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BIOGRAPHY/ MANAGEMENT TEAM

 
     
  Major Vijitha Welikala
Chairman / Managing Director
 
 

While in the Sri Lanka Army Major Welikala served in the elite Commando Regiment. He was trained with the Rangers in the USA in addition to his training in India and Pakistan. He was also in the Ex-British Army Training Team for advanced military tactics. He is also a paratrooper and a paraglider

 
     
  Legal Consultant  
  Hon. Palitha Fernando, President’s Counsel,  Former Attorney General of Sri Lanka  
     
 

Mr. Upali A Gooneratne

 
 

Past President of the Bar, Association of Sri Lanka. Ex-Chairman of the Legal Aid Commission of Sri Lanka. Barrister & Solicitor (Tasmania), Barrister & Solicitor (Victoria), Barrister & Solicitor (New South Wales), Solicitor (England & Wales)

 
     
 

Medical Consultant 

 
 

Prof. Dayasiri Fernando, Consultant Surgeon, Director Lanka Hospitals

 
     
 

Mr. Punya de Silva
Security/Investigation Consultant

 
 

Former  Deputy Inspector General of Police/CID, Head of Interpol Sri Lanka & former Director - National Intelligence Bureau. Of the 40 years in the Sri Lanka Police Force, he counts 20 years in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and as DIG/CID for 5 years.He also held the post of Director – National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) from 1995 to 1998.


During his tenure of office as Director/NIB he interacted with all heads of intelligence services in the UK, France, USA, Canada, Australia, India, Pakistan, Malaysia on terrorism. He attended the technical training course on combating currency counterfeiting at the Interpol General Secretariat, France and also at the counterfeit currency and Interpol branches in New Scotland Yard, London. He took two intelligence training courses conducted by the British Security Service (M.I.5) in 1995 & 1996. He held the post of General Manager – Group Security at Aitken Spence PLC from 2005 to 2011. Conducted investigations into frauds/ cheating and other white collar crimes reported by subsidiaries of the Group and referred them to the CID & Colombo Fraud Bureau.

 
     
 

Mr. Asoka Wijetilleka
Director/ Investigations

 
 

held the rank of Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police which is the second hierarchical position in the Police. He has   40 years of experience in the Police Force and served in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) – the prime National Investigation arm Sri Lanka Police for 25 years and held the post as its Director for 1 ½ years and its Deputy Inspector General of Police (Head of CID) for 02 years with wide experience in handling major, sensitive and complicated criminal investigations of all types. He has the distinction of also being the Head of Interpol (SL) in the years 2006 and 2007 and Head of International Police Affairs for 02 years and held the post of Senior Deputy Inspector General of Police in several Provinces in the Island.
Professionally, he has followed several job related Courses / Seminars / Workshops in Pakistan, Singapore, Scotland, USA, France and Japan.
He was also a member of the Sri Lanka Government Delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) sessions in Geneva from 2006 to 2009 and an official representing the Sri Lankan Government delegation at the 122nd and 123rd Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assemblies in Cape town, South Africa and Geneva in years 2008 and 2009 respectively, besides representing Sri Lanka Police at several International Conferences & Symposiums. 
Academically, he is a Fellow of Industrial Security, Associate Member of Business Executives (UK) Graduate Higher-Diploma in Modern Management (UK), Diploma in Human Rights and currently Reading for Masters (MA) in Human Rights.

 
     
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