| Mr D.M. Rajapakse
| Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa is a Chartered Engineer by profession and has more than five years’ experience working as an Engineer in UK and Sri Lanka. In addition to being a Director of Samson International Plc, Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa is the Managing Director of Samson (Exports) Ltd. and is a Director of DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd., D. Samson Industries (Pvt) Ltd. and several other subsidiary companies of the DSI Samson Group. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa has over 35 years of managerial experience within the DSI Samson Group. |
| Mr D.R. Rajapakse
| Mr Ranatunga Rajapaksa is the Managing Director of Samson Rubber Industries (Pvt) Ltd., a company that specializes in the designing, manufacturing and exporting of tyres and tubes. He is also the Managing Director of Mountspring Water (Pvt) Ltd., Samson Reclaim Rubbers Ltd. Samson Rubber Products (Pvt) Ltd., Samson Bikes (Pvt) Ltd., DSI Tyre India (Pvt) Ltd. and several other subsidiary companies of the DSI Samson Group. Mr. Ranatunga Rajapaksa plays a major role in expanding the Group’s overseas business and has more than 43 years of experience with DSI Group. |
| Mr D.K. Rajapakse
| Mr Kulatunga Rajapaksa is the Managing Director of DSI Samson Groups (Pvt) Ltd. He has over 48 years of experience in the manufacture of footwear and rubber products. He has served as a Council Member of several universities. Mr Kulatunga Rajapaksa is a past president of the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka and also was the past president of the Sri Lanka Association of Manufacturers and Exporter of Rubber products and is the current president of the Sri Lanka Footwear & Leather Products Manufacturers Association. He is also the Chairman of the Wellassa Rubber Company Limited and also a Director of the Mawbima Lanka Foundation. |
| Mr D.S. Rajapakse
| Dr Samson Rajapaksa is a medical practitioner by profession and counts over three decades of experience with DSI Group. He serves as the Chairman of DSI Holdings (Pvt) Ltd. and is the Chairman of DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd. He is also a Director of D. Samson Industries (Pvt) Ltd., D. Samson and Sons (Pvt) Ltd., and Samson Reclaim Rubbers (Pvt) Ltd. In addition to being on the DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd. Board, he is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist in the private sector. Dr. Samson Rajapaksa serves as a Committee Member of the Young Members Buddhist Association and of the Sri Lanka Medical Library |
| Mr P. Cooray
| Mr. Prema Cooray was appointed to the Board in 2011. He is the immediate Past Chairman of Aitken Spence PLC and counts well over 30 years in the Travel and Tourism Industry, most of which he spent at Aitken Spence developing the conglomerate’s hotels and resorts in Sri Lanka and Maldives. He is acknowledged for the pivotal role played in the development of sustainable tourism and especially for his leadership in developing the renowned Kandalama Hotel which has won many global accolades for its contribution to environmental management, food and beverage excellence and service standards of a truly exceptional nature. These attributes signaled the entry of Sri Lanka’s tourism to the world map of the hospitality industry |
| Ms R. Senathi Rajah
| Board Member of Sigiriya Village Hotels PLC |
| Mr S.M. Liyanage
| Mr. Liyanage joined the Mackwoods Group in 1993 and counts over 20 years of power and energy sector.He was appointed as a General Manager in 2006. |
| Mr A.L. Yatawara
| Mr. Yatawara is a Director of Mackwoods (Pvt) Ltd. He is a Chartered Marketer and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK, and a Fellow of the Academy of Marketing Science, USA, and member of Institute of Administrative Accountants UK. |
| Mr R.N.A. Athukorale
| Appointed to the Board in 2010. Hub Director for the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform - Sri Lanka & Maldives and the country representative for the US Investment giant Turner Investment PLC. He is a recipient of the United Nations (UNOPS) Merit performance award twice on the setting up of the first Industrial Zone in the North of Sri Lanka in Atchchuvely, Jaffna and the project that won the Best UNOPS Global project for 2013. In his tenure of 17 years in the private sector in top multinationals ReckittBenckiser, Uni-Lever and JohnsonDiversey in Brand marketing and Country Management, he has twice been awarded the Marketing Achiever award in Sri Lanka by the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Business Achiever award from the Alumni PIM, University of Sri Jayewardenepura and a Global Leadership award from JohnsonDiversey. He was the youngest Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board and the 1st Executive Director of the Government’s Economic Council (NCED) under the Presidential Secretariat when Sri Lanka crossed the six billion rupees in exports and GDP registered a seven percent growth. |
