Board of Directors

Chairman	Vice Chairman	Member-ex Officio	Member-ex Officio

Mr. G. S. Withanage	Mr. D.W.S. Narangoda	Air Vice Marshal Sagara Kotakadeniya (Retd) WWW, RWP, RSP, VSV, USP, MSc(Def & Strat Stu), MA(IR) fundu, PSC DGCA & CEO, Civil Aviation Authority	General G.D.H. Kamal Gunarathne (Retd) (WWV. RWP. RSP. USP. ndc. psc. MPhil)- Secretary, Ministry of Defence
Member-ex Officio	Member	Member	Member

Mr. A.K.Seneviratne - Treasury Representative, Deputy Secretary to the Treasury	Mr. Mangala Wijesinghe	Captain Milinda Rathnayake

Legend of CAA Board of Directors

1^st Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr. Shibly Aziz, PC	Chairman	07/01/2003	06/04/2004
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	27/12/2002	Continued
Mr. Mohan Pieris	Member	07/01/2003	16/04/2004
Mr. Austin Fernando	Member (Ex-Officio, Defence)	07/01/2003	04/11/2003
Dr. P. Ramanujam	Member	12/05/2003	16/04/2004
N. Pathmanathan	Member (Ex- Officio, Finance)	06/05/2003	16/04/2004

2^nd Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
A. V. M. P. H. Mendis	Chairman	17/05/2004	25/11//2005
Mr. Norman Gunawardena	Vice Chairman	17/05/2004	25/11/2005
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Mr. Cyril Herath	Member (Ex-Offico Defence)	18/05/2004	01/12/2004
Mr. Ashoka Jayawardena	Member (Ex-Offico Defence)	01/12/2004	25/11/2005
Mr. G. S. Withanage	Member	20/05/2004	28/11/2005
Mr. Ananda Goonatilleke	Member	20/05/2004	28/11/2005
Mr. E. Wijepala	Member (Ex Officio,Treasury Rep)	21/06/2004	01/10/2004
Ms. C. S. Kumarasinghe	Member (Ex Officio,Treasury Rep)	01/10/2004	25/11/2005
Mr. Nihal Jayawardena	Member	31/08/2004	28/11/2005

3^rd Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
A. V. M. P. H. Mendis	Chairman	05/12/2005	06/03/2007
Mr. Norman Gunawardena	Vice Chairman	05/12/2005	01/01/2007
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapakse	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	05/12/2005	06/03/2007
Mr. Ananda Goonatilleke	Executive Director	05/12/2005	06/03/2007
Mr. Nihal Jayawardena	Member	05/12/2005	06/03/2007
Mr. Ananda Amaradewa	Member	03/02/2006	26/03/2007

4^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
A. V. M. P. H. Mendis	Chairman	03/04/2007	28/04/2008
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO	Continued	30/04/2007
Mr. D. M. P. Dissanayake	Actg DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	01/05/2007	Continued
Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapakse	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	Continued	Continued
Mr. Ananda Goonatilleke	Executive Director	19/04/2007	28/04/2008
Mr. Nihal Jayawardena	Member	19/04/2007	28/04/2008
Mr. P. A. Abeysekera	Member(Ex Officio,Treasury Rep)	26/04/2007	Continued
Mr. Prasad Sooriarachchi	Member	03/04/2007	28/04/2008

5^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr. Lal Liyanarachchi	Chairman	15/05/2008	03/08/2009
Mr. D. M. P. Dissanayake	Actg DGCA/CEO (Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	Continued	Continued
Mr. P. A. Abeysekera	Member (Ex Officio,Finance)	Continued	30/06/2008
Mr. Les Rajapakse	Member	15/05/2008	03/08/2009
Mr. Javid Yusuf	Member	15/05/2008	03/08/2009
Mr. A. K. Senevirathne	Member (Ex Officio,Treasury Rep)	30/06/2008	03/08/2009
Mr. K. V. N. Jayawardena	Member	08/01/2009	03/08/2009
Mr. U. C. Widanagamachchi	Member	08/01/2009	03/08/2009

