Sujeewa Lal Dahanayake OPA President 2024-2025

Attorney-at-Law Sujeewa Lal Dahanayake was elected the 44th President of the Organization of Professional Associations (OPA) for its 50th year, at its Annual General Meeting held on October 27.

Mr. Dahanayake, who was OPA General Secretary in the past year, has served in various capacities over the last 10 years.

Founded in 1975, the OPA functions as the apex body of 52 professional member associations representing 34 professions, including Medicine, Law, Accountancy, Engineering, Science, Economics, Management and Software Engineering. The OPA seeks to harness the collective expertise and skills of its members to achieve the growth of the professions to drive the country’s development.

A past student of Ananda College, Colombo 10, Dahanayake is a practising Legal counsel in the areas of Civil Law and Commercial Law. He obtained a Master in Law (LLM) in International Business and Commercial Law from the University of West London and a Masters in Human Rights (MHR) from the University of Colombo. He served as the Deputy Chairman of the Tourist Board (Western Province) from 2016 to 2019.

He has been a member of the General Forum and the Executive Council of the OPA, representing the Bar Association of Sri Lanka since 2015. He served as the Vice President of the OPA for four consecutive years from 2017 to 2021, before being elected General Secretary last year.

He led the OPA delegations at policy level discussions with the government and other stakeholders, including Ministries and Parliament Sectoral Oversight Committees, to accomplish the desired objectives of the OPA, during the ongoing economic crisis.

As its General Secretary, he has carried out extensive improvements that benefited the OPA, from streamlining administrative processes to fostering greater collaboration among members.

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