| Mr A. Dharmasiri
| Dr. Ajantha Dharmasiri is a Senior Faculty Member and a Management Consultant attached to the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. He also serves as an adjunct professor in International Human Resource Management at the Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma. He has over two decades of both private and public sector working experience in diverse environments including Unilever and Nestle. He has engaged in consultancies in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. He is a Commonwealth AMDISA Doctoral Fellow and Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow. He holds a Ph.D. and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Moratuwa. He is a Chartered Electrical Engineer, member of the Chartered Institute of Management (UK) and a council member of the Institute of Personnel Management as well. Dr Dharmasiri likes to identify himself as one who had gone through a transition from being an “Engineer of Electrical” to an “Engineer of Hearts and Minds.” |
| Mr S.R. Abeynayake
| Mr. Abeynayake counts more than fifteen years of experience in the field of Finance. He holds a MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayawardenepura. He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is a Director of Ceylinco Insurance PLC in executive capacity. He has been appointed to the Board of Citizens Development Business Finance PLC from 1st January 2012. |
| Mr D.A. De Silva
| Mr De Silva holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and an associate membership from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He counts over 15 years of Corporate Accounting experience in the Financial Services, Oil & Gas, Construction and Telecom industries. He is presently a Financial consultant |
| Mr R.H. Abeygoonewardena
| Mr. Abeygoonewardena is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is also a member of Institute of Certified Professional Managers. He joined CDB in June 2005 and has over 20 years of experience in finance covering the financial services industry and manufacturing sector. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in April 2011. |
| Mr S.V. Munasinghe
| Mr Munasinghe, has been with CDB since 2001. He has over 20 years of experience in leasing industry including credit evaluation, recoveries, operations, system implementation and marketing. He was instrumental in setting up leasing operations at CDB and was responsible for the implementation of the integrated software solution of the company. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in April 2011. |
| Mr W.W.K.M. Weerasuriya
| Mr. Weerasoriya, holds a B.Com (Sp Hons) Degree from University of Colombo and Postgraduate Diploma (Mgt). He joined CDB in August 2000 and counts over 21 years experience in Marketing and sales, in the Financial Services Industry. He was appointed to the Board of Directors in April 2011. |
| Mr T.M.D.P. Tennakoon
| Mr. Tennakoon (46Yrs) is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of U.K and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He counts over 20 years of experience in banking, financial services and Insurance industry. He Joined CDB in year 2003 as a Financial Accountant and was appointed to the Board in April 2011 as a Chief Financial Officer. |
| Mr C.M. Nanayakkara
| Mr. Nanayakkara holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Post Graduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayawardenapura. He is a Fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He counts over 21 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services industry. Having started his career at a leading merchant Bank in the country where he gained extensive experience in multiple areas, he joined CDB in early 2001. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2004 and was subsequently appointed to the Board of Directors in 2005 |
| Mr D.H.J. Gunawardana
| Mr. Herschel Gunawardena is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K. and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He has over 40 years of experience in various industries including shipping, airline, mining, export and import trading with over 20 years of General Management experience. He was a former Council Member of the Sri Lanka Branch of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. Mr. Gunawardena is an independent non executive Director of Ceylinco Insurance PLC. He is also a Director of Hunter & Company PLC, Lanka Canneries (Pvt) Ltd. & Heath & Co. (Ceylon) Ltd. and Pelwatte Dairy Industries Ltd. |
| Mr A.R. Rasiah
| Mr. Rasakantha Rasiah was appointed to the Board of Ceylon Cold Stores Ltd, from 1st July 2005. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. He is a graduate of the University of Ceylon and a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He brings to the Board a wealth of experience in the FCMG industry. He has wide experience of over 30 years in the industry, both locally and overseas. He was the former Finance Director of Nestle Lanka PLC, holding the position for over a decade. He was also a visiting lecturer in “Finance and Accounts” for Nestle SA (international) for Africa-Asia Oceania region. He is a former President of the Benevolent Society of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is also a Director of Nations Trust Bank PLC, MTD Walkers PLC, EB Creasy Group of Companies and a commercial advisor of Ceylon Pencil Co Ltd. He is a visiting Lecturer in Finance at the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM). A keen sportsman and represented Sri Lanka at table tennis. |
| Mr U.P. Liyanage
