BSL appoints new director board at 3rd AGM

A new director board was appointed to Biodiversity Sri Lanka at its 3rd Annual General Meeting (AGM) held recently.

They are: Dilhan C. Fernando, CEO of Dilmah Ceylon Tea Company and Trustee of Dilmah Conservation (Chair), Chandrarathne Vithanage, Senior Assistant Secretary General, Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Ananda Mallawatantri, Country Representative, IUCN Sri Lanka, Hiran Wickramasinghe, Group Managing Director of Informatics Agrotech (Pvt.) Ltd., Binesh Pananwala, Chief Executive Officer of Watawala Plantations PLC, Mohan Hapuarachchi, General Manager of Aitken Spence Travels (Pvt.) Ltd., Mahesh Nanayakkara, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Development Business Finance PLC., Anura Dissanayake, Secretary of the Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment and Prema Cooray Chief Executive Officer/director.

The meeting was attended by a majority of BSL’S membership across all categories – Patron, General, SME and Associate.

Membership of BSL represents over 75 companies across 8 industry sectors, namely, agribusiness and food, banking and finance, engineering and construction, information and communications technology, manufacturing, services, tea plantations, tourism and hospitality. Established in August 2012, Biodiversity Sri Lanka was formally established as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee on the 22nd of October 2015, and has had a steady growth in membership to-date.

Source : http://epaper.dailymirror.lk/epaper/viewer.aspx

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