Thilan Wijesinghe has degrees in Industrial Engineering, Economics and Business from the State University of New York and Cornell University, USA. In his career Thilan has functioned as CEO/Chairman of both private and public sector organizations and is an entrepreneur and angel investor. He began his career as a Senior Consultant at PwC and later became the Head of Strategic Planning at Sampath Bank. In 1992, he co-founded Asia Capital PLC and Asia Stock Brokers, which became Sri Lanka's largest investment bank and stockbroker by 1994.

Thilan was invited to become the youngest-ever Chairman of the Board of Investment (BOI) and soon after sold his shareholding in Asia Capital. At the BOI, he pioneered Public-Private Partnership (PPP) transactions.

Thilan has served as CEO/Managing Director of Sri Lanka's largest listed property companies, Overseas Realty and Asian Hotels. From 2017 to 2019, he was the founder and Chairman of the National Agency for Public-Private Partnership (NAPPP), developing a project pipeline worth over USD 2 billion.

Currently, Thilan is the Chairman and CEO of TWCorp (TWC), an investment bank specializing in private equity, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and PPP advisory services. He also sits on the boards of several public and private companies and has co-founded several pioneering businesses, including Ceylon Tea Trails, SLIIT, Sapphirus Lanka, and Wow.lk