Thilanga Sumathipala, Chairman Sumathi Ventures (Pvt) Ltd and Chairman Asia Capital PLC was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka from 2010 to 2020, serving the Sri Lankan people as State Minister of Technology & Innovation [December 2019-March 2020] and as the Deputy Speaker of Parliament [2015-2018] as the Deputy Minister-Skills Development & Vocational Training [2015]