Ceylinco Insurance appoints Independent Director

Ceylinco Insurance has appointed an independent director to its board. Kolitha Dharmawardena, an eminent lawyer, has been appointed as the newest member of the board of Ceylinco Insurance, from March.

The Securities Exchange Commission, had recommended industry-wide directives to promote greater transparency amongst the corporate entities and this latest appointment by Ceylinco Insurance, has been made in compliance with these recommendations.

Kolitha Dharmawardena, who entered the legal profession as an Attorney-at-Law in 1978, has held numerous positions of consequence within that sphere, both within Sri Lanka and in the international arena.

He has been a State Counsel and Senior State Counsel for the Attorney General’s Department from 1978 to 1995, being appointed Deputy Solicitor General from 1995 to 1999. He has since been a Private Legal Practitioner and Legal Consultant.

Dharmawardena also holds a LL.M. in Brussels International and Comparative Law, while being a Fellow of the Nuffield Foundation and the Japan Foundation.