Group Managing Director of the Gills Group Former Chief Executive Officer at Ceylon Biscuits Ltd. Former Group Chief Executive Officer at Fairway Holdings Former Managing Director at Hemas Consumer Brands Co-founder of Taurus Naturals

Imal is the Group Managing Director of the Gills Group, leads the Value added Business for TeaTang pvt Ltd and serves on the Board of CBL Convenience Foods PLC. He was the Chairman of Multifinance plc and served on the boards of the Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, Sri Lanka Investment Holdings, Chevron Lubricants (Lanka) PLC and Eureka Technology Partners. He’s had his Postgraduate Education at the Indian School of Business / The Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) / Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania). Imal worked with multinationals such as JWT, Unilever, Glaxo-Smithkline, Coca-Cola and Chevron in the Middle East, in South East Asia and in the sub-continent. He launched Panadol and other OTC brands for GSK in Vietnam and pioneered the entry of Hemas Consumer Brands to Bangladesh. Imal was the former Group CEO of Fairway Holdings, CEO of Ceylon Biscuits and Managing Director of Hemas Consumer Brands.

He plays an active role within the marketing fraternity as the past President of the International Advertising Association (Sri Lanka Chapter 2007-2008), Founder Chairman of the Sri Lanka Advertising Awards (2006), Founder Jury Chair of the Sri Lanka Digital Awards (2019,20,21), Chairman of the Sri Lanka Brand Excellence Jury (2007,20,21) Chairman of the “EFFIES” Sri Lanka Jury (2009, 2012, 2017) and Chairman of the Trustees of the Sri Lanka Advertising Awards (2010). He was also appointed to the Jury of the Asia-Pacific Effie Awards (2016,17,18,19,21) and was subsequently Invited as a Juror for the Global Effies Program (2016) as well as the Middle East North Africa Program (2016).