Amitha Gooneratne, formerly long-time Managing Director of the Commercial Bank, has joined the Harry Jayawardena-led Distilleries Group (DCSL) as the Managing Director of its strategic investment arm Melstacorp Ltd.
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A company statement said, Melstacorp is the holding company of several companies such as Lanka Bell Ltd, Balangoda Plantations PLC, Pelwatte Sugar Industries PLC, Continental Insurance Lanka Ltd, Melsta Logistics Ltd, Periceyl Pvt. Ltd, Texpro Industries Ltd, Bogo Power Ltd and Melsta Regal Finance Ltd.
Mr Gooneratne recently retired from the Commercial Bank after an illustrious 29 year career with the bank. "With the appointment as the Managing Director, Mr. Gooneratne has also joined the boards of several subsidiary companies of Melstacorp namely Melsta Logistics Ltd, Periceyl Pvt. Limited, Balangoda Plantations PLC, Lanka Bell Ltd, Texpro Industries Ltd, and Bogo Power Ltd. He will join the boards of Continental Insurance Lanka Ltd and of Melsta Regal Finance Limited as Chairman once the approval is granted from respective regulatory bodies," the statement said.
The board of Melstacorp comprises Harry Jayawardena (Chairman), Amitha Gooneratne (Managing Director), R.K Obeyesekere, C.R Jansz, N. De S Deva Aditya, C.F Fernando, Dr. A.N Balasuriya, Capt. K.J Kahanda, and (Ms) V.J Senaratne (Alternate director to N. De S Deva Aditya).
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