6^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
A. C. M. W. D. R. M. J. Goonetileke	Chairman	05/10/2009	08/05/2010
Mr. Ariyaratne Hewage	Vice Chairman	05/10/2009	11/05/2010
Mr. D. M. P. Dissanayake	Actg DGCA/CEO	Continued	30/4/2010
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	01/05/2010	Continued
Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	08/10/2009	Continued
Mr. Nihal Jayawardena	Member	05/10/2009	10/05/2010
Mr. A. K. Seneviratne	Member(Ex Officio, Treasury Rep)	05/10/2009	Continued
Mr. Kanaka Herath	Member	08/10/2009	15/01/2010
Mr. Zaki Alif	Member	22/10/2009	11/05/2010

7^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
A. C. M. W. D. R. M. J. Goonetileke	Chairman	13/05/2010	28/12/2011
Mr. Sarath Jayasundara	Vice Chairman	13/05/2010	13/07/2013
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	13/05/2010	Continued
Mr. Nihal Jayawardena	Member	18/05/2010	18/07/2013
Mr. Ivan Tissera	Member(Ex Officio,Treasury Rep)	21/06/2010	17/10/2013
Dinesh Gallage	Member	13/05/2010	13/07/2013
Mr. Zaki Alif	Member	13/05/2010	13/07/2013

8^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Gen Rohan Daluwatte	Chairman	22/12/2011	13/01/2015
Mr. Sarath Jayasundara	Vice Chairman	01/09/2013	13/01/2015
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Mr. Gotabaya Rajapakse	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	Continued	13/01/2015
Mr. P. Algama	Member (Ex Officio,Treasury Rep)	17/10/2013	13/01/2015
Mr. A. W. S. Ameen	Member	09/09/2013	13/01/2015
Mr. L. D. S. Balasooriya	Member	09/09/2013	13/01/2015
Mr. Zaki Alif	Member	01/09/2013	13/01/2015

9^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr. Mohammed Shibly Aziz	Chairman	26/02/2015	12/10/2015
Dr. W. L. Prassana Perera	Vice Chairman	02/02/2015	12/10/2015
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Mr. B. M. U. D. Basnayake	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	18/01/2015	12/10/2015
Ms. Anula Harasgama	Member (Ex Officio, Treasury Rep)	17/10/2013	12/10/2015
Mr. Pasan Madhawa Edussuriya	Member	26/01/2015	12/10/2015
Mr. Tissa Silva	Member	28/02/2015	12/10/2015
Mr. T. S. J. Jayawardena	Member	01/04/2015	12/10/2015

10^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr. Ananda Wimalasena	Chairman	12/10/2015	Continued
Mr. Kushan De Aiwis	Vice Chairman	12/10/2015
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Eng. Karunasena Hettiarachchi	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	12/10/2015	29/06/2017
Mr. Kapila Waidyaratna	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	27/07/2017	30/10/2018
Mr. Hemasiri Fernando	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	31/10/2018	Continued
Ms. Anula Harasgama	Member (Ex Officio, Treasury Rep)	23/10/2015	29/06/2017
Mr. C. J. K. Perera	Member (Ex Officia, Treasure Rep)	31/08/2017	Continued
Dr. Aminda Methsila Perera	Member	12/10/2015	Continued
Eng. D. D. S. Elakanda	Member	12/10/2015	Continued
Prof. W. L. Prasanna Perera	Member	12/10/2015	12/10/2018
Mr. Hemantha Punchihewa	Member	13/10/2018	Continued

11^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr. Ananda Wimalasena	Chairman	13/10/2018	Continued
-	Vice Chairman	-	-
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	Continued
Mr. Hemasiri Fernando	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	13/10/2018	26/12/2018
Mr. C. J. K. Perera	Member (Ex Officio, Treasury Rep)	13/10/2018	26/12/2018
Eng. D. C. S. Elakanda	Member	13/10/2018	26/12/2018
Dr. Aminda Methsila Perera	Member	13/10/2018	26/12/2018
Mr. Hemanta Punchihewa	Member	13/10/2019	26/12/2018

