He was raised in Nugegoda and studied at Lyceum International School. After his high school graduation he joined the University of London as an external student and read for a Diploma in Economics. He is a Dimplomate from LCCI and holds an ACIM qualification from the Charterd Institute of Marketing UK.[3]
Political career
President Mahinda Rajapakse was one of the witnesses at his wedding. On that day, he was appointed as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party organizer for Haputale electorate. He served as an adviser to the President Rajapakse prior to his election to parliament in 2010. He contested the 2015 parliamentary election and the 2020 parliamentary election, without securing a seat. He served as personal secretary to the former president and thereafter private secretary when Rajapaksa became Prime Minister in 2019.