ASIAN HOTELS AND PROPERTIES PLC AnnuAl RepoRt 2012/13

oard of directorsPASSIONASIAN HOTELS AND PROPERTIES PLCAnnual Report 2012 /1322Susantha RatnayakeChairmanMr. Susantha Ratnayake was appointedas the Chairman and CEO of John KeellsHoldings PLC in January 2006 and hasserved on the JKH Board since 1992/93.He is also the Chairman of many of thelisted and un-listed companies within theGroup. Mr. Ratnayake is the Chairman ofthe Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, ViceChairman of the Employers’ Federationof Ceylon and serves on several clustersof the National Council for EconomicDevelopment. He has over 35 years ofmanagement experience, all of which iswithin the John Keells Group.Ajit GunewardeneDirectorMr. Ajit Gunewardene is the DeputyChairman of John Keells Holdings PLCand has been a member of their Board forover 20 years. He is a Director of manycompanies in the John Keells Groupand is the Chairman of Union AssurancePLC. He is a member of the board ofSLINTEC, a company established for thedevelopment of nanotechnology in SriLanka under the auspices of the Ministryof Science and Technology. He has alsoserved as the Chairman of the ColomboStock Exchange and Nations Trust BankPLC. Mr. Gunewardene has a degree inEconomics and brings over 31 years ofmanagement experience.Ronnie PeirisDirectorMr. Peiris was appointed as a Director ofAsian Hotels & Properties PLC in 2003.Appointed to the John Keells HoldingsPLC Board during 2002/03, Mr. Peiris hasoverall responsibility for Group Finance,including Taxation, Corporate Finance,Treasury, Group Initiatives, and theInformation Technology functions at thecentre. He was previously the ManagingDirector of Anglo American Corporation(Central Africa) Limited in Zambia.He has over 40 years of finance andgeneral management experience in SriLanka and abroad. He is a Fellow ofthe Chartered Institute of ManagementAccountants, UK, Association ofChartered Certified Accountants, UK,and the Society of Certified ManagementAccountants, Sri Lanka and holds an MBAfrom the University of Cape Town, SouthAfrica. He is a member of the committeeof the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce,Chairman of its Taxation Sub Committeeand also serves on its Economic, Fiscaland Policy Planning Sub Committee. Heis a Director of several companies in theJohn Keells Group.Cholmondeley PintoDirectorMr. Pinto was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and as the chairmanof the Board Audit Committee of AsianHotels And Properties PLC in July2011. He is a Fellow of the Institute ofChartered Accountants of Sri Lanka with40 years of post-qualifying experience,in the profession and in industry. Beforereturning to Sri Lanka in 2006 after aspell of 32 years abroad, he worked forSAB Miller PLC for 23 years, the world’ssecond largest multinational breweriesgroup, holding CFO positions in its listedsubsidiaries in several countries. Hecurrently works as a beverage industryconsultant and is semi-retired. He is alsoa Non-Executive Director of Trans AsiaHotels PLC.