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Mervyn De Silva |
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Joined Hayleys in 1983 as an Accountant. Appointed to the Group Management Committee in 2001 taking over the functions of the CFO of the Group. In 2003, he took over the present responsibility as the Managing Director of Hayleys Industrial Solutions Ltd. and he has also been overlooking the Fibre Sector and Talawakelle Tea Estates Ltd. during 2006-2011. He is a Science graduate from the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya and holds a Diploma in Business Management from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. Has responsibility for the Industry Inputs sector, which serves the many manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka, the supplies of medical equipment for diagnosis and the Power and Energy Sector which primarily supply electricity generated by wind and hydro projects to the National Grid. |
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Chrishan Mendis |
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Joined Hayleys in 1983. Appointed to the Group Management Committee in 2001. Holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) Degree from the University of Colombo. Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and a Chartered Marketer. Based in the UK since 2010 and has responsibility for the marketing network of the Fibre Sector in UK and Europe. |
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Sunil Dissanayake |
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Joined Hayleys in July 2007. Appointed to the Group Management Committee in the same month. Is the responsible for Group Human Resources, Corporate Communications/Sustainability and Group Security. Graduate in Hotel Management. Was awarded the Life Time Gold Award in 2011 and Honourary Membership in 2004 by the Institute of Personnel Management. He is a Non-Executive Director of Hotel Services (Ceylon) PLC. Prior to joining Hayleys, he held several senior management positions in large private sector entities in Sri Lanka and abroad in Human Resources Management and in Hotel Management. Is a former President of the Ceylon Hotel School Graduates Association and a former Member of the Hotel Classification Committee of the Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. Is a member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Steering Committee for HR and Education and is also a Steering Committee Member of the Lanka Business Coalition (LBCH) for prevention of AIDS. |
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Johann Wijesinghe |
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Joined Hayleys in October 2008 as CEO of Civaro International. Appointed Head of the Leisure and Aviation sector in 2009 and was appointed to the Group Management Committee in 2011. Holds an MBA from the University of Leicester (UK) and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). Holds over 20 years experience in the Aviation industry with the national carrier SriLankan Airlines. Prior to joining Hayleys, he was the Head of Worldwide Cargo at SriLankan Airlines responsible for the entire air freight business sector of the organisation. He also held several senior positions for the airline including management positions in Europe, Middle East and the Far East and the Head Office in Colombo. Possesses over
5 years experience in the Hotel industry, having served as the Director, Marketing and Sales at The Hotel Lanka Oberoi. |
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Prasanna De Silva |
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Joined Hayleys in May 2011, appointed to the Group Management Committee in June 2011 and appointed as Managing Director of all Fibre Sector companies in August 2011. A fellow member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) and a Green Belt in Six Sigma and holds a Graduate certificate in Human Resource Management from TAFE (NSW) Australia. Before joining Hayleys, he held the position of Director Finance at the office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, Department of Health, Australia. Prior to that, he was the Vice President -
Personal Healthcare Operations of Ansell Inc, based in Thailand with responsibilities for Thailand, India and South Africa. He also served as CEO of Coirtex Ltd., Lanka Walltiles and Ansell Lanka before proceeding
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Dr. Arul Sivagananathan |
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Joined Hayleys in January 2011 as the Managing Director of Hayleys Business Process Outsourcing and Shared Services sector. Has overall responsibility for Hayleys Group Information Technology Services. Appointed to Hayleys Group Management Committee in June 2011. Prior to joining Hayleys, held a senior management position in a BPO company listed in the NYSE and overlooked operations across Chennai and Sri Lanka. Holds an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of London, MBA from Cranfield University (UK), Doctorate from USA and is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (FCMA-UK) and CGMA. |
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Dilhan De Silva |
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Joined Hayleys PLC in November 2011 as Group Chief Financial Officer. Appointed to Hayleys Group Management Committee in January 2012. Prior to joining Hayleys PLC, he had served Delmege Forsyth as Group Finance Director and progressed to the position of Group Chief Executive Officer. He counts over 20 years of experience in numerous industries and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, Certified Management Accountants of Australia and Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia. |
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Roshan Rajadurai |
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Joined Hayleys in January 2013 as the Managing Director of Kelani Valley and Talawakelle Plantations and has overall responsibility for the Hayleys Group Plantation Sector. Appointed to Hayleys Group Management Committee in January 2013. Prior to rejoining Hayleys, held Senior Plantation Management positions in Kelani Valley Plantations from 1993 to 2001 and was Director/CEO of Kahawatta Plantations. Holds a BSc. In Plantation Management and completed the MBA from Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture, Peradeniya and is a fellow member of National Institute of Plantation Management. Deputy Chairman of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon, Member of the Tea Council of Sri Lanka, Member of the Board of Directors of Tea Smallholdings Development Authority. Director of Maborc Teas (Pvt) Ltd. |
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Rohan Goonetilleke |
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Joined Hayleys MGT Knitting Mills PLC as Managing Director/CEO on the 1st of March 2013 and was appointed to the Group Management Committee in the same month. Prior to Joining Hayleys MGT, he was appointed as a Director of Brandix X’pressions (Pvt) Ltd., and was appointed to the Board of CLT Apparel (India) (Pvt) Ltd. In January 2011, a fully owned subsidiary of Brandix Lanka Ltd. During the period, 2003 to 2010 he was the Managing Director/CEO of Textured Jersey Lanka (pvt) Ltd., prior to which he was the Managing Director/CEO of Linea Clothing (Pvt) Ltd., a subsidiary of MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., and prior to that he was at Carson Cumberbatch & Company Ltd. as the CEO of Elpitiya Plantations Ltd. He received his higher education in the United Kingdom qualifying as a Graduate Engineer (B.Sc. Eng). |
