Our highly qualified and experienced group of leaders are the driving force in spearheading innovation and ensuring quality while always leading with passion.
Mr. Harsha Amarasekera, President's Counsel is a leading luminary in the legal profession in Sri Lanka having a wide practice in the Original Courts as well as in the Appellate Courts. His fields of expertise include Commercial Law, Business Law, Securities Law, Banking Law and Intellectual Property Law. He also serves as an Independent Director in several listed companies in the Colombo Stock Exchange including Vallibel One PLC, Sampath Bank PLC, CIC Holding PLC, Swisstek Aluminium Limited as Chairman and of Vallible Power Erathna PLC as Deputy Chairman. He is also an Independent Non-Executive Director of Vallibel One PLC, Expolanka Holdings PLC, Royal Ceramics PLC, Ambeon Capital PLC and Amaya Leisure PLC. He is also the Chairman of CIC Agri Businesses (Private) Limited.
Mr. Mahendra Jayasekera is the Managing Director of Lanka Walltiles PLC, Lanka Tiles PLC, Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC and Swisstek Aluminium Limited. He is the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cost and Management Accounting Standards Board. He has an honours degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenapura and is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds a Post raduate
Diploma in Buddhist Studies (Distinction Pass) from the Post Graduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya. He has just completed Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies from the Post Graduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya and awaiting results. He has served as both executive and non - executive director of many other listed and unlisted Companies. He is the President of Colombo Young Men’s Buddhist Association.
Mr. Tharindu Atapattu is a multidisciplinary business turnaround professional experienced and professionally qualified in Management, Engineering, Finance, Accounting and Marketing reinforced with wide range of industrial exposure from operational level to strategic level under local and multinational business environments.
He is an expert in big data analytics, AI and Business Process Automations, Management Information Systems and Application developments. He has designed and developed high-tech engineering design software applications for multinational manufacturing organizations and universities. Further, he is an NLP (Neuro linguistic Programming) practitioner.
Tharindu earns his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Moratuwa with a First- Class honors pass. He also has obtained his master’s degree in business administration (MBA) specializing Finance from the University of Colombo. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Global Business Analyst (CGBA) from Academy of Finance (Australia). Further he is a member of Sri Lanka institute of Directors (GSLID), Institute of Engineers of Sri Lanka (IESL) and Institute of Automobile Engineers of Sri Lanka (MAIESL). He had been awarded with a Gold Medal for mathematics by the University of New South Wales-Australia in advance mathematics. He also serves as an executive council member for the Sri Lankan chapter of Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA) (Australia) and has been an advisory committee member and a resource person for many Government Ministries, Institutes and Universities. Tharindu counts nearly 18 years of managerial working experience out of which more than 5 years at the capacity as a Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Mahendra Jayasekera is the Managing Director of Lanka Walltiles PLC, Lanka Tiles PLC, Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC and Swisstek Aluminium Limited. He is the Chairman of Sri Lanka Cost and Management Accounting Standards Board. He has an honours degree in Business Administration from the University of Sri Jayewardenapura and is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka. He holds a Post raduate
Diploma in Buddhist Studies (Distinction Pass) from the Post Graduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya. He has just completed Master of Arts in Buddhist Studies from the Post Graduate Institute of Pali and Buddhist Studies, University of Kelaniya and awaiting results. He has served as both executive and non - executive director of many other listed and unlisted Companies. He is the President of Colombo Young Men’s Buddhist Association.
Dr. Sivakumar Selliah holds an MBBS degree and a Master’s Degree (M.Phil). He has over two decades of diverse experience in varied fields including Manufacturing, Healthcare, Insurance, Logistics, Packaging, Renewable Power, Plantation, Retail etc . He serves on the Boards of many Public listed and Private companies. Dr. Selliah is currently the Deputy Chairman of Asiri Hospital Holdings PLC, Asiri Surgical Hospital PLC, Central Hospitals Private Limited, and Chairman of JAT Holdings PLC. Some of the other listed companies he currently serves as a Director are: Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC, Lanka Walltiles PLC, ACL Cables PLC, HNB Assurance PLC, Lanka Tiles PLC , Softlogic Holdings PLC , Odel PLC, Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC and Swisstek Aluminium Limited.
He has also served on many other Boards in the past. Currently, he serves as a member or Chairman of many Board sub committees such as: Human Resource and Remuneration Committee, Related party Transaction Committee, Audit Committee, Investment Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, and Risk management Committee. Dr. Selliah has served as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Kelaniya for many years in the past and served on several committees. He has also been Head of the Department of Physiology for many years during this period at the faculty.
Mr. Tharana Thoradeniya has over two decades of senior management experience in multi-industry scenarios. He is the Group Director Marketing and Business Development of Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC. He sits on the Boards of several public quoted and privately held companies including Lanka Ceramics PLC, Lanka Walltiles PLC, Lanka Tiles PLC, Hayleys Fibre PLC, Delmege Limited, Vallibel Plantation Management Limited, Dipped Products (Thailand) Limited, Unidil Packaging (Pvt) Limited, Fentons Limited and Swisstek Aluminium Limited, among others. He has been credited as a proven business innovator across industries. A marketer by profession, he was in the pioneering batch of Chartered Marketers of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK).
Mr. Shirley Mahendra is the Director – Group Marketing of Lanka Walltiles PLC and Lanka Tiles PLC both companies quoted on the Colombo Stock Exchange. He is a Director of Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC and Swisstek Aluminium Limited. He has 35 years of working experience in the field of Sales and Marketing. He holds a MBA in Marketing from University of Colombo, Post Graduate Diploma from Chartered Institute of Marketing. Also, a Chartered Marketer and a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing - UK.
Mr. Sameera Liyanage is a respected professional with over 10 years’ experience and a record for exceptional performance. He has demonstrated transformational leadership in business transformation for the companies under the Vallibel One PLC Group. He has a degree in Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management and Statistics from the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka and Master of Business Administration from University of Kelaniya. He holds a Diploma in Information Technology from University of Colombo. He currently serves as a Group Director - Continuous Improvement and Research at Vallibel One PLC, where he is responsible for business strategic planning, supply chain development, developing new business and coordinating manufacturing excellence projects at the Vallibel Group of Companies.
He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Royal Ceramic Lanka PLC, Lanka Walltiles PLC, Lanka Tiles PLC, Lanka Ceramics PLC, Swisstek Aluminium Limited, Uni Dil Packaging Limited and Horana Plantation PLC. He was certified as a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and has trained as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He was also declared as a certified TPM practitioner and has a publication on the topic of Lean Six Sigma 4.0 at the OELSS conference in Colombo. Mr. Liyanage is a Member of the Alumina Association of SSMI Asia and Global. He has participated in International Business and Management at MSU, Malaysia.
Mr. Chethiya Weerawardena is an entrepreneur with 17 years experience in the Gem Industry and has business interests in Real Estate. He holds a Diploma in Business Management from the University of Macquarie Sydney, Australia. He has wide experience in various businesses and business management. Currently he is a Director at Uni Dil Packaging Limited, Uni Dil Packaging Solutions Limited, Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC, Swisstek Aluminium Limited, Pan Asia Bank and The Fortress Resorts PLC.
