ISF elects Wing Commander Pradeep Kannangara as President

The Industrial Security Foundation (ISF), which acts as the sole organisation in Sri Lanka to represent the private security industry, having incorporated by an act passed in Parliament, Act No. 51 of 1999, elected Wing Commander (Retd.) Pradeep Kannangara as its President for the years 2022/2023, at its 30th annual General Meeting, which was held at the PIM Auditorium in Borella. 

Kannangara was appointed as President while 14 other members were appointed to the Executive Committee, strengthening the ISF in order to drive and uplift the standards of the private security industry in Sri Lanka. 

He has served on the ExCo consecutively since 2012, under four different presidents, where he held the positions of Senior Vice President during the last three consecutive years. He has also been a committed member of the ISF and was awarded prestigious coveted FISF title due to his many valuable contributions to the organisation and the private security industry in Sri Lanka in 2012. 

Kannangara’s journey into private security began after a successful carrier in the Sri Lanka Air Force for over 24 years, where he served in many capacities, finally being the Officer Commanding of the Special Air Borne Force. A recipient of the Ranasura Padakkama (RSP) Gallantry award for his bravery, sacrifices and service to the nation by the President of Sri Lanka in 1990. 

He holds a Master’s in Business Management from the Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia too and serves as a Board Director in AB Securitas (Private) Limited in Sri Lanka and AB Securitas Bangladesh Limited.

Other Senior ExCo members elected are Senior Vice President Maj (Ret.) Krishan De Silva, Vice President Maj (Retd.) Ananda Rodrigo, Hon Secretary Tony Perera and Treasurer Capt. Nalaka Silva.