Two directors strengthen First Capital Board

First Capital Holdings PLC has appointed Lalith de Mel as non-executive Chairman subject to approval by shareholders and Eardley Perera as an independent non-executive director.

Lalith de Mel and Eardley Perera

De Mel is the only Sri Lankan to have been a Director of a top 100 company in the UK having served on the Main Board of Reckitt Benckiser PLC for several years. Currently the Chairman of Hemas Holdings PLC, he has also served as Chairman of Sri Lanka Telecom and Reckitt Benckiser Lanka, Director General of the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka and as a Director of John Keells Holdings and People's Bank.

One of Sri Lanka's best known marketing personalities, Chartered Marketer Eardley Perera serves on the Boards of a number of leading corporate institutions including Janashakthi Insurance PLC, ODEL PLC, Keells Food Products PLC and STING Consultants (Pvt) Ltd. He is the Chairman of M & E (Private) Limited.

A specialist in the areas of strategic marketing and business strategy, Perera possesses extensive experience in general management and marketing in trade and industry. His expertise has been sought as a lecturer on graduate and postgraduate level programmes in these spheres.

He also serves on the Boards of a number of reputed educational institutions.