Mr. Michael Pradeep Amirthanayagam is a reputed advertising and media personality in Sri Lanka who counts over 35 years of experience in the advertising industry. He is currently the Chairman and Managing Director of the leading advertising agency Holmes Pollard & Stott, which he was instrumental in setting up over 30 years ago. Mr. Amirthanayagam is also a media icon. He was a news presenter for media networks Rupavahini, ITN and SLBC, and was also an interviewer and cricket commentator. He has the distinction of having trained at Bush House – the headquarters of the BBC in London. He was the 50th President of the Rotary Club of Colombo West and was awarded Rotarian of the Year in 2012.

He was appointed to the Board of People’s Leasing & Finance PLC as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the 15th of July 2022.

On previous occasion, he had served on the Board of People’s Leasing as the Deputy Chairman from 2015-2019 and briefly as the Chairman in 2019/2020.

Mr. Amirthanayagam is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) and an Associate Member of Trinity College of Music, UK in Speech and Drama. Mr. Amirthanayagam is also a media icon. He was a News Presenter for Rupavahini, ITN and SLBC media networks. He was also an Interviewer and a Cricket Commentator. He also had the distinction of having trained at “Bush House”, the Headquarters of BBC in London.

He was the 50th President of the Rotary Club of Colombo West and he was awarded the “Rotarian of the Year” in 2012. He is the Vice President of the Society for the Uplift and Rehabilitation of Leprosy Affected Persons (SUROL) and he is a Director of the Anura Bandaranaike Foundation.