Nilantha possesses nearly 30 years of experience in Human Resource Management and working as a visiting lecturer at CIPM and a few other reputed educational institutes. He worked as Head of HR at Orient Finance PLC and as Consultant for Lakderana Investment Ltd prior to joining the Board. He previously served as Head of Human Resources at Ceylinco Insurance (General Division) from 1993 to 2011.

Nilantha holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and a Master’s Degree in Business Studies from the University of Colombo. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Nilantha is a Fellow Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka (CIPM) too.