Education
Royal College, Colombo. King"s College London.
Royal College, Colombo. King"s College London.
He served as the Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, the Bartleet Group and was the founding Chairman of the state-owned Ceylon Hotels Corporation(1967-1970). Educated at the Royal College Colombo, Wijesinghe obtained his Bachelor of Science(Engineer) degree in Civil Engineering from King"s College London, and joined the Public Works Department in 1941 as a civil engineer In 1956, he decided to leave his career in the public sector and join a privately held company involved in the tea trade.
In November 1958, Wijesinghe was appointed the first Ceylonese Director of Bartleet and Company
Limited., a leading company in tea broking, and in the 1960s became the company"s first Ceylonese Managing Director. In 1972, he led a trade delegation from Sri Lanka to Bangladesh and Pakistan during his tenure as the Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
In 1973, Wijesinghe was appointed the Honorary Consul-General of the Netherlands to the Republic of Sri Lanka and of the Maldives and was later honoured by her Majesty Queen Beatrix by being made an in 1985. He was the founding President of the Federation of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Sri Lanka (1970-1977), and the President of the Institute of Management of Sri Lanka, which he was involved in establishing.
Wijesinghe was popularly called "Mr Private Sector" as a result of his extensive involvement in a multitude of positions and assignments involving the "mercantile" sector of Ceylon, and later Sri Lanka.
In 1978, he was made Knight of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint by Queen Elizabeth II, the Sovereign Head of the Order. Mallory was married to Joyce Wijesinghe and had three children. Knight of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint