Hemaka Amarasuriya is a

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n corporate leader and executive, who holds and has held many corporate positions in Sri Lanka and the region. He was the former

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and

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of Singer Sri Lanka. He is also the chairman of

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and NDB Group. Amarasuriya was born to

Thomas Amarasuriya Thomas Amarasuriya, OBE (17 June 1907 – 5 May 1979) was a Ceylonese planter and politician. He was a member of the State Council of Ceylon and President of the Senate of Ceylon. He was the first Ceylonese Chairman of the Planters Association a ...

, OBE the President of the

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and his brother is M. J. C. Amarasuriya He was educated at

Mahinda College Mahinda College is a Buddhist boys' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. The school was established on 1 March 1892 by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott. As of May 2022 it is a national school providing primary and secon ...

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and

Royal College Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

. Studying at the

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, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant following training at

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. He later became a

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of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow of the

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and a Fellow of the

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.Hemaka Amarasuriya – an amiable Sports Celebrity
/ref> In 1973, he was appointed as the Chief Accountant at Singer Industries and in 1977 he became the Finance Director of Singer (Sri Lanka). In 1983 he was the acting CEO and in 1984 he was appointed as the Singapore Country Manager. He gained a Diploma in Advanced Marketing Strategy from the University of New York and was appointed Chairmen and CEO of

Singer (Sri Lanka) Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC is a Sri Lankan holding company engaged in retailing and wholesale marketing home appliances and furniture. The company is also taking part in financial services and manufacturing businesses. The company is listed on the Colo ...

at year. In 1995 he was made a Regional Manager for Singer Worldwide and in 2004 he was appointed as a Corporate Vice President of Singer International. He was founder president of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (Sri Lanka Region).

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