| Mr S.S.S.B.D.G. Jayawardena
| Appointed to the Board of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC in December 2008. Chairman of the Tea Research Institute. Board Member of Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB), Tea Small Holdings Development Authority (TSHDA) and Tea Shakthi and also a member of the Advisory Committee on Tea of the Ministry of Plantation Industries. Currently a member of the Research & Development Committee of National Science Foundation. |
| Mr U. Liyanage
| Appointed to the Board of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC in December 2008. Professor of Management of the Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM), University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Adjunct Professor of Management of University of Canberra, Australia. Counts over 15 years experience in industry, having held senior marketing management positions in three leading companiesin Sri Lanka. He, thereafter, joined the academia and read for the doctoral program at the PIM, of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka, where he has been the senior faculty member for Marketing over the past 20 years. He was the Director of PIM and the Chairman of the Institute’s Board of Management. He has published many articles on Branding and Strategic Marketing in leading journals, both here and abroad, and addressed numerous local and international conferences. |
| Mr W.G.R. Rajadurai
| Joined Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC and appointed to the Board on 01.01.2013. Managing Director of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC and Kelani Valley Plantations PLC from January 2013 and a member of the Hayleys Group Management Committee. An experienced planter with over thirty years of experience in plantation management, he was the Chief Executive Officer of a reputed Regional Plantation Company. Chairman of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon, a member of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Rubber Research Board, Tea Small Holdings Development Authority (TSHDA) and in the Tea Council of Sri Lanka. |
| Mr W.A.S. Weerasinghe
| Board Memebr Of Asia Asset Finance Limited |
| Mr H.D.S. Thushara
| Board Memebr Of Asia Asset Finance Limited |
| Mr R.A.T.P. Perera
| Board Memebr Of Asia Asset Finance Limited |
| Mr G.D. Gunarathna
| Board Memebr Of Asia Asset Finance Limited |
| Mr C. Ramachandra
| Board Memebr Of Asia Asset Finance Limited |
| Mr R.J.A. Gunawardena
| CEO Of Asia Asset Finance Limited |
| Mr H.L.L.M. Nanayakkara
| Chairman Of Asia Asset Finance Limited |
| Mr J.S. Ratwatte
| Jayantissa Ratwatte, Fellow Member of the National Institute of Plantation Management, has over 46 years experience in the Plantation Sector having been a Regional Director, a Regional Chairman and a Director of the Central Board of the Janatha Estates Development Board. He was a Director of John Keells Holdings PLC. He also was the Chairman of the Plantation Services Employers' Group of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon. He has served as a Director of the Tea Board, as a member of the Tea Council and as a Director of the Tea Research Board. He was also the Head of the Plantation Sector of the John Keells Group. |
| Mr A.S. Jayathileke
| Ananda Jayatilleke is an Industrial Engineer cum Rubber Technologist by profession with over 35 years experience in the Rubber Industry in Sri Lanka and abroad. He has had six years experience in the Zambian Mining Industry as a Senior Industrial Engineer. Having served on the Board of Richard Peiris & Company Limited for many years he is now the Chairman / Managing Director of Latex Green Private Limited, a BOI company manufacturing mattresses for export. |
| Mr R.E. Rambukwella
| Ravi Rambukwella is Director Marketing & Operations of Central Finance Company PLC and has over 32 years of management experience both locally and internationally. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Peradeniya, a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK and a Diploma in Commerce from the Institute of Commerce UK. He is a Director of several companies within the Central Finance Group. |
| Mr A.D. Gunawardana
| Ajit Gunewardene is the Deputy Chairman of John Keells Holdings PLC and has been a member of the Board for over 20 years. He is a Director of Many companies in the John Keells Group and is the Chairman of Union Assurance PLC. He is a member of the Board of SLINTEC, a company established for the development of nanotechnology in Sri Lanka under the auspices of the Ministry of Science and Technology. He is also an Advisory Committee Member of COSTI, the coordinating Secretariat for Science Technology and Innovation under the purview of the Minister (Senior) of Scientific A airs. He has also served as the Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange. Mr. Gunewardene has a Degree in Economics and brings over 31 years of management experience |
| Mr J.R. Gunarathna
| Board Member of Tea Smallholders Factories PLC |
| Mr S.D. De Mel
| Mr. Suresh De Mel is the Managing Director of Lanka Fishing Flies (Pvt) Ltd., a US-Sri Lanka Joint Venture since 1981 producing Umpqua brand fishing flies. Lanka Fishing Flies which currently employs 250 workers in factories in Colombo and Tangalla, has a reputation for being one of the largest producers of high quality hand tied fishing flies in the world. |
| Ms J.C. Ponniah
| Ms. Ponniah was appointed to the Board of Trans Asia Hotels PLC as a Non Executive Director in October 2013. She has been intimately involved in the travel and tourism industry for over 30 years. Ms Ponniah has held directorships in numerous subsidiaries of John Keells Holdings PLC namely Walkers Tours Ltd., Whittalls Travels Limited and Gordon Frazer & Co. Limited. She has also served as the Secretary to the Sri Lanka Association of Inbound Tour Operators and is a recipient of Zonta Club Woman of Achievement Award. |
| Mr N.L. Gooneratne
| Mr. Navin Gooneratne has been a member of the Trans Asia Hotels PLC Board as a Non-Executive Director since 1984 from its inception. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering and is a Member of the Institute of Engineering Sri Lanka. He is the Chairman of 1:2:4 Designs Ltd, Radiance Film International (Pvt) Ltd. and Trans Asia Films (Pvt) Ltd. He is the Honorary Chairman of SAMA International Trust, Help Sri Lanka Consortium Trust, Swarajya Foundation and the Light of Asia Foundation. He is also the Patron of the Mahatma Gandhi Centre in Colombo |
| Mr J.R.F. Peiris
| Mr. Peiris was appointed as a Director of Trans Asia Hotels PLC in September 2003. As the Group Finance Director of John Keells Holdings PLC, Mr. Peiris has overall responsibility for the Group’s Finance and Accounting, Taxation, Corporate Finance, Treasury, Group Initiatives and the Information Technology functions. He is also a Director of several companies in the John Keells Group and was previously the Managing Director of Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa) Limited in Zambia. He has over 41 years finance and general management experience in Sri Lanka and abroad. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK, and the Society of Certified Management Accountants, Sri Lanka and holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is a member of the Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, and serves on its Economic, Fiscal and Policy Planning Sub Committee. |
| Mr C.U. Ratwatte
| Mr. Ratwatte started his career in 1993 as a Trainee Planter in Kahawatte Plantations PLC and later joined Tata Tea, India as a Management Trainee. With his wide exposure and experience in the tea industry, he joined Watawala Plantations PLC in 1997 as Head of Exports and offered his services for four years. |
