JAGATH PATHIRANE / CMILT
Logistics & Supply Chain Strategist | Senior Industry Executive | Board & Management Advisor
Jagath Pathirane is a senior logistics and supply-chain professional with over three decades of experience across freight forwarding, international logistics, supply-chain management and the development of Sri Lanka’s logistics industry.
He has held senior executive and leadership positions within the Expolanka Group, including as Director/CEO of Expolanka Freight and previously as Chief Administrative Officer of Expolanka Holdings / EFL Group. His career has involved managing complex international logistics operations and advising businesses on supply-chain strategy, multimodal transportation and logistics development.
Mr. Pathirane has also played an active role in the development of Sri Lanka’s logistics and freight-forwarding industry through his involvement as Chairman of Sri Lanka Logistics and Freight Forwarders Association (SLFFA), including leadership at industry level as the incumbent Co Chair of the Logistics Committee of the Export Development Board (EDB). He has represented Sri Lankan logistics interests at international forums involving organizations such as FIATA, UNESCAP and the European Parliament, among others.
His areas of expertise include international freight forwarding, maritime and air cargo, multimodal logistics, transshipment, supply-chain optimisation, logistics infrastructure and policy, and positioning Sri Lanka as a regional logistics hub.
Mr. Pathirane continues to contribute his experience to strategic logistics initiatives and advisory assignments, with particular interest in developing Colombo as a competitive regional logistics and multimodal cargo hub.
He brings to the panel the perspective of a practitioner with extensive hands-on experience in international logistics and a deep understanding of Sri Lanka's potential as a maritime, air-cargo and multimodal logistics gateway.
He is a Chartered member of Institute of Logistics & Transport, UK and a certified member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM, UK)
