Perera in Aitken Spence Board

Gehan M. Perera was appointed to the Board of Aitken Spence PLC with effect from September 1.

Presently, heading the travel sector, he counts 30 years in tourism and at Aitken Spence. Having joined Aitken Spence Travels in its infancy, he was an integral part of a core team that made it the number one Destination Management Company (DMC) in Sri Lanka with a worldwide network.

New GCFO at Dialog

Dialog Telekom PLC has appointed Vipula Gunatilleka as its new Group Chief Financial Officer (GCFO).

He succeeds Wan Zaidan Wan Mahyudin, who returns to Malaysia. Gunatilleka brings to Dialog Telekom over 15 years of professional experience in the spheres of finance, treasury, insurance, procurement, information technology, corporate planning, general management and operations.

Prior to taking up the role of GCFO at Dialog, Gunatilleka was the CFO of Sri Lankan Airlines Ltd. He is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

N.U. j commemoration

As part of the commemoration celebrations in honour of the birth centenary of the late N.U. Jayawardena, first Sri Lankan Governor of the Central Bank, Senator, Banker and Financier, Launch of a commemorative volume of "Selected Essays in Economic Policy" by N.U. Jayawardena, will be held on Tuesday September 2, 2008 at 7.00 p.m. at People's Bank Staff Training Centre Auditorium, 38, D R Wijewardene Mawatha,Colombo 10.

Selected essays on economic policy, the public and the private sector, banking, finance, legislation and insurance written by Jayawardena to Daily News and Island papers.