AmCham appoints new Board of Directors

The 21st Annual General Meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in Sri Lanka (AmCham) was held recently at the Hilton.

A new Board of Directors was appointed for 2013/2014. The keynote address was delivered by the Cultural Affairs Officer of US Embassy in Colombo, Ms Dawn M. Suni who spoke on 'US-Sri Lanka Economic Relationship'. The newly appointed AmCham Board of Directors:

President, Suren Rajanathan (Vice President, 3M Sri Lanka), Vice President, Asanka Ratnayake (Director, Mountain Hawk Express), President Emeritus, Vijaya Ratnayake (Managing Director, Zodiac Medicals), Secretary, Prakash Mirchandani (Group Finance Director, Favourite Group), Treasurer Rajendra Theagarajah (Director and CEO, NDB Bank).

Directors: Nimal Cooke (Executive Director, The Maharaja Organisation Projects), Vasantha Leelananda (Executive Vice President, John Keells Holdings and Walkers Tours Ltd), Felicio Ferraz (Managing Director and CEO, Ceylon Tobacco Company), Poojitha Rajapakse (Director and OEM, Microsoft Sri Lanka), Dinesh Mendis (Director, Aitken Spence Group and Managing Director, MMBL Money Transfer (Pvt) Ltd), Hatem Rajabdeen (Business Manager, North Manufacturing (Pvt) Ltd and US Embassy Representative, Christopher Corkey.

Suren Rajanathan the newly elected President has over 25 years of experience in marketing and general management in multinational companies. He holds an MBA from the Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenepura.