Jitendra Romesh Gunaratne

Chairman

Jitendra Romesh Gunaratne is the quintessential strategist and business specialist with 40 years of business experience.

Appointed as the Chairman of the Delmege Group in 2022 the quintessential specialist in the Food and Beverage industry is hailed for his sharp business acumen and tacit and expert knowledge on a range of leading food products and beverages. Mr. J R Gunaratne counts 40 years of experience in Strategic Planning, Production & Distribution, Industrial Relations and Change Management in the Food & Beverage, Plantations and Leisure Sectors.
During his career at John Keells Holdings PLC, he held the position of President and . .Directorships in several listed and private companies of the John Keells Group. He has been a Member of the Council of Employers Federation of Ceylon, Food Advisory Council of the Ministry of Health and a Member of the Council for Hotel & Tourism . He was also the Founder Chairman of the Beverage Association of Sri Lanka

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A.M. Pandithage

Director

Joined Hayleys Group in 1969. Appointed to the Board in 1998. Chairman & Chief Executive of Hayleys PLC since July 2009. Appointed to the Board of Delmege Limited in June 2011. Honorary Consul of United Mexican States (Mexico) to Sri Lanka. Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport. Member of the Presidential Committee on Maritime Matters. Committee Member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. Council Member of the Employers’ Federation of Ceylon. Member of the Monetary Policy Consultative Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Director, Sri Lanka Port Management & Consultancy Services Ltd. Former Chairman of the Ceylon Association of Ships’ Agents. Former Director of both the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and Jaya Container Terminals Ltd.

Yogadinusha Yogagopalakrishnan

Director

Ms. Yogadinusha Bhaskaran is a financial and accounting professional currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Vallibel One PLC. She also presently serves on the Board of LB Finance PLC as a Non-Executive Director, Hayleys Fabric PLC, Haycarb PLC and Dipped Products PLC as Alternate Directors to Mr. K.D.D. Perera.
Ms. Yogadinusha Bhaskaran has previously worked as a Financial Controller with several Australian companies in Melbourne for a number of years. She has in the past served as the Assistant General Manager (Finance & Planning) at Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC.
She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (FCMA), Fellow of CPA Australia (FCPA) and an Associate Member of the Institute of Bankers, Sri Lanka.

Kimarli Fernando

Director

Mrs. Kimarli Fernando holds a LLB (Hons) from the London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. She is a Barrister-at-Law, Lincoln’s Inn, UK. (1987) and an Attorney-at-Law, Sri Lanka She was appointed to the Board of L B Finance PLC on 26 August 2008.She is currently a Director of Vallibel One PLC, National Development Bank PLC and Delmege Limited. She has more than 22 years experience in the field of banking and had held senior positions at Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC, Standard Chartered Bank, Sri Lanka and Deutsche Bank AG, Sri Lanka. She has also served Deutsche Bank, AG Frankfurt, Germany and had been the first Asian to be transferred from Asia to Frankfurt.
Mrs. Kimarli Fernando is the author of “Company Law of Sri Lanka, 2nd Edition” which was the definitive reference book for students and practitioners of Company Law in Sri Lanka, published in 1992.

T. G. Thoradeniya

Director

A marketer by profession, Tharana Thoradeniya was in the pioneering batch of Sri Lankans to be awarded the title of Chartered Marketer. He counts over 20 years of industry experience with a unique working background in Marketing, Technology Management & Manufacturing. He is the Director – Marketing & Business Development of Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC and the Chief Executive Officer of Rocell Bathware Ltd. He also serves on the Boards of Pan Asia Banking Corporation PLC and Hayleys Fibre PLC.

Harsha Amarasekera

Director

Mr. Harsha Amarasekera, President’s Counsel is a Non-Executive Independent Director of the Group. An Attorney-at-Law by profession; he has a wide practice in the Original Courts as well as in the Appellate Courts, specialising in Commercial Law, Business Law, Securities Law, Banking Law and Intellectual Property Law. He serves as an Independent Director in several listed companies in the Colombo Stock Exchange including Vallibel One PLC, Expo Lanka Holdings PLC, CIC Holdings PLC, Keells Food Products PLC, Amaya Leisure PLC, Vallibel Power Erathna PLC and is also a Director of Amana Bank Ltd.

Sean Wilson

CFA

Mr. Sean Wilson was appointed to the Delmege Ltd. Board in July 2012. Mr. Wilson is a partner of LR Global since of 2005 and is the Chief Investment Officer of the firm’s funds. Previously, he spent 3 years as a senior portfolio manager at Columbia Management Company, at the time the asset management division of Bank of America, with responsibility for managing in excess of $10 billion for retail and institutional clients. Prior to Columbia, Mr. Wilson spent 8 years as a managing director at Rockefeller & Co., the Rockefeller’s family office, with responsibilities including director of research and portfolio manager for both individual and institutional clients. Prior to his employment with Rockefeller & Co., Mr. Wilson spent 5 years with Grantham, Mayo, VanOtterloo & Company as a foreign exchange trader and quantitative analyst. Mr. Wilson received a BA in finance from Northeastern University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.