Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors comprises a well-balanced mix of professionals with extensive expertise in finance, corporate management, and business strategy. The Board includes one Executive Director and nine Non-Executive Directors, two of whom are Independent. This diversity of experience ensures effective oversight and strategic direction for the company.

S.D.R. Arudpragasam
FCMA (U.K.)

Mr. S.D.R. Arudpragasam whilst being associated with The Colombo Fort Land & Building Group of companies since 1982 joined the Board in the year 2000, was appointed Deputy Chairman in November 2011 and as Chairman on 1st July 2022. He serves as Chairman of several subsidiaries of The Colombo Fort Land & Building PLC including C M Holdings PLC and Lankem Ceylon PLC. He also functions as Chairman/ Managing Director of E.B. Creasy & Company PLC, in addition to serving on the Boards of other companies in The Colombo Fort Land & Building Group. Mr. Arudpragasam is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK).

Mr. C.P.R. Perera was appointed to the Board in May 2013 and was appointed Deputy Chairman with effect from 1st July 2022. He serves on the Boards of several subsidiaries of the CFLB Group and also holds directorships in other private and public companies. He retired as Chairman of Forbes & Walker Ltd. and its subsidiary companies in June 2005 after almost 44 years of service. He is a past Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation, PERC and Bank of Ceylon. Mr. Perera having held the Office of Chairman of Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC until 1st April 2022 continues to serve as a Non-Executive Director of the said Company. Mr. Perera has served as a Committee Member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, The Planters Association of Ceylon, and on the Committee of Management of the Ceylon Planters Provident Society.

Anushman Rajaratnam
B.Sc (Hons.), CPA, MBA

Mr. Anushman Rajaratnam joined the Board in November 2011 and functions in the capacity of Group Managing Director of The Colombo Fort Land & Building PLC since January 2017. In addition, he serves on the Boards of several subsidiary companies of the CFLB Group. Prior to joining the CFLB Group, he worked oversees for a leading global Accountancy Firm. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Surrey, UK, CPA Australia and MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.

P.M.A. Sirimane
FCA, MBA

Mr. P.M.A. Sirimane was appointed to the Board in May 2017 and currently serves in the capacity of an Independent Non-Executive 6 Director. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and also holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Swinburne, Victoria, Australia. Mr. Sirimane also serves on the Boards of several subsidiary companies in the CFLB Group. Amongst other senior positions he has functioned as Managing Director/CEO of Mercantile Leasing Ltd., Group Finance Director of United Tractor & Equipment Ltd., Chief Finance Officer of Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd., and Director of SLT Hong Kong Ltd. He has served as a Member of several Committees of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and was an ex-officio member of the International Leasing Association.

Sanjeev Rajaratnam
B.Sc., CA

Mr. Sanjeev Rajaratnam was appointed to the Board in May 2017. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Boston College, U.S.A. and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. He was appointed Joint Managing Director of E.B. Creasy & Company PLC in April 2018 and holds other Directorships in The Colombo Fort Land & Building Group.

A.R. Rasiah
B.Sc. (Cey.), FCA

Mr. A. R. Rasiah was appointed to the Board with effect from 8th June 2023. He functions as a Non-Executive Director of the E. B. Creasy Group of Companies, and on some of the Boards of the Hotels Sector in The Colombo Fort Land & Building Group.

Mr. Rasiah is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka and finalist of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Ceylon.

Mr. A.R. Rasiah’s illustrious career both in finance and commerce spans over forty years. He started his career with Ernst and Young and later served at Mercantile Group of Companies and Almulla Group of Companies, Kuwait. Finally, he joined Nestle Lanka PLC as Director Finance in 1994 and was with the Group until his retirement in 2005. He was formerly Chairman of Atlas Axillia (Pvt) Ltd., Chairman of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors and Senior Director of Nations Trust Bank PLC. Currently Mr. Rasiah functions as the Chairman of Hela Apparel Holdings PLC, Alternate to Chairman of Gestetner of Ceylon PLC, and as a Director of Fintek Managed Solutions (Pvt) Ltd. and Clindata Lanka (Pvt) Ltd. He is also a keen sportsman who represented Sri Lanka at Table Tennis.

