Srilal Miththapala counts over 30 years’ experience in the hospitality industry. He began his career change as General Manager of the Confifi Group’s Riverina Hotel. In 1988 he was promoted as Director of Operations of the Group, responsible for the four resort hotels of the group.
In 1999 he moved to the Serendib Group, one of the leading hotel management companies in Sri Lanka, as CEO/Director, responsible for three public quoted popular resort hotel companies. He is credited with refurbishing repositioning, and re-branding the group’s hotel properties.
After 10 years at the helm of Serendib Group, in 2009, he took over a more national role as Director/ Consultant at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, leading an EU funded project ‘Greening Sri Lanka Hotels’, promoting Sustainability best practices among local hotels.
Srilal was President, Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (2008-10), and board member of the Sri Lanka Hotel Classification Committee until 2012. He is a committed environmentalist, with special interest in wildlife and elephants. He has carried out research at the Uda Walawe National Park of Sri Lanka on elephant population dynamics under the sponsorship of the US Fish & Wild Life Department.
Srilal is a visiting guest lecturer at the Business School of Plymouth University, UK and also a visiting lecturer for the Final Year University of Plymouth degree programme being conducted in Sri Lanka.
He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer and possibly one of the only individuals with a Fellowship of both the Institute of Electrical Engineers, UK (IEE) and the Institute of Hospitality, UK (IH). Srilal is currently attached to the Asian Development Bank Sri Lanka Mission as a tourism consultant.
