Imal is the Director, General Manager Sales & Marketing at Chevron Lubricants Lanka Limited, where he has geographic responsibility for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

He started his career at J Walter Thompson in advertising and subsequently worked in Brand Management and Sales Management with multinationals such as Unilever, Glaxo-SmithKline and Coca-Cola. He pioneered the entry of GSK consumer’s brands into Vietnam. He recruited the team, trained the pioneer employees and established a profitable business. At Coca-Cola he was responsible for developing regional communication for South Asia for brands
Coca-Cola and Fanta. The interactive media Fanzone he created for Sri Lanka Cricket won a gold medal at the local advertising awards and was acknowledged globally.

He has extensive experience in overseas markets having managed brands and sales teams in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, UAE, Vietnam, Thailand and India.

Prior to joining Chevron, he served as a USAID sponsored consultant to the Sri Lanka Tea Board and a non executive director at Eureka Technological Partners.

Imal plays an active role in uplifting industry standards within the marketing community. He was the Chairman of the first Sri Lankan creative awards as well as a judge in the “Brand Excellence” program conducted by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. He was also a council member of the Charted Institute of Marketing – Sri Lanka Regional Office. In his role as a director of the International Advertising Association, Sri Lanka Chapter, he drives the initiative to establish the “value of advertising”.

Imal is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and holds an MBA from Belford.