Janaki Kuruppu to head SLTB

Janaki Kuruppu

Chairperson of the Mother Sri Lanka Trust and Advisor on Food Security Janaki Kuruppu at the President's office has been appointed Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Tea Board (SLTB). She succeeds Susantha Ratnayake, with experience from the private and public sectors in international marketing.

Ms. Kuruppu has had an illustrious career of over 20 years in a variety of industries which covers research and consultancy, agri-business, food manufacturing, retailing, banking, media and engineering and held Director positions at Commercial Bank Plc, Sathosa, Cargills Ceylon Plc and Managing Director of the Nielsen Company.

She is also a member of the global steering committee of AgriFin, an agricultural finance fund set up by the World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to support the activities of financing for agriculture, particularly for smallholder farmers.