Writers Profile

		WRITERS
			JAYANTHA DHANAPALA Sri Lanka’s one-time contender for the post of UN Secretary General, he is a former UN Under-Secretary-General and an Ambassador of Sri Lanka.
			DESHAMANYA DR. VERNON MENDIS Sri Lanka’s most senior career diplomat, and the head of the Diplomatic Training Institute. He is also a Peace Fellow of the US Institute of Peace.
			LAKSHMAN RATNAPALA Former 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.
			RENTON DE ALWIS Former Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism, former CEO/Secretary General of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and a former Vice President of PATA.
			OMAR KHAN Globally acclaimed mind-power wizard, who is a Senior Partner of Sensei International.
			VIJITHA YAPA Founder-Editor of three national newspapers and Chairman of the Vijitha Yapa Group of Companies.
			DR. PAIKIASOTHY SARAVANAMUTTU Public-policy analyst and civil-society activist on issues of governance, peace and democracy in Sri Lanka.
			DR. JEHAN PERERA Executive Director of the National Peace Council, he holds a PhD from Harvard University.
			SAVITHRI RODRIGO Former Country Reporter for CNN World Report, she was also a news presenter for Rupavahini (state TV). Savithri is a Fellow of the ICSA (UK). She is a recipient of a ‘Woman Of Achievement Award’ from the Zonta Club, for her contribution to electronic and print media.
			NIRESH ELIATAMBY Former head of Associated Press (AP) in Sri Lanka who now writes for several Sri Lankan and foreign magazines. He is a mass-media consultant who has worked in newspapers, radio and TV.
			GEHAN DE SILVA WIJEYERATNE CEO of a wildlife and adventure travel company, which is an arm of the Jetwing Group. He is the lead author of A Birdwatcher’s Guide To Sri Lanka and A Photographic Guide To The Birds Of Sri Lanka.
			AMANTHA PERERA Award-winning journalist and Sri Lanka’s ‘Most Outstanding Young Journalist Of The Year’ in 2003.
			MANDANA ISMAIL ABEYWICKREMA The writer is an award-winning senior journalist and the News Editor of a weekly newspaper.
			ANOMA PIERIS An architect by profession, with an academic focus on cultural theory.
			YAMINI SEQUEIRA One of LMD’s Contributing Editors and a regular contributor to the magazine.
			MIHIRI WIKRAMANAYAKE Freelance journalist who contributes to local and international publications. She is one of LMD’s Contributing Editors.
			ANGELO FERNANDO Angelo has been embedded in the digital world for the past five years, helping organisations in the US make sense of (and implementing) social-media strategies. He is one of LMD’s Contributing Editors.