Mangala Yapa

Mangala Yapa is the chairman of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BOI).

He was also former managing director of the Agency for Development of the Ministry of Development Strategies and International Trade in Sri Lanka.

Education
Mangala Yapa was born on 13 November 1957 in Badulla, Sri Lanka, and after winning a scholarship attended Nalanda College, Colombo, for secondary studies. After leaving Nalanda continuing his higher studies, he received a Ministry of Higher Education scholarship to Astrakhan State University, Russia, where he obtained a MSc in ship building.

Yapa, who is a marine engineer, naval architect and a chartered engineer by profession, is a fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka and member of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST-UK). He is also obtained a Master of Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.

Career
During Yapa's professional career he had been the chief executive officer and managing director of Colombo Dockyard and CEO and secretary general of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Awards
In 2013 Yapa was presented with 'Excellence in Engineering' award by the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka for his outstanding achievements in the Marine engineering category for transforming the Colombo Dockyard in to a world class shipbuilder and repairer.