Clearly one of Sri Lanka’s most successful businessmen who heads many successful enterprises in very diverse fields of activities, Mr. Jayawardena has functioned as the Managing Director of the Group since 1992 and was elected as Chairman in 2006. He is a Founder Director and the present Managing Director of the Stassen Group of Companies, a widely diversified conglomerate that engages mainly in the export and import trade.

He is the Chairman of Aitken Spence PLC, Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings PLC, Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) PLC, Balangoda Plantations PLC, Madulsima Plantations PLC, Browns Beach Hotels PLC, Lanka Bell Ltd, Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd, Texpro Industries Ltd, Milford Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Danish Dairy Products Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Diaries (Pvt) Ltd, Milford Exports (Ceylon) (Pvt) Ltd, Ceylon Garden Coir (Pvt) Ltd, Ambewela Products (Pvt) Ltd, Ambewela Livestock Co. Ltd. and a Director of Hatton National Bank PLC among the many other companies in Sri Lanka. He is the Consul General for Denmark in Sri Lanka.

A Director of the Group since 1992, counts over 30 years of experience in the export trade. He is a Founder Director of Stassen Group of Companies and the Managing Director of CBD Exports Ltd. He is also a Director of Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) PLC, Balangoda Plantations PLC, Madulsima Plantations PLC, Hatton National Bank PLC, Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd, Beruwala Distillery (Pvt) Ltd, Milford Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Zahara Exports (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Power Projects (Pvt) Ltd, Milford Exports (Ceylon) (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Dairies (Pvt) Ltd, Danish Dairy Products Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Ceylon Garden Coir (Pvt) Ltd, Milford Developers (Pvt) Ltd, Ambewela Livestock Co., Ltd and Pattipola Livestock Co. Ltd.

Mr. C.R. Jansz, who has been a Director since 1993, has over 30 years of experience in logistics pertaining to the import/export trade and in documentation, insurance, banking and finance relating to international trade. He is the former Chairman of Sri Lanka Shippers Council and a former member of the National Trade Facilitation Committee of Sri Lanka. Mr. Jansz is a Chevening Scholar and a UN-ESCAP Certified Training Manager on Maritime Transport for Shippers. He is the Chairman of Collision Repair Centre (Pvt) Ltd and a Director of Balangoda Plantations PLC, Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) PLC, Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd, Beruwala Distillery (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Bell Ltd, Lanka Bell Services (Pvt) Ltd, Bell Solutions (Pvt) Ltd, Bellvantage (Pvt) Ltd., Timpex (Pvt) Ltd, Texpro Industries Ltd, Milford Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Ambewela Products (Pvt) Ltd, Pattipola Livestock Co. Ltd, Ambewela Livestock Co., Ltd, Danish Dairy Products Lanka (Pvt) Ltd, Lanka Power Projects (Pvt) Ltd, and Lanka Dairies (Pvt) Ltd.

An aeronautical Engineer and a Scientist by training, Mr. Deva Aditya has been a Director since 2004 and also serves on the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He is a member of Royal Society of Arts and Manufacture and has extensive local and international experience in governance and trade. He holds the honour of functioning as an Ambassador at Large for Sri Lanka. He is a member of the European Parliament for the South East England constituency and the Coordinator of the Parliament Committee on International Development and a member of the Committee for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Aditya has the distinctive honour of being the first person in history to be born in one continent (Asia) and to be elected to parliament in another (UK) and then represent that country as a member of the European Parliament (EP). He also serves as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth’s Deputy Lord Lieutenant.

Mr. Kahanda who joined the Company in 1993 as Regional Manager – Central Region was appointed a Director in December 2006. Being a former officer of the Sri Lanka Army he spearheaded the reorganisation of the operations of the Central Region since privatisation. Mr. Kahanda who specialises in logistics, distribution and security matters is also a director of G4S Security Services (Pvt) Ltd.

Qualified as a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, he is presently a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Sri Lanka. He served as the Managing Director followed by a period as Chief Executive Officer of the Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka PLC and rejoined the company as an Independent Non-Executive Director in 2008. He is the Chairman of the Audit Committee and also serves on the Remuneration Committee. He counts over 18 years of experience in financial and general management areas as Senior Accountant at Carson Cumberbatch & Co Ltd. and is presently Director of Selinsing PLC and Equity Three (Pvt) Ltd. in the Carson Group. He was also the Financial Director of the National Lotteries Board, a Director of the Coconut Cultivation Board and the former Chairman of Low Country Products Association (LCPA).

A Director since December 2008, Dr. Balasuriya is a renowned motivational speaker and corporate trainer in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. A medical doctor turned entrepreneur, he holds the unique distinction of being the first doctor of medicine in Sri Lanka to hold the degree of Master of Business Administration [MBA] and the CIM qualification from the Chartered Institute of Marketing [UK]. Dr. Balasuriya has served in the public as well as the private sectors and was a medical doctor in the Sri Lanka Air Force. He currently heads Success Factory, his own entrepreneurial venture.

Ms. Senaratne who was appointed as the Company Secretary in 1993 was admitted to the Bar in the year 1977 and was enrolled as a Solicitor (England & Wales) in June 1990. She also holds the position of Company Secretary of Periceyl (Pvt) Ltd.