Presently Mr. Brito is the Chairman of the Development Finance Corporation of Ceylon and the DFCC Vardhana Bank. He is a former Chairman of Sri Lankan Airlines and was a non-executive Director of Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation and the Strategic Enterprise Management Agency and the Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation.

Mr. Brito was appointed to the Board of Aitken Spence PLC., in April 2000; Managing Director in January 2002; and Deputy Chairman and Managing Director in April 2003.

He has extensive experience in the plantation industry both in the public and private sectors and played a key role in the plantations privatization programme.

He plays an important role in the re-branding strategy of Aitken Spence and also leads the CSR and Sustainability Initiatives of the group. He was awarded the Brand Leadership Award at the Asia Brand Congress 2008, held in Mumbai in September 2008.

He has been recently appointed as Honorary President of CIM, Sri Lanka region and Chairman of United Nations Global Compact Network, Ceylon.

Dr. Dissanayake who has served on the UN/UNCTAD Panel as an expert on Ports & Shipping is a past Chairman of the Central Advisory Council of Sri Lanka Transport Board and a Co-Chairman of the Transport Cluster of the National Council for Economic Development which is under the Presidential Secretariat. He is a member of the Faculty Industry Consultative Board - Dept. of Transport & Logistics Management of the University of Moratuwa.

He is also a Past Chairman of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and past Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (Sri Lanka branch), and is a recipient of the Best Shipping Personality award conferred by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and Contribution to society Award by PIMPA of the University of Sri Jayewardenapura and Services rendered to Shipping Industry by Ceylon Association of Ships’ Agents.

When the Insurance industry was liberalised in the late 80’s, he played an active role in the formation of Union Assurance Ltd., and served a stint as its Chairman.

Mr. Wickremasinghe was appointed to the Board of Aitken Spence PLC., in 1972 and was Chairman from 1996 to 1997. He has been a Director of the Company continuously for a period of over 38 years. He has a wide and varied experience in many business sectors. Mr. Wickremasinghe has the distinction of being responsible for the concept and construction of the Group’s unique theme hotel - The Tea Factory.

It was due to his initiative that the Company commenced its hotel projects in the Maldives. He also spearheaded the development of the Power Sector with the two 20MW power plants now successfully generating energy at Matara and Horana. Mr. Sivaratnam is widely recognised as a leader in the tourism industry both locally and abroad, and has held many positions in various tourism related associations. He was the first Sri Lankan to be invited to join the World Travel & Tourism Council.

He also serves on various Government Advisory Committees including being appointed Chairman by the former Prime Minister, the Hon. Ranil Wickremasinghe, to the Steering Committee on Airports and Ports Development. Mr. Sivaratnam was appointed to the Board of Aitken Spence PLC in 1977. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in 1995 and was Chairman from November 1997 to December 2001. He also sits on the Board of Hatton National Bank and Acme Aluminum. He is a past Chairman of the Export Development Board and the Sri Lanka Conventions Bureau.

He was Co Leader of the Parliament Delegation to the UN World Summit and General Assembly 2006, Chairman Working Group A of Development Committee overseeing Asia, Central Asia and Far East; - Co Coordinator Assembly of 79 Parliaments of the EU-ACP 2004 and the President EU India Chamber of Commerce from 2005. He was the first Asian to be elected as a Conservative Member of British Parliament, first Asian MP to serve in the British Government as PPS in the Scottish Office and first Asian born MP to be elected to the European Parliament. He is a Hon. Ambassador without portfolio for Sri Lanka; the first Asian to be appointed as Her Majesty’s Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Greater London, representing The Queen on official occasions since 1985; awarded the honour “Viswa Kirthi Sri Lanka Abhimani” by the Buddhist Clergy for his Services to Sri Lanka and given the Knighthood with Merit of the Scared Constantinian Military Order of St George for his global work on poverty eradication.

He is currently the Chairman of Holcim (Lanka) Ltd.,and its subsidiary Companies since 1996. He is also Chairman and or Director of other public listed and private companies. He is a Trustee of Joseph Frazer Memorial Hospital and Vice President of the Asian Football Confederation.

Mr. Fernando is the Chairman of the Management Committee of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka and FIFA Development Officer in Colombo. Mr. Fernando excelled himself in the field of sports, especially football and held many important positions in the football arena in the Asian region. He has been the Vice President of the National Olympic Committee since 1990.

Mr. Asirwatham was the Senior Partner and Country Head of KPMG Ford Rhodes Thornton & Company from 2001 to 2008. Further he was the Chairman of PERC and the Chairman of the Bank of Ceylon which were among the other positions held in various listed companies and government organisations.

Presently Mr. Asirwartham is the Chairman of the Financial Services Stability Committee of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, and Chairman of the Steering Committee for the Sustainable Tourism Project, funded by the World Bank for the Ministry of Tourism.

He is also a member of the Presidential Commission on Taxation and a member of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce Advisory Council.

Presently he serves on the Boards of Ceylon Tea Services PLC., Brown & Co PLC., Lanka Orix Leasing Company PLC., Lanka Orix Financial Company PLC., and Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC.

Mr. C R De Silva was educated at Royal College Colombo, where he Captained Royal College at Rugby Football in 1968, and in that year he also captained the Ceylon Schools Rugby Football team. Thereafter he entered the Sri Lanka Law College and was called to the Bar in 1974. In 1975 he joined the Attorney General's Department as a State Counsel and was appointed as a Senior State Counsel in 1983 and Deputy Solicitor General in 1996. He was called to the Inner Bar as President's Counsel in 1997 in which year he was appointed as an Additional Solicitor General of Sri Lanka. He was appointed as the Solicitor General in 1997. In 2007 he was appointed as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka and held this office until his retirement in 2009.

Mr. C R De Silva has been a member of the Official Delegations from Sri Lanka to the Afro Asian Legal Consultative Committee held in Islamabad, UN Human Rights Council, UN Human Committee, UN Convention Against Torture Committee, UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the UN Human Rights Council sessions in Geneva.

Mr. C R De Silva was a lecturer and examiner at the Defence University and an examiner at the Sri Lanka Law College. He was a member of the Law Commission of Sri Lanka, the National Child Protection Authority, Drug Control Board and the Council of Legal Education Sri Lanka. Further, he was a Consultant to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.

Mr. C R De Silva is a Director of Cargills Agricultural and Commercial Bank Ltd.