Board of Directors
United Motors Lanka PLC
Mr. Devaka Cooray
Chairman/Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Devaka Cooray was appointed to the Board in May 2021.
Mr. Cooray is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom.
Expertise: Finance and Assurance
Other current appointments
Mr. Cooray is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC, JAT Holdings PLC and HVA Foods PLC, He also serves on the Board of Life Insurance Corporation (Lanka) Limited and Lanka Tours and Trades (Pvt) Limited.
He is the Managing Director of Management Systems (Pvt) Limited and serves on the Board of some of its subsidiaries.
Previous appointments
Mr. Cooray has worked with Ernst & Young for over 40 years of which 30 years as a Senior Assurance and Talent Partner. Mr. Cooray was instrumental in establishing the Ernst & Young Practice in the Republic of Maldives in 1995 and functioned as the Senior Partner responsible for the overall management of the Maldivian Practice from its inception. He represented Sri Lanka and Maldives for many years in the EY ASEAN Regional Partner Forum. He has also served as a member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
0.050 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
12 |
Mr. Chanaka Yatawara
Group Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
Mr. Chanka Yatawara was appointed to the Board in June 2004 as a Non-Executive Director and as an Executive Director in November 2004.
Mr. Yatawara holds a degree in Economics from Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, (USA).
Expertise: Sales and Marketing
Other current appointments
Mr. Yatawara is also a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited, U M L Property Developments Limited, U M L Heavy Equipment Limited and Wall Art (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Yatawara was a former Director of Orient Finance PLC, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited, TVS Automotives (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Nomination Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
1.681 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
04 |
Mr. Ananda Atukorala
Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Ananda Atukorala was appointed to the Board in November 2005.
Mr. Atukorala holds a B.Sc. (Leeds UK), MTT (North Carolina) USA, and an MBA.
Mr. Atukorala possess extensive experience in banking extending for 40 years.
Expertise: Banking
Other current appointments
Mr. Atukorala serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Colombo City Holdings PLC, NDB Capital Holdings (Pvt) Limited, Unawatuna Boutique Resort (Pvt) Limited, Unimo Enterprises Limited, NDB Zephyr Partners Limited (Mauritius), NDB Securities (Pvt) Limited and Arni Holdings & Investments (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Atukorala was a former Deputy General Manager of ANZ Grindlays Bank Sri Lanka, Country Manager of Sri Lanka-Mashreq Bank PSC, Advisor to the Ministry of Policy Development & Implementation.
He was also a former Chairman of NDB Bank PLC & Development Holdings (Pvt) Limited and a Director of Union Bank PLC, DFCC Bank PLC, DFCC Vardhana Bank, Orient Finance PLC, UB Finance (Pvt) Limited and TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited.
He had also served as a Member of the Technology Initiative for the Private Sector - an USAID sponsored project with the Ministry of Industrial Development. He was also a member of the Commercial Banking Sector of the Presidential Commission on Finance and Banking, a Committee Member of the Banker’s Club of Sri Lanka and a former Director of the Sri Lanka Banks Association (Guarantee) Limited and the Credit Information Bureau of
Sri Lanka(CRIB).
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Chairman |
Related Party Transactions Review Committee |
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Audit Committee Member – Nomination Committee Member – Remuneration Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
0.003 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
07 |
Mr. Ramesh Yaseen
Executive Director – After-sales Services
Mr. Ramesh Yaseen joined UML Group in September 2002 and was appointed to the Board in June 2008.
Expertise: Automobile
Other current appointments & previous appointments
Mr. Yaseen is a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited. He was a former Director of Readywear Industries Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
0.011 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
01 |
Mrs. Hiroshini Fernando
Non-Executive Director (Non-Independent)
Ms. Hiroshini Fernando was appointed to the Board in July 2013.
Ms. Fernando is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and has over 25 years of experience in the field of auditing, management consultancy, finance and administration.
Expertise: Finance and Accounting
Other current appointments
Ms. Fernando is the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of R I L Property PLC.
She is also a Non-Executive Director of DFCC Bank PLC, Panasian Power PLC & some of its subsidiaries, Unimo Enterprises Limited and U M L Heavy Equipment Limited.
