Mano Tittawella, current Chairman of EAP Holdings - which handles several companies including Swarnawahini and EAP Investments - has been appointed Senior Advisor to the Minister of Finance and Media.

He is expected to assist the Minister in realising the government’s economic and development agenda and drive its reform agenda.

Tittawella is also the  Secretary General of the Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM). 

He is also known to be a close associate of former President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga

Tittawella was educated at Royal College Colombo and has an MBA in Capital Markets & Finance from the University of Edinburgh and a Post-graduate Diploma in Human Computer Interaction from the British Open University.