Dr. Harsha Cabral, President’s Counsel, is a leading legal expert in Sri Lanka with 37 years of experience in Intellectual Property, Company, Commercial, Arbitration, Securities, and International Trade Law, covering both civil and criminal aspects of these areas of law. A President’s Counsel for 18 years, he has a significant practice in Sri Lanka's Commercial High Courts and Supreme Court. He holds a Ph.D. in Corporate Law from the University of Canberra, Australia. Dr. Cabral has served as a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka, and was a founding member of the Sri Lanka International Arbitration Centre. He played a key role in drafting the Arbitration Act, No. 11 of 1995, and was one of the architects of the Companies Act, No. 7 of 2007.

Dr. Cabral currently serves as Chairman of the National Savings Bank, Chairman of the Tokyo Cement Group, and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Ceylinco Life Insurance Ltd., DIMO PLC, Hayleys PLC, Alumex PLC, Chevron Lubricants Lanka PLC, SLIIT, and several other institutions. Previously, he was the Chairman of LOLC Finance PLC, Acting Chairman of Hatton National Bank PLC (HNB), and a senior Director of the Union Bank of Sri Lanka. Dr. Cabral is a senior visiting lecturer at several universities, a frequent speaker at seminars, and the author of several books on Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, and Commercial Arbitration. He has also presented numerous papers both locally and internationally and has extensive experience as counsel, Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, and Chairman in domestic and international arbitrations