Dakshitha Wickremarathne is a development practitioner from Sri Lanka with over a decade of experience working for non-profits, international NGOs, U.N. agencies and government institutions. His focus of work has been on advocacy and policy development, program design and management on the areas of sexual and reproductive health, adolescent health and well-being and gender equality.

Dakshitha worked for FP2030 as a member of the Transition Management Team and was responsible for setting up 05 regional hubs, appointing a new Board of Trustees and recruiting an Executive Director for the new iteration of the partnership. He has previously worked for IPPF, UNFPA, CARE and Search for Common Ground. He also worked as an Assistant Director for Office for National Unity and Reconciliation chaired by Former President of Sri Lanka Madam Kumaratunga.

Dakshitha currently serve as a Board Member for Women Deliver. In the past, he has been an Advisor to UN Women’s Global Civil Society Advisory Group and was a Lancet Commissioner on adolescent health and well-being. In 2016 he was appointed by the UN Secretary-General as the youngest member of Every Woman Every Child Independent Accountability Panel. Dakshitha is a Chevening scholar and read for a MSc in Public Policy at University College London. He has completed a Masters in Development Studies, received a Post Graduate Diploma in Diplomacy and Global Affairs and topped his class while completing a Bachelors in Social Work.