Previous appointments
Ms. Fernando was a former Director of Readywear Industries Limited, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Audit Committee Member – Nomination Committee Member – Remuneration Committee Member – Related Party Transactions Review Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
09 |
Professor Malik Ranasinghe
Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Professor Malik Ranasinghe was appointed to the Board in July 2014.
Prof. Ranasinghe is a Senior Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Moratuwa, Chartered Engineer and International Professional Engineer, Fellow Member of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka, National Academy of Sciences, Sri Lanka, and Institute of Project Managers, Sri Lanka.
He obtained his PhD in 1990 from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada as a Canadian Commonwealth Scholar. He was honoured with, the Education Leadership Award 2013 at the 4th Asia’s Best B-School Awards, Singapore, the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education at the World Education Congress 2012, India, the Most Outstanding Senior Researcher in Technology and related Sciences award in 2012 by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors (CVCD) of Sri Lanka.
Expertise: Engineering
Other current appointments
Prof. Ranasinghe is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Access Engineering PLC, Teejay Lanka PLC and Resus Energy PLC.
Previous appointments
Prof. Ranasinghe is a past Vice-Chancellor of the University of Moratuwa, a former member of the University Grants Commission and National Research Council, past Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Directors (CVCD) of Sri Lanka, former Council Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), former Fellow of the National University of Singapore. He was a former Chairman of Sampath Bank PLC and former Non-Executive Director of the Colombo Stock Exchange, Lanka IOC PLC and U M L Heavy Equipment Limited.
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Chairman |
Remuneration Committee |
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member - Audit Committee Member - Nominations Committee Member - Related Party Transactions Review Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
03 |
Mr. Stuart Chapman
Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Chapman was appointed to the Board in September 2016.
Mr. Chapman holds an MBA from the University of Colombo, a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK, a Certified Management Accountant from the Institute of Management Accountants Australia, a Diploma in Life Insurance Sales and Marketing from the Life Underwriters Training Council USA and a Diploma in Business Management from the National Institute of Business Management Sri Lanka. Mr. Chapman is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK and the Institute of Management UK. He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Management Accountants, Australia.
Mr. Chapman, who has led both local and multinational organizations, has particular marketing and business strategy development expertise. His forty-plus years of experience covers Sales, Marketing and General Management functions. His industrial exposure spans Healthcare, FMCG and Financial Services.
Expertise: General Management, Marketing and Sales
Other current appointments
Mr. Chapman is a Non-Executive Director of HNB Assurance PLC and Hemas Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Chapman was the former Managing Director of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals and served on the Boards of Glaxo Wellcome Ceylon Limited and SmithKline Beecham (Pvt) Limited. Some of his previous appointments include Managing Director - Hemas Healthcare Sector, Marketing Director - Reckitt Benckiser, Senior Brand Manager-Unilever, Managing Director/ CEO - Lanka Orix Leasing Company and Director Life - Ceylinco Insurance. Mr. Chapman was a former Director/CEO of Janashakthi Insurance PLC.
He held several industry positions including Honorary President and a Founder Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Branch, President of the Sri Lanka Chamber of the Pharmaceutical Industry - the apex body for the pharmaceutical industry in Sri Lanka and Co-Chairman of the Pharmaceutical & Cosmetics Steering Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
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Chairman |
Nominations Committee |
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member - Audit Committee Member - Remuneration Committee Member - Related Party Transactions Review Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
02 |
Ms. Coralie Pietersz
Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Ms. Coralie Pietersz was appointed to the Board in April 2021.
Ms. Pietersz is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and of the lnstitute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. She has a BSc (Hons) in physics from the University of Sussex and holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Ms. Pietersz counts over 25 years of senior level experience in corporate finance, accounting and auditing in both private and public sector.
Expertise: Finance & Accounting
Other current appointments
Ms. Pietersz is the Chairperson of Bogala Graphite Lanka PLC. She also serves as Non-Executive Director in a number of listed entities including Seylan Bank PLC, Peoples’ Leasing and Finance PLC and R I L Property PLC.
Previous appointments
Ms. Pietersz joined Finlays Colombo in 2010 as Finance Director and was also appointed as Finance Director of Hapugastenne Plantations PLC and Udapussellawa Plantations PLC in 2016 and held these roles until 2020. She has also functioned as the Group CFO at Richard Pieris & Co. PLC a role that entailed responsibility for the finance function of this diversified group, which included five listed companies.
