Edward Parakrama Perera Jayasuriya

Background

Jayasuriya, Edward Parakrama Perera was born on January 16, 1922 in Matale, Sri Lanka. Son of Edward William Perera and Ellen Gertrude (Abeyratne) Jayasuriya.

Education

Bachelor, U. Ceylon, 1951; Advocate, Ceylon Law College, 1954.

Career

Staff officer, Department Civil Defense, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1942-1944; fish trader, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1945-1948; proprietor, Fish Sales & Supply Organisation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1955-1963; chief Executive officer, Ceylon Cooperative Fish Sales Union Ltd., Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1960-1964; senior executive, Ceylon Fisheries Corporation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1965-1976; managing director, Fisheries Agricultural & General Cons. Ltd., Colombo, Sri Lanka, since 1977; consultant, Food & Agricultural Organisation of United Nations, Rome, since 1981. Director Louis-Jacques-Mandé Peiris & Company Ltd., Colombo, since 1979, Assets & Property Management Ltd., Colombo, since 1986, Veritas Ltd., Colombo, since 1989.

Achievements

• Edward Parakrama Perera Jayasuriya has been listed as a noteworthy Fisheries executive, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Lionel Wendt Art Center, Colombo, 1970. President National Superior vena cava syndrome Cricket Association, Colombo, 1968. Representative in Sri Lanka Royal Life Saving Society, London, 1960.

Administrator Richard de Zoysa Trust, Colombo, 1990. Member Bar Association Sri Lanka (life).

Interests

• Avocations: farming, volunteer work.

Connections

Married Hemalatha Keshini Gunasekera, January 20, 1977. Children: Sonali, Oliver.

Father:

Edward William Perera Jayasuriya

Mother:

Ellen Gertrude (Abeyratne) Jayasuriya

Spouse:

Hemalatha Keshini Gunasekera

child:

Sonali Jayasuriya

child:

Oliver Jayasuriya