• Mr.Anthony M Shanil Fernando, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor, MBA, MsiArb, is a Senior Partner at Anton Fernando Associates Law firm. Chairman of, Asian Logistics Park Pvt Ltd, AFA Corporate Services Limited Managing Director World Express (CMB) Limited. And Director of The Colombo Stock Exchange of Sri Lanka.
  • Shanil obtained a First Class Honours and Prize in Commercial Law at the Sri Lanka Law College, where he founded the first Student Human Rights Society.
  • Shanil followed Postgraduate studies at the Queen Mary College, University of London, in Corporate Law, on a Commonwealth Scholarship (now called Chevning). The University of Texas, USA, and the University of Prince Edward Island Canada,
  • Shanil has obtained a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM) University of Sri Jayewardenepura and his researched on the Use of Electronic Data interchange for the facilitation of Trade and Transport Facilitation.
  • He was a recipient of the Achieves Award by the Postgraduate Institute of Management Professional Association University of Sri Jayewardenepura. And is a Trustee of the PIM Professional Association Foundation.
  • Shanil has obtained a Diploma in Arbitration, and is qualified arbitrator and a member of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Shanil has also appeared in ICC conducted Arbitrations.
  • Shanil is a certified trainer on Corporate Governance and was trained by Commonwealth Association for Corporate Governance London.
  • Shanil was also trained by UNESCAP as a Trainer, trainer on International Trade and Multimodal Transport Facilitation. And has followed training courses in International Contracts and Arbitration in ICC Academy in Paris.
  • He was also awarded the AOTS Scholarship to follow training in South Asian Corporate Management in Tokyo Japan.
  • In the past Shanil was a member of the board of Urban Development Authority (UDA), and Paliyagoda Warehousing Co Ltd, formally under the Ministry of Urban Development, He was also nominated member of the Investment committee of the Employees Trust Fund (ETF) of Sri Lanka.
  • Shanil is a Task Force Member, of the ICCCommission on Arbitration and ADR, and has attended many international ICC workshops. Shanil is the Secretary of The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Sri Lanka).
  • He is a life member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, the Corporate Lawyers Association and the Organization of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka. He is a past president of The Postgraduate Institute of Management Professionals Association.
  • He also serves as a visiting Lecturer and resource person in the area of Corporate Law, Arbitration, Corporate Compliance, Negotiations and Conflict Resolution and Supply Chain Management.
  • Anthony M Shanil Fernando was the President of the Postgraduate Institute of Management Professional Association Alumni of the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayawardanapura.
  • He is an old boy of St. Peters College, and D.S. Senanayakka College and captained the school athletic team for three years which won the Tarbot shield thrice during his captaincy and was awarded athletic colors.