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Chairperson |
Audit Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
07 |
Mr. Junya Takami
Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Junya Takami was appointed to the Board in June 2021.
Mr. Takami graduated from Osaka University, Osaka, Japan. Currently, he is the General Manager in charge of Africa and South Asia Division of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Japan. Mr. Takami has been working for Mitsubishi Motors over 20 years and has broad experiences including After-sales, Marketing strategy, Product planning, and sales covering different regions such as Europe, Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
Expertise: Automobile
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
NIL |
Mr. Thushara Jayasekara
Executive Director – (Finance)
Mr. Thushara Jayasekara was appointed to the Board in April 2022.
Mr. Jayasekara is also Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka. He is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom. He has over 23 years of post-qualifying experience as a Chartered Accountant.
Expertise: Finance and Accounting
Other current appointments
Mr. Jayasekara also a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited, U M L Property Developments Limited and U M L Heavy Equipment Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
03 |
Mrs. Rinoza Hisham
Company Secretary
Ms. Rinoza Hisham was appointed as the Company Secretary in January 2008.
Ms. Hisham is a Fellow Member of the Chartered Governance Institute (ICSA-UK). She holds a Diploma in HR from the Institute of Chartered Personnel Management (CIPM) Sri Lanka and an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management of the University of Sri Jayawardenepura.
Unimo Enterprises Limited
Mr. Devaka Cooray
Chairman/Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Devaka Cooray was appointed to the Board in May 2021.
Mr. Cooray is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom.
Expertise: Finance and Assurance
Other current appointments
Mr. Cooray is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC, JAT Holdings PLC and HVA Foods PLC, He also serves on the Board of Life Insurance Corporation (Lanka) Limited and Lanka Tours and Trades (Pvt) Limited.
He is the Managing Director of Management Systems (Pvt) Limited and serves on the Board of some of its subsidiaries.
Previous appointments
Mr. Cooray has worked with Ernst & Young for over 40 years of which 30 years as a Senior Assurance and Talent Partner. Mr. Cooray was instrumental in establishing the Ernst & Young Practice in the Republic of Maldives in 1995 and functioned as the Senior Partner responsible for the overall management of the Maldivian Practice from its inception. He represented Sri Lanka and Maldives for many years in the EY ASEAN Regional Partner Forum. He has also served as a member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
0.050 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
12 |
Mr. Chanaka Yatawara
Group Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
Mr. Chanka Yatawara was appointed to the Board in June 2004 as a Non-Executive Director and as an Executive Director in November 2004.
Mr. Yatawara holds a degree in Economics from Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, (USA).
Expertise: Sales and Marketing
Other current appointments
Mr. Yatawara is also a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited, U M L Property Developments Limited, U M L Heavy Equipment Limited and Wall Art (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Yatawara was a former Director of Orient Finance PLC, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited, TVS Automotives (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Nomination Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
1.681 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
04 |
Mr. Ananda Atukorala
Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Ananda Atukorala was appointed to the Board in November 2005.
Mr. Atukorala holds a B.Sc. (Leeds UK), MTT (North Carolina) USA, and an MBA.
Mr. Atukorala possess extensive experience in banking extending for 40 years.
Expertise: Banking
Other current appointments
Mr. Atukorala serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director of Colombo City Holdings PLC, NDB Capital Holdings (Pvt) Limited, Unawatuna Boutique Resort (Pvt) Limited, Unimo Enterprises Limited, NDB Zephyr Partners Limited (Mauritius), NDB Securities (Pvt) Limited and Arni Holdings & Investments (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Atukorala was a former Deputy General Manager of ANZ Grindlays Bank Sri Lanka, Country Manager of Sri Lanka-Mashreq Bank PSC, Advisor to the Ministry of Policy Development & Implementation.
He was also a former Chairman of NDB Bank PLC & Development Holdings (Pvt) Limited and a Director of Union Bank PLC, DFCC Bank PLC, DFCC Vardhana Bank, Orient Finance PLC, UB Finance (Pvt) Limited and TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited.
