Singer appoints new board members

Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC recently appointed Stephen Goodman and Gelmart Gellecanao as Directors and Sujeewa Perera as an Alternate Director.

Stephen Goodman

Gelmart Gellecanao

Sujeewa Perera

Goodman returns to the Board after eight years. He is currently the Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Sewko and of Singer Asia, the parent companies of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC. He was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Retail Holdings NV the ultimate parent company of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC from September 2000. He served on the Board of Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC from July 2000 to May 2008. Gelmart Gellecanao is Vice President, Risk Management of Singer Asia Limited and a member of the Board of Directors of Singer Bangladesh Limited.

Gelmart joined the Singer Corporate office in May 1994 as an International Auditor and was responsible for the audits of Singer's locations and affiliates. He also worked as Controller in several Singer locations. He holds a BSc. in Business Administration, Major in Accounting, from the University of the Philippines, a Certified Public Accountant, Philippines and a Certified Internal Auditor, USA.

Sujeewa Perera is currently the Factory Director, Singer (Sri Lanka) Factory, a position he has held since July 2013. Sujeewa joined the Singer Group in September 1994 as an Internal Auditor and has risen through the corporate ladder.

He was appointed Assistant Accountant, Singer (Sri Lanka) Factory in June 1997 and held significant finance titles including Cost Accountant, Management Accountant and Administrative Accountant.

In January 2005 he was promoted to the senior management as the Factory Controller and was responsible for finance and human resources.

Before joining Singer, Sujeewa served KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Co., for over four years.