Mahesh Amalean
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Mahesh Amalean | |
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| Born | April 4, 1955 |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Alma mater | University of Madras |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, industrialist |
| Years active | 1978 - present |
| Employer | Chairman of MAS Holdings |
| Awards | Deshamanya |
Deshamanya Mahesh Amalean (born 4 April 1955) is a Sri Lankan engineer and industrialist. He is the current Chairman of MAS Holdings.[1]
Early life and education
Amalean was born to parents with Gujarati ancestry, his father was in the family textile business.[citation needed] He studied at Royal College Colombo and graduated from the University of Madras with a BTech degree in chemical engineering.[citation needed]
Career
Returning to Sri Lanka in 1978 Amalean took up the family businesses. Thereafter he started a manufacturing company with his brothers named Sigma Industries which began operations in Ratmalana, in August 1985.[citation needed] Moving into the apparel industry he founded MAS Holdings which is a leader in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka catering to major brands such as Victoria’s Secret. For his contribution to Sri Lankan industry in 2005 he was conferred with the title of Deshamanya by the government of Sri Lanka.[2]
In 2011, The Open University of Sri Lanka conferred an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) to Mahesh in recognition of his contribution to the country.[citation needed]
Amalean is also one of the five global business leaders recognised with a UN Award at the WEP’s inaugural Leadership Awards presentation where he received the award for Cultural Change for Empowerment.[citation needed] He is also the recipient of the CNBC-IIFA Global Leadership Award and is ranked amongst the Top 20 Progressive Asian Leaders by the World Business Magazine.[citation needed]
Personal life
He is married to Shaila and is the father of two daughters (Shama & Nitya) and a son, Siddharth.
References
- ^ FABRIC OF A STRATEGIST AND A VISIONARY[dead link]
- ^ "National Honours". Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 July 2016.