Chatura was a senior research manager at LIRNEasia, where his main focus was sustainable agriculture: production, markets, prices, value chain, environment and climate change. His work has been published in the Australian Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics among others.
Before joining LIRNEasia, Chatura worked at the United Nations as a Research Specialist and with Institute of Policy Studies as a Research Economist. He holds a Bachelor degree in Agricultural Economics from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a Master of Science in Environment Economics from University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and a Master of Science in Food Agriculture and Resource Economics from the University of Guelph, Canada.