Deshamanya Mahesh Amalean (born 4 April 1955) is a Sri Lankan engineer and industrialist.
Thereafter he started a manufacturing company with his brothers named Sigma Industries which began operations in Ratmalana, in August 1985.
[4] In 2011, The Open University of Sri Lanka conferred an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) to Mahesh in recognition of his contribution to the country.
He is also the recipient of the CNBC-IIFA Global Leadership Award and is ranked amongst the Top 20 Progressive Asian Leaders by the World Business Magazine.
[5] In 2017, he won Global Businessman award of Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year.