Susantha Ratnayake (Chairman of John Keells Holdings and the Sri Lanka Tea Board) this week took over as Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce from outgoing chairman Dr Anura Ekanayake, with Suresh Shah (Director/CEO- Lion Breweries) appointed as Deuty Chairman and Samantha Ranatunga (Managing Director/CEO – CIC) coming in as the Deputy Vice Chairman.
The chamber said several young industry leaders make their appearance in the new committee for 2011/2012. Among them are Husein Essufally (CEO, Hemas Holdings PLC), Sriyan De S Wijeyeratne (Country Manager, Microsoft Sri Lanka (Pvt) Ltd), Vidyani Hettigoda (Director, Hettigoda Group of Companies), Anushman Rajaratnam (Managing Director, Lankem Ceylon PLC), Amanda Weerasinghe (Managing Director, Almar Trading Co. (Pvt) Ltd, Vish Govindasamy (Group Managing Director, Watawala Plantations PLC) Ravi Dias (Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Bank of Ceylon), Manjula De Silva (Managing Director, HNB Assurance Ltd) and Krishan Balendran (President -Corporate Finance, John Keells Holdings PLC). |