.
He has over 23 years experience in the telecommunications industry.
He set up Mobitel in Sri Lanka and was its first Managing Director.
He was also Managing Director of Lanka Bell.
VIJITHA YAPA
The writer, Vijitha Yapa, is the Chairman of the Vijitha Yapa Group of Companies. He was the founder Editor of three national newspapers.
WIJITH DeCHICKERA
The writer, LMD’s Deputy Editor, is a democrat by persuasion
who has recently come to believe that a benevolent tyranny
may be a better model in Sri Lanka’s best interests.
YAMINI SEQUEIRA
The writer is one of LMD’s Consulting Editors. She is
also a regular contributor to the magazine.
BILL & RICH SONES
The writers are the compilers of the Strange But
True column, and contribute to LMD from the US.
   
CARLTON SAMARAJIWA
The writer is an English Language and Literature teacher, and a freelance journalist.
   
MELLOSHINI PERERA-SALMAN
The writer has a Masters degree in law from the University of London. She is a
former Human Resources Manager of a leading apparel group and a Senior HR
Manager at an international bank in Sri Lanka. Currently, she resides in the UK.
R. M. B. SENANAYAKE
The writer is a retired civil servant with a degree in Economics from the
University of London and a Master’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh
in Public & International Affairs. He is also an FCMA (London).
   
RISHANI WIJESINGHE
LMD’s Biz Diversions segment is compiled by Rishani Wijesinghe.
   
SHIVANTHA WIJESINHA
The writer studied at Royal College, Colombo; King George School, Hong Kong;
and Scotch College, Melbourne. He is currently studying law at Monash University.
   
THARUKA DISSANAIKE
The writer is a freelance contributor to national
newspapers, and local and foreign magazines.

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