Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Sri Lanka Hayleys rubber unit gets new chief

Mar 29, 2011 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Hayleys group has appointed Mahesha Ranasoma to its board of directors and as managing director of its Dipped Products rubber gloves subsidiary from April 01, a stock exchange filing said.

Ranasoma, a former executive at the local unit of the Shell multinational, takes over from J A G Anandarajah at Dipped Products whose board he had joined in August 2010.

Prior to this appointment, he served as the Country Chairman and Managing Director of Shell Gas Lanka Limited and Shell Terminal Lanka Limited.

Ranasoma counts over 11 years of senior management experience in Shell and has over six years of research and development and teaching experience as a senior university lecturer in civil engineering, the statement said.

He has also provided environmental management expertise as a consultant for major private sector and donor funded projects in Sri Lanka.

Ranasoma holds a First Class Honours Degree in Engineering from the University of Peradeniya, a Doctorate from Cambridge University, UK and an MBA with Distinction from the Wales University, UK.

(Source: http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=655908987)

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