Appointed to the Board in 2013.
Managing Director of Talawakelle Tea
Estates PLC and Kelani Valley Plantations
PLC and a member of the Hayleys Group
Management Committee. Director
of Maborc Teas (Pvt) Ltd and Hayleys
Global Beverages (Pvt) Ltd. Appointed as
Managing Director of Horana Plantations
PLC and as a Director of Vallibel Plantations
Management Limited effective March 2017.
Prior to rejoining, served as Director/CEO of
Kahawatta Plantations PLC and held Senior
Plantation Management positions in Kelani
Valley Plantations PLC from 1993 to 2001.
He has a Diploma in Marketing
(UK), National Diploma in Plantation
Management (NIPM), BSc. in Plantation
Management and an MBA from the
Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture,
Peradeniya. He is a Fellow Member
of the National Institute of Plantation
Management and Institute of Management,
Sri Lanka.
He was the Chairman of the Planters’
Association of Sri Lanka, Member of the
Tea Board, Member of the Rubber Research
Board and also currently a member of the
Tea Research Institute Board, Tea Small
Holder Development Authority Board and
a member of the Tea Council of Sri Lanka.
He was appointed to the Tea Advisory
Boards on Manufacturing and Cultivation
and Production of the Sri Lanka Quality
Charter for Tea. He is the Chairman of
the Consultative Committee on Estate
and Advisory Services, Experiment and
Extension Forum of the Tea Research
Institute and is a Member of the
Consultative Committee on Research of the
TRI. He is also a member of the Standing
Committee on Agriculture, Veterinary
and Animal Sciences of the University
Grant Commission as well as a Member
of the Arbitration and Mediation Steering
Committee of the Chamber of Commerce.