Mr A Attanayake has a BSc from the University of Ceylon that he obtained in 1967 and later started his career as a Programmer at the Department of Census and Statistics. Following his tenure at the department, he became Manager IT at Ceylon Tobacco Company in the early 80s and was then appointed Head of IT at AIR LANKA from 1982 to 1998. Mr. Attanayake also served as an IT Consultant for the Y2k Project at CINTEC in 1998 and the Assistant General Manager IT at Union Assurance Ltd. from 1998 to 2005.