The Immediate Past Chairman of the Ceylon National Chamber of Industries, Mr Nimal Perera, is a Textile Industrialist / Management Consultant by profession with 22 years experience. He is the Chairman / Managing Director - Nids Fabrics (PVT) LTD, a Textile Manufacturing Company in Sri Lanka which handles mainly on Government Orders.

Mr Perera is a Member of the Board of Textile Training & Services Centre (TT&SC), Ratmalana, Sri Lanka which is an Institution under Ministry of Textile Industries and the sister organization of Clothing Industry Training Institute (CITI). He is also a Director of Kuruwita Textile Mills Ltd, a Public Quoted Company that owns one of Asia's best Textile Dyeing Plant, which cater to the apparel Industry. "Kuruwita" is a Member Company of Brandix Group, which is the largest Apparel Exporter in Sri Lanka where Mr Perera was fully involved in setting up the Plant.

Mr Nimal Perera is the Chairman of Joint Business Forum (JBIZ), the Joint Forum of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Employers Organizations and Trade Associations of Sri Lanka, which had been formed to represent the private sector on macro economic issues and issues which has a bearing on people of the country.

Furthermore, Mr Perera is the Vice President of Japan Sri Lanka Technical & Cultural Association (JASTECA) an organization that provides scholarships for management & technical training and which is also the Alumni of AOTS. Mr Perera has obtained Management training from Association for Overseas Technical Scholarships (AOTS) in Tokyo, Japan through a Scholarship received and he is also an expert in 5S Japanese Management System. He is the former Chairman of the 5S steering Committee. Being a Lecturer on Japanese 5S system at the International Apparel Management Training Programe held in Sri Lanka organized jointly by JAICA, TT&SC and CITI, Mr Perera has conducted Public Lectures and in-house training programmes in more than 100 organizations including apparel sector, plantation sector and multinational companies on Japanese Management systems and to the Bsc (Management & Information Technology) students at University of Kelaniya. He has also presented papers on Japanese 5S concept at International Forums held in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh.