Tisara de Silva re-elected as OPA General Secretary

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Tisara de Silva was re-elected as the General Secretary for a second term of the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka (OPA) for the year 2024/2025 at the AGM held on 30 October 2024. De Silva was also the General Secretary of the OPA last year. Previously in 2022/2023, he was the Vice President and the Chairman of Seminars, Workshops and Programs Committee of the OPA. Also, he has served in the Executive Council for many years and in the OPA General Forum for 21 years.

The Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka was founded in 1975 and functions as the apex body of 51 Professional Associations representing 34 Professions.

Tisara De Silva is a past student of Royal College, Colombo 7. He is also a Past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) who has served in the PSSL Council for over 24 years holding many positions such as President, Immediate Past President, President Elect, Senior Vice President, Vice President, Asst. Secretary and Council member and is a Pharmacist registered with the Sri Lanka Medical Council.

He has served in the Pharmaceutical Industry for more than 30 years and has worked for a Multi-National Pharmaceutical Company as a Senior Manager for the past 27 years. He holds a Diploma in Modern Management from UK, a Diploma in Computer Programming and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Malaysia.

He was a member of the Board of Trustees of PSSL for several years. He is also a member of the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association ( CPA ) – United Kingdom to date. From 2020 to 2022, he was a Bureau member of theFederation of Asian Pharmaceutical Associations (FAPA) and a Council member of International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) from 2020 to 2022.

Tisara de Silva is also credited with being the first Professional from the Pharmaceutical Society of Sri Lanka to be elected as the General Secretary of the Organisation of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka.