Dilshara elevated to Chief Creative Officer

Left – Amer Jaleel, Group Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe Lintas Group, India Right – Dilshara Jayamanna, Chief Creative Officer, MullenLowe Group Sri Lanka

MullenLowe Group Sri Lanka announced the appointment of Dilshara Jayamanna as the Group’s Chief Creative Officer (CCO) with effect from September 1, 2020.

A product of Ananda College, Colombo and West Thames College, London, Dilshara began his career in the creative industry at Young Asia Television in 2000. He was recruited into MullenLowe, then Lowe LDB, as a Creative Group Head in early 2006 by the agency’s legendary founder Lilamani Dias Benson. Learning and growing under Lilamani’s mentorship, he rose steadily within the agency, taking on greater responsibilities. Prior to this appointment, he served as Senior Vice President and Executive Creative Director (ECD) at MullenLowe Sri Lanka.

Over the years, he has built and nurtured some of the country’s most loved brands across a wide range of industries including FMCG, Telecommunications, Banking, Insurance, FinTech, Food and Beverage, Hospitality, Automobiles and more. Shaping the agency’s creative product, Dilshara has played a pivotal role in MullenLowe Sri Lanka’s rise as the champion of creative effectiveness in the market.