He had also served as a Member of the Technology Initiative for the Private Sector - an USAID sponsored project with the Ministry of Industrial Development. He was also a member of the Commercial Banking Sector of the Presidential Commission on Finance and Banking, a Committee Member of the Banker’s Club of Sri Lanka and a former Director of the Sri Lanka Banks Association (Guarantee) Limited and the Credit Information Bureau of
Sri Lanka(CRIB).
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Chairman |
Related Party Transactions Review Committee |
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Audit Committee Member – Nomination Committee Member – Remuneration Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
0.003 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
07 |
Mr. Ramesh Yaseen
Executive Director – After-sales Services
Mr. Ramesh Yaseen joined UML Group in September 2002 and was appointed to the Board in June 2008.
Expertise: Automobile
Other current appointments & previous appointments
Mr. Yaseen is a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited. He was a former Director of Readywear Industries Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
0.011 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
01 |
Mrs. Hiroshini Fernando
Non-Executive Director (Non-Independent)
Ms. Hiroshini Fernando was appointed to the Board in July 2013.
Ms. Fernando is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and has over 25 years of experience in the field of auditing, management consultancy, finance and administration.
Expertise: Finance and Accounting
Other current appointments
Ms. Fernando is the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of R I L Property PLC.
She is also a Non-Executive Director of DFCC Bank PLC, Panasian Power PLC & some of its subsidiaries, Unimo Enterprises Limited and U M L Heavy Equipment Limited.
Previous appointments
Ms. Fernando was a former Director of Readywear Industries Limited, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Audit Committee Member – Nomination Committee Member – Remuneration Committee Member – Related Party Transactions Review Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
09 |
Mr. Thushara Jayasekera
Executive Director Finance
Mr. Raveendra Siriwardene
Director
U M L Property Developments Limited
Mr. Devaka Cooray
Chairman/Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Devaka Cooray was appointed to the Board in May 2021.
Mr. Cooray is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom.
Expertise: Finance and Assurance
Other current appointments
Mr. Cooray is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC, JAT Holdings PLC and HVA Foods PLC, He also serves on the Board of Life Insurance Corporation (Lanka) Limited and Lanka Tours and Trades (Pvt) Limited.
He is the Managing Director of Management Systems (Pvt) Limited and serves on the Board of some of its subsidiaries.
Previous appointments
Mr. Cooray has worked with Ernst & Young for over 40 years of which 30 years as a Senior Assurance and Talent Partner. Mr. Cooray was instrumental in establishing the Ernst & Young Practice in the Republic of Maldives in 1995 and functioned as the Senior Partner responsible for the overall management of the Maldivian Practice from its inception. He represented Sri Lanka and Maldives for many years in the EY ASEAN Regional Partner Forum. He has also served as a member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
0.050 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
12 |
Mr. Chanaka Yatawara
Group Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
Mr. Chanka Yatawara was appointed to the Board in June 2004 as a Non-Executive Director and as an Executive Director in November 2004.
Mr. Yatawara holds a degree in Economics from Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, (USA).
Expertise: Sales and Marketing
Other current appointments
Mr. Yatawara is also a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited, U M L Property Developments Limited, U M L Heavy Equipment Limited and Wall Art (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Yatawara was a former Director of Orient Finance PLC, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited, TVS Automotives (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Nomination Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
1.681 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
04 |
Mr. Thushara Jayasekera
Executive Director Finance
U M L Heavy Equipment Limited
Mr. Devaka Cooray
Chairman/Non-Executive Director (Independent)
Mr. Devaka Cooray was appointed to the Board in May 2021.
Mr. Cooray is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom.
Expertise: Finance and Assurance
Other current appointments
Mr. Cooray is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC, JAT Holdings PLC and HVA Foods PLC, He also serves on the Board of Life Insurance Corporation (Lanka) Limited and Lanka Tours and Trades (Pvt) Limited.
He is the Managing Director of Management Systems (Pvt) Limited and serves on the Board of some of its subsidiaries.
