New appointments at Expolanka Holdings

Expolanka Holdings PLC recently appointed two top professionals Shantanu Nagpal as Strategic Planning and Business Development Head and Paddy Weerasekera as Marketing and Corporate Communications Head.

With nearly two decades of experience in asset management and equity research, Shantanu Nagpal was the Managing Director at SAC Capital in Hong Kong and, prior to that, worked at Brevan Howard and Ellerston Capital as lead Portfolio Manager for its Asian Equity Hedge Funds.

Shantanu Nagpal

Paddy Weerasekera

He began his career at the Tata Administrative Service, the elite management cadre for the Tata Group where he worked on business development assignments at Tata Steel, Titan, Taj Hotels and Tata Tea. He then joined UBS as a research analyst in Hong Kong and London where he researched the metals, autos and pharmaceutical sectors.

Paddy Weerasekera, a veteran marketing and communications specialist counts over 17 years of experience in both local and multi-national companies.

Prior to joining Expolanka Holdings, he was Marketing Head at Janashakthi Insurance PLC and led the Brand Management, Customer Relationship Management, Research and Telemarketing teams. Weerasekera was instrumental in revamping Janashakthi's corporate visual identity and also introducing a number of innovative products to the industry including Vehicle Emergency Policy, Sports Policy, Pet Insurance and Hotel Plus. His work has been key in winning many local and international awards for the organisation at the World Brand Congress, Asian Leadership Awards, SLIM Brand Excellence and Business Excellence Awards.

Prior to this he was General Manager of the multinational communications agency Bates Asia /141(part of the global communications giant WPP) in Sri Lanka. He headed the strategy development for a number of key local and international brands including Nokia, Benson and Hedges, Mitsubishi, Carlsberg, 3M, Hutch, DHL, Lanka Bell and Mobitel.