Date of Appointment

4 November 2024

Directorships in subsidiaries/ Board Committee memberships

Director of Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd. Chairman of the Nominations & Governance Committee and Remuneration Committee Member of the Senior Tender Board.

Skills and Experience

Mr Niel Unamboowe, President’s Counsel, has approximately 36 years of experience as a lawyer. Currently engaged in private practice, he served in the Attorney General’s Department, until his retirement in 2019 as Additional Solicitor General. Whilst in the Attorney-General’s Department, he headed the prosecution for the Presidential Commission of Inquiry and Investigation into Alleged Irregularities at Sri Lankan Airlines, Sri Lanka Catering Limited, and Mihin Air Limited.

Throughout his career in the Attorney General’s Department, he was involved in significant inquiries, including the Presidential Commission into the Affairs of Sri Jayawardenepura General Hospital in 1994 and the inquiry and investigation into involuntary disappearances in 1995. He played a key role in the Revenue Unit, providing legal guidance to the Ministry of Finance and the Treasury, and to various Government departments including Customs and Inland Revenue.