| Ms S. Dubash
| Holds a Honours degree in Chemistry (London), MBA (USA), Phd. She is currently the chairperson of Industry and commerce of Sri Lanka and representative on the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce main Board. She is also member of the institute of Directors. A Director of Abans Ltd. and other Group Companies. Within the group, Mrs. Dubash is chiefly involved in administering the supply chain functions of import purchasing, wharf clearance, warehousing, inventory control, distribution and information systems. Retail Accounts and Hire Purchase Departments also come under her purview. Flexible, hard - working employees have long been Mrs. Dubash's main aides and as a result, she oversees the Training Department to ensure the continuous training and development of quality Abans employees. Her major projects currently include s ourcing a 3PL partner, introducing an ERP system for the Abans (Pvt) Limited channel and spearheading other e-commerce initiatives, most recent of which is buyabans.com, the online retail arm of Abans Ltd. She is supported by an excellent, hard-working senior administrative network. |
| Mr L.R. Watawala
| Appointed to the board in August 2007. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, a fellow of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and a fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of U.K. He has held the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Board of Investment of Sri Lanka twice and also served as the Chairman of People’s Bank, People’s Merchant Bank, Pan Asia Bank Ltd and other State Corporations. He has served as an Advisor of the Ministry of Finance. He was a Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, South Asian Ferderation of Accountants, Founder President of AAT Sri Lankan and Organization of Professional Associations of Sri Lanka. Currently, he is a committee Member of Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, President of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, and serves on the Boards of a number of Quoted Public Companies. |
| Ms A. Pestonjee
| A resourceful and self - taught entrepreneur, Mrs. Pestonjee has come to exemplify the Abans’ creed of “finding a need and fulfilling it”. Her passion, drive and courage,especially as a South Asian woman in a then male dominated business world hasinspired successive generations of Sri Lankan Business women and have won herthe praise of many others. She continues in the role of Chairperson of Abans Group of Companies. |
| Mr J.W.H. Richters
| Johannes W. H. Richters has garnered international management experience in markets as varied as South America, the Caribbean and Asia. He counts extensive experience in medium term planning, budgeting and reporting processes and is particularly adept at setting up and effecting the turnaround of greenfield projects. He is responsible for restructuring companies and negotiating joint venture agreements. He holds a Masters degree in Law from the Free University of Amsterdam and underwent further corporate management training at ING Insurance, Netherlands. He has functioned as Chairman and CEO of ING Mexico and CEO and Managing Director of ING Argentina in the past. He holds almost 40 years experience in the global insurance field and is affiliated to government committees in Suriname and other global insurance bodies. |
| Mr M.R. Abeywardena
| Mr. Abeywardena holds an MBA from the University of Wales and a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (CIM). He serves as the Group Managing Director/CEO of Acuity Partners (Pvt) Ltd; a Joint Venture Investment Banking firm equally owned by the DFCC Bank and Hatton National Bank PLC. He has over 27 years of work experience in the Capital markets in Sri Lanka |
| Mr S. Rajapakse
| A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Society of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, Mr. Sujeewa Rajapakse is the Managing Partner of BDO Partners a Firm of Chartered Accountants. He holds a MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Mr. Rajapakse is the Immediate past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and represents the Monitory Policy Consultative Committee of Central Bank of the Sri Lanka as a member and is a Board member of NDB Bank PLC, Haycarb PLC and Dipped Product PLC. Mr Rajapakse is a member of the National Pay commission. He is an old boy of Richmond College, Galle. |
| Mr R.G. Jasinghe
| With experience exceeding over 30 years which includes over 18 years in the Insurance sector, Mr. Jasinghe started off his career in the manufacturing industry and thereafter in industrial marketing. He holds a MBA from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura and is a Chartered Marketer; Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and the Academy of Marketing Sciences, USA. He was awarded the Platinum Honour in 2011 in recognition of Professional excellence in the field of Management by the Post Graduate Institute of Management Alumni (PIMA). |
| Mr T.M.I. Ahamed
| Mr. Iftikar Ahamed heads the Financial Services Sector of the Softlogic Group and is also the Managing Director of Softlogic Capital PLC, which is the Financial Services Holding Company of the Group. He counts over 30 years of experience in a wide range of métiers within the financial services industry and has extensive Banking experience both in Sri Lanka and overseas, having held senior management positions at Nations Trust Bank PLC and Deutsche Bank AG. He holds an MBA from University of Wales, UK. |
| Mr J.H.P. Ratnayeke
| Mr. Paul Ratnayeke is a leading commercial lawyer and a Senior Partner and Founder of Paul Ratnayeke Associates, an established law firm in Sri Lanka. Mr. Ratnayeke graduated with Honours from the University of Ceylon (Colombo) and has also been awarded a Masters Degree in Law by the University of London. He is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Mr. Ratnayeke specializes in corporate and commercial areas of law including in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, aviation, insurance and shipping. Currently, Mr. Ratnayeke holds directorships in several companies in some of which he has been appointed as the Deputy Chairman or Chairman |
| Mr A.K. Pathirage