Previous appointments
Mr. Cooray has worked with Ernst & Young for over 40 years of which 30 years as a Senior Assurance and Talent Partner. Mr. Cooray was instrumental in establishing the Ernst & Young Practice in the Republic of Maldives in 1995 and functioned as the Senior Partner responsible for the overall management of the Maldivian Practice from its inception. He represented Sri Lanka and Maldives for many years in the EY ASEAN Regional Partner Forum. He has also served as a member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
0.050 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
12 |
Mr. Chanaka Yatawara
Group Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director
Mr. Chanka Yatawara was appointed to the Board in June 2004 as a Non-Executive Director and as an Executive Director in November 2004.
Mr. Yatawara holds a degree in Economics from Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, (USA).
Expertise: Sales and Marketing
Other current appointments
Mr. Yatawara is also a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited, U M L Property Developments Limited, U M L Heavy Equipment Limited and Wall Art (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Yatawara was a former Director of Orient Finance PLC, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited, TVS Automotives (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Nomination Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
1.681 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
04 |
Mrs. Hiroshini Fernando
Non-Executive Director (Non-Independent)
Ms. Hiroshini Fernando was appointed to the Board in July 2013.
Ms. Fernando is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka and has over 25 years of experience in the field of auditing, management consultancy, finance and administration.
Expertise: Finance and Accounting
Other current appointments
Ms. Fernando is the Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director of R I L Property PLC.
She is also a Non-Executive Director of DFCC Bank PLC, Panasian Power PLC & some of its subsidiaries, Unimo Enterprises Limited and U M L Heavy Equipment Limited.
Previous appointments
Ms. Fernando was a former Director of Readywear Industries Limited, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Audit Committee Member – Nomination Committee Member – Remuneration Committee Member – Related Party Transactions Review Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
NIL |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
09 |
Mr. Thushara Jayasekera
Executive Director Finance
Mr. Buddika Sinhage
Director
Mr. Priyantha Ellepola
Director
Dutch Lanka Trailer Manufacturers Ltd
Mr. Devaka Cooray
Director
Mr. Devaka Cooray was appointed to the Board in May 2021.
Mr. Cooray is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants of the United Kingdom.
Expertise: Finance and Assurance
Other current appointments
Mr. Cooray is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hatton National Bank PLC, JAT Holdings PLC and HVA Foods PLC, He also serves on the Board of Life Insurance Corporation (Lanka) Limited and Lanka Tours and Trades (Pvt) Limited.
He is the Managing Director of Management Systems (Pvt) Limited and serves on the Board of some of its subsidiaries.
Previous appointments
Mr. Cooray has worked with Ernst & Young for over 40 years of which 30 years as a Senior Assurance and Talent Partner. Mr. Cooray was instrumental in establishing the Ernst & Young Practice in the Republic of Maldives in 1995 and functioned as the Senior Partner responsible for the overall management of the Maldivian Practice from its inception. He represented Sri Lanka and Maldives for many years in the EY ASEAN Regional Partner Forum. He has also served as a member of the Council of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
NIL |
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% of Company shares held |
0.050 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
12 |
Mr. Chanaka Yatawara
Director
Mr. Chanka Yatawara was appointed to the Board in June 2004 as a Non-Executive Director and as an Executive Director in November 2004.
Mr. Yatawara holds a degree in Economics from Lewis & Clark College, Oregon, (USA).
Expertise: Sales and Marketing
Other current appointments
Mr. Yatawara is also a Director of Unimo Enterprises Limited, U M L Property Developments Limited, U M L Heavy Equipment Limited and Wall Art (Pvt) Limited.
Previous appointments
Mr. Yatawara was a former Director of Orient Finance PLC, TVS Lanka (Pvt) Limited, TVS Automotives (Pvt) Limited and Orient Motor Company Limited.
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Memberships in Board Sub Committees |
Member – Nomination Committee |
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% of Company shares held |
1.681 |
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Numbers of Directorships in other companies |
04 |
Mr. Prasanna Haturusinghe
Director
Mr. Prasanna Haturusinghe was appointed to the Board in July 2016. He holds a Higher National Diploma in Engineering and an MBA from the University of Wolverhampton UK.
Expertise: Engineering and Manufacturing
Other current appointments
Mr. Haturusinghe serves as Director in Charge and Director of Dutch Lanka Engineering (Pvt) Ltd. He has over 30 years of experience in the fields of Operations, Production and Marketing.
