Convenience Foods MD
Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC (CFL) CEO Thilanka de Zoysa has been
appointed its Managing Director from April 1. The company is a
subsidiary of Ceylon Biscuits Limited.
He possesses 20 years of experience in general management. He started
his career in the plantation sector, and has been with Soy Foods Lanka
Ltd., now known as Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC since 1996. He was
appointed to the Board of CFL in October 30, 2002 and was promoted to
the post of Chief Executive Officer in August 2010. During his
stewardship Convenience Foods (Lanka) PLC who is the pioneer in textured
vegetable protein commonly known as soya meat manufacture in Sri Lanka
became market leader under the brand name Lanka Soy.
The company has shown a remarkable progress during the last eight
years where the turn over has grown from 250 M per annum to more than
800 M per annum presently. The company has also diversified from
manufacturing soy based products to other food products and presently
manufactures jelly and soup mixers. In the future, the company will have
major expansions to produce other food products as well.
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