Dilshan Wirasekara Archives

First Capital Holdings PLC Appoints Kuda Herath to Board of Directors 30th April 2024, Colombo: First Capital Holdings PLC, a member of the Janashakthi Group, announces the appointment of Kuda Banda Herath as an Independent Non-Executive Director to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective from 29th April 2024. Kuda Herath holds a bachelor’s degree in applied chemistry from the University of Kingston, London. He currently serves as an independent non-executive director of Central Finance Company PLC since February 16th, 2019. With a career spanning over 28 years in the fast-moving consumer goods industry in Sri Lanka, Kuda has commenced his journey at Nestle Lanka Limited, where he spent 16 years and held pivotal roles in manufacturing, sales, marketing, and global business excellence projects. Subsequently, he served as an Executive Director of A. Baur & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. for 8 years, during which time he played a crucial role in establishing ...

SEC and CSE complete third phase of digitalization initiative of stock market Source:Island A special market opening ceremony was organized by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) and the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) under the patronage of Viraj Dayaratne, President’s Counsel, chairman of the SEC, to mark the third phase of digitalization of the Sri Lankan capital market and to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the SEC. The launch event, themed ‘Sri Lankan Capital Market – The Odyssey’, was also attended by Dilshan Wirasekara, chairman of the CSE, SEC Commission Members, Chinthaka Mendis, Director General of the SEC Naresh Abeyesekara, SEC/CSE Joint Committee Chairman for Digitalization, CSE Board of Directors and Rajeeva Bandaranaike, Chief Executive Officer of the CSE, stock broker firms, SEC management and CSE management. ...