12^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr. Ananda Wimalasena	Chairman	12/10/2015	19/11/2019
Mr. Shashi Dhanatunge	Vice Chairman	31/01/2019	19/11/2019
Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	Continued	06.04.2020
General Shantha Kottegoda	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	29/04/2019	18/11/2019
Mr. Priyantha Rathnayake	Member (Ex Officia, Treasure Rep)	27/02/2019	20/01/2020
Dr. Aminda Methsila Perera	Member	31/01/2019	23/10/2019
Mr. Suren Goonewardena	Member	12/02/2019	15/11/2019
Mr. Parakrama Bandara Embogama	Member	29/05/2019	30/11/2019

13^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr. Upul Dharmadasa CTC	Chairman	14/01/2020	13/01/2023
Mr. Amitha Wijayasuriya	Vice Chairman	31/12/2019	12/08/2022
Capt. Themiya Abeywickrama	DGCA/CEO(Ex Officio)	06/04/2020	01/08/2022
General (Retd) G.D.H. Kamal Gunarathne	Member (Ex Officio, Defence)	19/11/2019	continued
Ms.P.K.Ayanthi De Silva	Member (Ex Officia, Treasure Representative)	26/01/2020	28/02/2022
Ms J.C.Weligamage	Member (Ex Officia, Treasure Representative)	03/01/2020	12/08/2022
Mr. Nihal Jayawardana. PC	Member	31/12/2019	17/01/2023
Mr. Chaminda Welegama	Member	03/01/2020	12/08/2022
Mr.Sarala Chinthaka Karunarathne	Member	21/01/2020	25/06/2020
Capt. Navin De Silva	Member	23/02/2021	23/07/2022
Mrs. M.S. Awanthi Senaratne	Ministry Observer	19/03/2019	08/04/2022

14^th Board

Name	Status in the Authority	From	To
Mr G S Withanage	Chairman	14/01/2023
Mr. P.A Jayakantha	Director General of Civil Aviation and Chief Executive Officer of CAASL (Member of CAASL and Ex-Officio)	05/08/2022	03.03.2024
AVM (Retd) Sagara Kotakadeniya	Director General of Civil Aviation and Chief Executive Officer of CAASL (Member of CAASL and Ex-Officio)	13/03/2024
Mr D W S Narangoda	Vice Chairman	22/02/2023
Capt Milinda Ratnayake	Member of CAASL	12/08/2022
Mr Mangala Wijesinghe	Member of CAASL	18/01/2023
AVM (Retd) Sagara Kotakadeniya	Member of CAASL	12/08/2022	13/03/2024
General (Retd.) Kamal Gunaratne	Member of CAASL and Ex Officio Secretary, Ministry of Defence	19/11/2019
Mr. A.K Seneviratne	Member of CAASL and Ex Officio Treasury Representative Deputy Secretary to the Treasury	18/08/2022

Former Directors

Former Chairman

Mr. Shibly Aziz PC 07.01.2003 - 06.06.2004	AVM P. H. Mendis 17.05.2004 - 28.04.2008	Mr. Lal Liyanaarachchi 15.05.2008 - 03.08.2009	ACM WDRMJ Goonetilake 05.10.2009 - 28.12.2011
Mr. Gen. Rohan Daluwatte 29.12.2011 -13.01.2015	Mr. Shibly Aziz 14.01.2014 - 03.10.2015	Mr.Ananda Wimalasena 12.10.2015 - 19.11.2019	Mr. Upul Dharmadasa CTC 14.01.2020-13.01.2023

Former Vice Chairman

Mr. Norman Gunawardene 17.05.2004 - 01.01.2007	Mr. Ariyaratne Hewage 05.10.2009 -11.05.2010	Mr. Sarath Jayasundara 13.05.2010 - 13.01.2015	Mr. Prasanna Perera 13.01.2015 - 03.09.2015	Mr. Kushan De Alwis PC 12.10.2015 - 30.01.2019
Mr.Shashi Dhanatunge 31.01.2019 - 19.11.2019	Mr. Amitha Wijayasuriya 31.12.2019 -12.08.2022	Mr. G. S. Withanage 12.08.2022 - 13.01.2023

