Amitha Gooneratne

Mr. Gooneratne has held several senior positions at Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC including that of Managing Director from 1996 to April 2012. He was the Founder Chairman of both the Financial Ombudsman Sri Lanka (Guarantee) Ltd., and the Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (Guarantee) Limited.

A Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, United Kingdom and Wales and a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants, Sri Lanka, he was also nominated to the Board of Sri Lankan Airlines from 2002 to 2004 by the Government of Sri Lanka.

Upon retirement, he assumed duties as Managing Director of Melstacorp Limited and joined the Boards of several subsidiary companies of Melstacorp Limited, namely Melsta Regal Finance Limited, Melsta Logistics (Pvt) Limited, Periceyl (Pvt) Limited, Balangoda Plantation PLC, Lanka Bell Limited, Bellvantage (Pvt) Limited, Texpro Industries Limited, Bogo Power Limited and Continental Insurance Limited.