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 Anil
Obeyesekere, P.C.
Chairman/Director
Mr. Obeyesekere is an Attorney-at-Law and a President’s
Counsel, and became an Advocate to the Supreme Court in 1962.
He has served as the Chairman of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation,
Chairman of Lanka Marine Services and Chairman of Lanka Tankers.
He has also served as Sri Lanka’s Trade Commissioner and
Head of Mission in the Czech Republic from 1973 to 1977. Additionally,
he practised as an Attorney both in the Civil and Criminal Courts
in Sri Lanka. He has served on the Board of Lanka Cement from
1997 to 2001 and from 1998 to 2001 as a member of the Public
Enterprises Reform Commission. Mr. Obeyesekere was appointed
to the Board of Directors of the Company on 24 June 2004.
Shuhei Anan
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Anan holds a Master of Science degree from Waseda University
of Japan. He has held a number of senior managerial positions
at NTT Com and was the Assistant Vice President in-charge of
Operations & Maintenance at Thai Telephone & Telecommunications
Company. Mr. Anan is also a Director of STTSL and Mobitel. Mr.
Anan was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company
on 5 June 1999.
Kiyoshi Maeda
Director
Mr. Maeda holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from
the Waseda University of Japan and obtained a Master’s
degree from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management of
North-Western University in 1986. From 1979 to 1999 he was employed
at Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan Limited, where he held various
managerial positions, his most recent position being Joint General
Manager of the International Finance Division. Having joined
NTT Com, Mr. Maeda was appointed to the Board of Directors of
the Company on 25 April 2002.
Haruhiko Yamada
Director
Mr. Yamada holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University
of Tokyo and obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration
from the University of Chicago. He began his career with NTT
Corporation in 1976. Over the following twenty five years, he
held numerous posts within NTT Corporation including Director,
Finance & Treasury Division and Vice President, Group Strategy,
Corporate Planning Department of NTT Com. Mr. Yamada was appointed
to the Board of Directors of the Company on 4 September 2003.
S.B. Divaratne
Director
Mr. Divaratne holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University
of Kelaniya and a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics and Policy
Planning from the University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
He has over 30 years of experience in public service, having
joined the Sri Lanka Administrative Service in 1971. In public
service he has held a variety of positions and is currently
the Deputy Secretary to the Treasury. He serves on the Boards
of Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Public Enterprises Reform Commission
and Private Sector Infrastructure Development Company. Mr. Divaratne
was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 27
May 2004.
Nigel Hatch, P.C.
Director
Mr. Hatch holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University
of Colombo and was admitted to the Bar as an Attorney-at-Law
in 1986. He was appointed as President’s Counsel in 2004.
After admission to the Bar, he practised in the Original and
Appellate Courts, in the fields of civil, commercial and banking,
labour and public law (constitutional and administrative law).
He has served as a visiting lecturer and examiner at the University
of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka on building construction law, and at
the Law Faculty and Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University
of Colombo. He is the author of “ A Commentary on Industrial
Disputes Act of Sri Lanka” (1989), which is the standard
reference in this area. Mr. Hatch has served from 2001 to 2004
as a member of the National Education Commission and served
as a Board Member of the former Rupavahini Corporation from
November 2003 to April 2004. He is presently an Adviser to H.
E. the President on Legal Affairs, and is a member of the Advisory
Committee on Constitutional Law Reform and the Company Law Advisory
Commission. He serves on the Board of Securities and Exchange
Commission of Sri Lanka. Mr. Hatch was appointed to the Board
of Directors of the Company on 24 June 2004.
Lalith De Mel
Director
Mr. De Mel completed the tripos in Economics at Cambridge University
and the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School.
He served Reckitt & Colman in Sri Lanka in various capacities
commencing as Marketing Manager and finally assuming the position
of Managing Director in 1971. In 1997, he was transferred to
corporate headquarters in the United Kingdom as Regional Director.
At various time he oversaw their business in this capacity covering
North America, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Australasia.
In 1989, he headed the Group’s initiative on developing
their interest in the Far East. In 1991, he was appointed as
Group Director on the Main Board of Reckitt & Colman plc
for Asia, Far East and Australasia. In 1994, he assumed responsibility
for Africa. In the re-organised corporate structure he assumed
responsibility for Reckitt & Colman Pharmaceuticals Worldwide
in 1996. Having resigned from the Main Board in 1999 he continued
to serve as the Chairman of Reckitt Benckiser Lanka Limited
until 2004. In December 1998, he was appointed Chairman of Sri
Lanka Telecom Limited which position he resigned at the end
of 2001. From 2000 to 2004, he served in the Main Board of CDC
Capital Partner’s plc, UK. He has also served as Chairman
and Director-General, Board of Investment in Sri Lanka. Additionally
he had been on the Board of John Keells Holdings Limited, Ceylon
Glass Company Limited and People’s Bank. He is currently
a Director of Delmage Forsyth & Co. Limited, Serendib Hotels
Limited, Serendib Leisure Management Limited, Hemas Holding
Limited, Brown & Co. Limited, Associated Hotels Co. Limited,
and is also a Director of the Strategic Management Enterprises
Agency. Mr. De Mel was appointed to the Board of Directors of
the Company for the second time on 26 August 2004.
Sadao Maki
Director
Mr. Maki holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University
of Tokyo and a Master’s degree in Business Administration
from the University of Chicago. He joined NTT in 1977 and since
then served that company in a variety of positions, including
Senior Manager - Commercial - NTT International, Head of Finance
and Accounting - Kyushu Regional Headquarters, General Manager
- Overseas Business Development, Vice President - Global Strategy
- NTT Communications and Vice President & Executive Manager
- Accounts & Finance. Effective from June 2004, he has assumed
the position of Vice President & Executive Manager - Corporate
Planning at NTT Com. He currently serves on the Boards of Philippines
Long Distance Telephone Company, NTT America Inc., NTT Europe
Limited and NTT Investment Singapore Pte Limited. Mr. Maki was
appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company on 26 August
2004.
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