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Board of Directors (contd.)
Dr. Anura Ekanayake
Mr. M P D U K Mapa Pathirana
Dr Anura Ekanayake was appointed as a Director to the Board of
Elpitiya Plantations PLC on January 09, 2009. He was the
Chairman of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce during the period
August 2009 to July 2011 and the immediate past Chairman of
the Industrial Association of Sri Lanka. He started his professional
career in the public sector and served in a number of senior Sri
Lankan Government positions before moving to the private
sector. He has held several key positions in the Plantation Sector,
first serving as the Director of Planning at the Ministry of Plantation
Industries and thereafter as Director General (Development) of
the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs and Plantation
Industries. He served on the Boards of J.E.D.B. and S.L.S.P.C.
prior to their privatization and thereafter served on the Boards of
all 23 RPCs for several years. During this period he also served
as a member of the Tea Research Board as well as the Board of
the Post Graduate Institute of Agriculture of University of
Peradeniya. During his public sector tenure, he also held a
number of international positions including that of the Chairman
of international Natural Rubber Organization based in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. He holds a PhD in Economics from Australia
National University where he conducted research on ‘Economics
of human capital’. He has widely published in Sri Lanka and
abroad on economics, human capital, agriculture and environment
related areas. His current professional interests are supporting
businesses on organizational transformation including culture
change and coaching young professionals to realize their full
potential.
M P D U K Mapa Pathirana is the Director General of the
Department of External Resources of the Ministry of Finance and
Planning. He is a class 1 Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative
Service counting 24 years of experience in Provincial
Administration and Ministry of Finance and Planning. He holds a
B.Sc. Special Degree in Estate Management and Valuation from
the University of Sri Jayawardenapura and a Masters Degree in
Commerce and Management in Economics from Lincoln
University, New Zealand. He also has completed the Professional
Part II examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He
has a wide experience in auditing and finance, mobilizing
development financing from bilateral and multilateral financing
agencies and implementing development projects and provincial
and divisional administration levels. He also possesses wide
experience in international relations gained during his tenure in
the Diplomatic Services.
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