Preshant Royce de Mel
Chartered Engineer (Mechanical), IMechE (UK), MIESL (SL)
Registered Loss Adjuster, ACII
Mr. Anthony Preshant Royce de Mel is a registered Loss Adjuster at IRCSL, a Risk Engineer, a Chartered Engineer specializing in Mechanical Engineering, a Member of IESL, and IMechE (UK) is our Head of Mechanical Engineering, He is seriously working towards achieving his 2nd Chartered Qualification from the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters - (UK), a Member of CILA (UK).
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A product of St. Anthony’s College, Katugasthota; and St. Peters College, Colombo 4, Bambalapitiya Preshant de Mel commenced his professional career first as an Apprentice at Walker Sons &Company Ltd and climbed the professional ladder as Workshop Manager and later joined two other prominent, key leading, engineering Companies of Sri Lanka - Brown & Co. Ltd and Samuel & Sons Co. Ltd.
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Mr. Preshant was exposed to working at leading insurance Companies in Sri Lanka: Union Assurance Limited and finally retired as the AGM of Ceylinco General Insurance heading the Loss Adjusting and Risk Management Department for over thirty years, and a widely known recognized, and respected professional in the industry having highest form of professionalism. He had also undergone overseas training in Engineering Insurance Advance Course, Munich Re, Germany, and the ERC Industrial Loss Prevention Seminar, Singapore. With his deep professional and practical backgrounds in Risk Engineering and Loss Adjusting leading his teams of Risk Accountants and Risk Engineers he handled over 750 inspections per week at his previous workplaces, Mr. Preshant is a perfect resource for us to implement high-tech solutions in Rapid Claims Handling and duly selected by the Board of Directors to Head our Mechanical Engineering Division as a Non-Executive Director. He presently also holds the position
of Treasurer at Institution of Mechanical Engineers Group Sri Lanka, affiliated to IMechE
Education
2001
University of Moratuwa,
Sri Lanka
B.Sc.
Engineering
2013
Cardiff Metropolitan
University, UK
M.B.A.
Project Management
2020
University of Moratuwa,
Sri Lanka
M.Sc.
Construction Project Management
Professional Qualifications, Licences
and
Memberships
2017
Institution of Engineering
Sri Lanka
Chartered Engineer (Mechanical)
Member
M-8656
Since 2022
Institute of Mechanical
Engineering
United Kingdom
Member
381916
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