Amrit Rajaratnam
LLB (Notts.), Barrister-at-Law

Mr. Amrit Rajaratnam was appointed to the Board on 29th November 2023. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Nottingham and is a Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln’s Inn). He began his career at the Law Firm Julius & Creasy and later joined Lankem Ceylon PLC. He also serves as Director of York Arcade Holdings PLC in addition to holding other Directorships in The Colombo Fort Land & Building Group.

K.G.Punchihewa
FCA, CPA (Aus.)

Mr. Kamal Punchihewa was appointed to the Board of The Colombo Fort Land and Building PLC on 20th February 2025. He started his career at M/s. B R De Silva & Co. Chartered Accountants, in 1983 and was appointed as a Partner in 1991.

He moved to the mercantile sector as the Financial Controller of Kotagala Plantations Ltd. under M/s George Steuarts Management Services in 1992 and in 1997 he was promoted as the Group Financial Controller of the George Steuarts Group of Companies and also as the Director Finance of George Steuart Auto Supplies (Pvt) Ltd.

He re-joined the Plantation Sector as the General Manager- Finance of Kahawatte Plantations Ltd. in 2002.

In 2005 he took his first overseas posting as the Financial Controller of PT Agro Bukit Indonesia and later promoted to the key position of Head of Finance – Plantation Operations and Business Support for the entire Indonesian operation of Good Hope Asia Group, which consisted of six Oil Palm Plantation Companies.

Mr. Punchihewa returned to Sri Lanka in 2011 and joined Lankem Tea & Rubber Plantations (Pvt) Ltd.  (LT&RP) as the Director/ Deputy CEO, and was appointed, as the CEO of Agarapatana Plantations Ltd. in April 2014. He  served on the Board of Agarapatana Plantations Ltd. from 2012 to 2016.

In October 2016 he joined Browns Group as the Group Chief Executive Officer – Plantation Sector in-charge of three Regional Plantation Companies and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Maturata Plantations Ltd in the same Group till July 2020.

He joined Richard Pieris Group as the Chief Financial Officer – Plantation Sector in August 2020 and was promoted as the Chief Executive Officer of Maskeliya Plantations PLC in February 2021 in the same Group, in addition to the post he was holding. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Maskeliya Plantations PLC until March 2023 and retired from the service.

He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka since 1988 (FCA) and a Member of the Certified Public Accountants (CPA) – Australia since 2014.

S.B.Perera
FCMA/CGMA(UK), B.Sc. Mech.Eng. (Hons.)

Mr. Shrihan B. Perera was appointed to the Board of The Colombo Fort Land and Building PLC on 20th February 2025. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Teejay Group from April 2018 to December 2019. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Brandix Apparel Solutions Limited from January 2010 to March 2018. He was responsible for drawing up and implementing strategies across all business units in the intimate apparel SBUs in Sri Lanka and India. Mr. Perera previously held positions of Group Financial Controller & Treasurer, Group Accounts Manager and Finance Director at Unilever Sri Lanka while counting overall experience over 30 years both with Engineering and Finance exposure in and amongst competitive conditions and multidimensional challenges. He served as Accounts and Administrative Controller at Al Mulla Group of Companies in Kuwait from January 1991 to December 1995.  He has wide exposure in FMCG, Garment and Textile Manufacture and service industry (overseas). He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering-2nd Class Upper Honours from the University of Moratuwa and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants/CGMA, UK.

Mr. Perera currently serves as an Independent Director of Teejay Lanka PLC and its Subsidiaries and on the Boards of  Fintrex Finance Limited, C.W. Mackie PLC and on the Boards of certain other listed entities of The Colombo Fort Land & Building Group.

