Chairman and Chief Executive of Hayleys PLC. Appointed to the Board of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC in July 2009.
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK). Serves as Honorary Consul of the United Mexican States (Mexico) to Sri Lanka. Council Member of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon. Member of the Advisory Council of the Ceylon Association of Shipping Agents (CASA). Leadership Excellence Recognition by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. Recipient of the ‘Best Shipping Personality’ Award by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. Honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Seatrade - Sri Lanka Ports, Trade and Logistics (SLPTL) and the first-ever Sri Lanka Pinnacle Lifetime Award by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT). Inducted as Legend of Logistics by the Sri Lanka Logistics and Freight Forwarding Association in recognition of services rendered to Sri Lanka’s logistics industry.
Appointed to the Board in 2013.
Dr Roshan Rajadurai is the Managing Director of Hayleys Plantation Sector comprising of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC and Horana Plantations PLC. A member of the Hayleys Group Management Committee. Since 1993 - 2001 held Senior Plantation Management position in Kelani Valley Plantations PLC and from 2002 – 2012 joined Kahawatte Plantations of Dilmah and was Director/CEO 2008 – 2012. 3
He holds a B.Sc Honours in Plantation Management, an MBA and an MSc. in Agriculture and Plantation Crops from the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. He has a Ph.D. in Management and a D.Sc. in Agriculture.
He had been the Chairman of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, Board Member of the Sri Lanka
Tea Board, Tea Research Institute, Rubber Research Board, Tea Small Holdings Development Authority and the Tea Council of Sri Lanka. He is the Chairman of the Sustainability Working Group and the Co-Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Road Map Strategy 2030. He serves in the Standing Committee on Agriculture of University Grants Commission.
Appointed to the Board in 1998.
He is the Chairman of MJF Holdings Limited and one of Sri Lanka’s first tea tasters in the then British-dominated trade. He is the Founder of “DILMAH TEA” brand name which re-launched, redefined and re-established the quality of Ceylon tea. DILMAH is a much respected global name, renowned for its quality, and its philosophy of caring and sharing with the community.
He was the pioneer in adding value to tea at origin, branding and marketing Ceylon tea quite successfully. Value addition at origin created significant services industries in printing, packaging, graphics and introducing packaging technology to Sri Lanka.
Mr. Fernando incorporated the MJF Charitable Foundation, to fulfill his pledge to make his business a matter of human service. His Foundation and Dilmah Conservation use a significant share of the earning from the sale of Dilmah tea and other companies in the Dilmah Group, towards creating better conditions for the underprivileged and the wider community, whilst implementing positive and sustainable environmental interventions.
Appointed to the Board in 1998.
He is the Director Operations of the MJF Group, which comprises several tea growing and tea packing/exporting companies, supplying the “Dilmah Tea” brand around the world.
Mr Fernando holds a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Management from Babson
College, USA.
(Appointed w.e.f. 15.08.2020) Appointed to the Board of Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC on 15th August 2020.
He was in continuous service for 36 years in the Plantation Industry of which 30 years in the Senior Management capacity in the Corporate Sector, till his retirement last year. He was the Director/Chief Executive Officer of Horana Plantations PLC since December 2013 to March 2020.
He had functioned as the Head of Produce/ Marketing at Hapugastenna Plantations PLC and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC managed by Finlays Tea Estates Lanka Ltd., as well as the Manufacturing Advisor of Balangoda Plantations PLC.
Served in the Board of Directors of Vallibel Plantation Management Ltd., Uni-Dil Packaging Ltd and Plantation Human Development Trust. He currently serves as Manager of the Sri Lanka Cricket Team and Consultant for National Women’s Cricket Development, Operations – International & Domestic.
He is commissioned as Lieutenant Colonel in the Sri Lanka Army Volunteer Force as a Professional Officer. He has successfully completed a course in General Management Programme conducted by the Business School of National University of Singapore.
Appointed to the Board in 2011.
Joined DPL in August 2010 as an Executive Director and took over as Managing Director from April 2011. Appointed to the Hayleys Group Management Committee in January 2011 and to the Board of Hayleys in April 2011. Former Country Chairman/ Managing Director of Shell Gas Lanka Ltd. and Shell Terminal Lanka Ltd.
He holds First Class Honours Degree in Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a Doctorate from Cambridge University, UK and an MBA with Distinction from Wales University, UK.
