Dinuk Hettiarachchi
FCA, FCMA (SL & UK), FCPA (AUS)
- Managing Partner - Nihal Hettiarachchi & Company
- Partner - Wijeyeratne & Company
- Chairman - RNH Ventures (Pvt) Ltd
Dinuk Hettiarachchi is currently the Managing Partner of Nihal Hettiarachchi & Company, a leading firm of Chartered Accountants, Partner of Wijeyeratne & Company, Chartered Accountants and Chairman of RNH Ventures (Pvt) Ltd, which is a diversified holding company operating in several business sectors with branch operations in Singapore, Australia & UAE. Further, he is a board member at the National Institute of Language Education and Training Sri Lanka. Former board member at the Skills Development Fund Limited & HVA Foods PLC.
He is also a past Chairman of the Chamber of Young Lankan Entrepreneurs (COYLE) and a country representative of the Asia Pacific Trade Agreement Chamber of Commerce & Industry (APTA CCI).
Dinuk is a Fellow member at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka), Fellow member at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK (CIMA), Fellow member of the Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA Sri Lanka) & a Fellow member of Certified Public Accountants, Australia (CPA).
As an accountancy student he commenced his training at Baker Tilly Edirisinghe & Company and in 2003 he was elected as President of the Students Society of CA Sri Lanka where he was able to successfully implement several new initiatives which to date is part of the annual calendar of the students society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. As a second-generation practicing accountant, Dinuk continues to contribute to his profession by serving in many committees at CA Sri Lanka, conducts lectures, and has presented many papers at local and international conferences.
He has travelled extensively, gaining exposure in accounting, taxation, business consultancy, property development, international trade, oil & gas, leisure, construction, etc. Recently he was recognized as one of the most Influential young leaders by Echelon Magazine in the New Establishment 100 list.
On a personal note, Dinuk is a Paul Harris fellow of the Rotary Club of Colombo West. He is an old boy of St. Josephs’ College, Colombo-10 and is involved in several committees as President / Treasurer at College. He is also a member of the Finance Committee of the Catholic Archdiocese of Colombo, a Trustee of the Saint Joseph Vaz trust and a Member of the Board of Administration of St. Thomas’ Catholic International College.