Leadership & Investors

Dr. Preethiraj Wijegoonewardene holds an MBBS, which he obtained from India along with a Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine from the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM) in Colombo. He is a Fellow of the College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners, UK in November 2008. He is a Patron of the South Asia Primary Care Research Network and was elected as Chairman of the South Asia Board of RCGP International. Dr. Wijegoonewardene was the first Sri Lankan to receive a WONCA Fellowship, he was also awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the Bangladesh Academy of Family Physicians.

As the Managing Partner of Y. R. Piyasena & Company and ViceChairman of Hotel Star Dust in Pottuvil, Nimal Piyasena brings to the board over 40 years of diversified experience in the fields of Finance, Healthcare and Trade Operations.

Asite Talwatte currently holds the positions of Chairman of Management Systems (Pvt) Ltd, the Chairperson of the Integrated Reporting Council of Sri Lanka and also serves as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of several listed and private companies. With over 37 years of experience in the fields of Assurance, Business Risk and Advisory Services, he served as Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young for over 10 years prior to his retirement in March 2016. Asite holds a PostGraduate Diploma in Business and Financial Administration from the Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the University of Wageningen, Holland as well as an MBA from the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Aminda Tudawe functions as the Director Supply Chain in a strategic capacity, while he coordinates corporate strategy. He is also a Director of Durdans Medical and Surgical (Pvt) Ltd and Durdans Heart Centre (Pvt) Ltd. He is presently involved in the Durdans Vision 2022 project while working with the Project Consortium. He was instrumental in overseeing the implementation of JCI accreditation at Durdans Hospital during the period 2012 to 2014 and played a vital role in completing several key development projects over the years. He holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) degree in Business Management from the University of Wales, UK as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the School of Business, University of Leicester, UK.

Ravindra Jayatilleke is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom. He is representing the Board of Directors from the current financial year as an Independent Non-Executive Director. He possesses over 35 years’ experience in the fields of Accounting, Auditing and Finance and is providing guidance in finance related matters pertaining to the Company. At present, he serves as the Group Finance Director of Lalan Rubber Group and is a Director of Lalan Rubber Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Lalan Rubbers (Pvt) Ltd and other subsidiary companies.

Mr. Renganathan was the former Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC and had held several key positions in the Bank. He is a senior banker counting over 41 years and has led Commercial Bank’s acquisition of the banking operations of Credit Agricole Indosuez in Bangladesh as the first Country Manager. In addition, Mr. Renganathan served as the Managing Director and a Board Member of the Commercial Development Company PLC, and Commercial Bank of Maldives Private Limited as the Deputy Chairman. He was also a Director of the Lanka Financial Services Bureau Limited and the Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (Guarantee) Limited. Further, he also served as a Council Member of the Employers Federation of Ceylon and Executive member of the Council for Business with Britain. He was also appointed by the President of the country to a 16-member Advisory Committee to National Economic Council.

Appointed on 1st November 2023 Mr. Manil Jayesinghe is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), Fellow Member of CMA Sri Lanka and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. He served as the Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Sri Lanka & Maldives, Head of Assurance and was in charge of Banking and Financial Services practice and counts over 41 years of extensive experience. He was the past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Board of Sri Lanka Accounting & Auditing Standards Monitoring Board and a Council Member of CMA Sri Lanka.He also currently serves on the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Commissioner, Director of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and Independent Director of DIMO, C W Mackie and Sahasiya Investments Ltd.