Nishan de Mel

Executive Director Head of Research

Nishan is one of Sri Lanka’s most respected and influential economists, with extensive academic, public policy and private sector experience. 

He played an instrumental role in designing national policies on Health Sector Reform, Social Security and Tobacco & Alcohol. He also served as the Executive Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies and the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute. He sits on multiple private sector boards and consults for some of the region’s largest firms. 

Nishan completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University, and his graduate studies at Oxford University, where he was a Chevening Scholar.

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