Appointed to the Board in 2012.
Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of UK and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants of UK.
Was the Group Finance Director of the
MJF Group, which comprises several
tea growing and tea packing/exporting
companies, supplying the ‘Dilmah Tea’
brand around the world.
Dr Bogahalande counts over 25 years of Managerial experience in Plantation, Manufacturing, Trading and Financial sectors.
Member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants Australia, Associate Member of the Institute of Personnel Management (Inc) Sri Lanka and received his PhD from Management and Science University, Malaysia and published articles in international refereed journals and conference proceedings. In 2010, he was conferred with the most prestigious ‘Pride of HR Profession’ award by the World HRD Congress.
Group Head of Human Resources of Vallibel One PLC /Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC. Serves as an Alternate Director of Horana Plantations PLC, Vallibel Plantation Management Ltd., LB Management Services (Pvt) Ltd., Delmege Coir (Pvt) Ltd and Uni Dil Packaging Ltd.
Appointed to the Board in 2020.
Mr. Alawattegama has 37 years of experience in the Plantation Sector. He joined Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation as an Assistant Superintendent and after privatisation of the Estates, has been with Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC from its inception. He has held the positions of Group Manager, Visiting Agent, Deputy General Manager, Senior Regional General Manager, General Manager - Plantations in the company and was the Director - Plantations prior to taking over as Director/CEO, in February 2020.
He holds a MBA from the London Metropolitan University, UK. He serves as the Deputy Chairman of The Planters’ Association of Ceylon, Deputy Chairman of the Colombo Tea Traders Association, and a Committee Member of the Committee of Management of Estate Staffs’ Provident Society. He has an MBA from the London Metropolitan University.
Appointed as Alternate Director to Mr Malik J Fernando in January 1998.
He holds a B.Sc. Economics (Hon) Degree from the London School of Economics.
He is the Director Marketing of the
MJF Group, which comprises several
tea growing and tea packing/exporting
companies, supplying the ‘Dilmah Tea’
brand around the world
Appointed to the Board on 18th August 2016.
He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (FCA), Fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA, UK). Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Warwickshire, UK; Certified Management Accountant (CMA, Australia).
He counts forty years’ experience in the fields of Management, Human Resources, Accountancy, Auditing, Consultancy and Finance. Former International Specialist/ Staff at Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines and worked in a number of countries mainly in the Asian region. He currently works as an Independent Management and Financial Consultant.
Appointed to the Board on 15th March 2017.
He has extensive experience in relation to accounting, corporate finance, acquisition and disposals, restructuring, strategic business development & partnerships and business planning. His experience spans across a range of industries including real estate, retail, leisure, manufacturing, agriculture, industrial solutions, power & energy, plantations, transportation and logistics. Given his deep level expertise in multiple industries, he is recognized as a sector specialist in a multitude of industries and provides vital support towards Board level decision making.
Mr Jamaldeen brings forth both local and global expertise having worked as the Finance Director at Newbridge Capital Investments Limited, a property investment and development company, transacting directly into UK commercial and London residential property. He has been extensively involved in all aspects of property investment especially in transactional analysis, financing, refinancing debt structures and tax assemblies. He was instrumental in transactions involving real estate assets exceeding USD 1.6 billion during his career. His international exposure and real estate experience was gained whilst at Freeman & Partners accountancy practice (UK) and subsequently at Barclays Capital (a British multinational investment Bank).
He has the distinction of being the founder Managing Director of Steradian Capital Investments, an exclusive real estate advisory and consultancy firm with both global and local clientele who seek exposure and asset management services for real estate investment into Sri Lanka. His key responsibilities include acquisitions, structuring debt financing, and corporate structures. Mr Jamaldeen is the key contact point for all existing foreign investors spread across Europe, East Asia and South East Asia. He has been instrumental in growing the Assets under Management to over Rs. 18 Bn within a short span of time. In 2020, Mr Jamaldeen was recognised by Echelon as a trail blazer and disruptor in the investments sector for his contribution towards the sector.
He further serves as the Executive Director of Lanka Realty Investments PLC, Managing Director of On’ally Holdings PLC, and functions as the Non-Executive Director of Hayleys PLC, Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC, Singer Industries (Ceylon) PLC and Regnis (Lanka) PLC. He was a former Director of People’s Bank. He is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants, UK and holds a degree in Engineering and Business from the University of Warwick, UK.