Lasantha Wickramasinghe appointed new MILCO chief

An Information Technology (IT) and supply chain management professional, Lasantha Wickramasinghe has been appointed the new Chairman of MILCO (Pvt) Ltd.
Wickramasinghe has been serving at the Sweden-based multinational enterprise software company, IFS for over 12 years as a Senior Business System Analyst.

The expert areas of Wickramasinghe are supply chain management and localised tax-related functionalities in several countries. 

Prior to his career at IFS, he was serving Haycarb PLC as an executive in the production planning unit.

He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics (Special) from the University of Colombo. He also attained two Master’s degrees in the fields of Information Technology and Manufacturing Management. 

He is currently reading for an MPhil/PhD in Economics (International Trade) from the University of Colombo.

In addition, Wickramasinghe has also been serving as the Secretary of the Association of Information Technology Professionals since 2015 where he was a vocal critic of the Free Trade Agreements  (FTAs) pursued by the former government.