Deshal de Mel has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Janashakthi Insurance PLC with effect from April 15, 2021. Deshal has experience across government, private sector, and academia. He is a Research Director at Verite Research, a Colombo-based think tank. He previously served as an adviser to the Finance Ministry, prior to which he worked in the corporate sector as Senior Economist at the Hayleys Group.