| Prof. Liyanage, PhD, was appointed to the Board of Ceylon Cold Stores PLC from 1st July 2005. Prof. Liyanage is a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. He brings to the Board extensive knowledge and experience in the sphere of marketing activities. Prof. Liyanage is the Director of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM). He is a Consultant to a number of key companies and international agencies. Prof. Liyanage has published widely in reputed journals on strategic marketing, and addressed many international conferences on similar subject matter. He is a past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and former member of the International Board of Trustees of CIM. He is on the Boards of Directors of a number of leading companies. |
| Mr P.S Jayawardena
| Mr. Jayawardene joined the Board of Ceylon Cold Stores PLC from 1st July 2005 and serves as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. He brings to the Board wide knowledge and experience in the sphere of Law. Mr. Jayawardene, who is a President’s Counsel, specialises in Commercial Law including Banking Law, Company Law, Industrial Law and Intellectual Property Law. Prior to commencing practice as a Lawyer, he was at HSBC in a senior management capacity for over a decade and has extensive experience in the banking industry. Mr. Jayawardene is a Director of the Environmental Foundation Ltd. |
| Mr J.R. Gunaratne
| Mr. Gunaratne, is the President of the Consumer Foods sector of the John Keells Group and was appointed to the Board of Ceylon Cold Stores PLC in 2004/05. Prior to his appointment as President, he overlooked the Plantations and Retail sectors. His 32 years of management experience in the Group also covers Leisure and Property. Jitendra holds a diploma in marketing. He is the President of the Beverage Association of Sri Lanka and the Chairman of the steering committee for food and beverage of the Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Committee on Consumer Affairs of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. |
| Mr J. Dhanapla
| Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala is a former United Nations Under- Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs (1998-2003) and a former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the USA (1995-1997) and to the UN Office in Geneva (1984-1987). He was Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) from1987-1992. As a Sri Lankan diplomat, Mr. Dhanapala served in London, Beijing, Washington D.C., New Delhi and Geneva and represented Sri Lanka at many international conferences chairing several of them. He is currently the President of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs; a member of the Governing Board of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and several other advisory boards of international bodies. |
| Mr S. Mendis
| Desamanya Sunil Mendis was formerly the Chairman of Hayleys Group, and the immediate former Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. He possesses over 46 years of wide and varied commercial experience, most of which has been in very senior positions. Mr. Mendis is the Chairman of the company’s Remuneration Committee and a member of the company’s Audit Committee. |
| Mr P.S. Mathavan
| Mr. Prabhu Mathavan is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce. He possesses over 20 years of experience in the fields of Finance, Auditing, Accounting and Taxation. |
| Mr E.A.D. Perera
| Mr. Errol A. D. Perera has held senior management positions in varying types of businesses in England, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. On his return to Sri Lanka he focused on promoting joint venture projects with foreign investment and technology transfers. He was successful in obtaining Board of Investment approvals with Pioneer Status for directory publishing, pay phones and paging projects. He was also instrumental in promoting Venture Capital and Unit Trust ‘start-ups’ in Sri Lanka with foreign collaboration. Mr. Perera was the proud winner of the GTE (now Verizon USA) Presidents International Trophy in 1990. In 1995 under his stewardship, the Directory Publishing Team won the first-ever Sri Lanka National Quality Award. He is at present an Independent Director of several other listed and non-listed companies in Sri Lanka. |
| Mr J.C. Page
| Mr. Joseph C. Page is the Deputy Chairman/ Managing Director of C T Land Development PLC. He is also a Director of C T Properties Limited and Managing Director of Ceylon Theatres (Pvt.) Ltd. Prior to joining C T Land Development PLC, he was Executive Director of Millers Limited. He has over 30 years of management experience in the private sector. |
| Mr S.E.C. Gardiner
| Mr. Sanjeev Gardiner is the Chairman and Chief Executive Office of the Gardiner Group, comprising, the Galle Face Hotel Co. Limited, the Ceylon Hotels Corporation PLC, Kandy Hotels Company (1938) PLC (which owns the Queen’s and Suisse Hotels in Kandy) and, United Hotels Co (Pvt) Limited, which owns The Surf, Bentota, The Safari, Tissa and The Lake, Polonnaruwa. He is also a Director of several public and private companies and counts over 25 years of management experience. He holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia and, a Bachelor of Business Degree (Banking and Finance) from Monash University, Australia. He has been a Council Member of HelpAge International, Sri Lanka Branch for several years, and is also a Member of the elite Young Presidents Organisation since 2008. |
| Mr A.T.P. Edirisinghe
| Mr. A. T. Priya Edirisinghe is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), and holds a Diploma in Commercial Arbitration. He was the Senior Partner of HLB Edirisinghe & Co., Chartered Accountants and currently serves as Consultant/Advisor. He is the Managing Director of PE Management Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. He counts over 43 years’ experience in both public practice and in the private sector. He serves on the boards of a number of other listed and non-listed companies where in some companies he also serves as Chairman/Member of the Audit Committee and Member of the Remuneration Committee. Mr. Edirisinghe is the Chairman of the company’s Audit Committee and a member of the company’s Remuneration Committee. Sanjeev Gardiner |
