Manilal Fernando joins Aitken Spence Board

Manilal Fernando was appointed to the Board of Aitken Spence and Company PLC with effect from May 2008.

Fernando, is presently the Chairman of Holcim (Lanka), Shipping and Cargo Logistics (agents for Hyundai Shipping), Hyundai Lanka (Agents for Hyundai Cars in Sri Lanka), Galle Cement Company, Stallion Holdings, Stallion Consultancy, Stallion Plantations and a Director of Guardian Investment Trust, Global Cement, Puttalam Cement, Kesprel, and Piraus. Fernando is the Vice President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is the FIFA Development Officer for the Asian region.

He holds many other responsibilities in the field of sports administration. Fernando is the Chairman of the Management Committee of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL)and the Legal Committee of AFC, President of the Kalutara League, Past President of the FFSL and a Member of the FIFA Legal Committee. He is also the Vice President of the National Olympic Committee since 1990.

The Aitken Spence and Company PLC board consists of D H S Jayawardena (Chairman), J M S Brito (Dep. Chairman/MD), R M Fernand0, G C Wickramasinghe, R Sivaratnam, C H Gomez, N J de Silva Deva Aditya and V M Fernando.

Aitken Spence, a leading diversified conglomerate, has interests in Hotels, Services, Logistic Solutions and Strategic Investments with operations in India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Oman, the UAE and South Africa.