Rajiv Herath Meewakkala is a businessperson who has been the head of 6 different companies and currently holds the position of Chairman at Housing Development Finance Corp. Plc, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Lion Brewery (Ceylon) Plc and Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Ceylon Beverage Holdings PLC.

He is also on the board of 5 other companies.

He previously was Chairman of HDFC Bank of Sri Lanka, Chairman for State Development & Construction Corp., Chief Executive Officer at Lanka Sathosa, Member-South Asia Marketing at British American Tobacco Holdings (Sri Lanka) BV, Head-Brand Marketing at British American Tobacco (Cambodia) Ltd. and Marketing Director at Ceylon Tobacco Co. Plc.

Rajiv Herath Meewakkala received a graduate degree from the University of Strathclyde and a doctorate from Honolulu University of.