| Having served in the Softlogic Group Board as the Managing Director from inception, he was appointed as the Chairman of the Group in 2000. The Group which commenced with just twelve employees 23 years ago and with a small turnover now manages a multibillion turnover across various economic growth sectors. Along with Softlogic Holdings, six other firms, which are managed by Mr. Pathirage, are listed. His role as the MD/Chairman of Asiri Group, has led the healthcare sector to be the leading private healthcare provider in Sri Lanka. He is also the Chairman of Softlogic Capital Limited, Softlogic Finance PLC, Asian Alliance Insurance PLC besides being the Chairman of many other Group Companies that operate in Leisure, Retail, Automobile and ICT industries. He also serves as the Deputy Chairman of the National Development Bank PLC Board and is the Chairman of NDB Capital Holdings PLC Board. |
| Mr J.M. Swaminathan
| Mr. Swaminathan holds LLB from the University of Ceylon, LLM from the University of Colombo and M Phil from the University of Colombo. He is also Attorney-at-Law - Sri Lanka Law College, Justice of the Peace and Unofficial Magistrate. He is the Precedent Partner of Messrs. Julius & Creasy and is a member of the Company Law Advisory Commission, a member of the Intellectual Property Law Commission and the Council of Legal Education and Law Commission of Sri Lanka . He is a Faculty Member of the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and a member of the Legal Cluster of National Economic Commission. He is a Visiting Lecturer and an Examiner at the Faculty of Law University of Colombo. He is also a member of the Board of Faculty of Law University of Colombo. He was also a Faculty member of the LLM Wales Course conducted by the Sri Lanka Law College and a Faculty Member and Course Director of Post Attorneys Diploma program on Intellectual Property Law and is over 48 years in practice. He is also a Director of several listed and unlisted companies. |
| Mr D.S.K. Amarasekera
| Mr. Kamantha Amarasekera is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and is an Attorneyat- Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He also holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and began his career in the year 1998. Mr. Amarasekera is an eminent Tax Consultant and the Senior Tax and Legal Partner of Amarasekera & Company, a leading tax consultancy firm in Sri Lanka. He is a Non-Executive Director of listed companies including Kelani Tyres PLC, Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) PLC, Madulsima Plantations PLC, Colombo Land Exchange Ltd and Palm Garden Hotels PLC. |
| Ms K.U. Amarasinghe
| Mrs. Kalsha Amarasinghe holds an Honours Degree in Economics. She serves on the Boards of LOLC Insurance Company Ltd, LOLC General Insurance Ltd, LOLC Life Insurance Ltd, Speed Italia (Pvt) Ltd, United Dendro Energy (Pvt) Ltd and Palm Garden Hotels PLC. She also serves as a Director on the Boards of Commercial Leasing & Finance PLC, Lanka ORIX Finance PLC, Brown and Company PLC and Browns Investments PLC. |
| Mr D.E. de Mel
| Board Member of Eden Hotel Lanka PLC |
| Mr S. Furkhan
| Mr. Stefan Furkhan joined the hospitality industry in 1984 having had his initial training in Germany and Australia and possesses over 25 years of experience in the tourism and hospitality industry in Australia and Sri Lanka. He is a Graduate Diploma Holder and Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK (CIM), the premier professional marketing body in the world, and a Member of the Institute of Hospitality, UK. Mr. Furkhan was a former Vice President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka (THASL), and the Chairman of its Marketing Sub-Committee. He also served on the PATA Sri Lanka Chapter Board. Mr. Furkhan has had extensive experience in the setting up, Project Management and Launching of new Green Field Hotel Projects in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Australia. He also functioned as the Managing Director of the Confifi Group Hotels until recently. |
| Mr W.D.K. Jayawardena
| in June 2010 and was appointed Chairman in January 2012. He holds a MBA in Financial Management, is an Associate of the Institute of Cost and Executive Accountants and was awarded Fellowship of the Institute of Bankers (IBSL) in 2006. He has varied experience in the fields of Banking, Audit, Relationship Management, Corporate Finance, Corporate Banking, Investment Banking and Treasury Management. Mr. Jayawardena was appointed the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Banks Association (SLBA) in 2003/04 and served as President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka in 2006/2007. He served as a Director of Lanka Clear, National Institute of Business Management (NIBM) and The Institute of Bankers (IBSL). Mr. Jayawardena was appointed to the Financial Sector Reforms Committee (FSRC) and was a member of the Finance Sector and Capital markets cluster of the National Council of Economic Development (NCED). He was a key member of the inaugural sovereign rating team and sovereign debt for Sri Lanka appointed by the Governor of the Central Bank. He was presented with the prestigious Combined Support Group Award by the US Navy for services rendered after the Tsunami in 2005. The Government of Sri Lanka appointed him to the Board of the Sri Lanka Fulbright Commission in 2010. Mr. Jayawardena was appointed to the Council of the National Chamber of Commerce of Sri Lanka on 27th January 2011 |
| Mr H.A.S. Kumar
| Board Member of E-Channelling PLC |
| Mr N. Goto
| Board Member of E-Channelling PLC |
| Mr S.A. Hettiarachchi
| Mr. Sampath Hettiarachchi was appointed to the Board of eChannelling PLC on 1st of May 2013.Prior to this appointment from 2008 to April 2013,he was the Chief Financial Officer at Lanka Hospitals Corporation PLC. Mr. Hettiarachchi has over 18 years of managerial and leadership experience at leading corporate institutions in both service sector and manufacturing operations including Ansell Lanka Private Limited ,Lankabell Limited and the DCSL Group. Mr. Hettiarachchi holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Western Sydney, Australia and is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, U.K. (ACMA) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). |
