| Mr R.T. Wijetilleke
| Mr. Wijetilleke has been a Director of the Company since early 2008. He retired in 2011 as the Chairman of Hatton National Bank. In November 2010, he celebrated his 50 years as a Practicing Banker. He is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, United Kingdom, a Fellow Member of the Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka and a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute, United Kingdom. Mr. Wijetilleke is also a Director of several other companies. He is also the former Chairman and a Director of the Colombo Stock Exchange. |
| Mr J.C. Ratwatte
| Mr. J. Charitha Ratwatte is a holder of a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Ceylon, Colombo and is an Attorney-at-Law with over 40 years' of experience. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in International Relations from the Bandaranaike Center for International Studies. He has worked for the government for over 20 years on various assignments, ranging from Director General of Youth Services, Chairman of the National Youth Services Savings and Credit Co-operative, Commissioner General for Essential Services, Managing Director of the Janasaviya Trust Fund and also as the Secretary to six Ministries. |
| Mr M. Mahir
| Mr. M. Mahir was appointed to the Board on 15th June 2004. He has over 26 years' of experience in the tourism industry. He is the Director in Charge for Procurement of Supplies for the resorts owned by the Universal Group. |
| Mr A. Nooradeen
| Mr. Ali Nooradeen was appointed to the Board on 15th June 2004. He is a Director of Universal Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. |
| Mr W.P. Hettiaratchi
| Mr. W. Priyantha Hettiaratchi was appointed to the Board on 27th February 2003. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He has been employed by Universal Resorts, Maldives since 1998 and at present heads the Group’s operations in Sri Lanka. He is also the Managing Director of The British School in Colombo, CEO/Director of Lanka Valiant Developers Pvt. Ltd. and is the alternate Director to Mr. M. U. Maniku at Royal Palms PLC. He counts over 22 years' experience and exposure in the areas of the soft drinks industry, hospitality, tourism and school operations. |
| Mr R.T. Molligoda
| Mr. R. T. Molligoda was appointed as a Director of Mahaweli Reach Hotels PLC on 15th July 1976 and has been associated with the Company since then. He has over 40 years' of management experience in various fields and held Executive Directorships in several companies of the John Keells Group, including the Travel & Hotel sectors prior to his retirement. He has served on the governing bodies of several associations aligned to international bodies and also as a former surveyor of the Chamber of Commerce on Export Products and as an advisor to the Bureau of Standards. |
| Mr J.A. Panabokke
| Mr. Jayantha A. Panabokke has over 36 years' of management experience in the hospitality industry and has been a member of the Board of Directors of Mahaweli Reach Hotels PLC since 1988 and has functioned as its Managing Director since 1992. He represents Sri Lanka on the Executive Board of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), and is a member of the Council of Governors of the Sri Lanka Business Development Centre. He is a Director of Mahaweli Hotel Management Services (Pvt.) Limited and of Mowbray Hotels Ltd. He has also been a former member of the Board of the Sri Lanka Tourist Board and Chairman of the PATA Sri Lanka Chapter. In addition, he has in the past been appointed as the Vice President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka, President of the Kandy Hoteliers Association, Director of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the Central Province and a Director of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management |
| Mr A.K. Perera
| Board Member Of Namunukula Plantations PLC |
| Mr A.A.D.S. Saparamadu
| Mr. Douglas Senaka Saparamadu is an Associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants United Kingdom and holds a BA in Business Studies and a Masters in Finance. At present, he is the Business Controller at Metrocorp (Pvt) Ltd. Prior to this he was a Vice President at Amba Research Lanka (Pvt) Ltd and was attached to a team of investment analysts that conducted investment research of the global oil and gas equities |
| Mr G.V.M. Nanayakkara
| Mr. Gerald Vincent Morris Nanayakkara is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants United Kingdom. He has over 25 years’ experience in Finance and Administrative functions as Head of Finance in large commercial & industrial establishments in Sri Lanka, both in private (Metropolitan Agencies Ltd) and state sector (Coconut Development Authority & Colombo Commercial Co. Ltd.) He engages in financial consultancies specialist in corporate restructure and project financing as well as involvement in strategic planning and business development operations, including work in the structuring, evaluation and execution of restructuring/financing transactions. |
| Mr D.E.H. Panter
| Board Member of Metropolitan Resource Holdings PLC |
| Mr P. Pathmarajah
| Mr. P. Pathmarajah was appointed to the Board in 1995. He has extensive experience in promoting/marketing pharmaceutical products. Since 1993 he has been responsible for the operation of the subsidiary Pettah Pharmacy (Private) Limited. |
| Mr P.R. Fernando
| Professor Ravindra Fernando is the Senior Professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He has served as a Senior Lecturer in the Division of Forensic Medicine of the United Medical and Dental schools of Guy’s and St. Thomas’s hospital, University of London and the Department of Forensic Medicine and Science in the University of Glasgow. He was a Consultant Home Office (England and Wales) and a Crown Office Pathologist in Scotland. He was a Founder Secretary General of the Indo-Pacific Association of Law, Medicine and Science and past President of the Ceylon College of Physicians, Sri Lanka Medical Association and the College of Forensic Pathologists of Sri Lanka Asia- Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology. He was the Founder Head of the National Poisons Information Centre, National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo. He has also served as the Chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Control Board. |
| Mr A.S. Abeyewardene
| Mr. Abeyewardene is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, a Fellow of the Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors UK. He was a former Partner of KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co., Chartered Accountants. He is an Independent Director of Ceylon Hospitals PLC and is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of this company. He is also an Independent Director of Durdans Medical and Surgical Hospitals (Pvt) Ltd. |
| Mr R.A.J.T. Perera
| Mr. Trihan Perera functions as the MD/CEO of the Company. He is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK and holds an MBA with distinction from Keele University, UK. Mr. Perera began his career at NDB and moved to management consulting and academia. He has worked in a wide range of industries including banking, shipping and logistics, aviation, plantations, and FMCG in Sri Lanka and overseas |
| Ms K.A.C. Wilson
| She was appointed to the Mercantile Shipping Company PLC Board in November 2011. She is on the Board of Management of Hemas Holdings PLC and is the Managing Director of the Hemas Transportation Sector, with over 22 years experience in the Finance, IT, Process and Management. |
| Mr S. Obadage
| Appointed to the Mercantile Shipping Company PLC Board in September 2011. Presently, he functions as the General Manager of Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd, where he has a career record of over 14 years. He has a continuous carrier record of over 30 years in the field of shipping and logistics since he joined the industry as a management trainee after completion of his graduation from University of Colombo. He has worked for National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia at its head office in Riyadh and in the Regional office in Singapore for over 12 years in Container Liner Operations and Logistics. |
| Mr M.S.P. Gunawardena
| Board Member Of Mercantile Shipping Company PLC |
| Mr R.D. Gunapala
| Board member of Miramar Beach Hotel PLC |
| Mr D.A. Dias
| Chairman of Miramar Beach Hotel PLC |
