Hayleys Group appoints Niran Ranatunga as MD of Mabroc Teas
View(s):Hayleys Group has appointed Niran R. Ranatunga as the Managing Director of its tea marketing and export business Mabroc Teas (Pvt) Ltd with effect from April 1.
A founder member of Mabroc Teas, which was established in 1988, Mr. Ranatunga was appointed to the Board in 1990. He commenced his career in the tea industry in 1980 and has undergone comprehensive training in tea tasting and blending at Lyons Tetley and R. Twinings & Company Ltd in the United Kingdom, Hayleys said in a statement.
“The vision of Mabroc Teas is to create teas beyond our customers’ imagination. We will continue to strive and exceed the expectations of tea connoisseurs around the world whilst adding value to our stakeholders,” noted Mr. Ranatunga. The story of Mabroc began over two decades ago when a group of tea enthusiasts including the present MD founded the company with the objective of providing top-quality, authentic Ceylon teas.
In 2003 Mabroc Teas joined hands with Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (KVPL) and launched the program, “A Home for Every Plantation Worker”. Together with KVPL, Mr. Ranatunga was a part of Mabroc Teas’ successful launch of the ¬first “Ethical Tea Brand of the World” comprising an exciting range of unblended single garden teas based on joint commitment and initiatives to propagate the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact. This led Mabroc Teas to be the first tea company in the world to obtain United Nations Global Compact membership.
Mabroc Teas became a fully-fledged member of Hayleys in 2010, joining the Group’s Plantation Sector which spans 38 tea gardens, 19,000 hectares of tea land, 33 factories and annually produces on average 15 million kilograms of tea.
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