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.

Asoka Abeyewardene is an Independent Director of Ceylon Hospitals PLC, he also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Related Party Transactions Review Committee. He is an Executive Director of Continental Insurance Lanka Ltd, Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow of the Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow of the Institute of Directors UK and a former partner of Messrs. KPMG Ford, Rhodes, Thornton & Co. Chartered Accountants.

With over 30 years of experience in the fields of Financial Management, Risk Management, Auditing, Consulting and Business Advisory Services, Su-ayid Ismail is the Founder/ CEO of BAS Consultants (Pvt) Ltd which provides consulting and advisory services to SMEs and family run businesses. Su-ayid Ismail is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow of the Chartered Management Accountants of UK, Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and a Former Partner of Messrs. Ernst & Young Chartered Accountants. Since 01st October 2019, he functions as the Chief Executive Officer of Tudawe Brothers (Pvt) Ltd.

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.