| Mr D.M. Sani
| Mr. Darke Mohamed Sani was appointed to the Board of Dialog Axiata on 08th February 2014. He is presently the Group Chief Human Resources Officer & Head of Organisational Development of Axiata. Mr. Darke Sani has had over 25 years’ experience both in Malaysia and in the South Asia region, in the telecommunication and IT industries and most recently in leadership development and management consulting. He has held several senior positions in multinational companies and large local companies including as Managing Director of South East Asia and India of Apple Computer, Managing Director (Singapore) of Digital Equipment Corporation (now part of Hewlett-Packard) and Managing Director of Enterprise Business of Maxis Communications in Malaysia. Prior to joining the Axiata Group in 2011, he was a director of a leadership development and management consulting company. |
| Mr S.J.B. Ibrahim Dato
| Board Member Of Dialog Axiata PLC |
| Mr J.C.B. Dhanapala
| Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala was appointed to the Board of Dialog Axiata on 3rd August 2007. He was a career diplomat in the Sri Lanka Foreign Service and the United Nations (UN). He was the Ambassador of Sri Lanka and the Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva (1984-87), the Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the USA (1995-97) and UN Under-Secretary-General (1998-2003). He served as a member of the UN University Council for a period of seven years. |
| Mr M.V. Muhsin
| Mr. Mohamed Muhsin was appointed to the Board of Dialog Axiata on 14th June 2006. Mr. Muhsin’s experience includes working as a Strategic Management Consultant and Director on international corporate and Foundation Boards. Prior to his retirement as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer at the World Bank, Mr. Muhsin was responsible for aligning information technology with the organisation’s business strategy. He successfully implemented major reforms in global telecommunications, video conferencing, information management and enterprise business systems, and the work he accomplished is featured in a Harvard Business School Case Study. |
| Mr M.R. Prelis
| Mr. Moksevi Prelis was appointed to the Board of Dialog Axiata PLC on 15th September 2004. He has 27 years experience in the banking sector, out of which 21 years was in the capacity of CEO/Director of the DFCC Bank and the Nations Trust Bank. Prior to this, he has worked for 16 years as an Engineer and a Manager in the automobile manufacturing and steel industries. He has held the posts of Chairman – Ceylon Electricity Board, Chairman – National Institute of Business Management, Chairman – Association of Development Finance Institutions of Asia & Pacific, headquartered in Manila and Chairman – St. Johns National Association of Sri Lanka. He has served as a Director on the boards of 20 companies and five state institutions. He is currently a Director of the Colombo Stock Exchange Ltd and Sinwa Holdings Ltd, Sri Lanka. He is also a Director of the National Research Council of Sri Lanka. |
| Mr S.S.H. Wijayasuriya
| Dr. Hans Wijayasuriya was appointed to the Board of Dialog Axiata on 19th January 2001. Dr. Wijayasuriya joined the Company in 1994 as a member of the founding management team of the Company, and has functioned in the capacity of the Chief Executive of Dialog Axiata, since 1997. Dr. Wijayasuriya serves on the boards of several subsidiaries and associates, locally and internationally of the Dialog Group and Axiata Group respectively. Dr. Wijayasuriya also leads the Digital Services operations of the Axiata Group in the capacity of the Chief Executive Officer of Axiata Digital Services. He also serves on the boards of the Sri Lanka Institute of NanoTechnoloy (SLINTEC) and the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC). |
| Mr J.E.A. Perumal
| Board Member of DFCC Bank |
| Mr L.P Chandradasa
| Board Member of DFCC Bank |
| Mr S.R. Thambiayah
| Board Member of DFCC Bank |
| Mr H.M.N.S Gunawardana
| Board Member of DFCC Bank |
| Mr G.K. Dayasri
| Board Member of DFCC Bank |
| Mr A. Fernando
| Board Member of DFCC Bank |
| Mr C.R. Jansz
| Chairman of DFCC Bank |
| Mr K.T.A.M. Perera
| A Director from 2 April 2012. He is a graduate from the University of Sri Jayawardenepura with a degree in B.Sc. (Hons.), Marketing Management (Special) Degree and a post graduate diploma in Business & Financial Administration from the Institute of Chartered Accountants Sri Lanka. He possesses more than 14 years experience in branding, marketing and general management functions. A one-time visiting lecturer at the Management Faculty of the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, he is also a fellow member of the Australian Sales and Marketing Association. He currently serves as Executive Director-Internal Trading of C. W. Mackie PLC. |
| Mr R.C. Peries
| A Director from 1 April 2010. Having started his career with Carson Cumberbatch & Co., he then moved to George Steuarts, one of the premier Agency Houses. He has served as Manager of some of the most prestigious rubber properties in the low country and also held senior appointments in the industry and served on the Rubber Research Board Advisory Panel. In 1983 he was appointed the Regional Director of the JEDB Hatton Board and in 1988 he was made Director General of Kegalle-Avissawella Zone of the JEDB. In 1992, after the privatisation of the management of plantations, he joined George Steuart Plantation Management Services as the General Manager of low country rubber estates of Kotagala Plantations. He continued to serve in this position even after the takeover by Lankem Tea & Rubber Plantations (Pvt.) Ltd. (LT&RP) in 1995 as Managing Agents for Kotagala Plantations. He was appointed to the directorate of LT&RP in 2002 and to the Board of Kotagala Plantations PLC (KP) in 2005 and is presently the Chief Executive Officer of LT&RP and KP. He is also a member of the Rubber Research Board and Chairman of Lankaprene Marketing Company Limited. He is presently a member of the Rubber Wages Board and a member of the Ceylon Institute of Planting. |
| Mr A.M.De S. Jayarathne
| A Director from 23 May 2007. He holds a Degree in economics from the University of Southampton in England and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales and Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is a former Chairman and Managing Director of Forbes & Walker Limited, Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Colombo Stock Exchange. Also served as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner in Singapore. Currently he serves on the Boards of several public companies. |
| Mr C.R. Ranasinghe
| A Director from 14 June 2002. Is also the Company Secretary. An Attorney-at-Law by profession. With the Group since October 1999 on retirement as a Partner of Messrs. Julius & Creasy, Attorneys-at-Law & Notaries Public. She is also Director-Corporate Affairs and Company Secretary of Ceylon Trading Company Limited. |
| Mr W.T. Ellawala
| A Director since 24 November 1995 and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer from 1 July 2002. An Economics Graduate, he worked for Brooke Bond Ceylon Limited, from 1962 to 1987 and was a director of that company for 17 years. Commercial Director, Ceylon Trading Company Limited since 1988 and Managing Director since December 2000. Also holds positions on the Boards of other companies, as a director of Maersk Lanka (Private) Limited and Chairman, Janashakthi Insurance PLC. Currently he is the Chairman of The Sri Lanka Society of Rubber Industry and a past Chairman of The Colombo Rubber Traders’ Association and The Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council. He is an Honorary Member of The Colombo Tea Traders’ Association and President & Trustee of the Singhalese Sports Club. Is a former member of the Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of its Advisory Council. He was a former Advisor to the Ministry of Ports & Shipping and served as a Consultant on Sea Transport at UN-ESCAP in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Mr M.G. Perera
| Board Member of CT Land Development PLC |
| Mr M. De Alwis
| Board Member of CT Land Development PLC |