Former Director General - Ex officio

Former Secretary, Ministry of Defence

Mr. Austin Fernando 07.01.2003-04.11.2003	Mr. Cyril Herath 18.05.2004-01.12.2004	Mr. Gotabhaya Rajapakse 05.12.05 - 13.01.15	Mr. (Eng) Karunasena Hettiarachchi 12.10.2015 - 29.06.2017
Mr. Kapila Waidyaratna 27.02.2017 - 30.10.2018	Mr. Hemasiri Fernando 31.10.2018 - 25.04.2019	General Shantha Kottegoda 29.04.2019 - 18.11.2019

Former Treasury Representative

Mr. N. Pathmandan 06.05.2003-16.04.2004	Mr. E. Wijepaala 21.06.2004-01.10.2004	Mrs. C.S. Kumarasinghe 01.10.2004-25.11.2005	Mr. Ananda Amaradewa 03.02.2006-26.03.2007
Mr. P. A. Abeyasekara 26.04.2007-30.06.2008	Mr. A. K. Seneviratne 30.06.2008-03.08.2009	Mr. Ivan Tissera 21.06.2010-17.10.2013	Mr. P. Algama 18.10.2013-13.01.15
Mrs. Anula Harasgama 23.10.2015 - 29.06.2017	Mr. C. J. K. Perera 31.08.2017 - 30.01.2019	Mr Priyantha Rathnayake 27/02/2019 - 20/01/2020	Ms.P.K.Ayanthi De Silva 26.01.2020 - 28.02.2022
Ms J.C.Weligamage 03.01.2020 -12.08.2022

Former Member

Mr. Mohan Pieris 07.01.2003 -16.04.2004	Dr. Mr. P. Ramanujam 12.05.2003 -16.04.2004	Mr. Nihal Jayawardene 31.08.2004 - 28.11.2005 05.12.2005 - 06.03.2007 19.04.2007 - 28.04.2008 08.01.2009 - 03.08.2009 05.10.2009 - 10.05.2010 18.05.2010 - 18.07.2013 31.12.2019 - Continue	Mr. Ananda Goonetilleke 20.05.2004 - 28.04.2008
Mr. Les Rajapakshe 15.05.2008 - 03.08.2009	Mr. Javid Yusuf 15.05.2008 - 03.08.2009	Mr. Kanaka Herath 08.10.2009 -15.01.2010	Mr. Dinnesh Gallage 13.05.2010 - 13.07.2013
Mr. L. D. S. Balasooriya 09.09.10 - 13.01.15	Mr. Zaki Alif 22.10.09 - 13.01.15	Mr. A.W.S. Ameen 09.09.10 - 13.01.15	Mr. Prof. W. L. Prasanna Perera 12.10.2015 - 12.10.2018
Mr. Mr. D. D. S. Alakanda 12.10.2015 - 30.01.2019	Mr. Hemantha Punchihewa 31.10.2019 - 30.01.2019	Dr. Aminda Methsila Perera 23.10.2015 - 23.10.2019	Mr.Suren Goonewardena 12.02.2019 -15.11.2019
Mr. Sarala Chinthaka Karunarathne 21.01.2020 - 25.06.2020	Mr. Chaminda Welegama 03.01.2020 -12.08.2022	Capt. Navin De Silva 23.02.2021 - 23.07.2022

Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri 27.12.2002 - 01.05.2007	Mr. D. M. P. Dissanayaka 02.05.2007- 01.05.2010	Mr. H. M. C. Nimalsiri 02.05.2010 - 06.04.2020
Capt.Themiya Abeywickrama 06.04.2020 - 01.08.2022	Mr. P. A. Jayakantha 05.08.2022 - 03.03.2024

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