Suren received his doctorate and the Master of Philosophy degree from Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands. A Fulbright scholar, he also obtained a Master of Science in Management from Georgia Institute of Technology in the USA. His first degree was in Industrial Management, graduating with first class honours from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka As a university academic, he has over 18 years of teaching, research and consulting experience and has served as the Head of the Department of Industrial Management between 2001 and 2003. He has served as a National Consultant on a number of projects for UNIDO and UNDP and been involved in consulting with a number of international development organizations, government and local private sector companies. He also serves on the Board of Directors of a couple of private companies His area of interest in teaching, research and consulting are in portfolio management, capital markets, corporate finance and corporate restructuring

Privatization, Investments, Enterprise Restructuring and Corporate Finance and Decision Support Systems for Small and Medium scale Enterprises.