Tea Board gets first woman Chairperson
Mother Sri Lanka Trust Chairperson and the Advisor on Food Security
at the President's Office of Sri Lanka Janaki Kuruppu has been appointed
as the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Tea Board. She is taking over this
position from business leader Susantha Ratnayake and is bringing in a
vast array of experience from the private and public sectors especially
in international marketing.
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Janaki Kuruppu |
Kuruppu has had an illustrious career of over 20 years in a variety
of industries which covers research and consultancy, agri-business, food
manufacturing, retailing, banking, academics, media and engineering and
held Director positions at Commercial Bank PLC, Sathosa, Cargills Ceylon
PLC and Managing Director of The Nielsen Company.
She is also a member of the global steering committee of AgriFin
which is an agriculture finance fund set up by the World Bank and the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support the activities of financing
for agriculture, particularly for smallholder farmers. |
