Mercantile Shipping Company PLC appointed Mr. Samaraweera Mudalige Don Nihal Dharmapriya as Non Executive Director of the company with effect from 23 March 2015. Since 1984, he has served the Corporation in various capacities such as Assistant Manager, Deputy Manager, Manager, Senior Manager, Deputy General Manager, Additional General Manager and presently he is holding the position of the General Manager. During the period of 1996 to 1997 he was posted to India as the Country Representative of CSC in India and was based in Mumbai, During his 31 years of career in CSC, he has gained knowledge and hands-on experience in commercial as well as operational aspects of container liner shipping, logistics, tramp shipping, bulk ship chartering, agency functions, coal lightering, passenger terminal operations etc.

He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport Sri Lanka.