Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC Annual Report 2011 - Carson and ...

Profiles of Directors Contd.
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Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC
Annual Report 2011
Chandima Gunawardena
Chandima Gunawardena is a Director of Carson Cumberbatch PLC. He serves as a Director in most of
the Carsons Group Companies in Sri Lanka and overseas. He is a member of the Group’s Strategic
Planning Forum. He also serves as a member of the Audit Committees of the Group in Sri Lanka and
overseas. Mr.Gunawardena has over three decades of experience in varied fields of business and
commercial activities and has held senior positions in the Corporate Sector. He is a Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.
Dato’ Voon Loong Chin D.S.P.N.
Director of Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC, Deputy Managing Director of Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia
Berhad. He is also a Director of Carlsberg Singapore Pte Ltd. (Singapore), Gorkha Brewery Pvt. Ltd.
(Nepal), South East Asia Brewery Ltd. (Vietnam), International Beverage Distributors Ltd. (Vietnam),
Carlsberg Distributors Taiwan Limited (Taiwan), Carlsberg Cottingham Ltd. (Taiwan), Luen Heng
F & B Sdn.Bhd. (Malaysia) and also serves on the Board of several private companies within the
Group. Dato’ Chin is a Member of the Governing Council of the Confederation of Malaysian Brewers
Berhad. He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He
is also a Chartered Accountant with the Malaysian Institute of Accountants, an Associate Member of
the Malaysian Institute of Taxation, Affiliate of The Malaysian Institute of Chartered Secretaries and
Administrators (MAICSA), a Member of the Institute of Public Relations Malaysia and a Member of
the Malaysian Alliance of Corporate Directors. He has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer,
Commercial Director, Company Secretary and Executive Director, Corporate Affairs prior to his current
position in Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Berhad. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Degree in Systems and Management from The City University, London.
Prasanna Amerasinghe
Prasanna Amerasinghe is a Director of Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC and is responsible for the marketing
function of the Brewery Sector. He has over 21 years of experience in the field of marketing and has
held many senior positions in this area.
Chandraratne Liyanage
Director of Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC. Commenced his career as a trainee brewer with Ceylon Brewery
PLC in 1979 and was promoted to Senior Brewer and subsequently to Factory Manager. In 1998
he took up the position as Factory Manager at Lion Brewery (Ceylon) PLC and was promoted to his
current position as Head of Technical in 2004. Holds a Special Degree in Botany from the University
of Peradeniya (Sri Lanka) and has attended several overseas training programs including Carlsberg
Brew Masters Course, training with Allied Breweries (UK) & Carlsberg Tetley Leeds Brewery (UK) and
management programs at Cranfield University, UK and National University, Singapore.