Gestetner appoints new directors

Gestetner of Ceylon PLC has appointed two renowned commercial specialists in their respective fields to the board of directors. 

They are Sanjaya Bandara – FCA, ACMA, MBA, BSc – Partner, BR De Silva & Co., Chartered Accountants (audit firm) and Asoka Bandara – CIM (UK), MBA (Colombo). 

Sanjaya is Immediate Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Sri Lanka and a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Chairman of the SEC Audit Committee, Board Member of the South Asian Federation of Accountants and Chairman of Mercantile Investments and Finance PLC 2022/23. 

He is also a Pl Member of Council – University of Kelaniya, Member of Council – AAT Sri Lanka, Member of the Stakeholder Engagement Consultative Committee of the Central Bank (2022/2023), Member of the Board of Directors – Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants – 2020/2023 and Member of the committee appointed by the Finance Minister to improve ease of doing business.  

Asoka’s tenure with global MNC Nestle included strategic roles as Head of National Sales and counts over 40 years of exposure in the demand generation marketing function, of which over 20 years is in senior management experience. He headed the local conglomerate Delmege Forsyth Limited as Group Managing Director and currently is Group Head of Corporate Affairs and Strategy to Sri Lankan confectionery and dairy blue chip Maliban Biscuit Confectioneries (Pvt.) Ltd.

Asoka was on the boards of Sri Lanka’s LPG market leader Litro Gas, Litro Terminals and at NBFI leader Peoples Leasing, as an Independent Director from 2020-2025. 

With the new additions, the board comprises S.J.M. Anzsar, L.R. Watawala, A.R. Rasiah, Chandima Perera, Kris Wadia, Anusha Ambiliwatta, Sanjaya Bandara and Asoka Bandara.