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Executive Committee |
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Susantha Ratnayake
Chairman/CEO |
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Mr Ratnayake was appointed as the Chairman and CEO of John Keells Holdings in January 2006 and has served on the JKH board since 1992/93. He has overall responsibility for Group Strategy and New Business Development. Mr Ratnayake is a council member of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon and is a committee member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. He also serves as a member of the Tourism, Sovereign Rating and Investment Promotion Clusters of the National Council of Economic Development (NCED). Mr Ratnayake has over 29 years management experience, all of which is within the John Keells group. |
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Ajit Gunewardene
Deputy Chairman |
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Mr Gunewardene is the Deputy Chairman of JKH and has been a member of the board since 1992/93. Whilst having overall responsibility for the Financial Services, Leisure and Property industry groups, he oversees the Investor Relations function at the centre. He is also a member of the Capital Markets Cluster of the NCED. He is a former Chairman of the Colombo Stock Exchange. Mr Gunewardene brings 26 years of management experience to the board. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina with a major in economics. |
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Sumithra Gunesekera
Director and President |
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Appointed to the Board in 1997/98, Mr Gunesekera has overall responsibility for the Plantation Services sector and the Corporate Communications function at the centre. He is also the Head of the John Keells Social Responsibility Foundation Management Committee. Mr. Gunesekera is the Chairman of the Corporate Social Responsibility sub-committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce as well as the Chairman of the Employers' Network on Disability of the Employers' Federation of Ceylon. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management. Mr Gunesekera is a Director in many group companies and has over 25 years of management experience. |
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Ronnie Peiris
Group Finance Director |
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Appointed to the board during 2002/03, Mr Peiris has overall responsibility for Group Finance including Treasury, Taxation, Corporate Finance, Group Initiatives, Shared Services and the Information Technology functions at the centre. Previously, Managing Director of Anglo American Corporation (Central Africa) Limited and EXCO member of Konkola Copper Mines plc, both in Zambia, Mr Peiris has served on many boards overseas. He has over 35 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 a MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is a member of the committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of its Taxation Sub Committee and also serves on its Economic, Fiscal and Policy Planning Sub Committee. |
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Dilani Alagaratnam
President |
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Dilani Alagaratnam, has overall responsibility for the group Human Resources, Legal and Secretarial functions. A lawyer by profession, she has been with the group for 16 years and is a law graduate and a holder of a Masters Degree in Law. She is a member of the Advisory Committeeon Human Resources and Education and is the Alternate Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Legislation ofthe Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. She is also a permanent member of the Legal Forum convened by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka. |
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Romesh David
President |
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Romesh David,has been with the group for 28 years and has overall responsibility for the Transportation and IT industry groups. He is a member of the National Council for Economic Development (Transport Cluster), a member of the Economic Infrastructure Sub-Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and an executive committee member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Sri Lanka Branch). He is a past Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freight Forwarders' Association and the Council for Business with Britain. |
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Jitendra Gunaratne
President |
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Jitendra Gunaratne is responsible for the Consumer Foods & Retail (CF&R) industry group. Prior to his appointment as President, he overlooked the Plantations and CF&R Manufacturing sectors. His 27 years of management experience in the group also covers Leisure and Property. He holds a Diploma in Marketing and serves as a member of the Advisory Committee on Consumer Affairs and the Law and Order Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. |
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Krishan Balendra
President |
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Krishan Balendra has been Head of Corporate Finance and Strategy since September 2002. He started his professional career at UBS Warburg, Hong Kong, in investment banking, focusing primarily on equity capital markets. After a four year stint in Hong Kong, he continued his career in corporate finance at Aitken Spence & Co. Ltd., Sri Lanka prior to joining JKH. He holds a Law Degree (LLB) from the University of London and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a member of the Board of the Colombo Stock Exchange. |
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