Citrus Leisure appoints two new Directors to Board

Citrus Leisure PLC recently announced the appointment of Chandana Talwatte as Director/CEO and Vasula Premawardhana as Director of the Citrus Group.

Talwatte is a well-respected corporate leader with a proven track record of driving businesses forward under challenging conditions. He served most recently as Director – Sales and Marketing of Cinnamon Lakeside, Colombo.

He has been part of the leadership team at John Keells Holdings PLC from 1993, serving as Director/CEO at several group companies including, Mackinnon Mackenzie & Co of Ceylon Ltd., Bosanquet and Skrine Ltd., Mackinnons Travels, Mack International Freight (Pvt) Ltd., Whittals Boustead Cargo, and as Head of Sales and Marketing and Customer Development of the Transportation Group of JKH.

Following the tsunami of 2004, Talwatte was seconded to serve the Government of Sri Lanka as Director, Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN), overseeing the funding pledged by international donors. Premawardhana is an accomplished professional with over 15 years of comprehensive management experience comprising local and international hands-on experience in the fields of capital markets and risk management. He holds an MA in Financial Economics from the University of Colombo and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Southern California, USA. He is the Managing Director of First Derivatives (Pvt) Ltd. and is a former Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka.