Former representative to WTO joins FCCISL

Kulatunga Perera, an experienced trade policy practitioner in the public service joined the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL) in August. An authority on the subjects of multilateral trade negotiations, trade promotions and macro-economic policy formulation with a distinguished service record spanning over 40 years, Kulatunga Perera was last posted as Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the World Trade Organization (WTO), based in Geneva, Switzerland from 2008 to 2010.

He represented Sri Lanka's economic interests mainly protecting the agriculture sector, rural livelihoods, regional development and food security in the sphere of agriculture negotiations and advancing Sri Lanka's export interests /market access for apparel and fisheries products in the major markets of US and EU through the NAMA negotiations.

Kulatunga began his career as a Sub-Manager at the Bank of Ceylon and subsequently ventured into regional development planning in the Ministry of Planning and Employment where he served the North Western Province in the integrated Rural Development Project, Decentralized Budget and the Divisional Development Council Program.