Viran Corea, PC

LL.B, LL.M

Mr. Viran Corea, PC was appointed to the Board on 28th March 2025. He is a senior legal practitioner, providing services as counsel in litigation in courts and fora for adjudication of legal rights/ dispute resolution, legal advice, drafting of agreements and legal consultancy. He possesses a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and Master of Laws (LL.M) degrees from the University of Colombo. Mr. Corea was called to the Bar as an Attorney-at-Law of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka in 1997 and conferred Silk (President’s Counsel) in December 2023.

Mr. Corea was a Non-Executive Director of Seylan Bank PLC, a licenced commercial bank regulated by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka until his retirement from the Board in May 2024 on completing 9 years. During that time, he served on several sub-committees of the bank, including its Board Governance and Compliance Committee, Related Party Transactions Review Committee and Board Sustainability Committee.

He has also served as a member of the Legislation Steering Committee of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce (CCC) and completed the Board Leadership Director Certification Programme of the Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID) to be eligible for SLID Graduate Membership. He is also a member of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka, a member the Board of Management of the Post Graduate Institute of Medicine (PGIM), a member of the Board of Management of the Legal Aid Unit of the Faculty of Law of the University of Colombo and legal advisor to several companies and organisations, including think tank Verite Research, Environmental Foundation Limited (EFL) and FactCheck.lk. He was a member of the drafting committee for the Prevention of Torture thematic area for formulation of the National Human Rights Action Plan NHRAP (2017-2021) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka.

He commenced private practice in September 2002, after serving several years in public service as a State Counsel at the Attorney General’s Department of Sri Lanka.

I.A. Wickramasinghe

MBA., FCIM(UK)

Mr. Indrajit A. Wickramasinghe was appointed to the Board on 28th March 2025. He was the former Director/Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank for over nine years up to his retirement on 15th August 2024. He counts over 35 years of management experience having worked in both the financial services and FMCG sectors in local and multinational companies. He holds an MBA from the Post Graduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK. He has been exposed to Executive Education Programmes at the National University of Singapore, The Said Business School of the University of Oxford UK and INCEAD (France). He is a member of the Oxford Business Alumni, University of Oxford UK.

Prior to his appointment as Director/CEO of Union Bank he served as the Chief Operating Officer of NDB Bank where he was responsible for all business areas including Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, SME Banking and Project Finance. Prior to joining the financial services sector, he was with the leading Multi National Company Reckitt and Colman where he held numerous senior management positions.

Mr. Wickramasinghe has also served on a number of boards as an Executive Director and Non-Executive Director. He was the Chairman of the Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) and a Director of the Credit Information Bureau of Sri Lanka.

He currently also serves on the boards of AIA Insurance Lanka, NDB Securities (Pvt) Ltd., Fintrex Finance Ltd, Three Acre Farms PLC, Ceylon Grain Elevators PLC, C.W. Mackie PLC, Overseas Realty Ceylon PLC and Diesel & Motor Engineering PLC.

He also functions as Chairman/ member of certain Board Subcommittees of several Listed Entities.

S.S. Poholiyadde

F.I.P.M

Mr. Sunil Poholiyadde was appointed to the Board with effect from 1st January 2026.

He is the Managing Director of Kotagala Plantations PLC, Agarapatana Plantations PLC and also the Managing Director of Lankem Tea & Rubber Plantations (Pvt) Ltd. (LTRP), the Managing Agents of the aforesaid Plantation companies under the Colombo Fort Land Group. He has over four decades of experience in the Plantation Industry.

Mr. Poholiyadde is the current Chairman of the Planters’ Association of Ceylon, a Former Chairman of the Colombo Rubber Traders’ Association and has served as Chairman of the Plantation Services Group of the Employers Federation of Ceylon (EFC). He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Sri Lanka Tea Board, the Rubber Research Board and a council member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Poholiyadde has been the former Managing Director of the Plantations Sector and Head of Group Human Resources of the Richard Pieris Group. He was also the former CEO/Executive Director of Kegalle Plantations PLC, Namunukula Plantations PLC, Maskeliya Plantations PLC and an Executive Director of AEN Palm Oil Processing (Pvt) Ltd.

Mr. Poholiyadde is a Fellow of the National Institute of Plantation Management.