Annual Report 2010-2011 - Colombo Stock Exchange

The Board of Directors
[1] Dr. Sena Yaddehige
Chairman/Managing Director/Chief
Executive Officer
Dr. Sena Yaddehige is a Sri Lankan born
British Scientist/Engineer and a UK
based industrialist. He is the Managing
Director of an European Company,
which is part of a group involved in
the development of high technology,
automated manufacturing, and export
of automotive components and systems
to Europe, China and the United States.
He holds a large number of worldwide
patents on radiation processing,
contactless sensors and drive by wire
systems along with a Srilankan patent for
slow release fertilizer.
He is Founder, Chairman and Director of
numerous companies in Sri Lanka and
abroad.
Dr. Yaddehige is the Chairman of the
Richard Pieris Group of Companies
comprising 5 Listed Companies and
almost over 45 companies wholly or
majority owned by Richard Pieris and
Company PLC. He was appointed
to the Board of Directors of National
Development Bank PLC in December
2007 and was in the directorate until his
resignation from the Bank in November
2010.
Dr. Yaddehige was conferred with Doctor
of Science (D.Sc.) in consideration of
his original research work in the fields
of Radiation, Radiation processing,
Electromechanical Sensor technology,
non contact sensor technology and
automotive pedal systems along with
numerous patents in the above fields.
[2] Mr. J. H. P. Ratnayeke
Mr. Paul Ratnayeke is a Senior
Corporate Lawyer who is also the
precedent partner of Paul Ratnayeke
Associates, a leading law firm in
Sri Lanka which he founded in
1987 handling all areas of law and
international legal consultancy work.
Mr. Ratnayeke is a Solicitor of England
and Wales and an Attorney - at - Law
of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka.
He holds a bachelors degree in law
with honours and has been awarded a
Masters Degree in Law by the University
of London.
Currently Mr. Ratnayeke holds
directorships in several companies of
which 8 are public quoted companies.
He has also been elected/appointed as
Chairman/ Deputy Chairman to several
of these companies.
At Paul Ratnayeke Associates, he
specializes in corporate and commercial
areas of law including mergers and
acquisitions, aviation, insurance and
maritime law.
[3] Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala
Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala is a
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered
Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow of
the Institute of Certified Management
Accountants of Sri Lanka and Fellow of
the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants in UK. He is the Former
Chairman and Director General of
the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka,
former Chairman of People’s Bank,
People’s Merchant Bank, State Mining
and Mineral Development Corporation
and the Ceylon Leather Products
Corporation and a Committee Member
of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
He is also President of the Institute of
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