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Subhashini Abeysinghe (Research Director), B.A (Colombo), M.A (Colombo), M.A. (WTI, Bern) is a trade specialist who advises private and public sector clients on trade policy and negotiations. She has ten years of experience at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Intelligence Unit, and has served on a number of national level committees in different government organisations. She has an in-depth understanding of Sri Lanka’s economy and policy making.
Deshal de Mel (Research Director) is an economist who has experience across government, private sector, and academia. He served as Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Sri Lanka from 2017 till 2019, working on tax reforms and other public finance matters. He was also a member of the National Trade Negotiation Committee where he led negotiations on trade in services, completing Sri Lanka’s first bilateral trade in services agreement with Singapore. He previously worked in the corporate sector as Senior Economist at the Hayleys Group, one of Sri Lanka’s largest diversified conglomerates. He has served on a number of corporate and non-corporate boards, including at present Sampath Bank PLC, and previously Sri Lankan Airlines, Sri Lankan Catering, and the Centre for Poverty Analysis. He was also a Commissioner at the Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka in 2018-2019. He has a degree in Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics from the University of Oxford and a Masters in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics. He was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2019.
Deshal de Mel (Research Director) is an economist who has experience across government, private sector, and academia. He served as Economic Advisor to the Ministry of Finance of Sri Lanka from 2017 till 2019, working on tax reforms and other public finance matters. He was also a member of the National Trade Negotiation Committee where he led negotiations on trade in services, completing Sri Lanka’s first bilateral trade in services agreement with Singapore. He previously worked in the corporate sector as Senior Economist at the Hayleys Group, one of Sri Lanka’s largest diversified conglomerates. He has served on a number of corporate and non-corporate boards, including at present Sampath Bank PLC, and previously Sri Lankan Airlines, Sri Lankan Catering, and the Centre for Poverty Analysis. He was also a Commissioner at the Securities & Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka in 2018-2019. He has a degree in Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics from the University of Oxford and a Masters in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics. He was recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2019.
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Dr. Nishan de Mel (Executive Director), B.A. (Harvard), M.Phil (Oxon), D.Phil (Oxon) advises a wide range of clients on political economy and macroeconomic policy. He is an economist and a political analyst with extensive academic, policy, and private sector experience. Nishan was a lecturer in Economics at Oxford University before returning to Sri Lanka to found Verité Research. He has sat on several national and Presidential Task Forces in Sri Lanka, playing an instrumental role in shaping national policies on health sector reform, social security, and tobacco and alcohol regulation. He also served on the board of the Sri Lanka Foundation and as the Executive Director of the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute, promoting education in democracy and human rights in Sri Lanka. Nishan sits on several private sector boards and consults as an economist and expert on Sri Lanka for international firms.
Verité Research offers specialized Political Economy Briefings on Sri Lanka to the Corporate, Diplomatic and Investment community. The Briefings draw on VR’s interdisciplinary research expertise in the fields of economics, politics, law, and media and are designed to help clients:
- Understand the political economy in Sri Lanka
- Formulate organizational / investment / programmatic strategy
- Design targeted interventions; and
- Identify actors who promote or impede programmatic objectives
The briefing is delivered in the form of a two-hour session, including Q&A, and led by VR’s senior staff leading the politics and economics sections. The briefing is accompanied by a background docket on politics, economics and relevant laws in Sri Lanka.
- Understand the political economy in Sri Lanka
- Formulate organizational / investment / programmatic strategy
- Design targeted interventions; and
- Identify actors who promote or impede programmatic objectives
The briefing is delivered in the form of a two-hour session, including Q&A, and led by VR’s senior staff leading the politics and economics sections. The briefing is accompanied by a background docket on politics, economics and relevant laws in Sri Lanka.
The Sri Lanka Orientation Briefing offers a concise but comprehensive introduction to Sri Lanka's political-economic landscape. It combines insights from all of Verité’s research teams to provide an understanding of Sri Lanka's leading social and political actors, institutional dynamics and social groupings combining both political-economic and historical analysis. The briefing is intended to be a quick, immersive introduction for those new to Sri Lanka or anyone who needs a rapid but deeper understanding of local dynamics.
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