Colombo Dockyard CEO to retire
The Managing Director and CEO of the company, Mangala P.B. Yapa, is
due to retire in April.
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Mangala P.B. Yapa |
Yapa joined the company in 1984 as a trainee engineer upon his
graduation with a Masters degree in naval architecture (ship building)
from Astrakhan Technical University, Russia.
Later he completed his Masters degree in Business Management from the
Postgraduate Institute of Management (PIM). The retirement of Yapa will
bring to end a career of nearly 30 years in numerous roles at
CDL.General Manager (Finance) Ranil Wijegunawardena will assume duties
as the new Managing Director and CEO.
"Yapa's dedicated leadership and tireless enthusiasm has been an
integral part of making CDL the brand it is today. Since he took on the
role of CEO and MD a decade ago, CDL has become one of South Asia's most
recognised ship repair and building entities, competing with global
companies and has been recognised as Sri Lanka's leading engineering
entity, contributing over 1.2% of country's export turnover, winning
many awards and accolades for number of years." said Chairman, Colombo
Dockyard, Akihiko Nakauchi.
"He leaves behind a legacy of professionalism and commitment and his
absence will be felt by all at Dockyard," he said. |
