PHDT Annual Report 2015
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Mr. S. K. L. Obeyesekere<br />
Since Privatization of Plantations and the formation<br />
of Regional Plantation Companies Mr. Obeyesekere<br />
has been functioning as the Chief Executive Officer of<br />
Madulsima Plantations & Balangoda Plantations PLC.<br />
He is a Fellow of the National Institute of Plantation<br />
Management in Sri Lanka and counts over 42 years<br />
experience in the Industry having commenced his career<br />
as a Management Trainee and then rising to the position<br />
of Chief Executive Officer.<br />
Mr. Obeyesekere was the Chairman of the Ceylon<br />
Planters’ Association and the Plantation Employers’<br />
Services Group of the Employers Federation of Ceylon.<br />
He serves as an elected member of the Ceylon<br />
Rubber Traders’ Association & the Ceylon Tea Traders<br />
Association and also a nominated member of the Council<br />
of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon. He is a member<br />
of the National Labour Advisory Council (NLAC) and<br />
the Consultative Committee on Research of the Tea<br />
Research Institute of Sri Lanka and a Board Member of<br />
Madulsima Plantations PLC & Balangoda Plantations PLC.<br />
Mr. H. M. Goonetileke<br />
Mr. Goonetileke has just completed 51 years in the<br />
Plantation Industry.<br />
He is currently the Secretary General of the Planters’<br />
Association of Ceylon, which position he has held<br />
since 2002 and in which capacity he serves on<br />
several National and Industry Boards and Committees,<br />
representing the Association and its membership.<br />
Prior to that, he was the Managing Director of a BOI<br />
Company manufacturing bulk packaging for Tea and<br />
thereafter, the Director, Plantation Management Monitoring<br />
Division of the Ministry of Plantation Industries.<br />
Having Commenced his planting career in Sri Lanka<br />
and rapidly moving up the ranks to become a Senior<br />
Manager and Visiting Agent, he was invited by the<br />
Commonwealth Development Corporation to undertake a<br />
pioneering Tea project in East Malaysia where he worked<br />
as General Manager for 9 years until its fruition.<br />
He is a Fellow of the National Institute of Plantation<br />
Management.<br />
Plantation Human Development Trust <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2015</strong><br />
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