Board of Directors

Mr. L. R. Page

Chairman (with effect from 27.12.2021),
Non-Executive Director

Louis R. Page is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and a Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He is also the Chairman of the parent company, C T Holdings PLC and Group company Cargills (Ceylon) PLC. He has held a number of Board and Senior Management positions at the highest level in overseas public companies and public institutions.

Mr. Joseph Page

Deputy Chairman/Managing Director,
Executive Director

Mr. Joseph C. Page is a Director of CT Holdings PLC and Cargills (Ceylon) PLC. He is also a Director of Ceylon Theatres (Pvt.) Ltd. and other CT Holdings Group companies. He has over 36 years of management experience in the private sector.

Mr. R. Selvaskandan

Independent Non-Executive Director (Chairman up to 27.12.2021)

Mr. Selvaskandan was admitted to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka as an Attorney-at-Law in September of 1982. After being in private practice he joined the Attorney General’s Department as a State Counsel in October 1983. Thereafter, he served as a Partner in an established law firm in Hong Kong for over 20 years. Mr. Selvaskandan is currently a Senior Partner at Varners, a leading law firm in Sri Lanka. Mr. Selvaskandan has acted for a range of international clients in corporate and commercial transactions, M&A, banking and finance matters, investment structuring, and large-scale projects. He is considered to be a leading practitioner in the M& A and project development fields in Sri Lanka. Mr. Selvaskandan currently serves on the boards of a number of companies in the Abans group and LAUGFS group.

Mr. A. T. P. Edirisinghe

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. A. T. Priya Edirisinghe is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK), and holds a Diploma in Commercial Arbitration. He was the Senior Partner of Bakertilly Edirisinghe & Co., Chartered Accountants and currently serves as Consultant/Advisor. He is the Managing Director of PE Management Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. He counts over 50 years’ experience in both public practice and in the private sector. He serves on the boards of a number of other listed and non-listed companies where in some companies he also serves as Chairman/Member of the Audit Committee, Related Party Transactions Review Committee, and Member of the Remuneration Committee.
Mr. Edirisinghe was the Chairman of the Company’s Audit Committee and Related Party Transactions Review Committee during the period under review, and a member of the company’s Remuneration Committee.

Dr. T. Senthilverl

Non-Executive Director

Dr. T. Senthilverl has over five decades of active engagement in manufacturing, trading, land development, irrigation, power and energy, construction, management, industrial turnkey projects, air and sea cargo logistics and trading. He is a director of several public and private companies including C.W. Mackie PLC, Panasian Power PLC, Lotus Hydro PLC, Sanasa General Insurance Co. Ltd., Sanasa Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Kelani Valley Canneries Ltd. and Senthilverl Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Dollar Corporation.

Mr. Sanjay Niles

Executive Director

Mr. Sanjay Chandrahasan Niles is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK. He is also a Director of CT Holdings PLC, Ceylon Theatres (Pvt) Ltd., and other companies within the CT Holdings Group.

Mr. Ranjit Page

Non-Executive Director

Mr. V. Ranjit Page possesses over 39 years of management experience with expertise in food retailing, food service, and manufacturing, having introduced the concept of super marketing to the Sri Lankan masses. He is the Deputy Chairman/Managing Director of C T Holdings PLC, Deputy Chairman / CEO of Cargills (Ceylon) PLC, and the Chairman of Cargills Bank Ltd. He also serves on the boards of several other C T Holdings Group companies.

Mr. P. P. Edirisinghe

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Priyan Edirisinghe is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience in the private sector and in the professional practice. He has served for over 18 years at Baker Tilly Edirisinghe & Co., Chartered Accountants, and presently a Senior Partner. He is an Independent, Non-Executive Director of Dialog Finance PLC. He is also a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (FCA), and Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK (ACIM). He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Mr. H. A. S. Madanayake

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Suren Madanayake had his education at Royal College, Colombo and qualified as a Mechanical Engineer from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He was appointed to the Board of ACL Cables PLC in June 1991 and appointed as Managing Director in September 2005. When Kelani Cables PLC was acquired in October 1999, he was appointed as Managing Director of Kelani Cables PLC and Lanka Olex Cables (Private) Ltd which is the holding Company of Kelani Cables PLC. In 2003 he was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Kelani Cables PLC.

He also serves as the Chairman of Resus Energy PLC, Managing Director of ACL Cables PLC and ACL Plastics PLC and Director of Cables Solutions (Pvt) Ltd., Ethimale Plantations (Pvt) Ltd., ACL Electric (Pvt) Ltd., Ceylon Bulbs and Electricals Ltd., ACL Metals and Alloys (Pvt.) Ltd., ACL Polymers (Pvt.) Ltd., ACL-Kelani Magnet Wire (Pvt.) Ltd., Ceylon Copper (Pvt.) Ltd., SM Lighting (Pvt) Ltd., Fab Foods (Pvt.) Ltd., Ceylon Tapioca Ltd., Destination Ceylon (Pvt.) Ltd., CT Land Development PLC and National Asset Management (Pvt) Ltd. He serves as Trustee of CCC Foundation of Sri Lanka, which is an approved charity. He also captained the Royal College 1st XV Rugby team in 1987.

Mr. A. J. D. Selvanayagam

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Selvanayagam is an entrepreneur serving as the Chairman/CEO of Hovael Construction (Pvt) Ltd. and Hovael Holdings (Pvt) Ltd.