People based in Sri Lanka

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Mr P.M. Kumarasinghe Mr. Kumarasinghe, a senior legal practitioner and a President’s Counsel with over 33 years of experience in Civil, Commercial and Corporate Law, was appointed to the Board of LAUGFS Gas PLC in September 2010 and he is a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Kumarasinghe is a leading President’s Counsel in Commercial Law and Banking Law and is a standing Legal Counsel for several leading and reputed Commercial, Specialized and Merchant Banks and Finance Companies. He is a member of the Bar Council and served as the Vice President and Executive Committee Member of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka from 2003 to 2005 and as the President of the Colombo Law Society during the said period
Mr H.A. Ariyaratne Board Memberof Laugfs Gas PLC
Mr C. Indrapala Board Memberof Laugfs Gas PLC
Mr U.K.A.T. De Silva Board Memberof Laugfs Gas PLC
Mr U.K.T.N. De Silva Mr. Thilak De Silva has been the Group Managing Director of LAUGFS Gas PLC from its inception in 2001 and its parent, highly diversified conglomerate LAUGFS Holdings Ltd since 1995. Mr. De Silva is also the Managing Director of all Subsidiaries of the LAUGFS Group, engaged with downstream operations of LPG, Petroleum Fuel distribution & sale, import, distribution and sale of Lubricants, Heavy Engineering, Vehicle Emission Testing, Leisure and Hospitality, Consumer Retail & Restaurant chains, Property Development, manufacture of Salt and Salt Based Chemicals, manufacture and export of Industrial Solid Tires, Financial Services and Higher Education. He was instrumental along with Mr. Wegapitiya, the Chairman in the phenomenal growth of “LAUGFS” over the years and his untiring efforts, store-house of business and industry knowledge, and amazing charisma made an indelible imprint of the story of growth of the Group.
Mr W.K.H. Wegapitiya Mr. W K H Wegapitiya is the founder Chairman and the Group Chief Executive Officer of LAUGFS Gas PLC and also its parent LAUGFS Holdings Ltd, one of the highly diversified conglomerates in the country having its operations in a very wide business landscape, stretched in a spectrum of downstream operations of LPG, Petroleum Fuel distribution & sale, import, distribution and sale of Lubricants, Heavy Engineering, Vehicle Emission Testing, Leisure and Hospitality, Consumer Retail & Restaurant chains, Property Development, manufacture of Salt and Salt Based Chemicals, manufacture and export of Industrial Solid Tires, Financial Services and Higher Education.
Ms A.K. Gunawardena Board Member of LB Finance
Ms S. Jayasekara Board Member of LB Finance
Mr B.D. St. Auburn Perera Board Member of LB Finance
Mr L.N. de S Wijeyeratne Board Member of LB Finance
Mr N. Udage Board Member of LB Finance
Mr J.A.S.S. Adhihetty Board Member of LB Finance
Mr T. Hewage Chairman of LB Finance
Ms R. Thenabadu Ms. Ruvini Thenabadu is the Deputy General Manager – Corporate & Wholesale Banking of the Hatton National Bank PLC. She joined the bank in 1986 and has over 27 years of experience in banking. Ms. Thenabadu is also a Director of Acuity Partners (Private) Limited, Acuity Securities Limited and Acuity Stockbrokers (Private) Limited. Ms. Thenabadu is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (FCMA) and the Chartered Institute of Bankers, London (FCIB).
Mr J. Alles Mr. Jonathan Alles is the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Hatton National Bank PLC. He counts over 25 years of banking experience having served International Banks and HSBC, Sri Lanka and also Hatton National Bank during the period September 2002 – June 2005. Having returned to Sri Lanka from the UAE in September 2010, Mr. Alles re-joined Hatton National Bank in the capacity of the Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Alles has been appointed as the Chairman of Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (Guarantee) Limited and Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Limited with effect from 12 May 2014. He also serves as a Director of Sithma Development (Private) Limited, Acuity Partners (Private) Limited, Acuity Stockbrokers (Private) Limited, HNB Assurance PLC, HNB General Insurance Limited and Lanka Financial Services Bureau Limited
Mr T.W. De Silva Mr. Tyrone De Silva is an Executive Vice President and Head of Lending of DFCC Bank and its commercial banking subsidiary, DFCC Vardhana Bank. He also oversees the Investment Banking business of the Bank which is carried out through Acuity Partners. He began his career at DFCC in 1989 and has been involved throughout in the Bank’s Corporate Finance and Capital Markets businesses. Mr. De Silva is a member of DFCC’s Credit, Investment, ALCO and Risk Committees. He also serves as Director on the Boards of other DFCC Group companies and those in which DFCC has a significant interest. Prior to his career at DFCC, Mr. De Silva was employed as a foreign exchange and money broker for a period of seven years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Warwick, UK. He is also a Graduate Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, UK.
Mr A.R. Munasinghe Mr. Ananda Munasinghe has had over three-decades of experience in the manufacturing industry in Sri Lanka. He was the former Director/General Manager of Acme Printing and Packaging Limited. He has also functioned as Works Manager at State Fertilizer Manufacturing Corporation and the Senior Instrument Engineer at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation’s Refinery. He has held the position of President, Sri Lanka Energy Managers Association and the Sri Lanka Institute of Packaging in the past. Mr. Munasinghe is an Engineering Graduate of the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura. He also holds Post Graduate Diplomas in Production Engineering and Engineering Design from Colchester College of Technology, England and Enfield College of Technology, England respectively.
Mr S.E. De Silva Mr. Sunil De Silva is an Executive Director of South Asia Energy Management Systems INC and a Director of DFCC Consulting (Private) Limited. He joined the DFCC Bank in 1987 and functioned in different positions until retirement in 2004 as a Vice President. Prior to joining the DFCC Bank Mr. De Silva has worked in the copper industry in Zambia and steel industry in Sri Lanka. He has wide experience and considerable exposure to the renewable energy sector. He functions as a director of several companies operating mini-hydro power generation plants in Sri Lanka and Uganda. Mr. De Silva holds an Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering and is a Graduate Member of the Institute of Engineers, Australia. He is also an Associate in Development Banking of ADFIAP.
Mr A.R. Fernando Mr. Arjun Fernando is the Chief Executive Officer / Director of DFCC Bank. He holds 30 years’ experience in banking and financial services industry in executive and managerial positions. Prior to joining DFCC Bank in August 2012, he was the regional head of Change Delivery (Commercial banking, trade and supply chain), HSBC Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong covering 22 countries. He is a Director of DFCC Vardhana Bank and Acuity Stockbrokers (Private) Limited and serves as the Chairman on the Boards of Acuity Partners (Private) Limited, DFCC Consulting (Private) Limited, Lanka Industrial Estates Limited and Synapsys Limited.
Mr U.S.De.S. Wijesundere Board Member of Lake House Printers and Publishers PLC