Ceylinco Insurance appoints Gen Weerasooriya
Ceylinco Life PLC has appointed former diplomat and retired General
Srilal Weerasooriya as an independent non-executive director of the
company from August 1.
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Gen (Retd)
Srilal Weerasooriya |
General (Retd) C. S. Weerasooriya was appointed Commander of the Sri
Lanka Army after a 35 year military career, and on retirement was
appointed Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Pakistan, a position he held
for six years.
Educated at St. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, and a graduate of the
Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul and the National Defence College of
India, General Weerasooriya held many key positions in the Sri Lanka
Army and was decorated for gallantry and service more than a dozen times
in his military career.
As Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to Pakistan and accredited
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Sri Lanka to Tajikistan
and Kyrgyzstan, he played a lead role in improving political and trade
relations between Sri Lanka and the region, and was Patron of the
Pakistan-Sri Lanka Friendship Association and of the Pakistan Sri Lanka
Business Forum.
"General Weerasooriya's four decades of experience in the military
and the diplomatic corps will be a great source of strength and wisdom
to the board of Ceylinco Life," the company's Jt. Managing Director/CEO
R. Renganathan said. "His proven managerial and administrative skills,
integrity and acumen will be invaluable, as will his vast experience of
working with people at all levels and in diverse settings", he said.
General Weerasooriya is the second independent director appointed to
the board of Ceylinco Insurance in the past one year. |
