Sri Lankan Airlines chairman Ranjith Fernando resigns

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Veteran banker Ranjith Fernando has resigned from the post of chairman Sri Lankan Airlines after serving around six months at the helm of the national career following a customary procedure during the change of government, informed sources said.

Mr. Fernando told the Times Online that he tendered his resignation to the Transport Ministry Secretary after the newly appointed cabinet minister’s assumption of office allowing him to appoint his nominee to head the airline.

However there was no immediate confirmation of the stepping down of other members of the Board of Directors comprising Mano Tittawella, Susantha Katugampala, Dr. Roshen Perera, and Air Marshal Kapila Jayampathy.

Mr. Fernando was chosen to head the board based on his experience in transforming the then state-owned National Development Bank where he served from its inception in 1979 until his retirement in 2001.

He has functioned as Secretary of the Ministry of Industries and Chairman of several public listed companies and the UDA. (Bandula)

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