| Mr E.J.D. Rajakarier
| Appointed to the Board in 2010. Mr. Dillipraj Rajakarier is the Chief Operating Officer of Minor International Public Company Limited and Chief Executive Officer- Minor Hotel Group. He also served as the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of Orient- Express Hotels, Trains & Cruises and Group Financial Controller of Easi Solutions PLC. |
| Mr M.A. Jafferjee
| Appointed to the Board in 2010, he is the CEO of JB Securities Ltd and has 20 years of industry experience in the stock market in Sri Lanka. He serves on the board of Nations Trust Bank as an Independent Director and on the board of So Others May See (SOMS) – a not for profit organization. He is the current advocacy chair for CFA Sri Lanka, the local member society of the CFA Institute. He also served on the Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange from August 2007 to July 2009. He has a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of NSW, Australia and a Masters in Financial Economics from the University of Colombo. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). |
| Mr J.C.L De Mel
| Appointed to the Board in 2002. Deshamanya Lalith de Mel has a Master of Arts degree from the University of Cambridge UK and the AMP Harvard Business School USA. He counts over 40 years of Board experience as a Director in several companies abroad and in Sri Lanka. He spent most of his career at Reckitt Benckiser PLC UK and was a main Board director. He was also a Director of CDC PLC in the UK. In Sri Lanka he was Chairman Sri Lanka Telecom PLC, Chairman of the Board of Investment, Senior Advisor to the Ministry of Finance and a Director of the Peoples Bank. In the private sector he was Chairman Reckitt Benckiser Sri Lanka PLC, Chairman Hemas Holdings PLC and a Director of many other companies. Currently Chairman of First Capital PLC. |
| Mr A.K. Sellayah
| Kenneth Sellayah is a Director of Good Hope PLC and Prime Property Management Services (Pvt) Ltd. He is also a former Director of Shaw Wallace & Hedges Ltd, General Manager of Ceylon Trading Co. Ltd, Director of several of its subsidiaries and Managing Director of Scanships Ltd. He served as Chairman of the Coconut and General Products Exporters Association and the Exports Section of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. He is a former Director of CPC (Lanka) Ltd, CPC Agrifoods Ltd and a Member of several Committees of The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. He is a Member of the Institute of Exports, UK and the Chartered Management Institute, UK. |
| Mr E.A.D.P. Ekanayake
| Appointed to the Board on 29th December 2011. A reputed Entrepreneur, Chief Executive Officer of Huluganga Trading Company from 1987 to 1999 and Ekra Constructions Company from 1983 to 2001, Committee Member of Cancer Treatment Centre - Kandy and a noted Philanthropist. Counts nearly 36 years of experience as an Entrepreneur |
| Mr S. De Alwis
| Appointed to the Board on 1st August 2009. Holds 26 years experience in the field of Finance. He is a Member of Institute of Business Management. |
| Mr K.R.B. Wijeyeratne
| Appointed to the Board on 28th July 1995. He has over 26 years experience in the Finance Industry. Holds a BA (Economics & Math Degree from Oxford University, UK and Kenyon College, USA. He has been serving as an Executive Committee Member of the Finance Houses Association of Sri Lanka, the representative body of licensed Finance Companies of Sri Lanka since 1997. Member and former Director of the Leasing Association of Sri Lanka, a body representing Banks and Financial Institutions engaged in the activity of Finance and Operational Leasing in Sri Lanka. Board Member, GVR Lanka (Pvt) Ltd., Developers of Dynasty Residence. Former Chairman of Sinhaputhra Finance PLC. Former Director Kandy Hotels Corporation (1938) the owning company of Queens Hotel and Suisse Hotel, Kandy |
| Mr J.R.J. Nanayakkara
| Appointed to the Board on 1st April 2014. Holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Peradeniya. A Member of the Royal Institute of Public Administration, UK. Principal, Stafford Sri Lankan School in Doha. Counts more than 25 years as an International Civil Servant, United Nations. Former Head of Administration, South Centre, Switzerland. Chief, Documents and Publications Section, Department of General Assembly and Security Council, United Nations, Geneva. Former Banker, Bank of Ceylon and Teacher at St. Thomas' Prep. School, Bandarawela & Trinity College, Kandy. |
| Mr H.I. Balapatabendi
| Board Member of Seylan Bank PLC |
| Mr M.C. Pietersz
| Board Member of Seylan Bank PLC |
| Mr P.L.S.K. Perera
| Board Member of Seylan Bank PLC |
